Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-12

The efforts of those from this city who
are in the woods for deer are not proving
very successful. SO far as could be
| learned not one deer had been brought
into this city up to late hour last
night One was brought to Chase
markst in Winooski yesterday after
noon which was shot by man who
lives in the vicinity Of Jonesvlle II
weighed about 800 pounds. dressed Re-
ports have been received from a number
of towns where hunters have been sue
cessful but tho bucks have not been
brought TO Burlington, which does not
follow the usual custom. when deer have
been hung in front Of the markets be-
fore six O'Clock in the evening of the
day tho season opened.
A meeting of the city council was held
Tuesday evening when the designations of
w. Grant Thomas as fire commissioner
and Carl -. Stockwoll as fire warden
were received and accepted, the reslgna-
| ton of the former having been caused
by his appointment to the office of as
sistant chief and the latter by his
promotion to the office of chief The
| council then elected Edwin f. Nash to
| succeed MIR Thomas as fire commits
sioner Eight ballots were necessary.
There were four nominations for the
office, ex-Chief c. A. Niles J. r. Lock-
wood Or f. ". Baylies and Mr.. Nash.
the latter receiving the requisite number
of votes on the eighth ballot w. Grant
Thomas was elected to the office of fire
warden.
\ rumor has been in circulation that
| the main offices of the Vermont customs
district, located at burlington. were to
| be transferred to Richford, owing to the
Curtailment of business In the district.
A Free Press reporter asked Collector
H. G. Comings yesterday about 1t and
MIR Comings said he had heard Of no
order for removal and did not think
there WAS anything to the rumor. He
thought it followed the visit of the
board of efficiency, which made an in
spection of the district some weeks ago.
The inspection made then was only in
the way of routine business. As an
nounced in the Free Press yesterday the
customs office staff had been cut down
somewhat, and this was probably at the
suggestion Of the board
Harold Morrow and Charles Lee, two
Of the boys who were concerned in the
recent thefts Of property from motor
boats, We're sentenced in city court Satur-
day to serve not less than ono nor more
than two years each in the house Of cor
rcctiou. Sentence was suspended in both
cases and the boys We're placed in the
care of the probation officer. The other
two boys. Harvey Blow and Roy hughes.
who are under l6, appeared before the
juvenile court After the hearing the
court continued the cases two weeks for
further investigation. The police con-
taken by the boys Almost everything
that the motor boats contained that was
not nailed down was stolen The row.
boat which the boys had fitted up for
their own Use, was stolen from man
named Forth. One Of the recovered arti-
cles was a decoy duck.
Chief of police Russell received Fri
day communication from F @.
| Farrell N co.. bankers of Jacksonville.
/ Florida, asking for information about a
man named William B. smith ana the
man was located that evening. The COM
muncation was to tho effect that the
| banking firm was very DESTROYS of find
| ing William h. Smith, who over twenty
years ago moved from Jacksonville to
this city, his wifcs name being Julia
| Kcnney, 1t was further stated i'm the
| letter that Mr.. Smith must he about
eighty years of age. Slas Brush rcoul-
Elected Friday afternoon that he
knew man by the name ~ William b.
Smith and that he must he about eighty
He once lived in this city in the Nc
| Bride double house on Pearl street and
| later moved to Colchester. The telephone
| directory was consulted and it was as
| certained that Mr. Smith was living ir
| colchester at the present time His
| family was communicated with and told
the story and will write TO the Florida
! firm.