Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-13
CITY NEWS

The probate officc will be closed |
Saturday afternoons during June, July |
and August.
There was a settlement In probate
court Tuesday in the estate of James /
Evarts OF Milton.
There was n settlement and decree in
probate court Thursday In the estate of
Cordelia J. Dupaw Of Colchester.
to first offenses Of intoxication. Both |
men were arrested by the sheriff's de- |
partpent the day previous in Essex
Junction.
Mrs Frank +. Lord of 4a3 South will |
lard street went Saturday to the Mary |
Fletcher hospital to undergo an opera
tion for an abscess in her head.
Fred Blodgctt and Lewis Tracy. two
residents of lnderhill, were arraigned |
in city court Friday. before Acting |
Judge j. i. 1.add. and pleaded guilty |
The trustees of the Burlington Saw !
ings bank have voted to pay depositors |
the usual dividend at the rate of four
per cent per annum for the six months
ending June 80
A son. Adophus, Jr. was born June
to Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus tolton of Nor
wood. Mass. Mrs. Holton will be renem-
bered by her Burlington friends as Miss |
Leila Estes. L. V. NJ.
Albert Delise was fined s. and costs In |
city court Tuesday for his first ofense |
of intoxcation. The hearing was before |
Acting Judge ! =. Ladd and Delisle took
an appeal and furnished bail
Thomas Dwycr who was arrested Tues
day for intoxication was in police court |
yesterday and entered n plea of guilty. |
He was fined the usual s. and costs. but
will serve the alternative 10 days in
Jail
Six teams and a crew of nearly % men
are engaged in repairing the Malletts
Bay road from the Heineberg bridge on.
The road bed will be gravelled and the
work will probably be carried on over
nearly all II not all Of the Hatch road.
At the campfire at the First Church
Thursday evening flag was present
ed to the South Royalton high school
by Mrs. Goodwin. patriotic Instructor
of the ". r. G. of Vermont and &C
copied by Mr.. knight. who is a son of
Il confederate veteran.
Miss Mary Bliss. younger daughter of
the Rev and Mrs. George Y. Bliss, Sum
day morning underwent AN operation
at Mrs Hoods sanitarium on Bank
street IT WAS the third operation of the
kind performed. The patient was rest
Ing comfortably that evening
Lewis f. Clark and Miss katherine
Kennedy were married yesterday after
noon at $50 o'clock at st Mary s
Cathedral residence. The Rev Father
ellis performed the ceremony They were
attended by Miss Helen Gilmore and
James Kennedy. the brides brother.
Vermont. from the present outlook. will
this year be pretty free from the pests
which have troubled her in the past.
particularly as regards tree scourges.
The brown tail moth. which appeared In
the vicinity of Brattleboro. has been
practically stamped out. and the State is
entirely free from the gypsy moth
Miss Mary c. Tanner gave piano
recital yesterday afternoon at four
O'Clock at her home at 23l South Union
street. at which her music pupils played.
The Misses Martha Sykes. Elizabeth
Darling. Eleanor Kimball and Alice
ments were served.
\ short session of the Woman's Relief
Corps of the department Of Vermont. G.
A. r.. was held in the parish house Of the
First Church early Friday morning and
the officers elected at the meeting on
Thursday We're installed. Most of the
members of the corps left on the morning
trains for their homes.
Mrs D. J. Foster and Miss Mildred
Foster arrived in Burlington Monday
on the one O'Clock train from New
York. They will he guests of Mrs
Y. &. Stearns until Friday morning and
on Saturday they sail from Montreal
with Prof. George F. Howes and family
70 spend the summer in Europe
About 200 attended the excursion of
the G. a. r. on the Vermont FRI
day The boat was scheduled to stop
at Fort Frederic but on account OF the
rough weather the excursionists elect
ed to stay on the boat and took the
trip through to Montcalm Landing and
return. Romeos orchestra furnished
music.
The steamer Chateaugay will come over
from Shelburne harbor Friday night and
start in on the seasons work Saturday
when She will carry her first excursion
Inspectors Goodhue and Rockwell in
spected the steamer yesterday and the
crew Is now practically all on hand. The
usual repairs In the line Of painting and
renovating were made few weeks ago
Professor and Mrs. A. W. Sfocum gave
reception last evening at their resi-
Man fOr Mr. and
Mrs. Henry c. Fuller. who were mar
red in this city June /. The guests were
received by Prof. and Mrs. Slocum Mr.,
and Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. HoratiO He
kok, mother of the bride. Light refresh
ments were served
Miss Grace Rouse of the Syndicate
Clothing company leaves this week for
her home in St Johnsbury. She has ac-
cepted the position as bookkeeper for
Butterfeld & Co. Of Derby Line. The
employees of the store presented Miss
Rouse with a vary handsome black wal
rus travelling bag, Miss Jennie Towne
succeeds her at the Syndicate
Events in fire department circles ar
unusually quiet at present and for NOR,
than two weeks the bell alarm has not
sounded. The last fire was on May q
and was the 2lst of the year. which L.
considerably less in number than usual
Ordinarily at this season number of