Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-25
Washington County
MONTPELIER


discontinued in Washington county court.
This is a suit brought to recover damages,
because it was claimed the plaintiff had
funds in the bank when the bank pro-
tested the payment of a check he drew
against his account. The case of Lydia
Holmes VS. Harriet Holmes also has been
settled, while the divorce cases of John
Carver VS.. Alice Carver and Emma YER
gani VS.. T. ]. Nergani have been entered
in county court.
Certain creditors Of the Delue company.
which commenced doing business In
Montpelier about a year ago. have filed
a petition in bankruptcy with the clerk
of the United States court. The petition
is signed by certain firms in this locality
with which the company did business
and as well as by the persons who are
members of the Montpelier Industrial
corporation which rented to the Delue
company the building in which 1t did bust
ness 1t was floating firm which Mont
pelier brought to the city as an additional
industry and which operated about one
year.
Sheriff +. II. Tracy has taken in GUS
tody n man whose name is claimed to be
George Latulip of wolcott and woman
named Wheelock on the charge of adul-
terry. the arrests being made upon re-
quest of States Attorney William T..
Tracy of Johnson. The report was re-
ceived here Friday morning that 1t was
thought the pair were in Montpelier.
Mrs. Lucretia Pearson. who has spent
her summers for some IA years at Queen
City Park. died Sunday Of intestinal
obstruction She is survived by her four
daughters. The funeral occurred at noon
Tuesday and was private.
The jury in the case of Hiram Sparrow.
administrator of the estate of c. F..
Dwinell, VS.. Simeon Dwinell. father of
the deceased, to recover a $1,l25 note
which the elder Dwinell had possession Of
was completed in county court Friday
noon by the jury returning a verdict In
favor of the defendant. This was an
action resulting from the deceaseds leav-
| ing his wife and going to the home of
| his parents to be cared for in his last
illness. Mental arrangement was the
principal evidence produced by the plain
tiff. while the defense claimed the note
was given by the deceased. in life. to his
father and that the deceased at that time
| was of sound mind.
| Freda Schwartz won first and Florence
! Stone second girls prizes, Robert
| Sweeney first and Stanley Ryan second
boys prizes at the annual speaking in
| Montpelier high school Thursday eve
ming before a large audience of friends
of the contestants. Other speakers were
Lucille Holmes. Michael Conan, Lemira
Roberts. Wells Brock. Josephine Kent
Agnes Maloney and Eleazio Caslani.
b. A. Sumner. president Of the Mont
peler Board of Trade is to appoint a
committee to solicit funds for the pur-
pose Of financing new bobbin factory
which the organization desired to start
In Montpelier by bringing Mr.. Bowen
of Newport here. He has seen consider
able experience. and seems to be well
qualified for management of company
There also is some effort being made &c
have him start a factory at Wrightsville
| where conditions are more favorable thar
they are in Montpelier, and where 1t viii
not take as much capital TO start tho
| business
The third fire within month occurred
Monday morning at Montpelier Seminary.
Like the others. it was in the dormitory
of the building. Following the fire, the
Rev. j. w. Hatch. the head of the school
ordered the fire pulled in the boilers UNI
til spark retaners could he installed IN
the chimneys. These boilers were Installed
last fall and are to be used IN burning
hard coal. but soft coal was being used
and there is so much draft In the boilers
that it pulled the sparks out OF the chim'
ney, setting the roof on fire. The retain
ers We're installed Monday afternoon.
The case of Yrenee Jacques vs. DOT
V. Camp to recover the price paid on
gasoline engine is still in progress. the
plaintiff having rested at noon Wednes'
day Experts were on the stand Wednes
day morning to show that the engine was
loose Joined, that it did not do its work
and that it was not in good shape wher
they saw it, This evidence was opposed
during the afternoon by persons whe
testiiicd that the engine would WORK II
the man operating it understood a gaso
line engine.
, The matter of the alleged breach O
, probation of which Pedro Ruiz wal
, charged is still with the court and con
, Terence will take place among authorities
, as To what to do in the matter Ru'z WA
. round technically guilty of breaking III
Q fpobation by bOisterous carriage ah'
, making disturbance at the NJ Hhrci'
| barber shop last Saturday night nut !
( appears from the evidence that the occa
SION was provoked by persons wh'
I laughed at Ruiz and made nasty remarks
ABOUT him, so that the court expressed u
I SER as opposed to issuing mittimus u
SEND inc man to the House of Correctio'
Tor sentence imposed some three year
( ago.
webster Miller has gone to his home II
Auoiow after visit with Mrs. Miller'