Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-02-03
VERMONT NEWS.

+ Myia Herrick n school teacher Of Stowe,
Hho WIS tried in l.amoillc county court for
| furnishing Il scholar, was acquitted. Her
| costs were also paid.
These petitions in bankruptcy have been
| flied: Lewis Mayo of ST. Adams, n labOrer,
| liabilities S3Il. assets 800; Ernest II. Ball o!
| RockiuGham, Il merchant, liabilities S2969,
| Assets SSS67.
| The jury in the ease of state vs. Selm NJ.
| sbee in Windsor county court. charged
| With the murder of Robert Emerton, re-
turned II verdict of murder in the second
| iegree. Sentence was deferred.
Phil Ellis and Waynr Burnham, two Barre
| boys of good families, were caught in tho
| act of burglarizing Z. w. Cummings print
| ing Office. Money had frequently been
missed from the money drawer and Il watch
| was set
In Chester the effect of the winter drough
! is being felt seriously. Wells and other
sources OF water supply that have never
failed before have given out and people are
| put TO great Inconvenience to get suiiicien.
| water Tor family needs.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Viii comb of Wood
stock, have just celebrated their golden we'd
| ding anniversary. For 40 years they have
| been highly esteemed residents of thar vii
| lagc where MIR. Whitcomb was for long
| time in active business.
Miss Rhoda l.. Eaton, who had been a
| deputy collector and clerk at the BurinS-
J ton customs house for six years. has just
| died at her home in North underhi. She
| VAS stcnographer and typewriter and had
ocen sick since November.
The store Of the Rochester Clothing COM
| oany Of Rutland has been closed by William
| Cooper, representing New York creditors.
| The concern was heavily loaded with winter
| goods which it was impossible to dispose of
| in time to meet its Obligations.
A second dividend of 90 per cent. will be
| paid on and after Feb. to all deposit
| tors or other creditors of the Bradford Saw
ings bank who have proved their claims pur-
J suant to the statute and in accordance with
| the chancellor's order Of March /, 1898
The city of Rutland has paid over to Bull
| Ter Muioney the money due the laborers
on the famous Bianco Il. Grimadi park
sewer job, over which there has been iitiga-
tion since 1895. The case was finally de-
| cided against the city in the supreme court.
The case of Benedict vs.. the Tunbridge
| Worlds Fair association resulted, in the
| Windsor county court in II verdict for the
| plaintiff for the sum of S3O0J damages for
| injuries received in Il bicycle race ut the fair
| In 1897. The suit was brought for $4,000
| damages.
Temporary injunctions have been issued
| against The following places where liquor
WITS supposed to DC solL L. +. Gokey, pro-
|
proprietor, and William Mcneil, owner Of
| the hotel at Shelburne: John Lee, Battery
and College streets. Burlington; TIP. Daley's
drug store. Burlington.
Miss Nellie Atherton, recently arrested ut
Lcominsier, Mass, by Sheriff W. $. Lowell
of Springfield, VT, wa, taken back 20 that
town. While being taken to the depot she
| succeeded in getting away and made SEN
saionai run through he public square,
| pursued by the sheriff. who succeeded in re-
capturing her. Miss Atherton jumped her
bali in Springfield last November.
Laura Duval. formerly of st. Johnsbury,
| called at one of the banks there and asked
for II blank check. She dated it ut Green
Forks, making it payable to herself, for S35,
aud signing fictitious name. She pre-
sented 1t at store near by, where it was
| cashcd, but on presentation at the bank
| payment was refused. She was traced to
Greensboro by Sheriff Sulloway and lodged
in jail at st. Johnsbury.
The recent fall of snow throughout the
| state has given new life to the lumber busi-
| ness in Chester. the volume of which prom
| ises to be greater than ever before. More
men are now employed than at any time
previously and mills have been erected in
| nearly every locality easy to get at. The
| action of certain railroads in increasing
freight rates on hardwood lumber is meet
ing with criticism as it is II direct blow at
Harry Switzer and Henry Sargent, who
We're tried at the last June term of Lamoille
county court and convicted of stealing
chickens in stowe, have been brought from
Rutiand work house, where they have been
serving out their term. and placed in the
jail at Hyde Park. They will be held in jail
| until the coming term of court when they
| will answer II second indictment which was
brought against them on charges of the
| same nature.
The Bennington and Hoosick Valley cleo
trio railway company has just completed the
| purchase OF piece of land, about three
acres altogether, on the farm of Myron Cot.
trell, just across the Walloomsac river from
| the spot marked as having been the point
where the British cannon were placed in
the battle of Bennington. The company
| will erect brick power house there, 100x50
| feet i'll dimensions, and brick smOkestack
| 100 feet in height.
Rev. Ozora Stearns Davis of the First
Congregational church of Springfield has
| accepted u call to the Central COngrega-
tional church of Newtonville, Mass Mr..
| Davis was born in Wheelock, VT. in July,
1866 He was graduated from st. Johnsbury
| academy in 1885 and from Dartmouth in 1889.
| After graduation he was for two years prin-
cipal of the high school at White River
Junction. VT, and member of the board of
education of Windsor county.
james Mckay of Groton quarryman,
while working on Fred Websters quarry,
was Instantly killed by the discharge of u
| blast which he was endeavoring to remove.
| The bulk Of tho charge struck Mckay in the
! breast and passed through his body. taking
his right lung with it. His face and eyes
were also tearfully manylud. Mckay was
| Scotchman by birth aud was about 81 years
| old. He leaves willow and two children.
| He had lived in Groton about two years,
coming there from South Ryegate.
Wilton A. Wall and John Davis of Ben
nington shot and killed black bear on the
| noun aims in the vicinity of He'll Hollow
| stream. some eight or nine miles from Ben
| ninyton. The hunters had tracked the
bear in the light snow nearly all day and
| finally came up with him just as he had taken
refuge in Il high and hollow stub of an i'm
| mense birch tree. The bear was shot as he
| was peering from the stub ut the hunters,
| and the tree was cut down next day. The
| pelt is one of the best ones ever secured in
the section, the fur being thick, long,
smooth and rich in color. The bear weighed
| nearly 1853 pounds.
Among the many bequests in the will of
| the late Dorman B. Eaton of New York, who
was native of Ha-dwic the following are
| the Nermonters and Vermont towns remem-
| bered One hundred dollars to the Free
Library ut Brattleboro; $500 to the Uni
| tartan Congregational society at the same
place; $500 to Philip Sidney Bennett of
| Calasis; $1,000 to the testator's aunt, Mrs.
| Marcia J. Eaton of Montpelier: $1,000 to
Mrs. Mary a. Magoon of Guilford: $3.50 to
| her son nnnpd for Mr.. Eaton;to the testators
niece. Ruth ! atom Kent of Montpelier, al his
| lots and Buildings owned in Montpelier.
| $1,000. and discharge of all notes the tes-
| iator NAV have of her husband. Murray A.
Kent: to her son. any 100 books he may
| select from te-tator's library except law
| books: t. William T. Mixer. who has cared
| for his property ut Brattieboro, Sl200. and
| and 300 to his wife and 80 to each of their
| children and 800 to each of the chill !rcn
| If General Joseph Hatch. of Burlington, in
whose house he made his home while in
| college.
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