Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-01-21


l"r Shclburne was proved and the Rev
Frederick II Paquettc of Milton and
Leon Desautels of Charlotte were APP
POINTED executors. Louis Pine and n. j.
llaiEle wcr" appointed commissioners.
l'. :. Fletcher was appointed adminstra
tor of the estate Of Adcnc Greene of
Essex, with +. w. Hall and George j.
Hobart commissioners.
News has been received of the mar
riage Of Miss Delna Chconc, daughter
of Joseph Chicoine of this city. to Will
nam j. Mccarthy of Springfield, Mass.
The ceremony was performed at the
Church of the Sacred Heart Tuesday by the
KEY. +. ~ Doyle The bridesmaid was
MISS Mae Mccarthy and the best man
was Joseph Mccarthy, both cousins of
the bridegroom. Mr.. and Mrs. Mccarthy
left for Boston and after a short honey
moon will make their home at IS
Morgan street Springfield. for the
present.
Eugene Page, an ESSEX man. was ar
raigned at the county Jail Monday be
lore Justice Jed =. Tadd ON the charge of
oVerdriving horse ana inficting unucc-
eSsary punishment ON the beast. He was
fined SIS and costs of $50 or 80 days in Jail
No mittimus was issued for his commit
ment, as h" is now serving Il sentence for
IlntoXication. The sentence for cruelty
Will begin whore the first named sentence
leaves of a case against John Brookns
of Shelburnc, accused of breach of the
peace towards Foster Whiting was mol
pressed at the suggestion Of the states
attorney.
one of tn" famous Iron Crosses Of prus-
sia. about which So much is now heard
the Kaiser having frequently Of late re-
Wtrded bravery with the coveted medals
is in burlington. ana is owned by Byron
| n Clark. Mr.. Clark found thu cross in
a pawn shop in New York CITY several
years age and despite his efforts TO dis
/ cover something of its history has so far
. been entirely unsuccessful The cross is
quite similar to - Maltese cross, and on
one side is the date 1913 the year il was
instituted, and ON the other 1870. the wear
! 1t was awarded to some unknown soldier
Mr.. Clark was not able to discover even
the name of the person who had pawned
/ it,
{
! OF farmers appointed at meeting in this
! city last week for the purposc of start
ing operations towards getting an agent
Tor Chittcnden county was held at the
office of the burlington Merchants as
soclatlon Mondav. It was decided to
appoint a committee. one from each town
| III the county. This committee will meet
| saturday to perfect u county or2aniza-
ton. electinE officers. otc. TIL. county
agent proposition depends upon the will
| lingne~s shown in every town one item
is money and in this connection each
town may vote such percentage of
$1,000 as their town grant list bears to
| tho county grand list
An example Of Justice hastily over
taking man who had committed a crime
was shown in the case of John \.
Leonard, soldier. who was arraigned
in the city court Saturday on tn" charge
Of criminally assaultinc Hertha Tollivcr.
a married woman. late Friday night. He
| pleaded guilty to an information filed
against him by the States attorney and
received sentence to the state prison
! at Windsor for a term of not less than
ono nor moro than three wears. The
/
| Wnooski and they were returning TO
the W"manS home on First street. The
! crime 10 which tho man pleaded guilty
was committed on the lower road
! The meeting Of the stockholders Of the
I Chittenden County Trust company was
! held at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon
at their banking house on Church street
| TIL" stockholders reelected the follow
ing directors; +. J. Booth. j. J. Flynn.
| j. II. Macomber, f. f.. Gebhardt r A.
Cooke, J. S. Patrick and f. T. Wood
bury The directors organized by elect
| ing officers as follows: PRESIDENT f. !
Booth: vicc-president ]. j. Flynn; secre-
| tary, j. H. Macomber: trcasuror f. D.
! Worthen assistant treasurer Harlte V
Han. Reports showed the bank to have
had very prosperous year and to have
made exceptional gains in its numbers
of commercial and savings accounts
About Is farmers from Chittcnden
county met Thursday afternoon at the
armory. following the meeting of the
| Dairymen's associations to make the first
move towards the ultimate organization
| Of the farmers of this county and the
securing of a county agent \ temporary
| organization was formed as follows:
Chairman, Chauncey W BrownelI Of
Burlington; secretary. Frank Talcott Of
| winston. An executive committee was
appointed consisting Of G. J. Wright Of
| Williston, r. Il. Catlin of South Bur.
lineton, Wright Fay of Jericho. c. NJ
| RYington Of Charlotte and Raw w
| Collins OF Colchester. The executive com
mlttee will meet at one o'clock Monday
| afternoon, January IS, in the rooms Of
the Burlington Merchants association.
| Nothing has been seen Of the body OF
| Enos CroWningshied of Westport who
committed suicide by jumping from the
| steamer Tfconderoga of the Champlain
| Transportation companys line as the
| boat docked here on December 1G 1t is
the opinion Of many who understand the
lake that the body will not come TO the
surface until warmer weather arrives on
water Friday the lake was very
| smooth and the slips in the vicinity Of
| the tragedy We're carefully looked over.
Some venture In" opinion that the body
may baV" come mp lust before ice formed
insid" Of tho brcakWateI and froze into
the ice, which has broken up and drlfted
away There have been no winds which
would start current to take the body
outside Of the breakwater
| The suit of AGel a. Miller against
Emma Beach IIazc!ton and trustee.
Elihu r. Taft, to recover the value Of a
meat bill for So, incurred by Mrs
| Hazelton, was partially heard in city
court SATURDAY The defendant and