Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-20

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L. Marsh was the chairman. e. S. Brig.
ham of st. Adams, State commissioner OF
agriculture. was the chief speaker and
explained the proposed plan and the eff.
forts so far made to finance It, A motion
was unanimously carried to raise 5000
and s129 was pledged on the spot-A spe-
cal meeting of st. Matthews parish is
called to meet after the Friday evening
service.-A party of young men consist.
ing of o. M. Jeffords. w. l.. Gardner, NJ
| A. Aseltine and H. f. Kimball from this
I place. VINO were Joined in st. Adams by
VI. d. Armstrong and NJ. w. brennan,
were In Montreal Saturday to witness a
hockey game. They returned Monday
George Caldwell returned from Mont
| pelicr Saturday, where he had been the
guest for two days Of Mr.. and Mrs w II.
| McFeeters-H. w. Pratt and William
| Samson of East Berkshire were business
visitors in town Mondays. NJ. Carpen-
| ter Is out after weeks confinement with
a severe cold.-A. j. Caldwell returned
to Portland, Me- Saturday after a two
weeks stay with his family
The report of the city fire depart
ment f. ]. Guerin, chief, shows that
there have been Is box alarms and "a
telephone alarms during the past year.
The actual cost of the department
was s4,11o.77. The salaries of the
permanent men was s2,s52.4s and tho
call men s1S325 OF the total of SO
fres, % were chimney fires. The time
spent at the fires was II hours and 10
minutes, and the average time spent
at each fire was 10 minutes.
The funeral of Mrs. Eunice H. Soule,
widow of Orville S. Bliss, who died in
Georgia Feb IL, was held at tho
house Friday afternoon at two o'clock.
Mrs. Bliss was nearly SO years old
Miss Clara Bliss, a teacher in the Elm
street school in this city, is q daugh-
ter.
The progressves met in caucus at city
hall Saturday night and nominated a
ticket to be voted upon at the city meet
ing, March 4. Hiram p. Dee presided at
the caucus and Leo b. Wilson was ap-
pointed clerk. The following is the
ticket named: For mayor, II. w. Bal
lard: city clerk and treasurer. :. Melvin
Hopkins lister, A. ]. Tenney; city grand
Jurors, r. NJ. Austin. II. NJ. Dee. S. S
Cushing; overseer of poor, X. y. Lamp
man: auditor for three years. george A.
fund, W. II. Finn; trustees public library
e. A. Chittenden, j. w. Hanley, c. D.
, Watson.
William d, Doolin has purchased the
entire business of Richardson, Twigg &
Co.. the leading dry goods house of this
city. The company was founded in 1859
by A. s. Richardson and c. p, Twigg and
it, 1895 Mr.. Doolin bought an interest IN
the business, having been employed as a
clerk in the store for two years previous.
In 1908 Mr.. Richardson retired and his In
terest was purchased by Mr.. Doolin, who
row becomes the sole owner. The busi-
ness will be carried on under the former
name OF Richardson. Twgs & Co. Mr..
Doolin was born in Isle La Motto in 1869
and has been in business for % years,
most of the time in this city or except for
about four years when he was in the
States of Washington and Oregon. Mr..
Twigg will continue in the mems furnish
ing business which he has carried on for
many years.
A report has come from the State lab
oratory of hygiene at Burlington of the
examination of the Viscera of the two
Wells children, who died in Swanton I'M
der peculiar circumstances last December
and as the outcome of whose deaths
tho mother, Mrs. Julius Wells, was ar
rested on the charge of administering
POISON TO the children. The examination
showed considerable arsenic In the viscera
of the children, and there is no doubt
that the cause of tkir death was pois-
oning. The question now is whether It
was administered to them by the mother
or whether they were poisoned accidental
ly. The father had been using a con-
siderable amount of rough on rats
about the premises and It is possible
that the children got hold of some OF
this poison. On vegetables sent to the
laboratory some metallic arsenic was
found, sample OF the condensed milk
which was given to the children for
breakfast the morning they died was
found to he free from arsenic. If the re-
port from the laboratory had been receiv-
ed some time ago a special grand jury
might have been called but it is posi-
BILE now that the state will wait until
the March term, when the grand Jury
will probably be asked to return ind!ct.
ments against Mrs Wells who is now
confined in FRANKLIN county Jail. States
Attorney Gaylord f. I,add has charge
OF the case for the State and S. S. Cush.
Ing Is the counsel for the defense.
Mrs. Arthur G. Ryan. aged nearly &C
years, died at the Sherry nod santa rum
Monday morning at eight o'clock after
few weeks Illness. Mrs. Ryan was
born in this city March 81. 1867. and is
survived by three children, Arthur g.
Carrie L. and Helen G. Ryan, of this
city, by three brothers, Lawrence
and Thomas H. Hanley of Boston, Mrs
John w. Hanley of this city; and by
sister, Mrs. K. II. keim, of Richmond,
Va Mr., Ryan died several years ago
The funeral was held at st. Mary s
Church Wednesday morning at nine
O. o'clock.
from the j. II. Blair tenement on Fed
oral street to the tenement of J. X.
Montague in Bakersfield where he will be
employ d.-Mr and Mrs II. C. Pomeroy
Of St. Adams were in town Tuesday
Miss Louie Carpenter left Wednesday to
visit her sisters, Misses Helena and Win
nifred, In Mddlebury.--C. f. Kendall has
entered the employ Of s. Burt
GEORGIA.
The funeral of Mrs Orville Bliss was
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