Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-14
THROEGHOI+T THE STATE.

THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
A physician is to locate in the town of
Iluhbardton, which hasn't had a doctor
for forty years.
A curious thing about the recent snow
storm was noticed in Rutland county,
where it was observed that no snow fel
on the mountains.
The North River manufacturing COM
pany at Jacksonville converted $500
pounds of apples into jelly this season.
over $1,000 was paid for the apples.
| There is talk Of starting bank in Paw"
let village. The county il said to be full
of idle money and at least $4,000 would
be ready any time it was wanted to do
business.
Mrs. Mark Sutton of Searsburg has suf-
fered for Years from what she .'}" ed
was rheumatism. She recently ocrsultei
a uhy.Io IAN who found that her
out of joint. the result Of an accident sew
eral years ago.
According to the report of the commits
! soners Of navigation, showing by States
and Territories the number and gross tom
mage of registered enrolled and licensed
vessels of the United States, Vermont has
% vessels with total tonnage of 23,9SG.
There are some twenty log camps on
the Deertield river and tributaries this
season. 1t is estimated over 10000 900 feet
of logs vii, be cut and with the stranded
logs of last year the biggest drive ever
known in this locality is expected next
spring in this section.
The 5000 trout remaining of the 20,C0o
received from the State fish hatchery at
ST. Johnsbury last spring by A. q. Stone,
which We're placed in a pond east of Wal
lingford, We're transferred November 30 to
various streams. The tish varied in length
from three to seven inches.
Levi Hazen, an old and widely known
civil engineer and student of natural his
tory. is dangerously i'll at his home in
West Hartford. Mr. Hazen has one of the
finest private museums in New England.
His collections of agate and of Indian
curiosities are remarkably large and
valuable.
diamond rock drilling machine IS OK
rected to arrive a the gold mine Spring
field, Windsor county, this week. The
vein will be tapped in several directions
and a core taken out which will deter
mine how valuable a property the owners
have. Thus far all the work has been
done in the groupings and they have gene
into that about forty feet. the mineral
showing richer as they go into it.
The Fairbanks museum at St. Johns
bury has secured the valuable collection
of Indian relics which W. G. Warner OBJ
tanned in the far West. The rarest arti-
Gle in the lot is one of the medals which
he President gave the Indian chiefs Of
which only 10 were ever issued. Another
valuable article is the big medicine"
which belonged to one of the tribes ard
for which diligent search was made as
soon as Mr. Warner obtained il. In the
collection are moccasins, wampum. relics
of Gen Clusters last battle and souvenirs
of the Louis Rel rebellion.
No agreement has yet been arrived at
between the town of Berlin and the city
of Montpelier in regard o the price of the
property in the annexed district. 1t is eN-
rocted that an application will be made
he fore the present County Court adJourns
for commissioners to appraise the mat
tiers in dispute, which action is allowed
by the legislative act ca the failure OF
agreement.
David c. Hill of Houghtonville commit
ted suicide at his home Tuesday morning
by cutting his throat with a razor. No
cause can be given for the act. Mr.. Hill
had lived in Houghtonvile several years
and had begun to teach the village school
for the winter term. He was about 30
years old and unmarried.
George Dorset, aged about "a committed
suicide at Jacksonville Monday evening in
a most horrible way. Though 10 one saw
tho decd the method of operation was
pam. lie came INTO the mousse just al Ter
dark. went to the closet, took down a
shot gun and taking off one boot, paced
the muzzlo against the abdomen, pulled
the trigger with his toes and DISCHARGED
the contents into his bowels killing him
instantly. A despatch says the reason
for the act is the wife's objection to her
husbands mother being in the house and
that she left the house when her mother
in law came. Dorset attempted suicide
once before some five years ago when h
, took Paris green, owing to some family
trouble,
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massa-
chusetts at Boston will in January hear
arguments as to the validity of the Will
of Thomas Thompson, which bedueaths
the income of his 81 zoo, 900 estate to seam
stresses, neadlewomen ana shop girls Cf
Frattcboro and Rhinebeck, y. y. Brat
tleboro will be represented by counsel.
who are confident of establishing the val
idity of the will and thus securing to the
legatees perhaps $4,000 a year or more.
The property OF the Thompson estate *
centrally located in the business quarter
, of Boston and we'll rented. Should the
, court confirm the will, and there is eve ry
. rea son to expect such will be the case, II
is likely THAI BrattlebOro's portion viii be
in mediatey available for purposes for
: which Mr. Thompson intended il, just
how strong the opposition to the confirm
, alton of the will is will be known AT the
time of the hearing, but those who have
already investigated the situation fee
confident that the purpose and intent OF