Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-22

Burgess from leaving for New York
Thursday but he expects to soil for
Germany on the date for which he has
secured passagS.
Arrangements wero completed Friday
whereby the Vermont Telephone e
Telegraph company ieases for ten years.
with the privilege Of an additional i've
years. Of the Blanchard ertntc what Is
INV the blanchard opern house II Is
not expected the change will be made
until next spring as Mr. Blanchard wants
TO run the opers house one more winter
to round ont service Of e years. About
tOo squar- feet Of space will thus no
afforded tho telephone company for head
quarters. The telephone service between
THIS city and Parre which before July 1
averaged ITO calls q day has, since tho
toll charge went into operation. shrink
TO about 400 calls daily. Tetwccn 30 and
% telephones have been taken out in
Barre since tho new rate went into ef-
feet.
Sheriff. Frank H. Tracy received Fri
day an official notice that five mon
now In orange county Jail ut Chelsea arc
to he transferred to Washington county
ja' w1lllc the repairs are IN progress on
the Chelsea Jail.
II. l.. Amcs Of Island Pond ard l.. A.
Thayer of Brattlcboro, students of for
cstry nj the University Of Vermont. have
been sent to Montpelier md vicinity by
the State forester 10 work for few
DAYS. Their territory comprises Wash
!ngton. Orange. Windham and Windsor
counties. and pert OF their duties Is 10
keep close watch for forest fires.
As sequel to the conviction last week
Of Winfield burnett Of Moretown of lille
gnlly shooting deer, Mr.. burnett on
Saturday purcha. cd Of the nIoretown
game warden the picked meat of the
animal witch he had Illegally
killed md which has been sconn.-
Gated by the warden. MIR. burnett paid
81 for the meat which. with the fine and
costs he paid made sine the total cost Of
the small Tar OF corned venison.
Fred S Platt clerk OF | q. district
court, sent Monday to Montpelier the
docket Of the cases to re considered at
the session Of federal court 10 be held
August 4 and 5. over which Judge James
l.. Martin will preside. The s3 cases on
the docket arc all for first and second
headings on applications for naturaliza-
tion papers. Assistant L. g. Attorney W.
II Lewis Of the immigration bureau at
Boston will conduct the examination.
Herbert r. Lawrence. brakeman on
the Central Vermont railway, was scri-
ously injured Monday morning by step
ping from a moving train ut Montpelier
Junction He landed on his head and
was rendered unconscious The injured
man was hurried to Heaton hospital
where II was learned that although the
injuries 10 his head are revere 1t is not
/ thonght they will prove fatal
The body OF Mrs. Achssh y. Keeler,
mother OF Mrs. II. A. Bowman md Mrs
s. w. Corse OF this city. was brought
here Monday e>~. from Springfield. Mas
where she died while visiting relatives
She went to that city three week. ago
and for many year, had made her home
with Mrs Corse Mrs. Kecler was a
sister OF W. A. stowc!l. general mana ger
Of the Montpelier & Wells River railroad
She was q years old.
The body OF Mrs. Horace r. Mears
who died in tht. city Saturday. aged "a
years. was token Monday TO Cabot for
funeral and burial Mrs. Mcars had lived
IN this city for about IL years.
All the cierxymcn Of this city were re-
Quested Tuesday by States Attorney
Gates to return at once to the city clerk
any marriage licenses they may have in
their possession issued to people they
have Joined In marriage The penalty ir
each case for not returning each license
properly nlled out Is $40 A little investi-
cation Of this matter, made on the qu,e,
by Mayor Inwiey, shows that rot loss
than 100 couples have been married In
Montpelier and vicinity in recent years
OF which there l. no record IN the once
OF the city CLERK. CITY Sheriff Pollard Is
going over the records Of recen, years In
tho city clerks Office to find out Just how
many marriage licenses issued from that
Office have never been returned. II these
licenees ere not returned atonce the may
! or prn1r-e. 10 publish list NJ tle CON
tracing parties ard thus obtain INC name
II the delinquent clergyman or jI.tic, OF
! the peace VIC married the coup'es nrd
failed to return the marriage llcen-o
Arthur Cuirier. Cleveland Mason and
lra Daniels. tho laos who were arrested
Monday evening charged with taking
| from tho State arsenal unil tents. can
teens. tent poles and other property
| were s~nttnced 70 the State industrial
| ecirool for the remainder Of their minority
but sentence was suspended and the
boys we're placed on probation under
vcry strict rules Eugene Jeartaquct, an
Other boy who w. mixed un IN tho lar
ceny, Il already on prcbatlo from n gen
tence passed on him last winter for taxi
ms property from tho opcra flouse belong
Ing 70 Aib''l HIS case ha. been con-
tinued and ne has been admitted 10 hail
/ IN the sum of 500
/ After the adtournmen. of Congress,
I Senator " r, Dillingham; Is planning
/ 70 extend III. western trip 10 Honolulu &c
investigate immigration conditione on the
4 i,arri. which ore saih to be peculiar In
asnrich as the sugar plantation owners
wtsh TO import European laborcrs ir
riNce Of tho Chinese. japanese and ma
| uves they now .nve, IIo will l'e away
| sts,1t two montha and on tho island
! about three weeks.
| Since yesterday CITY Sheriff Pollard
| has gone ovcr the marriage records fol
tho past n years In tho city clcrN''