Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-04

village. in addition to their present mill.
The new one will be 12S feetlong. They have
the frame work up and expect 20 cover
the mill SO that it can be completed th!'
winter.
In probate court Friday morning
Thomas Hathaway was ordered COM
mitted to the State hospital at the ex-
pense of the State. 1t was shown in the
testimony that Mr.. Hathaway, who is adj
vanced In age, was without means and
that he had been living in Woodbury. for
many years. The selectmen brought the
petition for sending him to the hospital.
Frank Small of Barre settled his account
as the administrator Of the estate of the
late Elroy Whitaker of Barre.
The school board Of Montpelier Is
feeling much better about starting
school than It did the first part of last
week owing to the fact that a carload
OF soft coal was placed in the bunkers
the latter part of the week. II 1t had
not arrived the schools would have been
started without heat. unless some had
been drawn from the Union school
which has about half a supply.
The burning of the station at Mid
dlesex Saturday morning put the tele-
graph wires Of the Central Vermont
= OtuOi ~ a titio
and until men could be sent from this
city to make temporary repairs for the
company. The passenger coach which
has been In use at West Berlin was
moved to Middlesex. 1t Is thought now
that the station will be moved to the
opposite side of the tracks, where the
travelling public has wanted It for many
years and thus save a great deal Of de.
touring to get to the station.
| OOvnruor IT r Graham boc oppoiptaf
w. s. Smith of Montpelier as justice q
the peace in place of II. ]. Conant, re
signed.
Deputy Sheriff A. A. Emery returned
Tuesday morning from Hudson. Mass.
where he attended the funeral of Georgt
o. Emery, his brother. who died of canoe,
of the stomach. He was foreman in
shoe shop. lie leaves a wife and two chill.
dren, besides two brothers and two sis.
tiers. The burial was in Hudson.
Herbert A. Bowman. who has beer
q merchant in the city for many years
died at his home at 1880 o'clock Mon.
day morning after a long illness due
to a disease Of the nerves. which in.
terferred with his blood circulation
He was born in Barre in 1860. a son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin N. Bowman. He
Is survived by his wife. who was Alice
Keller Hathaway. and three children,
Mrs. Fred Keegan. Miss Helen Bow
man. and Carroll Bowman. a student
/, In the University of Vermont. Mr.. Bow
man for years owned the block known
by his name on State street. which he
: recently sold to E.. II. Deavitt and
, operated a fruit store. He was one of
( the oldest merchants in the city M
had been prominent in the Odd Fellows
D and New England Order of Protection,
having held many of the offices in
the former and been financial secre-
tary of the latter for a long time. He
Y was also a trustee of the Odd Fellows
a Building association since it purchased
e the block on Elm street. The funeral
e was held at his late home at two o'clock
Wednesday afternoon.
]. NJ. Thompson returned Monday
e noon from Huntington. p. O.. where
: he attended a memorial service for
u William Miller, his cousin. who was
: killed in the battle of Lens August IA.
c He was first shot in the hand and
urged to go back of the line. but per-
sisted in following his work as bomb
a thrower, with the result that a she'll
hit him in the stomach. He had been
a bomb thrower instructor. but had been
n called back to his regiment because
!, of it's depleted condition. The body
was buried a mile back of the lines
"a and notice sent to his family.
v Fred Beard. who was brought into
city court Monday morning on the
charge of keeping a house of i'll fame.
d was found guilty by n jury and the
d court imposed of a sentence of two to
four months in the House of Correc-
IS tion. j. G.. Frattini. his attorney.
asked for bail. which was denied. The
e witnesses included Officers Connolly
Baldwin and Sloan. who raided the
It house July 20. Hazel Jock. found in
= the house. and Mrs. Gertrude Butler.
IS who testified that she told Beard to
stop her husband going to the house.
The regular meeting Of the board of
l. charities and probation took place We'd
J. nesday morning in the State House with
It Phillip Pierson. Elisha May and Miss
Florence Cory attending. The report OF
l. the secretary was given. showing that
considerable cleaning up has been done
s. in the State during the month, which in
It cluded some started in different localities
i. which has not been completed as yet.
ID Eight poor institutions have been in
g spected, 10 children cases taken care of,
which do not include an investigation
is now under w a in the western part OF
lie the State. Two Predetermined children
g. have been placed in proper care. and
r. numerous probation cases have beer
III handled. There has been Tightening up OF
" the probation plan which has been fel;
IS In different city and county courts.
10 william Lanier of Worcester. Mass;
lie and Miss Sarah Z. Donnolly of Mont.
pelier were married at nine o'clock Wed.
nesday morning by the Rev. p. j. Ions
at St. Augustine's Church In the pres.
a ence of relatives and friends. Miss
n Ethel Donnolly. sister of the bride, and
a Robert Kelleher. nephew Of the groom.
attended them, while Mrs. T.. E. Gala.
V han played the wedding marches. They
3 will live in Worcester. where the groom
d for two years has been employed by the
8 Norton company as a machinist. Both
s are graduates OF st. Michael's school here,
n the bride having been employed for three
years in the Wheatlcy dry goods store
O Miss Gertrude House. daughter OF Sem
r ator and Mrs. f. B.. House of Berlin, and
John Benjamin of that town were mar
r ried at the home of the bride at three
o O'Clock Wednesday afternoon by the Rev.
Frank Bloomfield. pastor Of the church
v in that town. Miss Mildred House and
r Miss Hazel BENJAMIN attended the bride.
n while the best man was Edward d.
II Crandall. The wedding marches were
played by Mrs. Harlie Stewart. cousin
Of the bride. Refreshments were served
by Miss Helen Swift of Middlesex and
" Miss Margaret Converse Of Calais, school
mates Of the bride. and Miss Marjorie
: Sawyer of Mortified. The bride is a