Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-10-31
G. VT. ICE HOUSE BURNED
OF INTEREST VERMONTERS.
Chief Justice Ross Grants An Injunction
Against Rutland.

An injunction was served against the
city Of Rutland Friday night. 1t was
granted by Chief Justice Jonathan
Ross of the Supreme Court, restrain
ing the city of Rutland from enptyins
any mere sewerage of the Forest street
system into Moon Brook. The injunction
was granted on the application OF Albert
j. Davis who claims that with tho sewer
age of the western division of the city
cmptying into the brook, the lives of the
people in that section of the city Will be
endangered i few weeks ago the county
grand jury unanimously condemned this
sewerage as dangerous, but the city Off
GERS have kept at work building it, hence
the injunction.
BURGLARY At WEST WARDSBORO.
John D. Coy. II, his brother, Ira p. Coy,
y, both Of Dover, and jerome Hall, II, Of
West Wardsboro, were held for trial in the
sum Of $500 each at hearing before JUS
tice ). S. Perry of West Wardsb oro
states Attorney Fits appearing for the
prosecution The young men broke into
the stores of NJ. W. Brown and Putnam X
Wait at West Wardsboro Tuesday night,
entrance being gained through rear win
dows. Little was taken at Putnam <
Waits, but at N. W. Browns n large
quantity of goods We're stolen, to a total
value of 800. The plunder included 60
pounds Of plug tobacco, a quantity OF
smoking tobacco. mittcns. clothing, etc.
The goods were carried away on two
NheelbarroWS which were stolen at near
by premises, the boys pushing their loads
to the home of the Coys a distance of five
miles. The tracks were followed the next
morning by Deputy Sheriff II. \. Fits
and posse. The lads had been seen in
the village the evening before and We're
suspected of the crime. The Hall boy was
first visited and he Immediately confessed.
The wheelbarrOw tracks We're followed to
the Coy homestead, and the boys there
also made a confession. The Hall boy has
always had a good reputation and was APP
parcntly led astray by his associates.
The coming winter prominent horsemen
in Barre and Montpelier will make an
effort to organize a Vermont racing circuit
1t ia claimed by the prime movers tina t
such Il circuit would be OF financial profit
TO the owners Of both the trotting parks
and horses. The great advantage to be
gained would be the adjustment of 50
many conflicting dates. The towns which
il is proposed to include in the circuit are
Barre, Brattleboro, White River June
ton, Tunbridge, Mortified st. Johns
bury, Morrisvlle, Enosburgh Falls, Bur
lington, Rutland and Waterbury
The Boston a. Maine railroad officials
have located tho new roundhouse build
ings at Newport, with turntables, etc
across the bridge on the Salem Derby side
where they are removing large amour,
OF earth for tracks and the site of the
! house which will be built for 30 locomo-
| uves. sufficient to stall all the engines OF
! the two roads which will be there at any
one time. All the work will be done thor.
oughly and everything will be made with
reference TO convenience and safety. The
yard room in that section will be enlarged
suf1clently to enable most OF the shift
ing to be done there.
Abe Campbell has an order for 1000 liv,
skunks from a Montreal party He mad,
/ his hrst shipment the other day of ten o.
/ these highly odoriferOus animals. For tn,
/ past twenty years Mr.. Campbell has mad,
business of hunting skunks. He own,
/ his home and some other property al
| OF which he informs us he has accumu
/ lated by trapping skunks. He says hi
! best ilnd was Is skunks in one hole. Th'
! skins bring all the way from 10 cents fol
striped skunks to 81 90 for a nice bacl
one. Just what this Montreal deale
wants of live skunks Mr. Campbell is un
able to say but he Is getting ready to do
quite business at it,
/ The famous will case of Hezetlah Il
Smith, which involved an estate of 5000 600
aad which has been in four different courts
during the past eight years. was conclude,
IN the courts or chancery at Trenton, \. j.
this week, when the will was declared in
valid ana the disowned widow and som
were restored to their rights. Smith lef
his fortune to found technical school 70
young mechanics. The widow. who vii
secure the bulk OF the 500. 900, is Mrs Eve
lire Nenora Smith OF Woodstock. thi
state.