Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-10-19
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT
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case of State VS.. Philip Messier of Mont
gomery in which an assault Is charged.
was tried The case grows out
of an alleged assault by the
respondent on 1-ycar-old Kermit Muir
ray. whom it is claimed died from
injuries received when being pursued by
Messicr, who 1t seems was chasing the
boy because ne had thrown Il missile at
him. Messier was held at the preliminary
hearing for manslaushter, but the grand
jury only indicted for simple assault
Tho divorce cases of Addic e. Clark
Decker VS. George Decker and Mabel
Rockwell Foster vs.. Harrison d. Foster
were heard, but no decisions rendered.
rhe death of Mrs. IIcrmlulc G'rovosD
Mitchell. wife of Prosper Mitchell, oc-
CURED at her home ON Lake street Mon
Gay morning of cancer Mrs Mitchell.
who was in her GSth year, leaves besides
her husband. seven children. Mrs. Fred
HcnIers, Misses Laura and Lillian Nit
chcll and Prosper, Jr.. and Joseph Mitcn-
al OF This city and st. NJ. Cherubins
and llcrmine of Montreal The funeral
w"s held from the Holy Angels
Church on Wednesday morning at nine
o'clock.
Manager T.. J. St clair of the Franklin
County Telephone 60. and Mrs. St. clair
entertained the entire office staff Monday
evening In honor of Miss Lillian A. XII
bourn. for several years with the com
pany. who left Tuesday for Winnipeg
Man where she will be married Novein-
her to Earl Spauldng. who recently ac-
cepted good position there with the
Grand Trunk Pacific.
II. L. Wood of South Main street, who
has been crippled with rheumatism for
several months. has gone to Mt. Clemens
Mich, for treatment. He was accom-
panied by his brother Clarence Wood, of
Barre.
The SEEMING season was formerly open
ed at the bay Monday evening. and big
crowd saw the first haul made. and it
was a Whoppcr resulting in IS bushels Of
an assortment including pickcrel, pike.
pout, shad and perch. The biggest fish
landed was pickcrcl. which rescmblcd
Il small shark, and It weighed liz
pounds. From three to four hauls are
made daily when the wind is right.
Eugene Lamairc. an ciCht-ycar-old boy,
living on Lake street, had a narrow es-
cape from death Monday. when he ran in
NUM- VI IL tiIE't ~ w tlIN 70 hll'''''-i '''F'
Raymond Getty. was shooting. The bullet
which was only , clHhre struck the boy
a CHANGING blow ON the left side Of tnc
head, hut fortunately did not enter the
skull Physicians were promptly sum-
moned and the boy rapidly came around
under treatment. lie will he all right
again in a few days
The annual meeting of the St Alhans
I'M. ID. I,ll Ior q,
at the First Congregational Church The
feature of the meeting was splendid
paper on the late Bishop Phillips Brooks.
by the Rev W. Parlyn jackson. Officers
were elected as follows: Executive com
mittee with the Rev. W. +. jackson pres
ident. the Rev. F. w. Lewis, secretary
and treasurer, and the Rev. William
Shaw.
j. l. Rhodes, who was arrested Sun
day and later tried several times to end
his life by hanging and strancing him
self is in violent and dangerous condi-
ton at the Franklin county jail where he
is serving a sentence for intoxication.
Rhodes raves necessarily and Is 50 vio-
lent that he is kept strongly shackled all
the time to prevent injury to others as
we'll himself
Francis ]. tIoughton, St. Adams oldest
and highly respected citizen. yesterday
celebrated his Goth birthday, when a
goOd-sizel delegation Of representative
citizens called on him at his residence
on South Main street and rendered their
respects Mr. IIoughton was born in
GUidhall Essex county, and came 70
this place in 1881 when a lad ten years
old. Hi. father took up his residence In
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