Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-28
Saturday morning. j. II. Mimms was at
torncy for the petitioner.

The Vermont Milk Chocolate company
I will cease to operate nights after to-
night. For the past few years night
crew has been used In the effort to keep
UP with the orders. except for one or two
| brief intervals. Tho Chocolate company,
! like all other industries, Is feeling tho
! lull in business at present and while
! there are many orders on the books. the
: management Is of the opinion that the
day force can handle them. The night
/ force his been laid off indefinitely.
Amedlc L. Landry OF this city has
brought a divorce petition in Chittendeh
county court to be separated from Agnes
r. Landry. The case was entered sat
urday morning. According to the petit
tion the couple were married october
90 1919. and lived together here In the
city until September Of this year, when
the petitioner claims his wife deserted
him. Intoerabc severity is given as
cause for separation, also. NJ. ,. Was
appears as attorney for the petitioner.
The divorce petition of Maude Bernor
Eaton of this city against George I.
Eaton. whose location Is at present UNI
known. was heard in County Court Fri
day afternoon The grounds relied
upon for divorce were deserti,n and non
that the petitioner mao not seen her
husband in seven years and that nc
had never taken proper caro- Of her in
the time that they had lived together.
led P Ladd appeared for the petitioner.
The case rests with the court
Lloyd K. Conely of WInoosN pleaded
guilty to non-support OF his wife and
two children Monday In City Court be-
| fnrD I,tdn p,,t In,
not less than IS months nor more than
two years in the House Of Correction,
but Judge Ladd suspended the sentence
under condition that he nay $40 per week
to the support of his family and Conely
was placed In the hands of the proba-
ton officer. The case had been pending
trial since July Is when the warrant
was Issued for Conelys arrest.
The following business was transacted
Monday IN Probate Court: A decree
of distribution was made in the estate
of Wesley B. Smith. late Of IInesburg.
The will OF Ella Ellis Freeman, late Of
Eichmond. was allowed. Charles G.
Kenyon of this city was appointed admin
istrator of the estate of Florence Belle
Kenyon, late of Burlington. Edwin L..
Scott and c. NJ Wiley, both OF Barre,
We're appointed appraisers. while n. w.
Warner and w. c. Fnncsscy, also Of
Burlington. were appointed commits
sioners.
The biggest petition in voluntary bank
riytcy, which has been filed for many
months in the Office of the clerk of the
United States Court was filed Tuesday,
when Frank f. Stockwell of Brunswick,
engaged in numbering, filed the necessary
papers. The liabilities are given as
k33, 100 and the assets t2.7366i The
liabilities include s2,o124o in wages. The
unsecured claims amount to s226I3.ll and
: the secured to IS 595 His assets consist
mostly of debts owing him. machinery,
and horses and other livestock in addi-
ton to his personal property.
! 4 compromise was reached after the
: adjournment of county court October y
. in the case OF Joseph Parzo VS.. j. II.
Allen. G. L. Agcl and Sam Miller. the
evidence in which was partly in on We'd
Z nesday. It was announced Thursday
morning that the was settled out o'
court, The exact amount of the settle
mtnt was not given out. but it Is know
, that one party claimed thcro was onl,
s125 owing on the note in question, while
the other side claimed there was $50
owing. The settlement represented d
? compromise between the two.
Charles o. Murray Of Boston. who con
stitutes the Nashua Spool & Bobbin Co.
has brought suit in United States Court
, against the survivors of the co-partner
ship of the firm of Bigelow & Norris
of Newport who are Mabel II. Blgolov
and Arthur O. Norris. The suit is to
recover the sum of $4,000 for alleged
, breach of contract The firm formerly
consisted Of Charles r. Bigelow, Mabe
, H. Bgeow and Arthur o. Norris. I
IL claimed by the plaintiff that the de
PENDANTS did not deliver bobbins ant
e other material as provided in a contract
r r. E. Spear and Dewey irish were
= injured Friday morning when the,
. fell. while engaged In painting the hous
n nj - Loomis street. Spear was on
n piazza roof holding ladder for Irish
: who was painting the evespouts. spea
slipped and fell and that let the ladde
go so that Irish fell on top of him. Bot
c landed on the lawn with Irish over Spear
q Irish was injured in one wrist and Spea
1 suffered n severe cash OH the back of hi
= head. When the police ambulance ar
S rived Spear was sitting with his back u
L against a tree and Irish was walking
7 about.
q Dr. c. r. Dalton. secretary of tn
| State Board of Health, was in Rutlan'
Monday in connection with an investl
e cation of smallpox cases in that city
o AT that time there were ten cases in tn
: city, none of which were considers
d serious, however In order to proven
!. the spread of the disease. the healt
S authorities are taking the opportunity I
"a have the children in the schools vac
e clnated and adults who have not bee
l, vaccnated within few years have bee
re advised to take that precaution. y
serious epidemic Of the disease is eS
h pected.
e Richard Liberty, who was injure
s. Tuesday when n heavily loaded WACO
n passed over him on Pine street, was re
IT ported as being more comfortable las
l. evening at the Mary Fletcher hospita
n although he was still In considerab
y pain and complained of trouble in III
e. chest. 1t was expected that an opera
1t ton would be performed yesterday, bl
this was not done. Some X-ray picture
% however. were taken. He is considere
:, to be in a serious condition. but it
&, not believed his injuries will resu
"a fatally. His given name was at hri
NJ enormously reported rs Robert.
n The divorce petition of Harriet Coat'
lie VS., Robert p, Coates was heard
le County Court late Friday Afternoon
n The grounds relied upon for a divorC
,e are intolerable severity and refusal
support, The parties have not live
together since year ago last July. TT
~ petitioner told Of her husband strikin
y her. choking her and generally il-usiu