Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-27
CITY NEWS

Preston, England.
Mn and Mrs. Joseph d. Allen of Buffalo
have arrived in the city for the summer
and have taken the house Of Miss Flor
ence Lyman on South Willard street.
The condition of Miss Alice Hopkins of
1iiddlebury. who was recently operated
upon for appendicitis at the Mary Fetch
er hospital. is very favorable. Miss Hop
kins formerly resided in this city.
Miss Florence Brown o'sullivan has
been appointed on the high school staff as
teacher of defamation. also supervisor
Of physical teaching in all the public
schools Of the city.
The Rev. f. @. Guthrie and Miss Guth-
RE left Tuesday evening to go into camp
ct Lake Algonquin in Canada with a
party from Rochester, n. Y. They will
be gone six weeks.
In Chittenden county court Monday
a case to collect promissory notes ana
certain mortgages valued at $500, was en-
tered by the strong Hardware company
Of this city against Melvin H.. Morse of
Hardwick.
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Bissell Gray has been placed in ST. Paul's
Church by her daughter, Mrs. George
W. Wales. The tablet, placed on the
south wall near the transept, was dcdi-
Gated Sunday by the Rev. G. Y. Bliss.
The suit of l.. G. Hall and Chester Hall
o.. c. Hall e Som of Westford against
Lewis n. Kellogg of Charlotte was en-
tered Friday at the office of the county
clerk. The demurrer names $ov, and all
leges failure to pay a note.
DR.. II. Waite Sabin of this city has
been appointed manager Of the st. An
drew's Benevolent society of Barre, to
succeed DR.. b. II. Brown. The headquar-
tiers will be in the Brownell & Hawley
block.
The bridge on the Central Vermont
railway near Athletic park Is undergoing
extensive repairs. The bridge is very old
and time has served to weaken parts
OF the foundation. These will be rein
forced by concrete.
In probate court Thursday there was a
court of inquiry in the case of Jerome
Maynard. and he was to the
State hospital at Waterbury. There has
been a settlement and decree in
the estate of Cornelia F. Fisk.
Miss Helen Lyman Thursday morning
an operation for appendicitis,
performed by DR.. Lyman Allen, at Mrs.
ROOFS sanitarium on Bank street. She
rallied well from the operation and Is
as comfortable as could be expected.
Mrs. c. j. Sails. who has for many
years run a successful millinery establish
ment at 81 Church street, has filed with
Clerk F. S. Flat of the United States
court a petition in bankruptcy. She gives
as her liabilities 81, 22S.o and assets Of
$50. with 500 claimed as exempt.
Yesterday In probate court there was
a decree in the estate Of Henry J. Nelson.
In the estate of George w. Deberville,
X. T.. Brown was appointed administra-
tor. and A. l.. Sherman and Jed p. L.add
were named as commissioners and APP
praisers.
The hearing in the injunction case
brought by the Burlington Light &
Power company against the municipal
plant of Burlington. which
was to have been resumed Monday
Chancellor Fl. c.. Royce of ST.
Adams, was postponed to Monday. Aug
ust 81.
Miss Fannie ?. Eady. chief clerk in the
office Of the municipal lighting plant, has
resigned her position and will leave in n
few days for Philadelphia, where she has
a position. Miss Eady has been In the
office for the past four years and before
that was for nine years a clerk in the
water office.
The recruiting station in the Federal
building did about t.e same amount of
business yesterday, with about the same
result. Seven men and boys were
examined and one was successful in mass
ing the examination. This makes three
successful candidates out Of a total of
over 20,
Everett j. Stone, a medical student.
and Miss Elizabeth A. Seguin were
married Tuesday night at the home of
the Rev. r. c. Flagg, Gl Greene street.
wedding was a very quiet one and
the pastor and his wife were the Wit
nesses. The brides home is 1872 Bank
street in this city.
The suit of the Sabine Supply comnan
of Orange. Texas. against the Porter
Screen Manufacturing company of Col
chester, an action to recover debt on judy
ment. was entered Saturday In Chitten-
den county court. The plaintiff claims
that judgments of $JS 70 and $3.50 were
given against the defendants, which
judgments have not been satiated.
BY farmers and business men who have
rough work TO be done, a scarcity of
labor is reported. 1t is nearly impossible
at the present time, II is claimed. for
farmers to secure field labor or for local
people to get men to do work about
their residences. Although many able
bodied men are in evidence in the parks,
they refuse all jobs offered.
The annual meeting of the Green
Mountain club was held Monday evening
at the Y. NJ. G.. \. building. The following
officers were elected. President, NJ. D..
Chittenden; vice-presidont, DR.. c. A.
Pease; treasurer, F.. F. Smith; secretary,
c. A. Kern; committee on trails. c.. F..
Cowles; on shelter and camps. DR.. n. r.
Perkins; excursions, G. r. Vivian; publ
city, w. S. Carpenter; membership, Or.
l.. J, Paris.
1t is proposed to hold the postponed
III Glidden tour from Washington to
OTTAWA sometime in September, the ex-
act date to be announced on August list
provided the minimum of thirty entries
are received. Road conditions from
washington to Ottawa will be at their
best in the early fall, and ideal touring
conditions Will obtain throughout the