Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-13
CITY NEWS


Mr.. and Mrs. David Orlando Beecher OF
West Pawlet announce the enga cement OF
their daughter, Laura May 10 III treu-
,rick Whitmorc Hammon of littleton, n.
H.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made with
n,,roger CoIamer of the Hotel Vermont
for the annual banquet of the Vermont
Engineers association on the night of
March T.
News has been received of the birth of
2 son. February s. to MIR. and Mrs. Henry
r. Buck of Shrewsbury, Mass, former
residents of this city. Mrs. Buck was
Miss Marian Gray.
The case of W. w. Wheeler of Malone,
y V. vs.. Thomas l.. Wheeler and Nellie
Wheeler of burlington was entered in
county court Thursday. This is petition
OF foreclosure on a note
The divorce petition of Nora Gravlin
of Westford VS.. Charles Gravlin of Cam
bridge was entered in the county clerks
office Thursday. Infidclity desertion ana
refusal to support are alleged in the petit
ton.
Edward Simonds announced the engage
ment of his daughter, Geraldine to
Frederic 5. Anrus at a dinner party given
III honor of Miss Estele Hicks of Hart
ford, Conn. last evening at the Van Ness
House roof garden.
Charles H. Gutchel formerly of this
city, has become the father of a baby
girl Mr. and Mrs. Gutchell are living in
Great Falls, Montana, where Mr. Clutch
ell is employed in the smelling works of
the Observation-Disclosures Smelling company.
Manager Gardner of the Van Ness
House has returned from Springfield,
Mass, where he attended the annual
meeting and banquet of the New England
Hotel Mems association. Col. f. p.
Woodbury. was elected a vice-president
of the association. About 175 hotel men
present at the meeting.
Burlington friends of James T. Seaver
L. V. NJ, %, will sympathize with him
i'm the death, at Mount Vernon, n. Y,
February >. of an infant daughter. who
lived but three days and the serious ILL
ness with pneumonia of Mrs Seaver. j.
L. Seaver brought the chld's body to
Cuechee for burial last Friday.
A cablegram from Captain George Jean
Holden. 18th L. S. infantry, announces
his safe arrival at Manila, after pleas
ant and uncvontful Journey. Mrs Holden
and daughter are in St Paul. MINI, for
the present. This Is the third trip Captain
Holden has made to the Philippine
islands. going once via the Suez canal
and twice from San Francisco.
Present Indications are that travel next
summer vii b. heavy through this Sec
zion. one hotel has already made book
M ~ ND he rpil l.
road and steamship lines have received
many inquiries. The demand for dates
for excursions on the lake has been large
for this time of the year. and 1t is APP
parent that many societies intend to get
'n early to secure the best dates
y number of interesting articles hay.
fD,n unearthed in making the excava
tons in the basement of the city hal
and among these is a pump log which
must have been there many years ask
ana which apparently ran from the oil.
we'll in City Hall Park. The log wa
il a good state of preservation. Ther'
are also stones which lave the appear
ancc of having formed the foundation o
some other structure but this is not Ger
tain The digging everywhere is mad
easy by the fact that IT is made land am
the different layers OF ashes. sand, etc
are mainly drawn
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company wa" 0ioN'' -''o anu ',e"' y -
pounds of produce was stolen. Entranc
into the building was made by means
window ON the northeast end or tn
luilding, and wire screen was tor
away The articles taken included
pounds Of butter, 10 pounds of lard, elgf
dozen eggs, nine pounds OF dried bee
more than 50 pounds of bacon. 1t Is ev
Ucnt that some other people have take
the place of Poircr and his gang and al
active TO a lesser degree. Several co
taCes at Starr Farm Beach have bee
broken into but nothing Of great value hi
been taken.
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Tor man To Wholh ne gave u N"ech al
VINO proHlSeu 10 rt'"i" '"i'''u'' :"
after getting II 'asheu ioi MN -
check Is drawn on HYDE f"ik nahK al
j. madr out FOR sum somewhere III 1
her the exact amount. Berry had ma
one or two unsuccessful attempts to q
IN. check cash.d but this was refus