Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-12-18

property to the value Of $500 Tho i,bu-
tiles are $3.50 secured and s6IS unso-
cured. There are q creditors.
The Fanny Allen hospital is tho win
ncr of the library in the voting con+ost
which has been in progress during the
past three months, leading its nearest
competitor By more than 100000 votes
The voting closed last Thursday night
and when the boxes were opcnnd Mon.
day afternoon at !: 80 o'clock tho
Fanny Allen hospital was found 10 have
ii,5il,1Og the independent order of odd
Fellows 11.gG2,193 the Mary Fletcher hos.
pital 2,OlS 1899, the Y. NJ G. A. I tGo on.
the Burlington high school 521.3lo tba
knights of pythas 5i1S,7S2. the I-n,vor.
sity of Vermont SGLiio the I;lks 791 49,
Unitarian church $3.50, St aul's Churcb
GO 1ol and the Methodist Church 32.3
Representatives of all of tine institutions
were present when the boxes wero oncn-
ed J. j. Enrisht represented the hos
pital,
Word has been received by Miss Anna
Cowhcy of the marriage Of her sister.
Miss Mary Cowhcy formerly of Burling-
ton, to J. j. Shcahan of Limerick. Ire
land. The ceremony was performed Mo-
vcmbcr % in Limerick by the Rev. Father
O'Connor Of St. Joscph's Church. The
church was tastcfuly decorated with
palms and ferns The bride wore a suit
of pale blue with hat to match, and car
ricd q bunch of carnations The BRIDES
lavender. The best man was James !.
CoWhey, a brother of the bride. After
the ceremony an elaborate breakfast was
served at the home of the bride, which
was largely attended. They received
many beautiful presents. After a trip
of a couple OF weeks in Queenstown.
they will Doe at home to their friends in
Limerick
The bank roll Of Police officer Thomas
Collins will be increased by the sum OF
$50 as the result Of his capture Of James
Brennan, who has been identified as a
dcscrter from the Fifth infantry. COL
Inns learned that Brennan was on Bat
terry street and then proceeded to find
him at number 1G2 i'm company with a
woman The man went with him, offer
ing no resistance, and was turned over
to the federal authorities at Fort Ethan
Allen. He will now be tried before a
military court and if found guilty will
be sentenced to "A term in a government
prison. The reward of $50 is always given
in the case Of the arrest of "A desertcr
from the United States army and is al
ways advertised. 1t was by this means
'p1 inc. 4
Brennan is said to have deserted during
the summer Of 1912.
Tuesday afternoon in city court
Charles Stannarl was acquitted Of the
charge of keeping Intoxicating liquor on
hand with intent to sell and the three
bottles of beer which We're found on his
premises were ordered returned to him.
}. J. Enright appeared for the defense
and a number of witnesses were intro
ducod. Their testimony all bore a strli-
ing resemblance and was to the effect
nat they mad never seen any signs of
drinking in the Stannard home and in
fact had never known Stannard himself
20 take a drink. Police Officers RYAN.
Miles, w. G. Collins, Fraser and Simon
told of the happenings at the raid. which
took place two weeks ago Sunday. The
policemen said that they saw some bot
tied beer in the kitchen sink and Simon
testified that he saw some whiskov
"mptod out of the window, while he
caught some bottles of beer which were
thrown out
Jonn Kennedy, who has been behind
the desk in the Hotel Vermont for the