Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-06
Washington County.
MONTPELIER

A decd of the Fiield House from the
heirs of Il. j.. Fificld to the National
Life Insurance company has BEEN filed
in the city clerks office for recording.
The consideration was $4,000, according
to the decd
Mitchell Fnncy of IIinesburg arrived
Thursday morning to attend the reunion
of the Legislature of 1917, coming all the
way from San Antonio. Texas. accord
ing to his statement at the House Thurs
day morning. He received his notice
six days ago and at once started for
Montpelier
William Paul, representative from West
Fairlce, fell on the ice Wednesday Feb
ruary &c, iniuring one arm and shoulder.
He is the oldest member Of the House
James Laird. well known in Vermont
for his schoo-boy pitching, has gone
back TO Colgate College to resume his
college course He has been serving in
the army and received an honorable dis
charge from the service.
George G. Bailey was elected Thurs
day by the directors of Heaton hospital
to fill the vacancy caused by the recent
death of Andrew j. Sibley of this city
Mr.. Bailey is well known in the state
as "A member of the firm of Il. W. Bailey
& co.
The trial calendar of Washington
county court was issued Friday by
Clerk l.. G. Moody. There are Il cases
on the jury calendar and u " the
court calendar, which is a small CAL
endar for the March term of WASH
ington county court.
A daughter was born Saturday morn
ing to Mr. and Mrs. w. n. Theriault.
Herbert Lampman, who has been SEN
Tt
Court. has been committed to Wash
ington county Jail upon order of Judge
II. Il. Howe, who gave him sentence
of six months for breaking the seal on
a freight car door.
Thomas Neil has sold his farm on
, Worcester Branch to Benjamin Wise
for a consideration of $4,000.
Daniel Mech of Monkton, the eX-
representative. who fell down stairs
in the Massucco block, has recovered
and gone to his home.
| News relative 10 the condition of
the Rev. Wesley Mead. who has been
York, comes that he is able to he out
! of doors.
| The annual meeting of Washington
County Chapter Of the Red Cross will
take place in Montpelier next Friday.
| The morning meeting is at 1880 O'Clock,
while the afternoon meeting occurs at
2:15 O'Clock. The executive committee
| holds its meeting in the morning. In
the afternoon. Roy NJ. Cushman of Bos-
ton, director of the after-care of SOL
diers and sailors. will speak. The public
is invited to these meetings.
Paul Harrington, who recently arrived
home from service in the navy, having
been given his discharge, has been en-
gagged as clerk by II. J. Volholm in his
store. He commenced work Monday
morning. Mr.. Harrington has been en-
ployed several years in the McCuen store
previous to his enlistment in the navy.
| w. d. Coghlan, who was in the First
| Vermont Regiment when it left Mont
peier early in the war has been dis
| charged from service and has returned
home. He was transferred to the 10lst
| Ammunition Train and saw service with
the 26th Division in it's hardest fighting.
Leroy Hall, who has been in the office
of the adjutant- general for few years,
has completed his services in that office.
having resigned some two weeks ago and
completing work last Friday afternoon.
He has not decided upon his future
plans.
1t is understood that Daniel Morse, who
was for several years connected with the
Abbott store in Barre, which was recently
Sold is to open the Temple store in Mont
pelier April /. This store has been closed
for several months since Mr.. Bowman
who came here from the West sold his in
terests Mr.. Morse is understood to be in
New York buying goods for the opening
of the store.
A hearing commenced Wednesday
morning before Judge Il. S. stanton in
the matter of Lewis Bancroft, ct al VS.
w. Eldridge Vail in which the plain =
tiff seeks to get a restraining order to
prevent the defendant from waving
the proposition of the will of Mrs
Vail, which left Vail a Sl.00 bequest
1t is claimed that by arrangement,
before separation took place, neither
was to claim anything in the estate of
the other.
Harold Glynn. while in London short
ly before coming back to this country
saw John Senter, a Montpelier boy
who has been in the war since April
1915. He has a deformed nose, but
otherwise than that Mr.. Senter is in
good health