Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-03-14

THE BURLINGTON FREE
mystery as there were no traces Of either
the doors or windows being forced, and
the key to the outside door was left in It
so another key could not have been
worked. 1t is probable that the thief
entered the building during the day and
waited until the employees had gone be-
fore leaving his hiding place, as the front
door was found unlocked
Highway Commissioner c. w. Gates
stated Friday. when seen at tho Van
Ness House. that the meeting of the road
commissioners for Chittenden county
would be held in this city March " in the
Masonic Temple hall. The entire schcd-
ule Of meetings has not yet been COM
peted but it Is expected TO be ready in
few days. Only a small percentage of
inc returns in regard to the appropria-
lions made by the different towns for
permanent road work have been received
as yet but the indications are that the to-
tai amount will be fully as large as a
year ago. So far as is now known, Chit
tenden county has done much in the d.
rcction.
a shed In the rear Of tho Home Savings
nank and the property OF G. w. Brownell
and DIR. u. G. Hawley collapsed yeste,-
day morning shortly before eight O'Clock
because OF the heavy load Of snow and
Ice on the roof. It SO happened that there
were no people in the shed AT the time
and two teams which are kept there were
out so that the damage was confined 20
the loss Of the shed, which was estimated
at little over 800. The roof was sup
ported by three steel Orders which were
torn out and one Of these narrowly missed
n garbage team which was driving
through the lane upon which the shed
is situated
The biennial report of the Fanny Alien
hospital from January /. 1910, to January
l. l92. has just been issued mo report
comprises "A handsome booklet of Il pages
bound in dark green and printed on a
very fine quality of gloss paper. The
book is illustrated containing cuts OF
the Rt. Rev. j. j. Rice. d. D.; Fanny
Allen as a nun; and various wards ana
sections Of the hospital The report
shows that from 1903 to 1910 there were
5% surgical and 274 medical cases treated
and "a special cases. while from January
T. 1910. to January /. 1872 the surgical
cases treated number 9N. and medical
cases 26l. with EOS special cases. The
report contains suitable resolutions on
the death of DR.. Samuel Z. Maynard
The stranger gag did not work in city
court Tuesday morning when Harry
Freeman. who is rated az an hahitual
drunkard. said that he procured the liquor
with which to become intoxicated from
two men whom he had known for some
time. but whose names he could not re-
member. Grand Juror Moulton objected
to the acceptance of the disclosure and
Clerk j. p. lIadd who was acting in
the absence of Judge G. S. Palmer, or
dered the man committed to Jail until
he could recollect a few more facts
In answer to his plea of guilty, a fine
of SIS and costs was also levied. George
Dumas, who was arrested at about the
same time. completed the bill and in
answer to his plea of guilty received a
fine of SIS and costs. Both men will
probably serve the alternate sentence in
jail
The crew of the steamer Ticonderoga
Is already arriving and putting things In
shape for the opening of navigation.
which will probably be about the middle
of April The crew Is practically the
same az last year. Captain +. c. White
Will again be in command with John
Rushlow as first pilot and Grant Edison
the other man AT the wheel Fred Fuller
will again he the purser and William
Value will he the engineer assisted BY
Plncide Duval. Captain T.. 3. Rockwell,
the veteran navigator Of Lake Cham
plains waters. Will Ire the CAPTAIN of
the Vermont and the crews of that boat
and the ChNteaugay will remain the
same. During the busy season more men
are engaged on the boats than at frs.
appears. The Ticonderoga carries 90 men,
while 1t takes over % 70 handle the Yer
mont.
TWO suits against the American Wool
en- company for $1,000 damages each
were filed in the county clerks office
Monday. The first is the suit of Charles
L. Steers VS.. American Wooden COM
pany, In which IT is alleged by the
pla ntiff that while repairing "A steam
pipe at the plant of the defendant com
| pany defective valve burst, scaldinC
him and throwing him to the ground.
a distance OF fifteen feet The plaintiff
claims that he was painfully Injured and
alleges negligence on the part Of the
defendant in allowing defective steam
valve to continue to exist near where
the repair work was being done. The
second suit Is that of Michael John We
American WOODEN company The plaintiff
claims that while working on A caroline
machine that was not properly protected
he caught an arm in set of hooks
and had the member badly bruised and
crushed.
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