Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-10-05

| tho following officers were elected: Vice
president, Mrs A. G. Clarke; secretary,
| Miss Frances whitney: treasurer, Miss
Josephine Cassidy. Work for the yenr
was considered. The auxiliary will this
winter meet in one section only.
Sheriff J. II. Allen yesterday auotioned
| on tho stook and fixtures OF Raine g.
Burt grocers. who went into bankruptcy
4 few weeks ago. There was a Eoodly
number Of buyers on hand and the goods
brought fair prices from a number Of
small store keepers. One of the horses
which is lame. was bought for Humane
Agent Fuller and will he killed by him
The animal sold for ST.
The will OF winifred McIIugo of WI
nooski was proved Tuesday in probate
court. Bridget McITugo was appointed
execrtrix, and Michael Gibbons and T. f.
AllaId were appointed commissioners and
appraisers In the estate of Alonzo kins-
ley Of Essex there was Il settlement and
decree and in the estate Of Charles Sey-
inour Of Burlington there was decree.
Bridget Green was appointed guardian Of
Ralph r. Ready ct ais.
Ephraim Mayo was arrested and placed
in jail early yesterday morning on North
Winooski avenue by the police in answer
to the request OF the mans relatives He
appeared insane from drink and was
suffering from severe attack Of the
delirium tremens at the jail last evening,
where medical aid was secured He has
been affected in ths manner before and
was for q time In the asylum at Water
bury
Green Mountain chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution. held n we'll at
tended meeting Monday afternoon on
the roof garden of the Hotel Vermont
! Prof G. II Perkins gave an interesting
address on the geology of the Champlain
valley. Delegates elected to the annual
meeting to he held IN Rutland October 10
and 20 are Miss Jennie Wood Mrs. Rodney
| Roby and Mrs d. A. Loomis, with Miss
May Lemon Mrs. W. c. lsham and Miss
! Effie Wells as altcrnatcs
| The quarterly bulletin Of the Vermont
State board of health. dated September /,
! has made It's appearance, II Is largely
| made up of a report of the 18th annual
! school of instruction for health officers
| held in this city in August. The exami-
nations made at tho State laboratory dur
! Ing the second quarter Of the year num-
| bered 2,127. They included il3 analyses
| of milk and cream. of which 36 were be-
! low standard The 14s analyses of other
| foods showed % below standard
At the rectory Of ST. Mary's Cathedral
\ a vault is to be constructed in the near
future for the purpose of storing valu-
able papers Of the Burlington diocese
papers that have hitherto been kept in
| the chancellUr's Office OF the rectory. This
| entire room il now TO be utilized in
| GLIDING tive basement. Brick. stone and
cement will enclose the room. and an
| iron stairway vii lead to the basement
The room directly to the Office is to be
| converted into an Office
News comes from Ware. Mass. that
son had a narrow escape from death
| by lightning u few DAYS ago. The barn
into which they had driven for shelter
during the storm was struck and all
three were thrown to the floor. Mr.
, Strong fell from the wagon seat and Mrs
Strong was thrown nearly across the
room The boy was living prone on the
floor after the crash and was for some
he will recover.
Lawrence LaCross. boy who reached
| the anniversary of his birthday
Thursday. was brought into city court
tina, morning by Truant Officer Bray
and was sentenced to spend the remainder
of his minority in the Industrial school
in \ergouncS. The boy has not attended
school once this year, although he left
home at the regular time every morning
and returned after the close of school.
His mother said that she Ind no means
| of supplying him with clothes during
the coming winter
Two drunks We're tried Thursday fore
noon in civ court The first was Joseph
Cote, who pleaded guilty to q first offense
and was fined s. ana costs. but took
the alternate ten days in Jail, The other
man. Frank Tasue, has displayed some
ingenuity in getting his iags. His home
is in Mooers y. Y. and he is not at all
acquainted in Burlington, hut neverthe-
less he belongs 20 the habitual class He
obtained this distinction by getting drunk
| On route from his home to Barre and
has always gotten into jail He was
given the fine of $l5 and costs, plus 80
days IN jail.
An information was filed Thursday in
Chttenden county court by States At
torney Shaw against James Blladeau,
alleging larceny. Billadeau is charged
with stealing $40 and gold watch from
Joseph German of Milton. who came to
! burlington to zee the Barnum 4 Bailey
show August II. According to testimony
I,rit hoo,