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

caieu WIN tne ponce. III One Vi tHe
pockets OF the coat was a receipt made
out TO w. A. Griffith of the wood com
pany, and by means of this the owners
were located.
The case of Wilbur Brown VS. Paul
Dimlck, an action appealed by the de-
fendant from n justice court in Hines
burg, was entered Thursday in Chitten-
den county court. In Hinesburg before
Justice Davis the defendant was adjudged
to pay a fine of S25 and costs. the plain
tiff having alleged that Dimick's automo-
bile frightened his horse. throwing him
Uhe PLAINTIFF TO the ground and infllct-
ing bodily injury. The accident happened
at the north END of Hinesburg village.
j. W. Darcy of Montreal. the man from
whom Albert Naliquette, the successful
robber Of the Mary Fletcher hospital, stole
1900 worth of goods. was at the police
station yesterday and identified the con-
tents OF the two trunk as his. He said
that only about one-half of the goods
stolen were in the trunks, and probably
Valiquette got away Will the other half.
M. Darcy is a member of a brokerage
firm and the goods were taken while he
was out of the city for two days.
Yesterday morning the police and others
Of the city's authorities gathered about
the old sink in the cellar of the city
hall and watched As bottles Of beer and
some whiskey, the results of a search on
the store of Joseph Laiuennesse, flow
down the drain. The reason for the
destruction was that the appeal which
was taken in the case against the liquor
on hand was not entered. Some goods
seized in the search on the same store
when operated by Leo McEligott were
also destroyed.
Jerry Callahan, one of the DRINKS who
was arrested near tho bridge at Winooski
Tuesday afternoon, was in city court
Yesterday and pleaded guilty to the
charge. He was sentenced to a fine of
s. and costs or TAX ten days. He elected
the latter. Charles Asselin, who has been
there before. was the other mar who
was arrested at the bridge. He was SO
drunk that he needed aid in getting into
a hack but he had good courage and
pleaded not guilty. T.. T.. Hopkins de-
Tended him and went his bail Of
500.
-" va Wv 10 hh oIu tfIlD
of tne habitual drunkard class, was in
city court Monday morning and
answered to the second charge of in
toxication preferred against him within
a few days. At the time Of his arrest
he was out on bail following a conviction
in a former case. and his surety, f. G.
Webster. surrendered him. Charles then
started in to settle up his account with
thn nnt,r nrl u.a,tzl hi.
nounced in both cases. The total on
both gives him IA days. which Will
enable him to eat his Christmas and New
Years dinner at Rutland.
An automobile made after the fashion
of a house boat, with a combined dining
room, sleeping room. kitchen and parlor,
was driven about the city Thursday by
X. f. Kimbal of Boston. who is making
his summer home at Essex. n. Y. He
was accompanied by his two daughters,
aged II and 10 years. Mr.. Kimball terms
his car a camp-auto, it being designed by
himself. The body of the car resembles
a boat. 1t being 40 inches long and wide
enough to admit berths. chairs, a table
and other furniture. The car is equipped
with an 50 horsepower engine. Mr.. KIM
ball and family intend to travel about
New York and to live in the
car.
Judge Butler, IN the court of chancery.
Friday. heard arguments upon tho de-
murrer to the bill and injunction in the
case Of Colodny versus ennctt & Com
per company and Ezra NJ. Horton. This
is a suit In equity over certain notes.
There Is a suit at law pending, to collect
the same notes, and the hearing Fri
day was to determine whether the pro-
eding at law TO collect the notes might
proceed, or whether the court of equity
could intervene in order to allow the
dcfenses in equity, which would not he
available in the suit at law. The iudg-
rrent was, demurrer overruled. and ap-
peal or answer to he taken or filed within
10 days.
Now and then a report is heard in his
city with reference to horses frightened,
not by automobiles, but by bicycles, in
the neighborins towns. There was a time.
twenty years ago, in the early days
the bicycle fever, when horses were
thrown into a panic at sight Of one of the
new-fanglcd machines, and their drivers
hurled curses and maledictions upon the
riders. Then the animals became accus-
to the bicycle, and the
succeeded it as the terror of the equine
world, Now that. the automobile has be-
come commonplace and is seen every
where, it no longer arouses alarm. while
the bicycle, seen with comparative raritv.
ard by a new generation of horses. often
causes them to shy"