Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-16
WASHINGTON COUNTY
MONTPELIER.

MVNkfELIER.
IIanniol NJ HORNE or Boston il, made
the defendant in a. suit brought in WASH
ingtOn county court by Marshall j..
Wood AS administrator of tho estate of
DR.. George j.. Lane of Boston. The
amount named is 500. the action being
general assumpst. Theriault & Hunt
represent the plaintiff. a divorce suit,
Eurico Mae Scolcy VS.. William l.. Soeley,
ha, also been entered.
y brief hearing was held Friday
hcforc tho public service commission in
tho supreme court chamber at the state
House ON tho petition of the Montpelier
and Earre company for the approval
Of the iesIc of stock amounting to $3.50
zoo. Tho commission notified the repre-
scntativcs of the petitoning company
that permission would he granted,
formal order to lie made shortly. The
Montpelier and Barre company. a Mass
achusctts corporation and subsidiary
Of the Tenncy company. was represented
ny Attorney Fred T.. Gleason, Manager
II. d. Larabce and Howard r. Sands and
tho State ny Attorney II. c. Conant
Attorney Gleason read To the commits
sion affidavit signed by Howard L.
Sands tating the financial condition OF
the Power company. Tho company seeks
10 convert bonds into preferred stock,
The American Trust company Of Boston
holding mortgage on property
privileges, etc. of the company, which
made tho mortgage to secure an issue
of 30-ycar bonds. The Trust company
was given an option to convert the
bonds into the company's six per cent.
cumulative stock at par on or after
March !, 1916. and because OF this option
the Montpelier and Parre concern wishes
10 issue stock to that amount to meet
;ts obligations. Chairman Bacon and
commissioners Warner and Dutton were
present, leaving on the noon train for
Windsor to conduct hearing.
Joseph simon of Nashua, ~ H.. who
purchased the stock Of the Mcdonald shoe
store, the owner of which has been adj
Judged bankrupt disposed OF practically
all The stock and furnishings Saturday.
making n one day sale. He left Sunday
Cor hs home in Nashua, taking with MN
what stock he was unable to sell.
Mrs. Daniel Roach returned Sunday
from Burlington, where she went Satur-
day to enter her sevenyear-old daughter,
Alice in Mt. St Mary Academy. Mrs
Roach plans to leave the middle or the
week for the Pacific coast to join her
husband, who is on the Keith vaudeville
circuit. They will visit Alaska before re-
turning TO Montpelier early next fall
\ telegram conveying news Of tho death
of John /. Tuttlc, the first chief of police
uf Montpelier. at Denver. Colo, was re-
cclved Monday by Charles NJ Bennett,
II nephew. Mr.. futile had been residing
in Denver with his son, Edgar. for about
two years The deceased was so years
Of age, having been born In Lowell, Nsass..
December g. 1885, lie resided with HIS
parents IN Ncwbury until 1862, when he
came To- Montpelier and lived here until
two wears ago. lie married Jane Bennett
ana to them Two sons were born, Edgar
j. of Denver and Probate Judge Frank
W. Bennett OF Nergennes. His wife died
over % wears ago. Mr. futile served in
the civil War as clerk in the quarter
masters department for about six months.
In 1876 hc was elected sheriff OF the
county rs II largo vote and served In
that office for six years. He was then
elected street commissioner and served
for SIX years. lie was chief OF police until
1901, when he resigned to be succeeded
by {, T. Demertt, He was u deputy
sheriff, although during the past few
years Ao was seldom called upon to eX-
crciSp any of the duties OF the position.
| die was Il member of Aurora Lodge of
Masons from 1870 until his death. The
body will arrive in this city probably
saturday, although the telegram did not
state that any funeral arrangements had
been made.
The March term of Washington county
court opened ut ten o'clock Tuesday
forenoon with Judge Fred NJ. Butler pre-
siding, n review Of the jury trial calendar
resulted in 90 Of the 81 cases listed being
set for trial without qualification and
others may be heard. The review OF the
general docket resulted In score Of
moro cases being stricken of because
of entries OF settled or discontinued. The
jurors were called at two O'Clock in the
afternoon and instructions given by judge
Butter, following which they were eS-
cusod until nine o'clock Wednesday,
Court then took a recess out of respect
to T. j. Deavitt, one of the older NOM
bors Of tho county bar, n resolution to
that effect being made by Frank
plumley, The county bar association then
held memorial exercises for the late John
H. Senter, resolutions being read by State
Librarian GcorSc Wins,
Mrs. Hattie j.. Colby, widow of Henry
II. Colby of Washington. died carly Tues
day morning at the homo OF her
daughter Mrs. Pearl Lanier in this city,
death being duo to heart disease. Mrs,
colby was born in East Orange Novem-
Der H. 1854, the nth of a family Of -
children born to Ransom and Annis
-. l,ar ria.y
to Mr.. Colby. they resided in East Orange,
Bradford and Washington, whore he died
in lelS aud since that time she had made
her homo in this cIty She leaves one
other daughter, Mrs. j. c, Hodgkins OF
| st. Johnsbury. and three brothers, Alan
son T., Dickcy OF ERADICATE, Ia, O, w,