Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-03-28

Nellie, were in city court Tuesday TO ey-
plain the trouble on North avenue a few
| nights ago which eliminated with Mrs
Champagne charging bayonets on a man
named Shaw who lives on the first floor
OF the house shared with the Champagnes
Upon consultation with their attorney, T..
Il. Campbell both defendants decided to
enter q plea of guilty Each was fined
FIVE dollars and costs and placed on pro-
baton, but a condition was made that
Champagne pay the costs of about $lo In
weekly lnstallments.
Mr.. and Mrs Corkins of Mooers. N. ".
had a narrow escape in q runaway Mon
day afternoon near the Mary Fletcher
hospital. The couple had entered coupe
belonging to Thomas Redmond and the
driver left the horses unhitched while he
went back to the hospital for something.
The animals became frightened and dash
cd down the hill. Both people made
their escape by jumping and Mrs. Cor
kins received an injured ankle. while Mr..
Corkins was severely bruised. The horses
continued to run and the coupe was
smashed to pieces so that II is a total
loss. The pair was finally stopped on the
corner of Colchester and Mansfield
avenues.
State Cattle Commissioner Fred L..
Davis of White River junction was at
| the Van Ness House Monday and -
pressed himself as being very we'll pleas
ed with the result of the cattle testing
operations. The farmers are showing
much more interest than formerly in tho
work and applications for testing have
lao bnt
desired one before. Farmers are also
cSertlns more care in buying. and now.
as a rule. buy only cattle which they
know are all right. Since the first Of the
year about 80 head of cattle have been
sent out to the rendering plant in this
city and there are probably another 1co
Which have been killed in the State since
that time
When Frederick G.. Gray of Boston
was arrested in New York on Friday.
on complaint Of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith,
he was wearing q pair OF shoes belonging
to Walter J. Burke, son OF ex-Alayor
James r. Burke OF this city and had
en- his person n cigarette case, once the
property of James f. Burke, and bear
ing the inscription: Presented to the
Mayor by the Governors Horse Guards
at Grand Precautionary Burlington. Vt"
Gray was arrested on n charge of enter,
| ing Mrs. Smiths house at No. 1886 West
| Fifteenth street. Ex-Mayor Burke said
last night that his son resides at the
house which was entered and this OK
plains how the young mans property
| came to he found on Gray
Mrs Joseph Gardner, Sr.. of South Hero
fall cot Ip,N
day afternoon and badly fractured one
leg and was othcrw,se injured Mrs.
Gardner. who is 50 years OF age. had been
taking care of her daughter-n-law. Mrs.
Joseph Gardner She came out of the
house with a satchel and when going
down the first of a long flight of stairs,
her foot slipped and she fell the entire
length. She was placed IN the ambulance
as soon as it arrived and taken to the
Mary Fletcher hospital.
Champaign Lodge. No. l. knights o.
Pythias. of District No 4, will hold a
dslrc meeting April II, next. The SUI
preme Chancellor George NJ Hanson, of
Calais, Me. is expected TO he present
ana other prominent members of the
grand lodge and members from all parts
of the State. 4 banquet will be had in
the evening at Hotel Vermont and it is
expected that there will be $50 to 400
covers. This will probably he the largest
banquet of Its kind ever held in Vermont
and the first lodge banquet given at
Hotel Vermont
John Greene. a youth of about II years.
was arrested Saturday for stealing coal
from the Central Vermont Railway COM
pany and was later sentenced to spend
the remainder of his minority in the In
dustrial school ut Nergennes by Judge G.
$. Palmer The railway people have been
much bothered by the thefts of coal by
children. whose parents are thought TO
be principally to blame, for the coal Ia
always taken home. Aside from the loss
OF the coal the officials of the road are
afraid that some OF the children will he
run over in III" yard and Saturday Police
officer brothers kept a strict watch FOR
the youths and apprehended Greene.
j. S. Reynolds OF the Reynolds Real
Estate company of this city was seized
with an acute attack of appendicitis
while in ST. Adams last week. and was
taken to the Sherwood eantarium. where
consultation and examination was heln
the only chance. DR.. Alan Davidson
was chosen for the operating surgeon
assisted by DR.. s. w. Page and Or.
Grace Sherwood. The surgeons knife re,
vealed complications that were unlocked
for. but the operation was entirely sue
cessful. and his physician says that with.
in a very few weeks Mr.. Reynolds will
be well again. He is still at the sanitar-
ium under the care of special nurse
Her II months old child again saved
Agnes Bessett from serving n term i'm the
Jail for drunkenness when she was ar
raiened before Judge G. s. Palmer Fri
day forenoon. The woman was wearing "A
huge black eye and showed other signs of
hard usage on the day of the drunk but
was deeply penitent and promised 60 keep
sober If allowed her liberty. What to do
with the child was something of Il ques-
ton with the authorities anyway. and the
court allowed the woman to 20 on prooa-
ton. with a sentence of $l5 and costs and
an additional 30 days in jail hanging over
her head in case she breaks her parole
She was not obliged to disclose as this is
only her second offense and the six
months following the first conviction had
expired
The new city government will he or
gan!zed next Monday afternoon at two
o'clock. when the new board of aldermen
will meet, organize and elect chairman.
Mayor Roberts will present his annual
ell will 40 into executive session and
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