Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

Will leave that city in February, going to
Berne aud Paris for a short time and then
TO Leeds and London Before going to
Vienna they travelled through Holland.
spent two weeks in Berlin and visited
Dresden and Budapest. They expect to
return to Burlington in April.
Mrs Tab Hathaway. who always gets
into Jail directly after or at the same
time as her husband. was In city court
Saturday forenoon and went through the
form of pleading NOT guilty to charge
of intoxication. She was speedily found
guilty and fined SIS and costs She
followed this with an appeal and r. G..
Webster furnished bail in the sum of
500.
Branch 521. National Association of
Letter Carriers. held their annual meet
ing Friday evening. when the following
officers were elected: President, 9. N.
Putnam; vice-president, y, e. Coon:
secretary -treasurer. J. NJ Flynn: ser
geant-at-arms, George Blondn; trustee
for three years. Everitt Gilman; delegate
to State convention AT bellows Falls May
30. r. L. Coon; alternate, f.. 3. Jordan
a. l.. Tryon n Son have purchased the
meat market at North Winooski avenue
from the administrator Of the estate Of
Lester A. Chase and will take possession
to-day clifford NJ. Tryon will take
charge of the business and A. Il. Tryon
will continue with the Vermont con-
Strllcton company. They announce as
their purpose the conducting Of a first
class meat market second TO none ia
Burlington
TAB" Hathaway came into city
court Friday forenoon with tremb-
ling hands and bleary eyes ana said
that he hadn't been drunk the night
before. Only "A little testimony was
needed however. to make the court
think that Tab had imbibed too freely
and he was given fine of SIS and
costs. He took an .ppeal and fur
uished bail.
The license commissioners have pre-
pared their schedules showing the money
collected for licenses and the names of
those holding licenses. for publication in
ton shows under the posted lis, from
May LIST 10 December 81. 1911. Il total of
59 poor persons, 265 drunkards and T.
report shows poor persons &C. drunkards
10. and on request .: for South Bur-
lnEton, drunkards. nine.
George Poulos, who runs "A store on
<ng street near Battery, and Joseph
taNillion were in city court Monday to
answer to charges Of selling tobacco to
minors Pouos pleaded guilty and later
paid the fine of s. and costs. but the
case against cavilion was continued
The latter is only about ten years of
age and he purchased tobacco of Poulos
md later furnished it To his younger
brother. The complaint was made to
Truant Officer Bray by some OF the
school teachers and he investigated and
made the resulting arrests.
The 10Th annual meeting Of the New
England Alumni association Of the Uni
yersity of Vermont will be held at the
Boston City club in Boston on the even
ing OF Friday, February .. The scheduled
speakers at the banquet which will follow
the meeting are President Benton. DR.. u
| {. iinkham. dean Of the college of mcdi-
! cine. Prof. Frederick Topper Of the de
partment of English w. Fl. Crockett
editor of the Montpelier Journal. DR.. W
! II. Harris Of Augusta, Ne. ana Governor
| L. y Foss Of Massa chuSctts.
i The low temperate e record for tn,
! winter. mp to date. was reached about
| eight o'clock Friday morning. whel
the government thermometer at III,
weather bureau station on the hill
registered a degrees below zero. This IL
the coolest since one morning in February
OF 1905. when the mercury touched y de
| erees below zero Fridays low
temperature is known to have beer
equalled only five times in Burlingto,
during the last 60 wears The few oper
places in the Lake Champlain Ice bridge
| visible Thursday afternoon, had all dis
appeared Friday morning and, barring
IA wind. which breaks up the ice the lak
may be said to have frozen over thi
| winter on January 70
The executive committee Of the Yer
| mont Undertakers' association held
meeting yesterday afternoon In this cit
and were the guests of the president q
the association. John r. Kelley, at
| dinner given at the Ellis club rooms. |
was decided TO hold the next annual meet
ing In Brattleboro on the 10th. 21st an
22nd of August President Kelley an
nounced that rs he was retiring from tn
| business and intended to he away more {
less he wished to resign and the resigna
ton was reluctantly accepted. The frs
vicc-president. A. -. Hill. was then mad
president Those who attended the NEE,
ing were {. ii. Calderwood OF St. Johns
bury, N s. Rounds Of Barre. j. {
Stearns of Rutland and G.. W. Varney q
| Bristol
The case Of Mary A. Hosford, admins
tratrix. vs.. Keil Myers, Balthaser Trie
and Justin Burnell of Jericho and tn
Vermont Condensed MIX company {
Richmond WAS entered in the count
clerks office Tuesday. The action is fo
5000 and grows out of an accident whic
II Is claimed resulted in the death of Cal
rol q. liosford. The plaintiff claims thu
her husband was driving "A team past
milk stand maintained by the defendant
on the highway from West Bolton
Richmond, when the animals becan
frightened at the Tapping of a cover q
81 milk can and ran away, throwing NJ
, fosford out and inJurlng him so that /
I afterwards died. The plaintiff alleg'
that the stand was maintained in a negl
gent manner.
Clifford Young, who appeared stron
n enough to work. was in the city coui
( room Friday and pleaded guilty
Z non support. He thought that wa
1 going to he all there was
!. 1t but was mistaken for Poorma'
II ter Killam appeared on the scene an
Z In no unmistakablc terms declare