Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-17
WASHINGTON
MONTPELIER.

c. A. Stickney died Thursday morn
ing at ms home near Browns mills Of
HriEht's disease and heart trouble. aged !
- years. Mr.. Stickney was born in Nor |
wich but had lived nearly all his life |
in Montpelier and vicinity He is sur
vived by widow and four children
Funeral services were held Sunday |
afternoon Mt two O'Clock frcT his late
home. the Rev. A. J. Hough onciatius.
and burial was IN Tho cemetery at ,ost
Berlin.
The case OF Marshall Montgomery, adj
miuistrator of the estate Of Levi ]. Wal
bridge of Cabot. against the Union Mu-
tual Fire Insurance company OF Mont
p"ler was taken from the jury Fri
day morning by Judge Butler who d.
rect ed a verdict for the plaintiff to re-
cover AI5 damages and costs The court
ruled. as a matter of law. that the plain
tiff was entitled to Il verdict, that the in
surance company had right to hold the
insurance money not longer than 60 days.
that the insurance company had made no
legal tender of the money and that no
legal waiver had been made by the
payee. The case will go TO the Supreme
Court on exceptions by the defendant.
jury was at once enlpanelled in the case
of Mark Mears VS.. Harry Daniels and
the Barre Savings Bank & Trust com
pany, trustee, in which the value of u
quantity of lumber in Marshfield is in
Noved. This case was tried last Senten-
| Der the trial lasting ten days and the
jury disagreed
The Boutwell,. Milne e Varnum com,
pany and other large creditors of
Charles r. Scott & Co.. of Barre have
petitioned him into bankruptcy and
the papers Were forwarded Friday
to f. s. Plat. clerk Of L. S. district
court at Rutland. The total indebted
ness of Charles r. Scott & Co. is said
to be about $4,000, Scott had two
body writs served on him last week
under the absconding debtors act and
is now out on bail.
After establishing a State depart
ment headquarters preparatory to
compiling census returns regarding
manufacturing and mining, f. A. An
derson, special census agent, went
Friday to Burlington and from
there to Rutland. Remington and
Brattleboro to instruct special agents
AT those parts regarding securing sta
tistics In these special branches. For
the purpose of securing this data Yer
mont has been divided into nine dis
tricts and Mr.. Anderson has appointed
the following special agents: Wash
ington county. II. r. Slayton, chit
tcrden and Addison counties. Leslie
e. Collins: Rutland county, Carl ].
Kilbourn; Windham county q. B.
Hughes: Orange and Caledonia coun-
ties. Arthur T. Theriault; Orleans and
E,,oe
e Grand Isle. Franklin and Lanotlle
counties. Rhett J. Gates, No appoint
ment has yet been made for Windsor
county.
r. r. Byrnes, secretary Of MONTPELIER
Lodge of Faks received telegram Fri
day announcing the death at Jersey
CIV NJ j.. Of Prescelle. the hypnotst
h Deceased was member OF Montpelicl
@ Lodge Of ENks and his home was IT
. Parton whore the body was taken fol
t tnt.rment He was 80 years Old and hat
o flled engagements IN nearly every large
: town and city In Vermont
:. district meeting Of the knights o.
o Pythias Will he hold IN this city abou
@ Anr,l IA The work Win be done il
\ ar1nory hall and BANQUET VIII h
4 served The lodges IN this district are a
Y Groton and West Topsham.
X Charles Moore. who for more than
wears was compostor In this city
" died Thursday at Somerville' Mass
d While here he married Miss Carrie Atkin
n Of Middlesex.
r, Mahlon Taplin. former resident o
=. this city. died Friday at Winchester
a Mass. aged GO years Mr. Tapin wa
"a
= 1872 lie retired from business two year
l. ago. The body was brought to Mont
Ia pelier Monday by II. y. Tapin OF Wash
lie ington. p. C., a brother Services at III
IS tomb were conducted Monday afternoo
l. by the Rev, Or, ], Edward Wright
N States Attorney Benjamin Oates wa
v in Marshfield Friday looking mp re
Is ported case OF neglect OF children An
800 other case OF this kind ia being nVesl'
id gated by the civics department of tn
It. Womans club and the humane society
~ Edward Vibrne OF Berlin wns called be
Of fore States Attorney Gates FRAU
T. morning he having been charged wit
st neglecting children under his care. II
a. promised 10 do better. and II he does II
l., prosecution will follow
Is A letter to the several listers of Vast
Id inEion county was sent out SATURDAY u
Nh states Attorney Gates asking them
C. meet in Montpelier Thursday, March =
ed when j. u. Cushman OF Burlington Stat
ry tax commissioner. Attorney Gates, Jot
81 ii. Scnter and c, A. G. JACKSON will ~
h. dress them In regard to the listing law
IS James {. BAH, IL former player on Il
I'D lntercity base ball team In the Northe
he league, has signed to play during Il
N coming season with team in Sprin
he field. Mass. which IL In the Connectic
Is League.