St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-02-25
VERMONT NEWS.
Burlington Wooden Company in Trouble.


Co. at meeting in Boston Saturday
voted to petition the United States CIR
cuit court to appoint receiver OF the
corporation. AS soon as the news was
received in Winooski parties to whoh,
the corporation was indebted attacneu
manufactured cloths and wool to the
amount OF $50 600.
f. c. Kennedy, secretary and mana
ger OF he corporation, SAID the reason
Why the company asked Tor the appoint
rnent oil q receiver, was that CERTAIN
creditors who held maturing paper re
fused to wait. The nils he thouSpt,
would run along as usual with the ex,
ception that the monthly pay day would
he DELAYED Tor few DAYS. The assets OF
the CORPORATION are $500, 1000 in excesso
the liabilities. In addition t. the WOODEN
mills the Burlington Wooden Co owns
and control, the Colchester mills and the
W,nooski worsted mills, and the present
financial difficulties fleet all these instl-
tutions. These mills employ now about
700 hands and it rs claimed that during
the past six months they have been run
on paving basis. Mr. f. c. Kennedy,
the secretary and manager OF the com
pany, is one of the promoters OF the
Montpelier, St. Johnshury and other
electric street railroads in the state.
Davis Guilty on Fourth Count
One OF the most sensational and inter
estinp murder trials in the history OF the
state ended at Mlddl,bury Saturday.
Smith DAVIS has been on trial as having
in some way caused the death OF Dora
Cushman. Judge Start addressed the
Jury at some lngth Saturday morning.
The case was given to the Jury at IL ~
O'Clock The jury returned at ten nm
utes to o'clock At the ringing OF the
court house bell hundreds Of people eager
to hear he verdict oil the jury crowded
into I he court room. Many were unable
to gain admltance and were compelled
to remain outside. The Jury returned a
verdict of guilty in the fourth count, the
lesser offense. that is: TIE respondent is
accused OF procuring certain instruments
unknown TO the jury for the purpose OF
producing miscarriage or an abortion
on one Dora E. Cushman but does not
saw from what cause she died nor IS the
respondent in any way ACCUSED ct her
OeHlH. liz peHdlty w ''''' N"'N :" s''
fnement in the states prison Tor not less
than three years nor more than 1Oyears.
Court adjourned until 10 O'Clock March
Sd. at which time Smith Davis will re-
ceive his sentence.
Mrs. Hetty Green Of Vermont, the
wealhiest lady in America, reached AL
bany, N. Y, last week with only Is
cents or not money enough to pay her
fare back. Mrs. Green is resourceul
person, and finding herself without funds
negotiated Tor credit Tor telephone tolls
to New York. and opening communica-
lions with her bankers pre- sently had all
the money in Albany at her disposal.
She was moderate and took but 500,
and pursued her journey on the next
train. Mrs Green ascrIbcs her impovtr.
ished condition TO a sinful maid. She
lett Boston last night with this attend
ant, headed Tor Chicago. Being thrifty
they took seats in the day coach, Mrs
Green spread her veil over her face and
slumbe I'd not wisely, but too well. The
girl took her slumberIng mistress pocket
book and her leave OF the train stimuli
taneously. At what point OF the journey
the wrong was done could only be sur
missed bv the grieved victim.
Joseph Corevv. a prosperous French
man living in Rochester Hollow, has just
or err, d cuffin TOR himself and his " ife
He and his wife live all alone and have
no children. They are about rs wear:
old Joe presented himself at W. p
4 al lfl nh
and gave plans and specifications anr
received estimate on the construction o
two boxes OF such peculiar shape as t.
provoke inquiry. He finally admitted
that he was ordering collins for himsel
and the "ole woman They were fin
i>hed and he took them home recently
Each fin was bull of two inch plank
fastened with heavy screws. Eachmcas
ures ieet in length, Is inches in depth
and "a inches wide at one end and II a
the other. They are stained and var
i,ished, and will be fitted with wrough
iron handles by Corevo, who is black
smith. They cost $l3 piece.
George B. Newton. a millionaire VIII
died at Tarrvtuwn.On-lhe he Hudson Fri
day from heart disease, w Is born in w, S
Hartford IN 1898. tie was educated il
the nearby town OF Norwich, to whc
his parents moved when he was only tw
years old. He left home at he age OF Il
to seek his fortune, and in 1851 he be
came ergag, d i'll mining anthracite Goa
at Mauch Chunk, Pa, then a small vi
lage. Mr.. Newton was one OF the pic
nter dealers in anthracite coal. and h
continued in the business 35 year.
amassirg large fortune. He was asst
ciatt d closely with the late Asa Packe
founder and principal owner of the l.
high Vall'y railroad company. He wa
director in many financial institution
He founded hospital for Tarrytowl
He leaves wife and three daughters.
X. NJ Spauiding has just finished hau
ing from the woods in Pitlshrld abo,
100000 ieet of logs to the bank
White River to be run down that s,rea
wh'n the water is hign next spring
Bellows Falls. Among the logs we
those made bv a spruce tree of remark
bic size. The tree when cut down MAJ
solid stick so inches III diameter at t
butt and 25 inches at the top, 70 IL
long, and that practically below t
limbs. This was cut into FIVE lol
which measured 30S2 feet People
the neighborhood have no knowlcd
OF any o her spruce a. large Morrow,
another IA loot log could have been c
at the top for lumber, although it h
too many knots Tor working into pap,
Alfred Bpardman arrived at his c
h. me in Remington one day last we
just in time to attend his mothers
n,ral. He had been absent sever
years during which time nothing h
been heard OF him and it was thoul
that he was dead.