Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-04-06

I,arrow Thomas Roach and John
Thompson The commissioners will hold
another meeting Friday afternoon, which
Is the last day that applications will DO
received
The Star restaurant on South Main
street has again changed hands. the new
proprietor being w. O. Barr of High
gate.
Tho funeral of Oliver Croker Stevens,
who died suddenly in Pasadena, cal, on
March %. was held at the First Conrre-
gational Church Tuesday afternoon at
two o'clock. The Rev. W. Parkyn Jack
son officiated and tie singing was by the
regular choir Tho service was of the
Episcopal form and in 1t a recital from
Tennysons "1dvlls Of the King" eve
Know Him Now, All Narrow Jcalousic,
Are silent" was rendered impressivply
by the pastor. The hymns included Lead
Kindly Light" and abide with Me. ="
Willie Miss Nallic l. Barrette. contrnltu.
sang Jesus, | My Cross Have Taken -
the floral offerings were bcautrm and
| filled tho entire front Of the church.
| while tho caSket repoSed beneath n blank
| OF of ilios of the valley, and a ma-gi\ ~
! cross Of the same sweet flowers adorned
the haptismal font. The honorary bear
crs were Richard p. Borden of Fall
| River, a. A. Thorndike ana Richard D.
ware of poston. Col. Prank l.. Greene.
Or. John Gibson end John Rich of this
city. The body bearers were Thomas Rod
den Joseph Atkinson, Sylvester Mr-
CHM. James Jennings, G. W. Yrovnell
and James McGinn The intermont WIS
in the South Main street cemetery. and
/
rccitcG from tho poem Good Night"
Among those present from out of town
| were Amos Il. Lawrence of New York,
| col. ami Mrs. Farrand s. Siranahan and
Master Stewart Stranahan Of Providence.
! Jr John y. Brainerd of Boston, Prof.
ticnry johnson Of Brunswick. Me-, rep
rcsentlnS Bowdoin COLLEGE Of which Mr..
stevens was graduate and oversccr
Nine. Olga Slmaroff of st. Louis. Mo-.
Mrs \. \. Thurn1ike of Boston, Mr.
and Mrs, arthur PARKER of Bath. Ne,
/ c. y. Tewksbury of Boston and Alpheus
Sanford OF Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. Marsh Pierce Of Ferri.
street had narrow escape from dc:tr
| by asphyXlation Monday night, the caus,
being gas which had followed the nip,
| h to the house from broken main Mr.
Pierce awakened early in the mornina
very sick and faint, and after some trou
! bic succeeded in arous ing his wife, VIII.
! was much worse off than hc
/ At the meeting of the city council, >
per cent Of the grand list was voted fol
, school purposes. and an additional hun
died dollars for new shrubbery and tree.
for Houghton PARK. The council ais,
voted to lease from Or. Waugh the oper
space in the rear Of the opera house bloch
for a hitching place for farmers and ap
proved bills for the care of the poor dur
ing March Of sl73.70.
Franklin county court. with Judg,
Stanton presiding. resumed it's session
Tuesday. when the case Of State vs.
Floyd Mason Of Georgia. in which tn,
respondent is charged with assault will
intent to kill his wife as we'll as neigh
hor who tried to protect her. The cas-
vas started last week but the trial wa
| stopped owing to the illness of one of TN
jurors.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Grant will leave
next Saturday for Prince Rupert b. C.
where they will reside, Mr.. Grant having
accepted a position with the Crane
! Trunk Pacific railway.
The first society wedding of the season
was that solemnized last evening at tn
| First Congregational Church, when Mis-
June Ella Mitchell, daughter Of Dr. an,
| Mrs. George o. Mitchell of North Mail
| street, becamee the bride of Edmun
| Homer Royce. The ceremony was per
formed at eight o'clock sharp, by the Rev
! W. Parkyn jackson. in the presence of
| Urge assemblage OF friends Tho bride
who was given in marriage by her father
was attired in white m-,eor satin, trim
med with real lace and wore veil caugh
up with pearls and orange blossoms. Sh
carried large bouquet of lilies of tn
valley The bridesmaids were Miss Ioi
Fonda, Miss Susan f. Elrod and Mis-
Marion Chase of North Adams Mass
who wore white with pink ribbons an
carried ping roses. The groom was at
tended by Leo T. Wilson as best ma
and the ushers were Alexander b. Royce
SIMON S. Rooney, John Branch, Jr., an
Roswell NJ. Austin. Following the cero
mony, there was reception in the chape
Mr.. and Mrs. Royce left on the sleepe
on a two weeks trip to New York an
Washington. after which they will tax
up their residence on Bank street. Their
was a large and handsome display q
wedding gifts. Mr.. Royce Is one of 81
Alhanss youngest ana most popular busi
ness men, and comes from an old and dis
tingushed family, his grandfather, tn
late Homer +. Royce. being chief judg
for several years. while his great grand
father, stephen Royce, was a governor q
| Vermont