Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-27
NEWS OF VERMONT,
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Free Press Readers -Congrsssman
Haskins May Get Better Com
mittee Position.

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| Col Kittredge Haskins of Brattlcboro,
| repre- in Congress from the sec
ond district, will go to Washington next
| week. He enjoys his service there, and
| naturally looks forward to years of use
| funess for his district. 1T has been the
| policy in Vermont to keep its men IN the
| national Congress term after term, and
| this has brought adequate results. Col.
Haskins favors the election of Congress-
| man Cannon as speaker. In the next Con-
| gross Col. Haskins can hope for still
better committee position than he now
| has. Years ago, when in the army, ne
learned the value of being what he calls
| u kicker" By that he means That 1t
pays to be persistent, and in That way ne
gets for his constituents what they are
entitled to-
PROSPERITY IN BRATTLEBoRo.
Business prospects In Brattleboro are
extremely promising. The organ factor
les have n large number Of orders Last
month the Carpenter Organ company
made the largcs, shipment of any single
! month"; with one exception, in its history
The S. A. Smith compnny's baby carriage
| and toy factory has been pushed to the
limit all the year. The Bratueboro HOS
ierv company and the Hooker, Corser q
Mitchell company are Increasing thclr
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for greatly enlarEing both concerns An
other reason the r. Sutro furniture fac
tory will he opcucd. The dam on West
river at West Dummerston built by the
Brattle boro Gaslght company, VIII FUR
aSh an abundance Of poWcr-not less thdn
10 horsepower ut the lowest water-for
manufa cturng and lighting purposes.
DEATH OF PRIVATE FRANK DENNIS
Frank Dennis of Bennington. private
IN Co. I, 9th L. s. infantry. died in tho
hospital at Governors island saturday or
consumption. Dennis had served two
years in the 26th T. s. Volunteers in the
Philippines with good record. After
reaching home he re-enlisted in the regu-
lar service and was assigned to the 9th
T. 8 infantry. He Joined the regiment
at Manila and returned with 1t to Sack
otis TIarbor, N. Y. He was i'll but few
weeks.
BENNINGTON COUNTY COURT.
The December term Of Bennington coun-
~ court will begin IN Bennington the
first TUESDAY in that month. Judge Love
land Nunson viii preside. The court and
Jury docket has been prepared. There
arc RI civil cases set for trial anon :
them being four will contests There arc
10 cases to be heard by the court. 10 di-
vorce cases, the most interesting Of
which will b. that of Carrie w. Goldsmith
against Prof. Rudolph o. Goldsmith. Ten
criminal cases are also scheduled. The
term promises to be short.
SHOT A BEAR IN WINHALL.
: ]. Willard Cobb of Bratteboro shot a
black bear weighing 115 pounds in Win
hall Wednesday. 1t stepped into one of
the traps Of Will Howard, the veteran
: trarper Howard notified cobb and II
w. Boble that the bear had escaped from
the trap. and they went to BondVile anC
| Joined him in the chase. The bear doubled
on her tracks. coming close to COBB. who
had fallen behind thu others. \ shGl,
shot at close range killed the animal.
A VALUABLE RELIC
, A relic of great value has been placed
= in the museum at the public library II
Bratteboro. l. is brass wall hrougn
from Mexico by col. William AuStine a
the Close. Of the Mexican war. and is up
! ward of In wears old. Col. Austine pre-
scented ii to the Sors Of Veterans s"vera
: weeks ago and that organization was in
duced to turn it over to the library.
9 HAVE SETTLED LAND DAMAGES.
An agreement has been reached between
the new purchasers of the White Rive
. Valley railroad and the land owners WhC
have Withdrawn their objections to thu
passage of the bill of Incorporation in Tit
Legislature. The new incorporators hav'
nut IN bond Of s. 30 to reCompcnse il
: fan all claims Of larl owners approved a
, preferred ny the United states court.
e A VERMONT AUTHORIZES.
: Miss Alice Agnes Morrisscy OF STAN
= ford. far young authoress, has "A seria
story begun in the Springfield, Mass
Sunday Republican Of the 10th inst. 1t i
- entitled. Love story of Justine, and
pf a Nermnnt
y scene being placed at the end of the
y years CLOSED season in This state. ON
y editor began the first installmcnt an
read il to the end, without noticing tn
4 continuance. and is now looking towar
= concluding what to him So ms to be on
a of the best told romanccs OF the day.
p RUTLAND MAN TRYING TO BREAI
5 A WILL
hearing was held Saturday in Broc
ton. Mass, on the contest Of the Will q
: the Rev l.. l.. Mcclure of St Patrick
= Catholic Church. brought by his father
= Edward Mcclure of Rutland, Vt. Tn
property is left in the will about equal
- to Miss Mary L. Mcclure. sister of tn
% deceased, and Timothy Wood his secre
tary The property inVolNe is appraise
at about si0.HG It consists mostly c
- valuable br!c-a- hrac and was always cor
!, sidered as worth nearer $50, cJ0. No eVt
" dence was admitted that did not bear o
. the time one year before ana one year al
II ter the making of the will in 1880 Cndu
= influence over the deceased by the benC
:, fciaGies is the grounds Of contest.
KILLED on TRACKS IN RUTLAND
= BartUlemo GcnoVesi. an Italian marbl
\ polisher employed by the Vermont Marbl
= company DIT Center Rutland. WAS Struc
- and killed instantly by a Delaware an
4 Hudson train at the Ripley crossing a
!, six O'Clock Saturday morning. He Wa
:, | going to his work and was walking alon
= the spur track, just as he stepped on tn
main track the train struck him, break
ing his neck and back. 1t is not know
why he did not see the approaching trair
as the track is straight at that POM
GenoVesi was 80 years old and leaves
wife and two children in Italy. lie ha
t been II. this country less than year an
had just saved $500 with which to brin
n his family to this country.
= DEATH OF MRS. S {, RUSSELL.