Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-22
Chittenden County
WINOOSKI

An alarm of fire was rung i3 from box
. Sunday morning about $40 for a fire
lin the house of Thomas Elwell of Malletts
Bay avenue. The fire originated under the
sink, where the family was trying to thaw
out the water pipes. The water was
found to be frozen when the family woke
up yesterday morning and they started
| to thaw out the pipes by warming them
Iup with rags saturated with kerosene
oil. The hose carts from station Nos. |
and > answered the call and put the fire
out with a couple of buckets of water.
The run was made in a very short time
Notwithstanding the heavy pull through
the snow and in spite of the cold Very
| little damage was done to the property
which is owned by Philip Mongeon and is
known as the Shaney homestead.
! Chief of Police C. A. Parber arrived
home Thursday night with Adelard Bien-
venue who had been detained in st.
Adams pending an investigation on ac-
count of his being a British subject.
Bienvenue had been arrested in Montreal
by the chief of police Of that city and
held there until Chief of Police Barber
arrived there Wednesday. They left Mont
real for home Wednesday ngat but on
arriving at St. Adams Bienvenue was de-
tanned until Thursday. He appeared III
municipal court Friday to answer to
the charge of larceny. He pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to one TO two years in
Windsor
Winooski High school basketball
team won its third game Tuesday eve
ming when it played the Richmond high
school at Richmond. Quite number
of fans from Winooski attended thu
trip being made by a four-horse barge
Ma nln t.al1
score was "a to in favor of Winooski
The funeral If Mary Gcnevieve. tn,
II months old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Cusson OF III Weaver street
who died Tuesday evening following q
three weeks illness of spinal meningi-
tbs, Will be held this afternoon at 2;3t
o'clock at st. Francis Xavier's Church.
There will be a social gathering fol
Trinity Mission at the home of Mrs
Willey's at Essex Junction Friday nigh
at 1880 to which all members are urg
ed to attend.
William Collett, formerly chef at the
Holland House, which was recently
burned at Rouses Point, is in town call
ing on friends. Mr.. Collett lost all his
| personal effects at the time of the fire
and had very narrow escape, having be-
: come unconscious from the effects of the
. smoke.
Nelson Gotta. who has violated the tern
of his parole. has returned to the In
dustrial school at Vergennes and VII
remain there now for the remainder OF
his minority.
The funeral of Morris Hanson of MAR
street was held yesterday afternoon a
ESQ at the Archibald Street synagogue
with interment in the Hebrew cemetery
IN South Burlington. The bearers were
!, Perelman, NJ. Levin, l. Zirinsky, j
, Stone, II. Rosenthal and H. London Mr.
I Hanson died Tuesday evening at t'S
4 O'Clock following several weeks Ill
ness, at the age of A years. lie wa'
: born In Russia coming here when youns
man. lie had been in business In Winoo
u ski for number of years and recent!
$ purchased the McGreevy block on Mali
: street Besides his wife, he IL survived
3 by three sons and one daughter, all o
= this place.