Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-10
Rutland County
BRANDON

day morning nv Denutv Sheriff w RI.
Tarble, being charged with assault on
his seven .year-old granddaughter last
week Tuesday Evidently Palmer got
wind that an officer was after him. for
Deputy Tarble had quite a hunt for the
man and trailed him by tracks in the
snow to the mountains near Goshen. PAL
mer was locked UP in the local 1ail and
was tagen to Rutland Saturday noon. Tho
man has n wife and several cbildrep Ho
has been employed by the Horn Crockett
company at its clay plant. II Ia under
stood that Palmer has been in states
prison before for the same ofYense.
owing 70 business conditions and noodad
repairs The Richmond Underwear COM
pany is shutting down It's plant here for
a few weeks, beginning Saturday, Tho
plant will resume operations again May
1 and at that time will run a full force
Of help.-Both the high and graded
schools reopened Monday after
weeks vacation.-Miss Laura Cool re-
turned Saturday to Bay Path Institute
in Springfield, Mass. where she is at
tending schoo.--David Mills has moved
from his farm to the house he recently
purchased on Pearl street.--Mrs. Franz;
Mcclellan has gone to Wallingford,
called by the illness of her mother
Mr.. and Mrs William Collins have
moved their goods from Mddlebury to
the Alden house on Grove street. Mr..
Collins, who has bought the baking
plant which was conducted by H. w.
Williams. will open a bakery In the store
now occupied by c. L. clifford. as soon
as Mr.. Clifford gets his stock moved
into his new quarters.-Frank Button
has returned from Boston, where he
x,;s; fr.z
Mrs. Frank Brockway returned satur-
day from Port Orange, Fla. where they
have been during the winter employed
in the hotel managed by Fl. e. Bissell
Of this town.
Mrs. e. n. Hack and Mrs. D. T.. Mills
have returned from Burlington. where
they visited Mrs. Mills daughter, Flor
ence. who is recovering from an opera
ton for appendicitis-Miss Catherine
BENTLEY of Middlebury is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. F. r. Rogers of Franklin street.
Miss Marjorie Bentley has returned to
Middlebury after spending several DAYS
with Mrs. Rogers.-Mrs, Mary Donneily,
former resident of this town. died at
her home in Burlington last Thursday
afternoon. The funeral was he'd at St.
Mary's Cathedral Saturday morning and
the body was brought here for burial
Besides her husband, Mrs. Donnelly is
survived by two daughters, the Misses
May and Katherine, of Burlington, and
four sons, James of Chester. Pa, John,
Edward and Lawrence, who are in the
United States service. The bearers were:
NJ. F.. Lynch. p. e. Whalen. John Rev.
nolds, James O'Brien. william and
Philip Purcell. Burial was in st.
Mary.s cemetery.-Mrs. Minnie Hal,
received telegram Monday morning
from Mrs. Charles Hall. who is in Bos-
ton. that her husband. cant. Charles Hall.
who is in the ordnance department in
France has been promoted to the rank
of major. Major Hall was graduated from
the Plattsburyh officers training school,
He has been In France for n number of
months.-Tbe Womer's Auxiliary of ST
Thomas Church met Monday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Frank w. Williams
on Park street.-Hiram Freeman has
resigned his position in the lumber ward
Of GIBSON Brothers and has accented a
position with the Meadowbrook Marble
company. Frank Pratt has taken the
position vacated bv Mr. Freeman.-Nrs
Frank Sanderson is seriously i'll at her
home with pneumonia. -Supervisor of
Schools A. d. Wiegin. who has been
spending several DAYS with his family
here, has returned to Londonderry.
Mrs. E. f.. Allen returned Sunday eve
ming from the Mary Fletcher hosp,tal.
Burlington, where she underwent a sur
zicsl observation-disclosures Seyerv of West
Haven, Conn. visited relatives here Mon
day.
C. e. Bishop has returned from Massa.
chusetts. where he has been for several
months employed in the shin YARDS
John Horton is confined to the house by
illness.-All finished knitted articles for
the Red Cross should be handed Mt the
Rcd Cross rooms to-day.-Niss Margaret
Griswold who has been spending several
weeks at the home of her parents here
returned Monday to TROY. n. Y where
she is taking a course in nursing at a
hospital there-Mrs G. d Dodge was
elected leader of the Mary L. Ketcbam
Circle of the Kings Daughters at their
last meeting in place of Mrs. Scott Ham.
mond. resiEned.-Mrs. Cora Parker, who
has been visiting her son. James Ricker,,
has gone to Brandbridge, n. Y.-Mrs. f.
8. Marsh has returned from Washington.
D. c., where she has been visiting her
daughter for several months.-A daueh-
ter, Mary, was born Tuesday morning to
MIR. and Mrs. BENJAMIN Little.-Mrs. j.
c. Dram returned Tuesday from New
York city. where she has been visiting
her daughters-Miss Norma Ives has
gone TO Springfield Mass. where she will
visit Miss Laura Cool for several DAYS
Arthur Ferris Is moving from the Nc
Collam place on High street to the F.. r.
Barker place on Pearl street, which he re-
Gently purchased.-Carl Sargent. who re-