St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-16
VERMONT NEWS.
The viii of Frederick Billings.

Some OF the bequeStS in the will of
the late Frederick Billings are as fol-
lows: To George w. Grannis of San
Francisco. $4,000; to Samuel E.
Kilmer, lii- secretary, $4,000; to Rev
Henry Van Dyke of New York, $25OO;
to President Buckham of the Univer-
sity of Vermont, $1,000; to the Con
grega ational church in Woodstock,
$15, 900, the income of which is to
be devoted to the repair and mainte-
nance of the chapel, church and
grounds, and the balance, if any, to
the general expenses of the society :;
to the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions,
$15, 900; to the American Home
Missionary society, SIC 900; to the
Domestic missionary society in Yer
mont, $4,000; to the American
Missionary associa ton of New York
city, $4,000. The estate is to be
trustees till his youngest child,
Richard, reaches twenty-five years,
(about ten years, or as long as Mrs.
Billings lives, as he believes this to
be beneficial to all and will keep the
family together. When the estate is
divided the children are to share
equally, but if none are living and
leave no heirs, the estate is to 90 one
half to the University of Vermont
and the other half equally to the four
missionary societies above named.
Edmund Tilson, an old man, was
killed last Friday at West Randolph
by hog train. He was very deaf and
did not hear the repeated whistles.
His horse was killed and his wagon
smashed.
Major Elisha Wales, Brattleboro's
first enlisted soldier in 1861, died in
that town Monday of typhoid fever,
aged 81 years. He participated in
26 battles, and was brevetted major
just before mastering out in 1865.
His native place was Dorchester,
Mass
At the meeting of the trustees of
the Vermont Savings bank, Brattle-
boro, Assistant Treasurer Malcolm
Moody resigned to take effect No
vember 2, this action being on ac-
count of impaired health, Mr. Moody
deciding to remove to Pasadena, Cal,
with his family. This change termi-
mated a continuous connection with
this bank for a period of "a years.
Tax Commissioner Martin has be
gun suit against the Central Vermont
railroad for unpaid taxes. The rail
road paid all taxes on business done
within the state, but refused to pay
i
that the law was unconstitutional,
and it is for the purpose of testing its
constitutionality that the suit is
brought. though it is already under
stood that the courts have decided
against the law.
Erastus Hubbard, aged about 10,
a well known citizen who was born
and had always resided in Mont
pelier, died last Friday. During his
younger days he was first in the
grocery and later in hardware busi-
probably owned more real estate in
town than any other one man.
Some 40 years ago an explosion OF
gun powder SO effected his eyes that
he has been nearly blind ever since.
The Manchester, N. H., Mirror
says: "a large portion of the far
mers along the Vermont frontier en-
gagelargely in the raising of turkeys
and geese for the American markets,
and when they realized that with the
new tariff regula ations it would be
impossible for them to dispose of
them at a profit, they lost no time in
driving their focks over, bodily in
many instances. One flock of geese
numbering $500 crossed the divid-
ing line near ROuse's Point a few
hours before the new regulations
went into effect.'