Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-01

february. Very few new cases have been
"ported this month. and the disease has
Practically had its run. 1t was not nearly
widespread this year as in the fall
nj winter OF 1918 and the spring of 1919
MI the places where II had It's worst
uns this year were In towns where 1t
d not get going a great deal last year
his seemed to be n sort of clean up year
NJ the disease. Close to 1900 cases were
'l,orted In the six or seven weeks when
:" epidemic was at its height. Only a
nall percentage of the cases resulted
TALLY, however, "a much smaller per-
ntage than last year and in 1915. There
very little disease of any kind In the
late at present.
! large number OF people gathered at
Union station Thursday to say good
20 the Rev. j. NJ Billion on the occa-
Of his departure for Rutland to be-
'lc temporary rector OF the Church of
sacred Heart OF Mary. Father Bill
900. who has been connected with st.
nseph's Church in this city for about II
years. has made n large number OF friends
in thie city, especially among the younger
people. This was shown by the host Of
young men and women, and children who
u.
Practically the entire membership OF the
st. Moysius society. OF which Father
Billion was chaplain, was present. and
the society presented him with splen-
did travelling bag. Father Billion goes to
fll temporarily the place made vacant
by Father Nobert Proulx. who is ex-
pected to come to Burlington to-day to
become rector Of 81. Joseph's Church,
succeeding the late Monsignor Jerome NJ
Cloarec
The divorce petition of Gertrude Cook
W. Charles c. Cook was heard In county
court Tuesday. Mrs Cook sues for her
fpeedom on tho grounds OF intolerable
severity and refusal to support. She testi-
fled that her husband drank and gambled,
nev0r supported her In any decent man
nsr. swore and threw things at her. beat
her choked her and at ono time drew q
knife on her and threatened to kill her
and thoir baby. She was married when
she was only IA years OF age. and they
had three children. Only ono Of these 10
now living. and that ono is with tho father
In Morrisonv1lle, N. Y. They lived IN New
York State during the greater rsrt Of
their married lifo. Mrs. Cook came to
Burlington about three years ago. since
their separation and has been living here
since. II. A. Bailey appeared for the pa
utioner in this case, while J. I. Enright
represented the petionee in regard to the
custody of the child. there being no con-
! test over the petition itself.
Louis Rush. who Is now completing a
half centurys service In the employ Of
the Shepard e. Morse Lumber company.
was presented yesterday afternoon at
closing time with a handsome Knights of
Columbus watch charm and a travelling
bag by his follow employees. Mr. Rush
entered the lumber business when it was
nearly the only big business in the city
and has been for more than a quarter
| OF century in the retail depa rtment OF
which he in recent years has had charge.
Few arc living Of those who were With
Mr. Rush in the early days, when he
worked under the supervision OF Law
renee Barnes, W. A. Crombie and the late
Daniel Robinson. George II. Morse and
| others. In the days before the big fires
wiped the plant out, he worked in a
planning mill $50 by 70 feet in area and the
company had a wharf frontage Of nearly
4o0O It. Thirty-f1ve vessels could unload at
the Same time. The yards had a capacity
of storing 25,0000OO to 3O.o000oO feet Mr.
Rush intends to retire and will continue
to make his home in Burlington.
The latest reports from the scene Of the
washout on Bridge street In Plattsburgh,
give two dead: Lieut.. Thomas f. Galligan.
employed on the d. 4 H.. 81 years Of age
and married and Thomas T. Long, age
~, single. clerk In the D. & II. office The
injured at the hospital are George f.
Way. cashier for Armour & company,
and Robert J. Mlllette. clerk for the D.
q II. There We're number of others who
narrowly missed being killed or injured
The accident happened about one o'clock
Saturday afternoon when northern sec
flon of Bridge street caved in opposite
the plant OF the Lake Champlain Pulp
K Paper company's plant The cave-i,l
carried with 1t the concrete floor of the
frame shed OF the paper company. Large
masses Of earth and Of the structure were
precipitated into the river and the dead
mon as well as those injured were car
ried with them. The cave-in happened
Just after the big rush OF the noon hou,
was over when few were on the stree,
or more lives would have been lost. as |,
would have been impossible to esoa pc be.
cause Of the suddeness with which the
affair happened.