Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-02-13
MONTPELIER


Judge u. S. Stanton has made his dec-
sion in the divorce petition Of Mary
Galaise VS.. Henry Galaise, in which the
parties wanted an order regarding the
custody of the minor child. He directed
that the child be placed in the custody
of Mrs. William Cayhue and that the
father pay for its support. There also
was to have been a hearing on the Muir
ray divorce case from Barre, but the
| parties reached an agreement, so that
no hearing took place
A hearing took place before Judge
l.. p. Slack of st. Johnsbury here Fri
day forenoon in the case of Hamilton S.
Peck VS.. Mary Louise LaGrande, in
| which the defendant moved through her
attorney c. G. Austin, to dismiss the
proceedings brought by Mr.. Peck on the
| ground that the subpoena used in the
case did not comply with the statutes.
Judge Slack did not announce his de-
| cision at the end of the hearing, but
| took the document home with him. This
case is connected with a case in st. AL
bans relative to certain property.
The city departments are making their
annual reports to the council. The net ex-
penses of the street department last year
We're n little over $4,000 while the water
department showed a balance of cash on
hand amounting to $31314 This is the
only department that has balance on
the right side of the ledger. This year
sl3 $50 was placed in the sinking fund.- The
net expense of the poor department was
s., 427.94. The expenses of the park COM
missioners were $14S.47. --'
| ID. n. Hunt, who two. weeks ago bought
| the furniture of Miler's nm, has sold the
same to c. +. Lowe .or 50, 105, or about
! 800 more than he paid for the same. This
| places the control of the hotel and fur
nshings in the hands or AR. Lowe. 1t is
understood that the hotel may be opened
again.
| e. A. Harris, county chairman of the
allied war drive, which was made in
| December, has received the final figures
from the town chairmeh, which shows
that in the county there are 11,54S
members.
The drive showed 81 per cent. in
crease in the England States. while
Washington county went almost SO
per cent, so that those in charge of the
work may feel pleased with the re-
suits ....
Miss Mary McNeary and John Ma
honey were married at eight o'clock
Monday morning at st. Michaeis
chapel the Rev. p. j. Long officiating.
| They were attended by Miss Mary
Mortal and John Finn. The bride came
from Ireland and for the past 16 years
has been engaged in the family of c..
D. Mathes. The groom has been en-
ployed in the grocery stores. and at
present is employed by the Central
Vermont railroad, After a wedding
trip they will reside on Elm street.
Deputy Sheriff II. j. Parcher of
Waterbury brought Mr. and Mrs. V.
Fraassi of Waterbury to this city for
a hearing before City Judge e. NJ.
Harvey. The man was charged with
Illegal selling and the woman with
illegal keeping. Their arrests follow
ing a raid made last Thursday on their
house on railroad street in Waterbury,
at which four barrels of italian sour
wine, half barrel of cider and some
bottles Of wine in the refrigerator
were found by the officers. Bail was
fixed at Waterbury so that they could
be released and then States Attorney
bring them before city court.
AT the meeting of the Church of
Messiah Monday evening it was de-
cidcd that the church will not unite
with Bethany Congregational Church.
one of the reasons is that it Is i'm
probable that the trustee fund which
|
be used if it consolidated with the
Bethany Church. The following Of
fioers were elected: Moderator, G.. w
Wing; clerk, ID. b. Il. Kent; treasurer.
f. ~ Smith; trustees, l.. c. Moody and
Miss Alice Blanchard.
Miss BeatriX Reed daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. w. NJ. Reed of this city, has
been honorably discharged by the
army from the ordnance department
and has entered the employ of the
; u. S. shipping board.
Sophie Bean has brought libel for
divorce against Eugene Bean. The
case has been filed in Washington
: county court.
= hearing took place Wednesday morn
ing in the county court house before
Judge u. S, stanton in the case OF
, Thomas IL. Leland OF Waterbury VS.
, II. Il. Leonard The plaintiff as a con
tractor seeks to recover $500, book ac
count. This case was set for trial a
; the September term of court. but owing
) to different reasons did not occur and
II was arranged in view of Judge q. IL
! pale's disqualification to sit in the cast
that 1t be heard before Judge stanton
3 which is now taking place. The attor
9 neys are c. b. Adams of Waterbury ant
2 Theriault e. Hunt of Montpelier.
Mrs. +. b, Thomas has received a let
ter from Colonel Thomas. who is com
= handing n regiment of Infantry IN thu
S5lh Division, that he expects to come
home in a short time. He is at a por
. OF embarkation and now has 1000 sol
d'ers under his command He expects
A that 1t will be increased to 5000 in cas-
. ualty companies, before the order come
] foc TIA regiment to come to this coun