Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-15
CITY NEWS


The next term of the Burlington pub
'Ac schools will begin Monday, September
The will of Carolyn Sherman. late of
Richmond, was proven IN PROBATE court
tuesday.
Mr., and Mrs. d. c. Simonds Of Maple
btreet are the parents OF baby girl.
born Thursday.
Peter shequin and George Sheehan were
hned IS and costs each Tuesday morn
ang in city court for intoxication.
A settlement and decree was made Ef1-
aay In probate court in the estate OF
Emma ]. Rankin. late of Milton.
Mrs Lucille Morgan Mitchell Of New
York city, formerly OF Burlington, was
granted divorce August from Frederic
F. Mitchell, formerly of Burlington.
Shermar's Military band will render a
concert Sunday afternoon at Queen city
Park. playing from 80 to $50 and from
43 to $3.50.
A license vas granted in probate court
Thursday to sell what is known as the
Bishop-Hill farm in Jericho. 1t is a part Of
the estate of Daniel e. Bishop. late of
that place.
Duke B. Crockett. a travelling salesman
of New York, and Miss Luella Haight
also of New York. were married Saturday
afternoon by the Rev Charles c. Wilson
at the chapel Of ST. Paul Church.
Solomon Pippin Of Milton was taken to
the State asylum at Waterbury Thurs
day. He has been confined in the Jail in
this city and was adiudged insane In
probate court.
The petition in bankruptcy of ]. L..
Goodkin. a merchant of Winooski was re-
ceived in the office of Referee ]. T.
Stearns Thursday. The assets are plac-
ed at 1888 10 and the liabilities at ss,24O1 IS.
The Army and Navy Journal announces
the death at the Mayo hospital in
Rochester. MINI. August of Col. WILL
lam H. Coffin who was professor of Mill
tary science at the University of Vermont
n 1856.
Maurice P. Ames. L. V. NJ, 1910. who
for the past two years has been with
the General Electric company at Schenec-
tady. n. y. has been appointed superin-
tendont OF the testing department of the
Burke Electric Works at Erie, Penn.
News was received Friday of the
birth of a son to Mr.. and Mrs Durant
J., Macrae Of Philadelphia. Tle boy
was namel Robert Mansfield Macrae.
Mr.. Macrae is the son of Mr.. ana Mrs.
F w. Macrae of this city AMI has
many friends in town.
An appeal filed in the office of the
olerq of the Chittenden county court FRI
day in the suit Of c. B. Arnold versus E.
+. Nash. The case was tried before
Judge c. S. Palmer in city court July 25
and damages of $l35 were awarded Mr.. Ar
mold
fire in hencoop on North Union
street called ont the department Tues
day in answer to an alarm. rung in from
tox %. The hens escaped safely and only
small amount of damage was done. The
blaze was extinguished by means OF hand
extinguishers.
y petition for divorce was filed in Chit
tenden county court Thursday by Josie
r. .Collirs. Tho petitioner states that she
was married to John +, Collins in Monk
ton in 1910 and separated this year inf
deity and ntolerablc severity are the
grounds given for divorce.
A suit of Miss Nina l.. Seeley, a Cam
bridge school teacher. versus the Central
Vermont Railway company Was entered
In county court Monday. Miss Seeley
seeks to recover $1,000 for injuries which
she alleges she received last February In
Jericho when aligh,ing from the b. &
l.. train.
George Haley was fined $40 and costs
Friday morning in city court for in
toxication. He took an appeal and fur
nished bail. Edward Larocque OF Milton
was fined s. and costs for a similar Of
Tense, He was remanded to Jail and will
probably serve the alternative sentence OF
u days in Jail
Hugh Henry, Jr.. of Chester. state COM
missioner of weights and measures was
In the city Thursday arranging for rhe
annual convention Of the Vermont Asso.
citation of Seacrs. September II and r.
Hotel Vermont will be headquarters and
banquet will be given the evening OF
September Ii.
Carl Swanson was fined s. and costs In
city court Monday morning for his frs,
oflehse OF intoxication. Napoleon Gushing
receiver d slHlllar dose for the same Of
Tense and Andrew Contois, who has beer
arrested before, was fined SIS and costs
He took an appeal and furnished ball II
the sum OF 800.
TWO weddings were solemnized by thu
Rev. j. M. Cloarec at ST. Joseph.
Church Monday morning at seve,
o'clock, when Charles Oumette and Mis-,
Bertha Poissant, both Of Drew street
and Napoleon Deguise and Miss Emm.
Perras, both Of Battery street, were uni
ted in marriage
After the hearing Saturday afternoo,
of the applicants for the license which
was formerly the property Of Charlie
Muir, the board of commissioners dectde
to award it to Fred Martelle and william
Linoge. Both men had been In the EN-
poy of the late Mr. Muir for mum
her of years as bartenders
Two habitues of city court were give
dose for intoxcation yesterday by Judg
c. S. Palmer, The first was Zeb Blai
who was arrested by the sheriff's depart
ment, and the other was Alexander Pave;
whom the police took care of. Both WEI
fined SIS and costs and as neither ca
pay they will spend the alternatiy
sentence of about 60 days in jail
Thomas Reeves Saturday afternoon au'