Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-16

aroused the nelghborhood. whereupon the
two men escaped. 1t was dark and Mr..
Alpert was unable to give n description Of
the men. He lost no money but received
rough handling from the two men.
A case was entered in Chittenden coun-
ty court Thursday from Bolton which is
"a petition to discontinue a highway in the
town mentioned. The title of It is f. A.
Phillips and others VS.. the town Of Boil
ton. Mr.. Phillips Joins with II other free
holders In bringing the proceedings. The
highway which they wish ohllterated Is
one which leads to the Stevens mill. So
Icalled. in the Joiner Brook valley. It wa
laid out by order of the court some years
ago being first opened for travel Novem-
Der 10, 1SS5. The petitioners who ask for
It's discontinuance allege that the road
WORKS no longer to the convenience of
individuals and public necessity, and that
the owners of the land through which II
passes now occupy almost all of the high
way.
II. S. Howard went to Charlotte Tues
day afternoon to inspect a boulder
there which had been suggested as good
one for the marker which the Sons of the
American Revolution are to erect on the
f'i'c VI INV olu DlOCh mouse ~ GpuS east vi
the north end of the Winooski bridge 1t
Is the purpose of the Sons of the Revolu-
ton to mark this site with bronze tab
let bearing a statement Of its historical
Isigniiicance. The block house was built
by Ira Allen and was called Fort Frcder-
lex. The exercises attendant upon the I'M
yelling of the tablet which will include
addresses by PRESIDENT General r. c. Bal
nd 6,
will take place on Thursday. the S0th Of
this month at two o'clock in the after
noon
Sheriff Allen went yesterday to Char
llotte, where he gathered in a travelling
pedder, who gave the name of Liberty,
and brought him back to the county jail.
He will probably have a hearing in city
court to-day for pedding his wares in tn
State without license Liberty was
loaded down with cheap watches and Jew
elry, and his appearance was so unique
that the people in Charlotte were rather
alarmed about his presence and were in
clined to think that he was in town for
some other purpose than selling cheap
jcwclry. He seemed to be a harmless
fellow however. His method of business
was to stock up on inexpensive articles
and follow up construction gangs who
were operating at different points in the
country and unload his glitterlng jewelry
on them at bargain prices.
| In the probate office Tuesday Mrs.
| Frances A. Place of Essex was appointed
IeXecutriX of the last will and testament
OF Roswell H. Place, late of Essex s.
y. Brownell and Allen Martin of Essex
were appointed commissioners and ap-
| praisers of that estate. The Rev. +. II.
| Paquette of Milton was appointed exeCu-
! tor of the last will and testament of John
| NJ. Murray late of Milton. John Nc
| Mullen and Michael Kennedy of Milton
were appointed commissioners and APP
| praisers. There was a settlement and a
decree of the estate of Emily Rousseau,
late of burlington. The will of M.
| Adelaide Greenleaf. late of Burlington,
was filed for probate W. r. Mckilip
of Burlington was appointed special adj
ministrator, and John ]. Flynn and F..
D. Worthen were appointed appraisers of
| that estate.
| The peaceful environment of Chase
street experienced something out of the
ordinary Sunday forenoon when a detach-
ment of policemen descended on three of
the residences there, armed with search
warrants for intoxicating liquor. Sue
cessful searches were made at numbers
80, 36 and 40. The search at the first place,
number 80, was on a John Doe warrant.
The stuff seized consisted of a quarter
barrel of beer AZ bottles of beer, a pint
Of whiskeY, a quart OF wine and quart
bottle of alcohol which was favored with
anise seed the experts say who examined
h..
found so bottles Of beer quart of wine
and gallon OF wine. At number 40 there
was quarter barrel OF beer and seven
bottles Of the same. The occupants of
all the residences were Italians Frank
Compobasso lives at number 40.
hearing was held in city court Fri
day in the case of Jesse II. Wilkinson,
at whose place on North avenue the
sheriff's department seized what would
be about a case of beer, the beverage
being of different brands and a pint OF
whiskey. Tho States attorney introduced
a number OF witnesses, two of whom
said they had purchased beer Of the re-
spondent. One other witness testified to
| borrowing" two bottles of beer. Wilkin-
son denied that he had made any sales
but he did admit that the liquor was FOR
his own use and that he almost always
had beer and whiskey on hand. The
| court ordered that the stuff seized be
| contiscated, and further ordered that ii
be destroyed, Wilkinson being adjudged
the owner. On the charge Of selling liquor
without authority he was held for Chit
tenden county court in the sum of $780,
which he furnished.
The wedding of Miss Emily Dorothy
Shappy, daughter of Mr., and Mrs Paul
ShappY, to Antoine Latour son of Mr..
and Mrs. Oliver Latour of 40 Maple
street, took place at eight O'Clock yester-
day morning at St, Marys Cathedral, the
Rev. W. n. Cassidy performing the cere-
mony. The bride wore white silk crepe
de chine trimmed with shadow lace and
a brides veil She carried white carna-
lions. Her bridesmaid was Miss Emma
, Richard, who wore a gown OF white
chiffon over pink messaline. a white hat
and carried pink carnations, The best
man was Ernest w, Plante The ushers
were Howard Shappy, brother of the
| bride, and Frank Baron, cousin Of the
bride. Following the ceremony a wed.
ding breakfast was served at the home
street, and last evening there was
reception for the friends and relatives
Mr. and Mrs. Latour will live at 49,
St Paul street. There were many wed
ding presents
, FEDERAL, LEAGUE STANDING