Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-29

of s5.7 90 and liabilities Of S2,7S3.90 OF
! tho assets $50 is claimed exempt The
/ liabilities were incurred in almost every
way imaginable. He owed for seeds
fam help. shoes clothing and OH an
automobile Most Of r,,n bills werc small
| but they We're so numerous as TO bring
a big total.
In probate court yesterday there Were
! settlements and DEGREES In the estates
OF Mary Moor and Joseph Hail. both late.
of this city. Sarah Warner II Bn,ling-'
| ton was appointed administrators Of the
| estate of Adams d. Warner. late of this
city, with Z. p. Cowles and e. A. Howard.
also of Burlington. commissioner.
George II. Horton of Winooski was
appointed administrator OF the estate Of
John Ryan. late of that village.
| The following tusin ,ss was transacted
In probate court Thursday: Tnc will of
Kate N Mugridge. late Of Burlington.
was allowed. II. W. Abraham OF this
city was appointed administrator OF the
estate of Edward n Soulia, late o. Bur-
| ington, while Arthur W. Hill and Clark
T.. Brigham, both Of this city. were
appointed commissioners and appraisers
There were settlements and DEGREES in
the estates OF William p, Barton. late
/ OF Charlotte. John McGovcrn. late Of
Richmond. and Susan McCanery late
of Burlington.
Word has been received of tho mar
, rage in Alburg Of Miss Clarita Bernice
! LeDuc. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
LeDuc and Joseph l.. Gonyea. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Gonyea, on Tues day
April 90. The Rev. Norbert I.aChance
performed the ceremony. The bride is a
of,,a to nf no al IA lob gphnn
in the class of 1919 and has been teach
ing in Alburg since September. Mr..
Gonyea is a popular young contractor in
Alburg. After u wedding trip to Montreal
and other Canadian cities. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gonyea will reside in Alburg.
Reginald G. Hawley was in the city
Saturday and has gone to his home in
Jericho for a few days. About May 1 he
will start for Caracas, Venezuela, where
he will be employed in branch of the
National City Bank of New York He
was in another branch of the bank in
Russia at the time of the outbreak of the
war and has recently been stationed in
New York. He will be in Venezuela for
three years. Mrs. Hawley will join him
there later.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll NJ. Pike of Lyndon
Center are the parents of baby boy.
Merton Sabin, born April 90 Mrs. Pike
was formerly Miss Ruth Grandy. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs NJ. G.. Grandy of "a
Brookes avenue. Mrs Grandy is now with
her daughter in Lyndon Center. Mr.. and
Mrs. Pike were both graduated from the
University of Vermont in the class of
1916. Mr. Pike is now at the head of TIE
Vail Agricultural school at Lyndon Cen
ter.
The strike of the railroad men and
others in New York has knocked the
profit out of fishing in Lake Champlain
and fishermen who returned from a trir
to Swanton and that vicinity state that
FISH which were selling for 500 apiece
could now be bought for almost nothing
\ Sood-sized pike was high-priced
article when the railroads were operat
ing into New York. but now dollar
, buys a whole string of fish. Conditions
, have been so bad that they practically
| stopped fishing as a business at time
when the fishing very good
,, While the water over the farms in the
valley of the Winooski river and on the
intervales is not so high at present as
it has been before this spring, it is
: staying up so long that it threatens &c
, make crops backward. Many places
which are usually in condition to SOW
, at this time are now flooded, and from
present indications not much work car
, be done on the land for several weeks
5 1t is estimated that in places affected
by high water the season will be a montl
, later than normal this year because tn
, high water is staying longer.
, A. c. Lovcland & Co.. Inc. n corpora
{ ton doing business under the laws 0
t the State of Vermont and Connecticut
$ with the principal place OF business a
!. Hartford. Conn. has entered in Chitten
den county court case to recover tn
, sum Of sl,O0O from Abraham and Fam
Baker of tthis city, being thee damage
. claimed on a promissory note for $42
. with interest from January 3, 1915. o.
. which $50 has been paid. A half inreres
4 in tho Rosenberg Iron & Metal Co. ha
|. been attached as security in this cast
J. j. Enright appears for the plaintiff
One divorce case was heard In Chit
y tcnden county court Friday Thi
i was the case of Elizabeth A. Stilso
VS.. Lyman w Stison. Tho petitione
!" testified that she and her husband live
y in Burlington together for a number c
;. years. About two years ago. Stilso
u told his wife that he was going to S
Adams to work Since then che ha
heard nothing from him and efforts
n locate him in that city have failed. o
It the grounds of desertion. the petitione
l. thinks that she is entitled to a divorc
N A. l.. Sherman appeared for the pet
= toner.
The iirst tow Of the year TO go dow
lie Lake Champlain already has left Whit
y hall and will arrive in Burlington II
n latter part OF the week to pick up son
boats. The canal does not open uni
II May l, but it will take until that time f.
az the tow to reach It, Among those WI
-, will leave on this trip is Captain Herbe
,. Pashby with his barge, the Robert
n. Grant He will go to Ottawa for los
. of lumber. which he will take to Ne
7. York. The canal men expect one Of Il
m biggest years in their history this year
as account of the difficulties connected wi
railroad traffic.
,, The temporary drawbrldge over the e
trance to the cove was raised yesterd;
- for the first time this year to let son
49, boats out. The present drawbridge
80 of wood and a single track affair. 1t
:, raised and lowered by attaching LOGON
~ tives to cables. When the railroad ca
u obtain the material a steel. double-tra
-, bridge will be installed. The abuttmen
% and everything but the bridge, prope
already have been built. When the ne
ke bridge has been put In 1t will give 4
s. Rutland road much more yard ROOF
lg Work was planned on the new structu
ed two years ago. but 1t has been held
as Tor one reason or another.
er The following business was tran