Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-02-20

uepu'y sheTII, ana n well Known con-
tractor, Is candidate for constable,
'aledonia County Teachers as
On will hold its annual meeting
y and Saturday at st. Johnsbury.
Hiram Irish, veteran Of Company Il,
1st Vermont cavalry. died at the Soldiers
Home at Bennington Saturday.
n. Alfred Harbour IL to succeed Arthur
Russell as manager of the Bennington
town farm.
Mayor f. C. Glysson Of Barre has
been renominated With no opposition
at a non-partisan city caucus.
The 25th anniversary Of the Italian
Aid society Of Rutland was celebrated
Saturday evening.
The seventh annual dinner Of the Rut-
land Business Mems association will be
held February IS.
The Ladies' Circle of the Universalist
Church at Brattleboro made 500 from
recent fair.
The creamery at South Peacham has
lnStdIeu pant LOT making aTti1Clt
ice at a cost Of $500.
Schools in South Ryegate have been
closed for three weeks on account Of the
dread influenza, but have now re-opened
b. A. Brennan has resigned as organist
,, Of Trinity Church at Rutland. He is to
be succeeded by Miss Helen L. Perkins
Of shelburne.
! Friends gave Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Campbell of Barre a genuine surprise
party on their 18th wedding anniversary
| last Friday.
/ Harry H. Gilman, 65, died at st. Johns
bury the other day. For 90 years he con-
Quoted the Willoughby House at Lake
| willoughby
| George E. st. Pierre Of st. Adams has
! filed petition in bankruptcy with
| liabilities of s4S3 and assets of $500, all
| claimed exempt.
Marshall Clapp, victim Of bold jewelry
| robbery in New York the other day,
. when Jewels valued at 5000 were stolen,
was formerly of Bennington.
William II. Field, son of Henry F.
Field Of Rutland, Is TO be the Chicago
Tribune's representative in it's newly
opened New York headquarters.
Robert Arnold, a 12-year-old boy. has
confessed to burglarizing the home of
| Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Miller in Rutland.
when he got a diamond ring and a door
knob.
! There has just been installed in the
Barre city hospital one Of the latest and
best Xray machines. the gift of Mrs.
Laura Ainsworth Of willamstown.
| The Womans club of Rutland netted
1888 from four days thrift shop that
it conducted. This will enable the club
to properly finance its after-war
activities.
| There is a possibility that the tenure
| of office Of Barre aldermen will be
changed from two TO three years so that
four experienced men will head the new
administration each year.
| James Barrett a we'll known Civil War
veteran, died at Rutland Saturday in his
SOth year. He underwent an operation in
New York three weeks ago. and died a
few hours after being brought home
. Saturday.
Eford Stevens, Jr., who broke out of
the Bennington county jail February II.
was captured Friday evening under a
railroad culvert on The Flats, having
fled from his aunt's home nearby when
deputies arrived to search.
frn11 taft tko
cement bridge in West Brattleboro the
other day and turned at right angles
across the roadway Of the structure, but
! the car did not jump the embankment
nor was any Of the passengers in
jured.
Roa Eaton. n native of Bristol, whose
debut at the Metropolitan Opera House
in New York was announced some time
ago, has been prevented from making
her first appearance by an attack of
pneumonia that nearly caused the young
Vermont singers death.
Village President E. H. Holden Of
Bennington has received letter from
the postmaster Of Bennington parish.
England, acknowledging receipt Of the
American flag and the engrossed greet
ings forwarded to England In accord
ance with vote at a public meeting In
observance of British day.
verdict of 5000 has been given in the
suit Of Arthur L. Miller Of Vernon
against the Central Vermont. The sui
was brought to recover $1,000 for dam
ages and injuries received when Mr..
Miller and his farm tractor were run
into by Central Vermont train at
Vernon crossing In April, 1917.
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