Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-08

William Kelleher has commenced his
duties as deputy collector under the APP
pointment recently made by James Ken
nedy, the collector at Burlington. Mr.
kellcher is a native OF Montpelier. Ex-
cepting for the time he was in military
service he had been employed as a sales
man by different firms, including the Mil
waukee Tank company, in the sale OF
gasoline tanks. and also by Wilson u Co..
| dealers in provisions.
John Mcmahon, aged II years. who had
| lived in Montpelier for ten years and
! who was janitor at the City Hall for two
years, died during Thursday night He
| was native of Ireland, but came to
this country when young. He was many
| years employed In railroad construction
and then for over 30 years was on a
| farm in Moretown. He is survived by
his wife and six children These are
Martin and Michael. engineers on the Cen
trail Vermont railway. Mrs. Margaret
! Cunningham of Montpelier, Mrs. Mary
Redman of Barre, Miss Sara Mcmahon
of New York and Miss Annie Mcmahon
of Barre. Mass. The funeral toow place
at nine o'clock Saturday morning.
The sergeant-at-arms is considering the
proposition of the installation Of equip
ment in the boilers so that oil will be
used for fuel in the heating of the State
House and state building.
The divorce case of Celia Smith VS..
George +. Smith has been filed in county
court.
News was received Friday morning of
the death of Walter Breen in St. Adams.
Mr.. Breen was brother of Herbert
Breen of this city and was several years
employed by S. S. Ballard in his insur-
ance office.
The Montpelier fire department was
called out twice Saturday afternoon with
in 80 minutes. The first call was to the
Henry Emmons stoneshed. About 500
damage was done to the building due to
an overheated stove which must have
been left by the workmen for the alarm
was rung at 1920 o'clock. There
was probably some damage to the finished
granite stock in the stock stoneshed. The
second fire was in the office of C. p. Gill,
another granite manufacturer. The fire
there seemed to have started around the
place where the electric wires went into
the office. Considerable damage was done
there because there were many plans
burned or damaged otherwise in the tor
of the building. The fire was we'll under
way when the alarm was rung. The loss
will probably amount to $500. The depart
ment had just returned to the barn when
the second alarm occurred
| Sixty marriages took place in Mont
Ipeler In 1919. The oldest groom was " and
the oldest bride Ga. The youngest groom
was 20 and the youngest bride 10. There
were also several Montpelier marriages
that took place outside the State. There
were Sc marriage licenses issued in 1918
A total of 100 births took place in Mont
pelier during the year of 1919 and so far
as the returns have arrived at the city
clerks office Il were boys and the rest
girls. OF the total number 50 were born
at Heaton hospital. Twins were born ir
two families The 18th child was borr
in one family and the 18th child in an
other family
The records of the fire department show
that u bell alarms were rung by the peo
pie of Montpelier in 1919. OF these tire,
were false alarms. one being when a mar
tried to mail a letter in the fire alarm
box; n second, by an over-enthusastit
patriot when the boys We're expected
home last April, and the third by a shor
lcircuit in the wires. There were nine bel
ALARMS in 1918. The loss in 1919 will no
exceed $1,000. There were % still alarms
in 1919 and Sc still alarms in 1918.
Miss Beatrice lfolton who has beer
employed for a couple of years as stem
ographer in the adjutant generals OF
flee has completed work there. She !.
one of the employees for whom the Boart
of Control recently refused to increase
her pay because the request came in thu
> middle of the fiscal yer. She goes t.
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
company and at an increased salary.
r. r. Merrill, city treasurer. made th'
, most prompt collection in the state tina
has been made In many a day when Sat
urday morning he received the none.
for refunding of portion of the license
. fees which the commissioners of Wash
ington county instructed him that HI
would pay back to the licensee in Mont
pelier, because of the revocation Of thei
licenses The State auditor stated III
would follow the law exactly. whicl
meant that Montpelier must refund frs
and then wait the action of the audito
for the refund from the State. Montpelle
is running close to the wind on finances
so Mr.. Merrill took vouchers from tn
licenses and presenting them to the audi
tor received the refund from the State
then turning the same over 10 the II
censees with no outstanding obligation
, from the State.
Mrs. Carlisle Hancock has receive
word from Captain Hancock, her hus
band. that he will sail to-da
from France, having been ordered bac
to this country. after service with IN
army of occupation. Mrs. Hancock wi
visit in Randolph and then go to Ne,
. York to meet her husband. Recently sh
received a telegram which said he ha
. arrived in Halifax, but this was AN ell
ror in transmission. ...
$ Gov. +. w. Clement has appointed w.
Kelley of Rutland as justice of the pea1
+, in place of man wah resigned in thf
r city.
Cards announcing the engagement {
n Miss Kathleen A. Bernard of Brattlebor
= and l.. Charles Duke of Newport, n.
= formerly of Montpelier, have been n
S ceived in the city.
Walter r. Lance, who is supervisor {
: schools in Moretown. Plaintield and Wo
cester, received notice Sunday of II
death of DR.. A. J. Lance, his brothe
which occurred in Portsmouth. N. II. +
was native of Cabot, born July 10, 1877
"A son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Barron Lance. i
was a graduate OF the University of We
lmont. His first practice of medicine WI
;, in Worcester, but for some years he hi
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