Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-12-14

/ in Jail since November I, appeared in
city court Friday and pleaded guilty
J to breach Of the peace, which con-
sisted of his firing a revolver. He was
arrested at the time and lodged in Jail,
being unable To secure bail. Friday
he was sentenced to tho house of correc-
tion for not less than year. but SEN
tcnce was suspended and stone was
placed on probation
Miss Mildred House is making a salts
factory recovery from an operation for
appendicitis performed December at
Heaton hospital. Miss House has been
working In the tax commissioner $ Office
at Northfeld.
Preparatory to making their report to
the Legislature the budget committee, OF
which Governor Gates is chairman OK
officio. met Thursday at the state House.
The committee examined the estimates
submitted by the heads Of various state
departments and in instances where in
creascs are asked the appearance of the
department hc;M was requested. Com
missioner lfillcgas OF tho educational de-
partmcnt appeared to explain his request
: for an increase of $1,000 for junior high
! schools and incidentally gave an interest
ing resume of The work of the department
, and its ambitions. The committee is mad"
| UP as follows: Governor Oates, Auditor
| II. +. Graham. Treasurer Scott. II. c.
Cady of Northtield, chairman Of the Sen
| ate finance committee, S. &. Wilson nt
Chelsea. chairman house committee II
! vay, and means and Hcdfcld Proctor
chairman House ot-,rnnti,tiou commit
tee
| GEORGE stevens sunerintcntlent of the
white River Valley railroad, which opct-
| atcS between Bethel ana Rochester, was
Il visitor in the city Thursday and with
! NInut,slier A. Wells Rivcr railrood Off
.io,q ,izitcd .hc cor shone vbcr, t,c
| Ar.hu,. Tnpdv angina ie boused Ar Ste-
teus made the insncc,ion with the nros-
ucc- of nurcha sipp thc uttIo locomotive
| fo, tho White piver road Tho -randc
ono of ,he old.s, and ono ar ,bc smaI,e.t
cry;n,s in this mart of tho country vn4
used ON The s,,h,,-hn, line of tho NJ & V
until n few wears avo
, \ccoydinr ia a ,e,tcr reco;vod in tbc cit,.
SATURDAY from the Rocb,stcr MINI,
hosri,nl where tho Rev -rnonn,s MEGA
INV was take, several u.c,ks ago hi.
! condition Is .ucb that an oner,tinn * no.
vet deemed advisable. According TO the
| ratfrc. at the hosnital his condition is Il
per cent. and GO must he reached before
/ mn oucration is performed
! The Industrial accident boa,I will
move to-day from the state House to the
Colonial on State street. the building
which will house a number Of cnmmis-
sinns and departments during the layisIa.
tive session. The rooms vacated by tn.
Industrial board will be used by the Soc
rotary Of the Senate. Ii has also been
definitely decided that the January and
February se..lo,,. OF supreme court will
y, held in the county court house, thus
providing the supreme court chamber,
the Judges room and the lawyers room
Tor committee rooms 1t - probable
that tho new State building will b.
finished by the time supreme court
holds its spring term 80 that the last
! tho state House proper
James +. Holt has resigned as ianitor
NJ INC church Of the Messiah, To take cf-
feet January !. after - years of continu-
ous service during which period he has
missed only three Sundays in the per
formauc" OF his duties.
Miss Mac Barnes has conc to Brook
lNu. y. Y. to take a postgraduate course
IN the Long Island College hospital train =
ing school for nurses.
g. ". Norway is seriously i'll AT his
home on Barre street with pneumonia Il
being the third attack of the disease
within "A few wears
J. II. Knapp is seriously III at tho home
of MS daughter Mrs. Waldo H. Farrar
/ on Collesc street. Mr. Knapp, who is Of
advanced age, has been IN noor health
for several Years
\ divorce case. William J. GaiiaYher
W. Mary l.. Gallagher was entered MIL.
day in county court.
Or NJ r Mcclure who has been in
New York city and other places for sew
eral weeks while recuperating from his
recent illness with typhoid fever. has re-.
turned TO Montpelier and resumed his
practice.
Word has been received in the city
by friends that Mr. and Mrs George
NrNostera y.hn left ,hc CITY last mont IN