Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-15
VERMONT NOTES.

The lith State convention of the
knights of Columbus was held at Brattle-
boro Tuesday with % delegates in attend
ance. Eleven councils were represented.
The annual State convention of the For
esters of America will be held to-day at
Rutland. Between Go and 70 delegates are
expected.
James LaPoint Of Washington, a quar-
ryman. has Iicd petition in bankruptcy
giving liabilities of 81, Gi5 ana assets of
81 525, Of which $3.50 is claimed exempt
The l25th anniversary of the Cungrega-
tional Church of Rutland Will be OBJ
served next fall A formal observance
of the occasion will be held.
The DR.. Lawyer Remedy company of
Richford has fled articles Of association
with a capital stock of 5000 The Groton
garage has filed papers giving It's capital
stock as 5000.
The fruit ana strawberry crop in the
,lclnty of Bellows Fails IS thought to
have been damaged Monday morning by
drop In temperature to q degrees
above zero.
The Roy. T.. f Butler has resigned
the pastoratp at the Church of the Mes
siah at St. Johnsbury 90 take effect
juno IS He has been rs pastor for the
past i've years
Precedent viii bc broken Friday by
Camp Harold s. Foyles, Spanish War
Veterans, which will mold liz 18th annual
banquet ut thc Brandon IN 1t Brandon
instead Of at Rutland as usual
Willis cole, who has spent several
weeks in 'an ut st Johnshury on a
charge VI contrlbutory negligence in con-
ncction with the suicide Of his wife, has
been released as 40 evidence was found
against him
Roscoe Wisoll of clarendon, i2 years
old is out on probation after being tried
on charge of stealing "A bicycle belong
ing to August Anderson. Although the
wheel was rcpaintcd Mr.. Anderson idcn-
! titled his property.
I Frank Z. Barber has been appointed
Judge of the Brattloboro municipal court,
dating from May u, for the remainder
Of the two-year term ending December
81, 1914 The salary is 500 with 500 for
office rene
James Il. DonOway Of Middlebury has
( been appointed by Governor Fletcher
judge OF the Addison municipal court.
He served as States attorney for Add
son county from 1900 to 1904, and in 1908
was one of the State senators from Ad-
olson county.
/ Arthur Paulcy has been arrested at
Lowell, Mass, and brought to bradford
by sheriff Kent Of Randolph He was
bound over to the June term of Orange
county court on a charge of robblng the
house of Minnie McCullup of South
STAFFORD last week "Wednesday.
Unsuccessful efforts have been made
to secure the body of Henry Mellish.
drowned in the Connecticut near Bellows
Falls last week y diver is to be en-
ployed to find the body. The currents are
swift at the point where the young man
lost his life.
The annual meeting of the Connecticut
River Valley Medical society was held
at Bellows Falls Tuesday. The president
is DR.. E. H. Faulkner Of Keene y. H.:
vice-president, DR.. ~ I. Miller of Brat
tlcboro; secretary ana treasurer Or. :.
Hin of Bellows Falls
st. Johnsbury is to lose two more pas
tors in addition to the Rev. Il. f. But
Ter. The Rev. c. w c. Hill has re-
ceived call to the CONGREGATIONAL
Church OF New Britain, Conn. and the
Rev Peter Black of the Methodist
Church has been called to missionary
work in India.
Just after Benjamin Clarke left his
barn near Brattleboro Sunday evening
the floor gave way ana 10 COWS and two
yoke of oxen Wcr. buried bonc,tb ~ ton,