Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-08
MONTPELIER.

At a special meeting of the city council
Saturday deeds were received for the Pit
I'm, Lowe and Chandler cottages at Ber-
lin pond as well as the Selnas farm on
which they stand, the price paid being
$500 for the farm and $4,000 for the cot
teges. This gives the city nearly all the
property about the pond the Stewart boat
livery being about the only public resort
left.
Michael Cacicio, the Italian bootblack
sent to prison for alleged attempted res
cue of a girl from an officer last winter
has been pardoned by Governor Mead be-
cause of an eye trouble. His sentence
would have expired in January. Mike
invited girl who was in custody of an
officer to go for walk with him and
caused some excitement till the girl was
located. The girl was taken to Nergennes
hut had to be brought back because there
was diphthoria there and was later re-
leased from Jail on habeas corpus pro-
cecdings.
The listers filed their books with the
city clerk Saturday afternoon. The grand
list has increased about $1,000, falling
little short of the $1,000 which was eX
pccted al the time Of the March meeting.
There are 2.oG7 taxable polls compared with
| ZOS5 last year. Real estate increased $780,
600 and personal property decreased ST.
03l. The total grand list this year is ST..
2oO77.
Cards have been issued by Mr. and Mrs.
James w. Brock for the marriage of their
daughter, Helen Carpenter, to Harry
Warner Coburn. Jr, to take place at
| BETHANY Church Thursday evening, June
90
Charles T.. Cooney and Miss Dora NJ.
Barlow were married Monday morn
ing at st. Augustine's Church by the
Rev. w. ]. O'Sullivan. Clifford c.
Pratt and Fred Barlow were the wit
nesses. Both Mr. and Mrs Cooney are
residents of MiddlescX Center.
! At n meeting of the directors of the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany yesterday Hormon D. Hopkins was
elected treasurer to succeed the late
William r. Dewey Fred l.. Laird was
chosen to fill the vacancy in the Wash
ington county directors and Robert Will
klnson was appointed assistant treasurer
to succeed Mr., Hopkins. Mr.. Hopkins
was born in Montpelier July "A, 1864, and
entered the employ of the Vermont
Mutual in 1889, after working as local
|
State Journal and in the secretary of
states office, He was first employed as
clCrk In the treasurer's department. He
was appointed assistant treasurer six
years ago. He is one of the oldest en-
ploycs OF the company in point Of SER
vice
After hearing in city court yesterday
Mrs Margaret Bedard was released from
r,,l tat, .i,I,
T. +. Johnson, who is also under arrest
The case against Johnson is held open
and he is out on bail The case grew out
of the cross suits brought by Mrs
Bedard and her husband, Joseph Bedard
for divorce, Bedard won his case OF
the ground of the unfathfuness of his
: wife. The testimony Yesterday showed
that Mrs. Bedard had room adjo'ninf
, that of Johnson, during the time sh,
, was living away from her husband anj
before he secured his divorce. Both par
r ties denied unlawful intimacy. Tho cour
said the case might be taken up by
l the grand Jury but the present evidence
| while sufficient for divorce proceedings
t. would mot Justify him in binding tn,
respondent over to county court. Gran,
Juror f.. f.. Gleason prosecuted and +
$ l.. Laird and II. G. Shurteff appeare,
for Mrs. Bedard and Johnson.
r Both Howard Iiartwell and his mother
- who were taken to the hosVtal ruesda
following an exposure of conditions a
t their home, were reported last night a
] making good progress. He will be abb
$ to leave the hospital in a few days an
e his mother will be removed to a sui.ssSl
4 home.
5 A Lee Whitney, assistant state librar