Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30

money. Work on the Malletts Bay road,
which is also being done with State APP
preparation, will be resumed as soon as
the gravel, which was drawn there last
year, has dried out.
| At the annual meeting Of Unity held al
tho Unitarian church Thursday evening,
the following officers were elected: Pres-
| dent, Mrs G. $. w. Bcnjamin vice pres-
dent, John X. Hooper; secretary, Mrs.
| Guy T.. Loudon; treasurer Miss Lizzie
Moore; executive committee, the Rev. c.
]. Staples, G.. -. Smith, Mrs c. l.. Soulc,
Mrs. Sam SparhawlI and Miss Marjorie
Adsit; entertainment committee, Mrs. Jcs
sic Taylor Mrs. Nellie Bralcy, Mrs John
| *. Hooper, Miss Grace Gleason. Mrs. s. s.
| Richold and Miss Florence Bradley, mem
| bership and finance committee, Miss Liz
| Hic Moore, Mrs j. n. Macomhcr. Mrs.
James Eaton. Miss Isabel Taylor and Miss
| RILEY
Friends in this city Of Clifford Tryon
will be pleased to hear of his prosperity
| ana good health. Mr.. Tryon went to
! Montana several months ago and is now
| located upon his own claim of 900 acres,
! which is situated about 20 miles from
| Iavre on the Milk river His brother has
a ranch Of 500 acres which Is located
| next to his and 1t IS expected that by
| next fall their land will cover an area
| Of 100 acres At present Mr.. Tryon is
| raising a large amount of alfalfa, which
! brings a good price, and later he expects
| 10 go into the cattle business lie writes
| IN glowing terms of the country, and
says that Indians in all their feathers
and bright paint are common sishts.
In the county clerks office Thurs
papers were filed in two cases. One of
| these was q divorce action brought by
| Margaret Hunt against Guy Hunt on the
ground Of nndclity to marriage vows and
non-support The parties were married
! i'm 1912 at Montpelier. The other action
! is lay William @. Trap and Mary y.
| Trapp against Frank Rafter Eliza A.
Hottman and George McCuen. The allie
cation is that the defendants built dams
and bikes on their land at Wizards
ledge so as to divert the natural flow
of water from part Of their land on
to the plaintiffs land which borders it
upon the west and thereby undermined
his fruit trees, washed out bushes AMI
| did other damage.
and CONGREGATION of the Methodist
Church Monday evening to DR.. and Mrs. G.
V. Grismcr aS 2 recognition of the
| pleasing fact that Dr. Grismer has been
designated by the conference to remain
! in the Burlington pastorato for another
year. y large number attended, not only
| of the Methodist Church people but Of tho
other CONGREGATIONS of the city. The
/ b,I
and in the receiving line We're: DR.. ami
Mrs. Grismer Mr.. and Mrs f. j. Booth
and Mr.. and Mrs. Smith T. Henry The
parlors We're handsomely decorated in
red and white. which was also the color
scheme Of the tables at which refresh
mcnts We're served There were also
decorations Of flowers and palms.
A spcciar meeting OF the board of school
commissioners was hold Saturday night
to consider the purchas- Of adjoining land
on College street for an addition to the
playground of the grammar school 1t
was voted to purchase q IS foot lot of Eu-
gene Chaussc, Jr., provided it could be
had for a reasona bic price This is the lot
off the old !. w. Peck place which Mr..
Chausso recently bought from f.. II, Har-
rngton, with the intention of erecting an
! apartment house on it. The lot is 10 feet
| deep. The board voted also i'm favor of
| purchasing a further parcel of land of Il
| front feet from +. II. Harrington in case
it could be obtained 1t a fair price. Some
| time ago the same question came up and
was favored by the school board but
came to nothing owing To the failure of
| the city council and Mr.. Harrington to
agree on the price.
The street commissioners have the petit
tons of the required number of freehold
ers for the discontnuance of certain por-
| lions OF Main and Lake streets for the ac-
commOdation Of the new union station.
The formally of examining the promises
and giving hearing on the subject to the
parties interested will have to be gone
| through with before the discontlnuance
can be ordered. Proceedings in union sta
ton work have been delayed somewhat
owing to tho illness of Attorney T. w.
| Lawrence Of the Rutland railroad The
| street discontnuanco feature will be the
first step towards beginning work on the
| station project. The portions of the
streets to be discontinued are the end of
Main street where the station will he
located. and that part of Lake street be-
!
| of which Is to he changed
| \ suit against r. II. Murphy. the
| proprietor Of the New Sherwood was
/ begun Friday by the filling Of papers
! in the Office OF the county clerk The
action, which is brought by the William
S. Iiamel company, New York corpora
ton, Is for money alleged to be due on
a contract. The declaration alleges that
| Mr.. Murphy let the contract for the con-
| struction of building with an elevator
to the plaintiff ON a two and one-half
per cent. agreement, with the further
| agreement that if the cost Of the whole
should he less than $4,000, a further COM
| mission Of ten per cent. should be added
| The declaration alleges that while the
| plaintiff did his part the defendant fail
! ed to pay a- ne had agreed, ana that the
| plaintiff suffered damage thereby to the
/ amount of $1,000,
The following officers Of Temple Chap
| ter No. %, o. h. s, We're installed Tues
day by Mrs, Anna A. Evans and Ida
| e. Reynolds, marshal; w. NJ, Mrs Ella
sociatc matTon, Mabel j. Sonbcrger, sec
| rotary, Ahbie ID. Virgins; treasurer. Hat
| tie Ruter, conduCtress, Nellie NJ. Wade;
| associate, Emma A. Collins; chaplain
Adelaide Cranncl; marshal. Carrie +.
Drew organist, Ellen Pitts; Adah, Winifred
| Rowley; Ruth, Fannie &, Flanders; Es-
| ther, Sarah Wheeler; Martha, Orabclle
| ltlplCN, EleCta, Henrietta H. UOuph. war