Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-13
FRANKLIN COUNTY
ST. Adams.

Our Lady of the Lake at the Bay Sun
day afternoon at 800 O'Clock The
Rev. p. e. Boivin officiated. The
bearers were John, Henry and Joseph
Bruso and Arthur Sweeney and the
burial was In Mount Cavalry ceme-
terry.
Assistant Judges Il. W. Foster and w.
G. Greene Thursday reappointed the oil
board of license commissioners for the
coming year. The commissioners are
Nelson e, LEcuyer, George C. Story and
O. n. Pease.
Mrs. Paulina (CarrolD Marvin, widow
of Lorenzo Marvin, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs n. O. Learned of
Fairfax, Thursday. Mrs. Marvin, who
lived in this city until the death of her
husband few years ago. was 50 years
old and is survived by six daughters, Mrs.
| O. w Campbell of Hartford, Conn, Mrs
! II. L. Pease of Swanton, Mrs. Learned.
Mrs. c. II. Brush of Fairfax and Mrs.
a. II. Riley Of this city and by one son.
Theodore Marvin of Fairfax The funeral
was held In Fairfax Sunday and the
| burial was in the cemetery at luck
Hollow.
/ The following standing committees OF the
city council have been appointed: Com
mttee on legislation, Mayor Greene (ox-
oftico), !. r.. Sullivan, w. r. Eas nan;
/ finance, Eastman, J. l.. Pcrron. A.
! l'armclec; streets, n J. Jarvis D.. +.
Shore, Parr elec; sidewalks Jarvis East
man, Shore; sewers. Sullivan, Parmelee,
/ Eastman; water, Parmelec Sullivan,
Eastman fire, Sullivan, Perron. East
man; police, sullivan, Jarvis, Shore;
charities and corrections. Perron Shore,
Jarvis; lights, Parmelee, Perron, Jarvis;
railroad and public franchise, Eastman,
sullivan, Perron; city property. Parmeee,
sullivan, Shore salaries, Shore, Jarvis
/ larmelce; health and nusances, Shore,
tcrrOn, Jarvis; printing. Eastman. Sui
lvan, Perron; licenses, Pcrron, Jarvis
shore Other appointments are: Con-
stable and collector. G. II. Chase; janitor
of city hall and library, L. a. Curtis
superintendent of streets. water and
sewers, G. j. Renner; general foreman. J.
! \. Kennedy; city attorney, S. S. Cushing
tire department chief, +. j. Guerin; care
taker at city reservoir Edore Latham;
city grand juror, a. II. George; care
taker of Taylor Park, a. Revoir; direc-
tor Sheldon Poorhouse association ". II.
Finn.
i. G. Skinner of the auditing office OF
the Central Vermont Railway company
las been appointed cashier in place of
Ashley 5. Head. resigned.
Arthur b. Shepard of Walnut street,
a Central Vermont brakeman, was
seriously injured Saturday evening
about eight o'clock, necessitating the
laInputation of his left leg below the
knee. The young man was engaged
in gh 1tt+a md in
some way his left foot and leg were
run over. badly crushing them. He
was brought to this city on light
engine and taken to the hospital
where he was attended by Or. Alan
Davidson. the railway company's sur
geon in this city. Shepard is % years
old.
Babe" Brace, a well-known figure
in local police courts, attempted sui
eide by drinking carbolic acid Friday
afternoon while at the Franklin coun-
ty Jail awaiting removal to the Chit
tenden county Jail at Burlington. 1,
is said that Brace secured the poison
in some unknown way from a fellow
prisoner. DR.. S. w. Paige and DR.. Ar
thur Morton were summonded and al
though Brace was badly burned it was
thought that it would be safe to take
him to Burlington. Deputy Sheriff l.
= w. Ravlin came here to accompany
Brace to that city. Brace is charged
with the larceny of fur coat from
w. 3. Johnson of Essex Junction the
night of November II.
Dighton Kempton. aged 81 years
died at the home OF his grandson. Car
3 G. Kempton Monday noon after g
short illness with pneumonia Mr.
Kempton is survived by three dauEh-
ters. Mrs. c. H. Pine and Mrs. PHILIP
Sudarsky of Richmond and Mrs Titus
, y. Wightman of Georgia, ami by one
son, George NJ. Kempton of Glens
! Falls ~ Y.
2 T.. w. Blondin of ST. Adams Bay IL
city court Monday was arraigned or
2 the charge Of keeping Intoxicating H.
quer contrary to law. Three one-gal,
Ion receptacles and a half pint bottl,
of whiskey We're found on tho person
1 Of oakley LonGway at Blondin's hous,
. Saturday night after a visit by Off
GERS, The whiskey was ordered dc
stroyed. Blondin was ordered to pay
the costs Of seizure and destruction
= Blondn appealed from. the order o
1 the court that he furnish bail To-
costs.
. James +. White, a brakeman Of th
: city, was injured at Georgia Tuesda,
morning while shifting cars. lie wa
I brought to the hospital here and 1t wa
y found that he had suffered fractures o
several ribs and received bad hruis
, on one Of the lungs. White left here OF
an extra butter train at 7:30 Tuesda,
. morning and while shifting cars a
Il Georgia he became caught in the lirtinj
pin of the engine and was jammed he
. tween the engine and the freight hous
platform
~ James f. White. the Central Yer
. mont brak eman who was crushed be
| tween a freight car ana a platform
: while shifting cars at Georgia Tuesda,
morning, died at tho hospital here yes
g terday morning at 6:10 o'clock. Mr.
, | White who was about 20 years old
. formerly lived in Hopklnton, n. Y
, and the body will probably be takel
, thore this morning or tonight 70
>, the funeral and burial The father o
the young man was communicate,
with yesterday afternoon and viii
come to this city at once
A petition is being circulated by tn
iprogrossives of the city for the romova
3 from office of Mayor s. c. Greene, VIII
ID declared himself elected at the roceu
city meeting by majority of two vote!
h The progressives declare that the cleo
'e of the votes were counted for Mr.. Green