Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-02

| Tia Houston, damages of Sc and costs
| OF 1925; j. II. LarocQue va. Azaras Mer-
| cure damages of SCI. 30 and costs of g. 10;
| Russell w. Parish VS.. r. W. Jerome. da m
ages Of $50 and costs of q; r. l.. Smith
vs. George Winterbottom, damag es of 81. 10
and costs of $40.
The annual New Years rcccnt,on ton.
dercd by the board of visitors OF tho
| Home for Aged Women to the ladies' who
| reside there was held yesterday after
noon from three TO six O'clock There was
a very large attendance and the AFFAIR
was as usual, a pleasing social success
| and great satisfaction was expressed M
all SIDES that everything at the home is
| in such satisfactory shape All of the
seven ladies' at the home, save one. were
able to participate in the function. Re-
freshsncnts were served.
Mrs. Bridget OHammond) Sheahan. wife
of Patrick Shcahan of ISL Archibald
street, died Tuesday morning at $40
o'clock of dropsy. She was 80 years of
age and besides husband Is survived
by six sons and two daughters, William
Of Ohio and John, Cornelius. Michael. Ed
ward and George Of this city, and Mrs.
Burt Campbell Of Springfield. Mass. and
The funeral will bc hold this morn
ing at nine O'Clock crom st. Mary's Cathc-
dral.
The suit OF Charles Lapoint KS. Daniel
Decarreau. an action to recover $4,000 for
alleged alienation by the defendant of th.
affections OF tho plaintiffs wife, was on
tered Tuesday in Chttenden county
court. A hearing in the matter of bail
was held. the amount was fixed at s9o0D
and was furnished yesterday afternoon
before Assistant Judge William NJ. Bar
bcr OF Willston. The plaintiff Is repre-
sented by J. J. Enrght and j. T. Cush-
man Of tins city, and the defendant by
T.. l.. Graves of Winooski.
Deborah Temple, No. II. Pythian Sis
tiers. held their annual meeting We'd
nesday Dec. 70. when the following Of
hcors were elected Most excellent chief,
Miss Rose Sacks; excellent senior, Miss
Goldie Perlman; excellent Junior. Mrs.
Dora Bregstcin: manager Mrs. Sarah
Rosenberg; mistress of records and
correspondence, Miss Lottie z. Rosen-
berg; mistress of finance, Mrs. Ida Samuel
son: protector, Mrs. Lena Iavigne;
guard, Miss Dora Chester; trustee, Mrs.
Grossman.
Patrick Flynn, who asked to be put IN
jail few nights before, was arraigned in
city court Friday, charged with in
toxication. He pleaded guilty and was
fined s. and costs OF s945 AS Flynn
mas been helped by the city within a
year, he was called upon to disclose. He
told the old story of the stranger who
appeared like the Genie in the Arabian
Nights and handed Mr. Flynn a half
pint Of whiskey. strangers" as the term
is used in disclosures. usually carry half
pints. probably because they are more
convenient to handle.
Joseph Alexander, arraigned in cjtv
court Tuesday, pleaded guilty to a sec
ond offense and was sentenced to sery.
80 days in Jail. He disclosed on a
stranger" William McKenna pleaded
guilty to a first ofYense of intoxication
and was fined s. and costs
John j. Keefe died Tuesday at his
home, ~ King street, after a long illness
following stroke Of paralysis 10 moatns
ago. lie was SO years Of age and was A
native Of Rutland. He was emrloved a.
fireman alA trainman on the Rutland
railroad. lie is survived by a wife and
two children. Roy, aged six, and Mvrl. |
aged four. He also leaves father. Pat
rick Keofe, and four brothers and four
sisters, all of Rutland
Otto Deninger, an outncld.r. who ia
well "nown In Vermont, has been nut ON
the reserve list by the Philadelphia Ma
tional team, although the National COM
mission has not raised the ban that was
placed over him several years ago for
jumping contracts. Otto lumped The
Toledo team in the American Association
League and joined the first Burlngton
team in the Northern League He has
not played in organized ball since Lew
Wiltsie. formerly with Plattsburgh. has
been relegated to organized ball again
and Jack Campbell. formerly of the
University Of Vermont team aud Of tho
Northern League. IL also In the good
graces OF the magnates He will play
with Cincinnati next season.
Papers were served TUESDAY in n sujt
brought by the Strong Hardware com
pany against the American Express COM
pany. The writ is returnahle before Jus
tice a, '. Spaulding. January c, The !
strong company shipped package of
The nearest railroad station to Lowell
is Bart Landing but the goods were
sent to Newport, the company claiming
that point has always been tho billing /
point for goods destined for Lowell The !
package was sent 10 Lowell. After con- |
siderable correspondence about the mat
ter the package came back to tho strong
ways Tile goods we're again rcshipped |
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