Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-22


to take the place of A. p. Moore
who resigned recently. was made at
the city council meeting Thursday. 4
Mr. Ladd has been connected with the
department for some years, and, while !,
81 driver, understands the work pretty /
well. il was announced during the
meeting that the circus which was to
have come to Montpelier May 90 has
been cancelled, owing to the fact that
the railroad companies have changed
the route of the circus. 1t was voted
to extend the lighting system in Mont
pelier to Wrightsville. which portion of
the city has been without lights for
years
Governor p. w. Clement and Major Har-
vey 10. Goodell returned Monday from |
10 days trip in New York and other states
In the interest of the state. One of the |
first pieces of work that they did after |
| returning to the State was to sign extra |
dition papers wanted by officer John T. |
| Condor of Rockland, Mass. The officer !
came here last week. The papers were |
made out in the governors Office and sent !
| to him in New York and as soon as he and |
| Major Goodell arrived at the Vermont
| State boundary they were executed and
then forwarded to Burlington. where Off,
| Ger Condor was to obtain them Monday
morning.
! Prof. william Maiden, formerly a
student in University of Vermont, and
for some years coach and instructor
in Montpelier Seminary has resigned
! his position, effective at the end OF
the present school year. He has had
TO give up teaching upon the advice
of his physician because of throat
| trouble. Prof. Maiden has been the
| best asset that the school has ex-
| perienced in many years. When he
came to the school, athletics were
| down and out, but in the first year
he put pep and fight into the teams
and has advanced the athletics until
they are now the best they have been
| since 1909. when a championship team
was sent from the school in all sports
| Friends this week of Richard Fl.
Standish and Miss Loena Adele loyal
were much surprised when they learned
that their marriage took place at Barre
saturday evening, having been performed
by the Rev J. b. Reardon of the Uni
versaist Church In that city. The bride
lis daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
loyal of Coaticooke. p. O., but had lived
in Sherbrook before coming to Mont
pelier a little over two years ago. She
has been training at Heaton hospital TO
be nurse and would have completed her
we'll known merchant having succeeded
his father in an old established provision
house in Montpelier They left on their
honeymoon before their friends were
hardly aware that the marriage had taken
place.
The fire department was called to the
; house of Mrs. Lawrence on East State
street about noon Tuesday for a FIRE
which was burning in the woodwork in a
corner of the kitchen. After having COM
. pleted ironing the woman had set the
: electric fiat iron on a shelf. II was so
t hot that it set the woodwork ahre. with
the result that quite little damage was
done to the room.
C. f. Gillette went to Richmond Tues
day to attend the funeral Of his father,
J. Madison Gillette. who had been a life
long resident of Huntington, although he
, died at the home Of his daughter in
t Richmond. He was SO years old and leaves
a wife. n years of age. as we'll as three
2 children, including the one already mem
, ton, b. w. Gillette of Huntington and
Y Mrs. Myrtle Gillette of Richmond. The
I burial was in Huntington.
A Washington county court took an
5 other recess Wednesday after two days
work. and this time 1t will not re-
S convene until June 2. at which time
l it is expected that States Attorney E.
r. Davis will have something to re-
port in connection with the investi-
, cation of the murder in Barre. He
. has not yet asked for the calling of
S the grand jury. but the court UNDER
e stands that is his intention Wednes-
e day was used by the court in listen
}. ing to the divorce case of Eva Savoie
n VS.. Homer Savoie, after which the
Y court continued the case in hope that
s a reconciliation might take place. The
9 evidence presented by the petitioner
was of light nature. The defendant
does not want divorce and was rep
Presented in court. although no cross
n bill was presented
4 Governor p. w. Clement and Major
,. II. Z. Goodell left Wednesday morning
: for Rutland. where tomorrow they
p will attend a meeting of the board OF
control, of which the latter is secre-
tary. At that meeting it is expected
. that the matter of the consolidation
=, of the House of Correction with the
, State prison will be under considera
ton.
The report of an automobile acct.
. dent Tuesday night near Dewey Park
- in the outskirts of Montpelier. hat
been reported to the secretary of State
1t appears that the cars of George
- Ralph of Barre and Joseph Maroni OF
u Montpelier collided. the former hitting
II the latter. forcing 1t on to the cal
tracks enough SO that the trolley cart
D. had to be stopped until the automobile
J. was moved off the track. AS far a.
q could be learned no damage to either
l. ma chine occurred.
J. Adjt.-Gen. H. T. Johnson has received
y from the war department authorize
e ton for the organizing of one bat
talon and a machine gun company o.
the Vermont National Guard. The bat
talon will be infantry. each compan,
composed of 65 men. while the machin,
gun company will be composed Of g.
men. General Johnson has known sine,
he came home from st. Louis that h,
" could have the battalion but he want
- ed the machine gun company also ant
= his request for that was recognized
. by the war department this week. TIL,
= work of the organization of the diff
:. ferent companies will be in progress
u in the coming weeks, just how soon Il
&c not yet fxed. Probably some of tn,
towns which had companies befor,
ID will have them again.
IT Peter Ryan, who says his home is il
'r London. Eng. but who has visited Mont
pelier for many years. left suddenly Wed
rt nesday morning and his whereabouts Il
u not known The matter Is not worrying
the officers any. in fact If he does no
VI come back they will feel better. Ryan
70 who has lost both legs by amputation
:" has one wooden leg. Tuesday afternoon