Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-11-24
BRATTLEBORO.

s. T. and E. H. Davenport of West Brat
tleboro are legatees under the will of the late
Oliver Davenport of Deerfield. The total
OF the estate was $829,S78. The sum of
$l79,S $3.50 has been paid for expenses, various
legacies, ETC., leaving $650,O47 to be divided
among the remaining legatees.
Deputy Sheriff Mcclure Saturday evening
took possession of Henry A. Chapin's drug
store in the Brooks house block at Brattle-
boro under foreclosure proceedings in the
name of Gen. j. j. Estey. Mr.. Chapin's liza
bilities are not given, but his assets are sup
posed to be comparatively small. He has
been in business about IL years, and sue
ceeded Henry G. Willard.
December ID has been decided upon as the
date for the presentation Of "Elijah" by the
choral union. E. H. Miller of Dummerston
will sing the title role, William LAWN the
tenor part, Miss Gertrude Edmunds of Bos-
ton the contralto and Mrs. W. K. Hubbard
and Miss Emma Gregg of Brattleboro the
soprano. The local orchestra will be assisted
by three members of the Boston symphony
orchestra. The price of seats will probably
be advanced % cents this year.
The statement made this week by New
York newspaper to the effect that the heirs
Of the famous "Carver grant, which in
cludes 100000 acres of land in Minnesota,
had established the fact that the act of the
Nawdawissie Indians in deciding the land to
King George LII and the Continental Con-
gress aroused fresh interest in the case
among the Brattleboro heirs to the grant and
they are now confident that they will be able
to establish their indisputable title to the land
upon which has been built the cities of St.
Paul, Minneapolis and others of less impor-
lance. The case was reviewed at length in
the Springfield Republican few months ago,
soon after the original deed of the land to
Capt. Carver was found on file at Chiicotbe,
Ohio. Since that time hundreds of certified
copies of the deed have been sent to claim
ants in various parts of the country.
Wilmington people were greatly shocked
death by suicide of the esteemed wife of
Station Agent Henry E. Mann, of that place.
1t appears that Mrs. Mann went to the village
drug store in the morning and obtained two
ounces of chloroform, stating that she wanted
it for cleaning a dress. Returning to her
home on Main street, she alfred herself
neatly in her night clothes and with tunnel
shaped paper retired to her bed, where she
was found with the bed clothes drawn over
her head, about 10 80, having been dead,
according to the physicians, perhaps an hour,
A brother of Mr.. Mann went to the house in
the morning and inquired of child rs to its
mothers whereabouts, but getting no definite
reply he went to the railroad station for the
father who quickly discovered the sad facts
No cause is assigned for the deed.
The final report as to the number of deer
killed in Vermont during the open season
which was the month of October, shows thai
| the number was much in excess of the earlier
| estimates. The reports of the various post
masters throughout the state to President
Titcomb show that about $50 deer, including
| from ten to 20 does, were slain. Gen. j. j
Estey of Brattleboro was elected the Wind
ham county member of the executive com
mittee of the state fish and game league a
the annual meeting Of the league last week
1t is the opinion of Gen. Estey as we'll as o
nearly every other member of the league
which numbers 55S members, that the opeI
season was a mistake and that the slaughte
should either be entirely stopped by leglsla
ton or restricted to great extent. Presi
dent Titcomb thinks that as there are NOR,
deer in Essex county than in any othe
county in the state it might do to keep tn,
open season in vogue in that county an,
restrict the slaughter in the other counties
but wouldn't that be an invitation for a vas
number of hunters to go to Essex county an,
to exterminate a greater amount of gam
than that county can afford to lose?