Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-13
CITY NEWS

Oregon.
Miss Edwlnna NJ. Barnes, who has
been Ill during the past nine months
with nephritls was able to be out Mon
hay afternoon in a wheeled chair
Miss Catherine X. Finn. who left this
city some time ago. Is now located In
Denver. Colo, where she has n position
In the office of u large wholesale house.
In city court Tuesday Percy Hunter
Of New York was fined Is and costs OF
1923 for first offense Of intoxication He
will take the alternate sentence Of 10 days
In jail.
News Of the recent marriage in Bur-
lington. Iowa. of Miss Lillian Ethel
Werner and DR.. Richards of Alabama
has been received by friends here. Mrs.
Richards has spent several summers at
Fort Ethan Allen, the guest Of Lieut..
Westmorland and wife OF the nth cav
airy.
The month OF September was busy
one in city court or the IS cases tried,
e were intoxication cases; violation OF
the liquor law and breach Of the peace
cases numbered three each, and there
comprised charges Of burglary, forgery,
adultery. truancy, etc.
News has been received from Los
Angeles. CAL OF the marriage on Thurs
day. October 8. of Ruth Agatha. daugh-
ter OF Mr. and Mrs. Richard Whaley Of
Charlotte, formerly Of Burlington, to Carl
r. Greenough of Portersvile, Cal. MIR.
Greenough Is n building contractor and
after a short wedding trip the couple will
reside In Portersville.
In probate court Friday James X.
Curtis Of Georgia was appointed adj
ministrator in the estate Of James
Everetts. late OF Milton. deceased. o. n.
Hewey and n. C. McNall, both of Milton,
were appointed commissioners and ap-
praisers In the estate OF Katherine G.
cooney. late Of South Burlington. a set
,lement Of the administrators annual
account was made
In city court Tuesday the civil case Of
the Ferguson & Adsit company vs. Byron
Berry was settled, Judgment being given
In favor Of the plaintiff to recover dam
ages of s1o7.s0 and costs OF $17.59 The
case of the Ferguson 4 Adsit company
VS.. T. d. Pidgeon was also disposed OF,
judgment being rendered in favor Of the
plaintiff to recover SOS 90 with costs of
1854.
Boston papers announce that the Rev.
]. Fl. Metcalf, who has been pastor OF
the Unitarian Church at Taunton, Mass,
since 1904, has been called to the First
Unitarian Church in Winchester, Mass.
and It Is believed he will accept Mr..
Metcalf was pastor Of the Unitarian
Church in this city for 10 years from 1898
to 1909
Police Officer Crowley discovered fire
IN the wholesale liquor place of f. s.
Meigs on Pine street Sunday evening
Tho fire department was notified and the
ire was extnguished by the use of the
chemical from station one. The blaze
lid consderab le damage to the floor and
walls of the building and there was some
loss on the goods. The cause Of the fire
: unknown.
Whalen Van Sickle was arraigned in
city court Saturday on a charge of in
toAication. As Van Sickle was in court in
August and again in September. he had
TO disclose. lie told the usual tale Of
meeting a stranger who had invited him
to go to New Hampshire to take a ion
in the lumber woods. As his hail sur
rendered him in the previous case he will
have 10 serve 81 DAYS in all
There seems to he little danger OF race
suicide in Burlington. glance at the
statistics in the city clerks office shows
that during the month of September so
children We're born in this city. There
We're % girls and q boys There were
two mothers who were 10 years of age
each and one Of 1s. while the oldest was
a. Eight mothers were in their teens,
l3 In the 30's. In two families the new
arrival was the eight born: in one the
10th horn: in two the 18th born and in one
the Eth born.
The small child OF Mrs. McAvoy of
East avenue was responsible for the
bringing out Of the fire department about
eight O'Clock Saturday morning. The
child In playing with some matches set
fire TO some rags in a closet opening out
OF the kitchen. The blaze was dis
covered before il got much Roadway and
was extinsuished by the use Of hand
extinSuishers. The alarm was rung in
from box l3, which is near the hospital,
so that all of the companies dragged the
trucks UP the hill. The house is the prop
Frty OF James O'Neil
James iaduke. who has spent most
of his time in city court during the past
Few weeks was again before Judge
Mower Yesterday, charged with intoXica-
ion. He pleaded guilty and was fined
ii5 and costs of 1923, with an alternative
Of IS days in Jail. As Laduke was out on
ball on an appeal in previous case and
was surrendered by hts bail before his
y days We're up he still has five days to
'erve before he may begin serving his rs
lays. Altogether he will have to serve 81
1ayf OH the appealed case: 7S days on
yesterdays case and five days extra for
good measure. which will serve to keen
MIN behind the bars for some l7o DAYS
In probate court Monday Hoyt Cham
bers OF Essex was appointed admnistra-
tor in the estates of William w. Rouse.
William Rouse Henrietta Rouse and Cal
win NJ, Rouse all of Essex and all de-
reased. The Joint estates consist of about
t6.W worth of real estate The father
William w. Rouse originally bought
some land with his son, William Rouse.
tenants In common. The father died
first and then the three children Will
liam. Henrietta and Calvin NJ. all died
without issue. None of the estates was
settled and now there is only one heir
Elvira J.. Clark of Chicago. The will Of
Norah Kfmher late of Winooski. WAS
Monday proved and established
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