Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-18

The following officers were elected
President, James Lang: vice president
&. l.. Arbuckle; secretary. Charles II
Scully. treasurer. c. $. II. Holdstock;
manager. Charles IT, Scully.
The work Of alteration on the interior of
the store adjoining the T. r. Perkins store
on Main street. which when completed
] will be occupied by Mr.. Perkins, is pro-
! crossing rapidly. When alterations are
completed Mr. Perkins will conduct
one large establishment comprising
both stores Many now features will be
added. making it one of the largest retail
grocery stores in the State
john Rushlow, pilot of the steamer
tlconderoga. has gone to Lake George.
! "here ne Will have charge of the winter
| sports at thu Fort William Henry Hotel
Inc motel, which is one of the most
| popular summer resorts in the country.
mas oeen deliberately fitted I'M for this
| purpose ana has already a number Of
metropolitan guests. The manager of the
fotel Champlain will take charge of the
| hotel.
In the estate OF BESSIE NJ Moran Of
! Essex. A. w. Edwards of Cambridge was
yesterday appointed administrator in pro-
| pate court with Clayton W. Rice and
Clark n. Bates commissioners and APP
praisers. a settlement was made in the
estate of Harriet +. Langley of Willston
In the estate OF Nancy A. Narnev of Jeri-
cho. Lena b. Narney was appointed adj
ministratrix with f. b. Williams and
! Oliver II. Brown commissioners
/ In probate court Monday Frank l..
Roberts of Burlington was appointed adj
lnnistrator with the will annexed of the
estate Of Eli Roberts. late of Shclhurne
John j.. Rhodes of St Albans was ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of
Eugene prim of Milton who has been
absent and unheard of for 20 years.
Prims grandfather left him Il sum of
money. which has rcposed in n bank
Tor want of information concerning
Prims Whereabouts
| Clarence T.. Sawyer formerly of INF.
I city and of late stationed at the sub
port at ST Adams. has been promoted
TO the office of deputy collector. in
spector and clerk. ana assigned to duty
at the local customs office to fiji thc
vacancy caused by the resignation OF !
Chesterfield Jones. George u. Lane. who
has been in charge Of the station at
| Windmill point. has been promoted TO
the office vacated 10y MI Sawyer in
the st. Adams office
i What looked like a real short weipht
| case was called in city court Yesterday
morning. when John McLane. a peddlar.
hpCn IN, 4
Jericho. was arraigned for giving short
| weight in selling potatoes The com.
! plainant was Mrs. Rose Atherton of
J ESSEX, who said tina, she paid for 10
bushels OF potatoes but received a great
deal less than that amount by weight.
Justice r. W. Taft, who presided at the
| trial. fined the man s. and costs
! Alpha Camp, Modern Woodmen OF
| America. installed the following officers
| Friday evening. District Dep. \. O. Pal
mer being the installing officer: Consul,
| F. A. Nichols advisor. Fred jackson:
banker, A. T. Childs; clerk. William
| Thyme; escort, A. NJ. Chase: managers.
for three years. Henry Sails; for two
years, Joseph Douglass; for one year,
Fred Walker: Waterman, William Cas-
sell: sentry, Trevallick Mcmillan \
dance and refreshments followed the cere-
mony.
San Francisco dispatches tell of the sui
eide in that city of Luigi ID. Ventura art
| critic, writer and teacher of languages
who shot himself through the heart Ven
tura. who was IS years old. came of Il
noble Italian family, and began his ca
reer as a page in the court of King Hum
I
great Italian tragedian Tomasso Salvini
as his manager and toured the country
with him He was connected with the
Sauveur summer school, which WAS held
in Burlington some years ago
| Tuesday the condition of Hcrrick \.
Filley, who has been i'll for several weeks
| at the home Of his .on-in-law ON
| i-atouhtain street, was reported as
extremely critical. ana it was not expected
| that he can recover. Mr.. Tilley. was
taken i'll The day after THANKSGIVING
with a severe hemorrhaee from the nose
Que to the rupture of an artery in hia
head. The physicians had considerable
difficulty in controlling tine hemorrhage.
but finally succeeded in doing this after
working over him for "A long time MIR.
Iillcy's illness is due to hardening of thc
arteries
Miss Alha Maynard one of the clerical
force of the old bee Hive. met with an
accident Tuesday morning which will pre-
vent her attending to business for several
days. Miss Maynard climbed on a stool
to reach for something ON one of the
shelves The stool tipped from under her
and she fell TO the floor receiving severe