Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-23

| confectionery department at A. r.
| whites He has made many friends here
who VIII be much Interested In the sue
cess of his new venture. Theodore r.
Merton of Norfolk, Va, is his successor
In the White store.
Captain Roger ID. Black well known
| in Burlington, has received orders trans
ferring him from the position of chief
or the engineering department located in
| Albany, n. v, to the Third Brigade of
Engineers located in the Philippine is
lands. Captain Black will probably be
| ready to sail from san Francisco for
| the Philippines by October He will he
succeeded at Albany by Major Michael
j. McDonough. who will come East from
the engineering department located at
Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
| David Liberty the seller of CHEAP
jewelry and watches. who was arrested
in Charlotte July Is by Sheriff Allen,
was taken into court Thursday where
he was arraigned on a charge Of pedding
goods without a license. He pleaded
guilty and was fined So and costs Of
s6la which he paid. Liberty did not
ticular and he has probably no fixed
place Of abode. He claims to have trav-
eled all over the world. Besides his
stock In trade he seemed to have plenty
of money.
| In probate court Tuesday the will of
Rosette II. Ordway. late of Burlington.
was proved Florence NJ. Yandow of Essex
was appointed eXecutrix of the estate of
Margaret Goyette. late of Essex. s. A.
| Brownel and j. &. f. Pouliot of Essex
were appointed commissioners and APP
praisers of that estate. The will Of Henry
o. Clark, late of East Orange, n. j.,
was proved and allowed Kate r. Clark
of East Orange was appointed executrix
II. w. Allen of Burlington and Frank
e. Blake of Milton were appointed COM
missioners and appraisers.
One civil case came up for trial in city
| court Tuesday, but no final disposition
was made of it, This was an action on
a Judgment of Elias Lyman vs.. George
'C. Holmes of st. Adams The judgment
of $27S6l damages and s09 costs was
awarded by jury a number of years ago
| when a Chalmers-netroi automobile be-
longing to the plaintiff was wrongfuly
levied upon by deputy for the de-
| PENDANT, who was sheriff of Franklin
| county. The judgment has since been
carried to the supreme court and af-
flrmed. The story was that a demon
strator was driving the car when it was
seized as his property.
A kitchen shower was given Saturday
afternoon for Miss Anna Perry Bliss,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Bliss. at
| the home of her sister, Mrs. Elmer w.
| Cowles of Dorset street, announcing her
marriage early in August to Clifford VI.
Tryon of Havre, Montana. The
, color scheme was pink AM white
throughout the house. Fifteen young
ladies tied puff, after which n
luncheon was served. The young mon
were invited for the evening, games and
music were enjoyed, punch and waters
were served and toasts were given for the
bride-elect Miss Nellie Wheeler presld-
| cd a the punch bowl
Mr.. and Mrs. George Marshall Allen
gave a dance in their home on Shelburne
road Tuesday for their house guests
About 80 friends were invited from Bur-
lington and Fort Ethan Allen, the number
including about % young men at the mill
tary camp. The grounds We're lighted
with many pink electric lanterns. The
living room was cleared for the dance and
contained additional illumination with
Ia nternS. The streamers of lights extend
ed throughout the grounds and the woods
of the estate. Music was furnished ~
Shermans band, which played on the
| lawn; and by the colorod orchestra from
Hotel Champlain, which was located in
the living room and played alterna tely