Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-18
HAPPENINGS
IN VERMONT
Local Items of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Noun.
tain State.
The NEWS BY COUNTIES
From the island in the Lake tc
the Passumpsic, Along Otter
Creek and by the Shores
Of White Riven
The NEWS BY COUNTIES
ADDISON COUNTY
M1DDLEBURY.

The December term of Addison county
court was adjourned at eleven o'clock Fri
day morning. 1t was found impossible to
get another Judge to take the place Of
Judge Butler In the trial of important
cases in which he had been counsel
These matters were disposed of: In the
divorce case of Lillian c. Goodrich VI. FL
mer L. Goodrich heard Thursday. the
bill was granted on the ground OF descr-
tion. In the divorce suit of Rclda Man
chester vs. William Manchester. heard
January 0, the court stated that it could
not see how the granting of a bill wOulu
be OF advantage to the parties and the
petition was denied Ira l.. Lal'leur, for
the petitioner filed exceptions after n
statement of facts had been agreed upon
between him and Charles l. Button, rep
resenting Mr.. Manchester The two old
est chancery cases on the docket were
disposed Of Friday for the present The
FIRST was Lizzie Morrison vs.. Na than Nor
rison in court since March, 1892; ordered
to be ready for trial at the June term
The second case was Robert Easton vs.
Draft Horse company of Addison county.
Frank L. Fish of Vergennes was appoint
ed special master to report at the June
term.-An error was made in the report
last week in the matter of the application
for the appointment Of guardian for the
minor children of Truman Wissel. The
meaning Of the Judgment was that the
application was denied and that the minor
children remain in the custody of Mr.
Wissep and not under the guardianship p
Of anybody else.The annual report of the
trustees and water commissioners of the
village Of Middlebury was issued Friday
Orders were drawn by the trustees dur
ing the year past TO the amount Of So
D4.96. of which $.67649 was expended by
the superintendent of streets; police de-
partment, $685. %; fire department, S5S2.S7.
The year started with a balance Of si96,9S
Collected taxes were sl3,06762 and with
other small receipts the total was sll,-
H6.OS. The expenditures for all purposes
were s13,064.2l, leaving a balance of ST.
4Sl.17 The estimate for expenses for 1912
including sl,613l9 OF unpaid trustees or
ders is s6.49S. 10 and the tax Necessary 10
pay the above is 50 per cent. as against a
tax Of 70 cents on the dollar the past year.
In the treasurer department. Mr.. Pnney
reports a balance Of S71321S at the begun
ming OF the year and collections Of $S-
5O367: total of s9.95l.s5: expenditures for
all purposes. $s,295.39; leaving a balance
Of 1885, The present village indebted
ness is old water bonds, $4,000; new water
bonds, $50,N0; unpaid trustees orders, ST.
G.31S: unpaid water department orders,
Sl43.79 sewer bonds, slo.5O0; total OF s92,-
3l6aS.
At the regular meeting of Middlebury
Grange. No 3l5, Friday evening the fol-
lowing officers were installed by District
Deputy Raymond Osbourne and Mrs. Os-
bourne of Shoreham. who acted as mar
shall: Master Willis ~ Cady; overseer,
Floyd Keese: lecturer. Miss Mary Cady;
steward. Charles Lyman; assistant stew
ard, j. Donald Hamilton; chaplain, the
Rev. Richard B. Esten: treasurer, NJ. c.
Fem: secretary, Mrs. Floyd Reese; gate
keeper, John Hammond; Ceres, Mrs. John
Iiammond; Pomona. Mrs. H. NJ Balm;
Flora, Mrs. Frank Bissett: lady assistant
steward. Mrs Donald Hamilton There
was large attendance and a chicken
pie supper WAS served. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hammond had charge of the supper.
Mrs Stewart Andrews, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Bond of
Seminary street, for the past few weeks,
has returned to Boston--C. c. Wells has
returned from Sandy Hill y. Y, where he
was called a few days ago by the illness
OF his mother. who is somewhat improved
The many friends OF Ensign Burt
B. Taylor Will be pleased to hear
OF his successful passing of the examina.
tion for lieutenant in the United States
navy. Mr.. Taylor was graduated from
the Annapolis academy In 1906 and imme-
dately placed on board the battleshp
Illinois. one of the ships of Admiral
Evans's fleet which made the famous trip
around the world. He was made an en-.
sign IN 1903 and assigned to duty In the
Phiiippines, where he was stationed -four
years Lieutenant Taylor expects short