Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-12-14

Max l.. Powell. in favor of the plaintiff.
The case was tried a the September term
and Judgment was for Mr.. Miller. Mr..
Powell took the case to the supreme court,
which affirmed the judgment Of the
county court. Mr.. Miller brought suit
against Mr. Powell for services as bidder
when the Hotel Burlington property was
sold at auction claiming $500. He was
awarded s35
Charged with alternating the affections
of Ellen Harper. wife of Jerry Harper of
South Burlington. Fred Brunette, also of
South Burlington. is in the county jail
The damages asked by harper are 1900.
This IL the amount Of bail required and
the defendant has been unable to raise
the funds. The plaintiff claims that Bru-
nellie has stolen his wife's affections and
according to T. f. Hopkins. attorney for
the plaintiff the writ was served on Bru-
nellie to prevent his leaving town with
Mrs. Harper. The Harpers have three
children.
A fire which from appearances must
have been of incendiary origin was DIS
covered III a vacant house. belonging to
the Paul Bonnet estate and situated on
North Bend street near the head of Rose
street. shortly after II o'clock Sunday
evening and an alarm was sent in from
box 80. The flames were issuing from the
rear OF the house when the hremen ar
rived and it required two streams of water
to extinguish the blaze. The house has
not been occupied for several weeks and
| the doors were supposed to have been
| locked. The damage will amount to a
| few hundred dollars.
| The brotherhood of the First Church
| held its regular supper last night in the
| church parlors of the Congregational
Church in Wnooski, about t6 being pres
! ent. OF this number 10 attended from
Burlington. The postmaster was George
r Catlin president of the society. Sup
! per was served by the ladies of the Wi
nooski church. The speakers wern Prof.
| J. l.. Goodrich David Walker. Inc Rev.
Rufus G. Flag the Rev. Charles =. Will
son and the Rev Ernest c. Guthrie Of
this city and Or. a. 5. c. Hill and Will
liam Mcbride of Winooski. The general
theme Of the evening was "Winooski as
| 1t Was as It Is and as 1t Should Be
Three dusky bellies, Ella Johnson Bessie
| Hart and Blanche Stewart were lodged
in Jail Saturday evening by Sheriff Allen
! and Deputy Sheriff Todd as the result,
of a raid on a colored resort on the road
to Fort Ethan Allen near Wnooski Park
Oliver ]. Hayes was also taken in tow
along with the others. The sheriff wen,
IN Tho scene NJ octio, IN n wagon or =,
Ieast he had wagon HANDY. to tote of
tho bootv II co,sistod of oi,,bt co.as
Of lear some wine and wbiskev The
| rr,eonare eenaciarv tho uo,,on war.
much sought after at the iai Sunday
bv colored gentlemen who wished IN he
come surety for their hail in case 1, he
cane necaesarv
A report that a cottage belonging to
l.. l.. Lord at orchard farm, a few
miles south of Burlington, was on fire
reached the city Yesterday afternoon
about two o'clock and Nj Lord lef
with some men at once to fight the blaze
but found that no damage to the cottage
had been done. brush fire had beer
and burned around the cottage, but
large number of ncighbors had reached
the scene as soon after they saw smoke
as possible and had by sweeping ava,
the leaves and grass, kept the cottas
protected Orchard farm was formerl!
the Captain Rushlow place.
DaViu bolhoaIu' an 10 years oiu 3ou'
charged win lhtoHlcatoh' was III CIT
court TUESDAY morning 10 answer l"
irst onense' Inc poy' VINO hao peeh AT
rested the preceding msh'' pieaoeu gum
ana was hned y ana coSts pS Act'''
Judge K. w. Taft. As lombard Is
minor ne was asked to disclose ana sal
that he obtained haf pint OF liquor
the second class license place OF D.
Lavigne at the corner or battery an
College streets The money Win WING
he purchased the goods was given MI
| by David Ploof. The two drank IN
liquor according to the boys testimony
In the house of Nellie Pasha on Batter
street Bombard's mother was present
over her sons arrest. Lavigne will /
given a hearing Monday and Ploof ma
6 he brought into the affair.
y
. Charles Duniken, the one armed pap'
hanger who helped himself to n waite
In the house of Mitchell Benoit fe
" DAYS ago while making repairs, was
= city court Yesterday and pleaded n
% guilty The trial lasted quite a viii
Z, nesses showed pretty conclusively thi
Duniken took the watch. He sold II
nuunshop keener for three dolla
G and that gentleman I'm turn disposed
n IT to some unknown person for six dollar