Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-17


brother, A. N. Lane OF Plainiieid, and by
seven grandchildren.
+. d. Nelson was brought into city
court Monday morning on the charge OIL
but was not asked to plead
There was an effort made to get settle
ment 80 that his wife would be able 10
transfer the property which had peen
decided to her. This was agreed to ana
then II seemed unwlse to allow the case
to be mol pressed for the woman has been
without means, while the man has peen
travelling in southern New England, ana
the matter was pressed by the prosecuting
officer with the result that the case was
set for hearing January % and the man
released on bail.
John D'Arthenay and Edward Patescia
were In Juvenile court Monday morning,
as delinquent children. The former mas
been keeping bad company and 1t was
alleged that he had taken money from the
Morse grocery store. The court ordered
that the child remain at home nights un-
less accompanied by his mother In hope
OF breaking UP the group in which he had
associated. In the case of Patescia the
youth admitted stealing jewelry from the
house Of Mrs. Alma Leonard Of Calais
last week. His case is held UP pending
the communication with his father in
Rhode Island. The youth seems to have
been a neglected child, rather than one OF
evil intent
Manual Higuera presented a petition In
probate court Monday morning asking
that the estate of l.. N Wood, late OF
Montpelier. be opened that he might pre-
sent his claim against the estate. He
presented evidence to show that he held
a note against the estate and that through
a misunderstanding It was not presented
before the commissioners closed the es-
tate. His petition was granted.
Mrs. Mary Morse, who was arrested last
week on the charge of stealing money,
was brought into city court Monday MORN
ing. The charge against her, larceny from
the person. was amended to petit larceny.
to which she pleaded guilty and was given
a sentence Of three months in the county
jail.
Sheriff A. A. Reed of Orange county was
at the State House Monday afternoon In
an effort to get relief for his expense ac-
count, at least, in serving papers con-
nected with the draft in his county. There
| Is no provision according TO the federal
regulations whereby the disbursng officer
can allow him anything for serving the
papers on slackers. Mr.. Reed has been
at considerable expense in rounding up
those who had not returned their Ques.
tionnaires.
DR.. w. r. Hardness is among the phy-
sicians from this city who has received
notice that they are called for military
surgical service. These include DR..
C. p. Chandler, DIR. M. d. Cory and DR..
| J. z. Dewey. The three latter go on the
18th. while DR.. Hardness leaves on the
23rd.
The birth rate Of Montpelier shows
that 1856 were born in 1917, of which u
were males and 95 females.
The marriage of Ray Trombley OF
this city and Miss Ida Bedell of Mid
dlesex took place at seven o'clock Wed
nesday Jan. 9. at the Bethany Church
parsonage, the Rev. s. F. Bloomfield Of
fciating. The bride wore a travelling
suit of blue. They will make theii
home in Middlesex. They are natives
of Fairfax, but have lived In the city
and Middlesex for rev years.
Mrs Joseph Granger. who had beer
i'll for some months. died at her home
in Berlin Friday. She was a native OF
Canada, where she was born So years
ago. For eight years. with her family
she had lived on the Charles Perrin farm
which they bought in Berlin. Besides
her husband she leaves four children
Adrian, Bertha, Avila and Homer. The
funeral was held Monday morning a
st. Augustine's Church.
The heavy fall of snow Saturday morn
ing interfered with traffic in this par
of Vermont, so that but little wood came
into the city. There has been grea
deal more drawn in this winter than FOL
some years and were it not for tina
fact and the fact that the city by selling
, it's wood at cost figure the price woult
| hot
of suffering would have been caused
, A carload of wood arrived Saturday morn
ing for the National Life Insurance com
pany. There is enough coal on hant
to heat their building until the first o
the month, but President Rowland Is no
going to be caught mapping and Is un
loading wood on the rear lawn OF thu
property. 1t is the best looking wood tina
) has been brought in town. That and tn
wood which the city has delivered ar
both Of better quality than any othe
seen here.
H. w. Gallup of this city and Pete
Sandison Of East Montpelier are the frs
: two young men to enlist in this count!
since the new regulation providing tina
men may volunteer through the local ex
emption boards. They left Saturday after
noon, Mr.. Gallup going to Oglethorpe
I Ca. where he has been assigned to tn
medical corps. while Mr.. Sandlson wen
to Camp Greene. where he has beef
assigned to the First Vermont regiment
) The members of the State building
committee, of whom Governor Graham
is chairman, met Tuesday afternoo
r for the purpose of arranging for tn
r completion of the new building. De
{ tails which have been left open for tn
4 present were considered and II look
as though the work would go ahea
faster. The matter Of the heatin
plant occupied some time. Under tn
provisions Of the act appropriating tn
money for the construction. the heat
ing plant in the new building Wi
heat the Capitol and the heating plan
. In the Capitol will be removed, prob
!. ably in the coming summer. Perhap
: one of the boilers will be used In tn
equipment. The remodeling for oc
cupancy by the secretary of State an
= other State officers also occupied som
n Of the time. This work can not b
commenced until the new building
n occupied by some of those officers nov
l. in the Capitol.
X Commissioner OF Education M. I
g Hillegas returned Wednesday mornin
y from attending the meeting OF tn
9 State board of education In Below
g Falls, Tuesday evening. at which rou
X tine matters were disposed of. In ad
II dion to this. the matter of the teacher
n training courses for next year and tn
e. employment of an instructor Of trade
a. under the new request of the federf
d government were under consideration
10 The man for the place is decided upo
u II conditions can be met Superinter