Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-27

SluiiS JuuBf, WIFI tIt HUH y. ".
and the Hon. A. N. Boynton as asso-
ciatcs. i. G.. Bicknell will assume duties
as States attorney. A D. Robbins will
enter upon his second term as sheriff. Us
deputies have not yet been appointed.
The jury lists are as follows: Grand, |
Belvidere II. II. Lanpher; Cambridge, d.
G. Walker, II. w. McNally; Eden, John
II. Smith; Gilmore, i. l.. Camp; Hyde
Park, L. II. Lewis. s. X. Vaughn; john
son, I. A. Riddle, o. G. Buck; Norris
town. George A. Morse, w. j. McCln-
took, L. S. Small; stowe, c. p. Scribner,
=. X. Sargent II. f. Nelson; Waterville,
II. M Thomas Wolcott. NJ. S. Parker, l..
C. Fisher. Petit, Belvidere, Ezra Fetch
err; Cambridge, l.. J. Church, +. E. Smith,
Walter Ellsworth; Eden, p. r. OHere,
J. ~. Amidon; Gilmore, Herbert Delano
William G.. Swift; Hyde Park. Fred w.
Whitcomb, Leon V. Bailey, A. v. Wis
well. G. RI. Campbell; Johnson, Guy
Fitch, George Butler. n. A. Waterman, f..
p. Grow; Morristown, George Terrill, c.
j. Sayton, George w. Clark. J. II. At
Gibson, A. j. Sherwood; stowe, c. j. Par
ker J. c. Benson, Frank Gale. b. G. w.
Marshall. u. j. McAllister; Waterville.
John J. Smith, ROLAND s. Pierce VOL
cott A. IT, Keller A. H. McAllister, J.
N. Colgrove. The docket contains So
cases, G. of which are court and is chan
Gerry. Twelve cases are set to jury and
- set to court There are II petitions for
divorce and one case for arson, State VS..
Flemming. The balance are civil cases.
ASBESTOS AND TALC IN MORETOwN
Judge Mears Of Marshfeld and Edward
Hedges of Boston spent the greater part
of last week at S. Somerville's in More
town. Mr.. Hedgess manager and trea
surer of the Mad River Asbestos and Tale
, Co., who have lately bought the farm and
mineral rights of Samuel Somerville has
, been on the property and opened several
good cross section veins of asbestos of
very high grade. The veins run from one
to six inches in width. There is also
a large vein of tale about twelve feet In
width of a quality equal to the best tia
, liam tale imported to this country The
. company expert considers 1t second to
none in this country. Both the asbestos
and the tale is of a very high grade and
, in large deposits.
; ST. JOHNSBURY HORSEMAN MISS
} ING.
For some time past Chester j. Bradley
has been in the employ of G. NJ. Paige
taking care of the latters horses which
were being boarded at the Simpson livery
stable. Railroad street, ST. Johnsbury.
Sunday, October %. he came to Lyndon
Centre on short visit to his parents, re-
turning to St. Johnsbury that night. Mon
day afternoon, he. in company with Il
young boy, took Mr. Pages horses from
the livery stable to Mr.. potters barn
$ and seven o'clock that evening the boy
1 who had assisted him started for his
I home. He says that Bradley was with
him at the time and as he was leaving
5 Bradley was just going into the Potter
house. Since that time he has not been
seen. All search and investigation has
proved fruitleSs. Nothing can be learned
8 of his whereabouts Bradley is % years
old. height feet, II inches, weight 10
5 pounds, has dark brown curling hair and
4
known to horsemen throughout the State
having been employed at nearly all the
y training stables. The fact that hereto
; fore whenever he has left home, he no
l titled his people and wrote to them each
y week, and the knowledge of some myster-
2 ious circumstances in st. Johnsbury sur
1 rounding his disappearance lead to the
A belief that foul play has been perpe,rated.
y States Attorney Porter and Sheriff Sui
e loway are Investigating the matter
HORSES OF THE CIRCUIT STABLE
e SOLD.
: The sale of thoroughbred horses Tues
g day and Wednesday at the farm OF the
!, late Gen. W. w. Grout in Kirby was
, largely attended and attracted horsemen
: from various parts of New England. The
( net proceeds of the sale were over Sc 900,
many of the horses bringing fancy prices.
The catalogue showed 66 horses and colts.
. The four yearolds sold at from SIS to
SECS; yearings and three-year-olds at
, from so to 800. while some of the two
: year-ods brought as much as $3.50. The
= prices OF the driving horses ranged from
. 500 to SIS. Henrys Girl, which has a
q record of 3.l3 "a, was purchased by
, Frank Lang who has had the handling
n of her from "A colt. The price paid was
S225. Turveytop, with a track record of
:, 2:2l Ia, sold for $3.50. The stallion. Gold
= Thorn, was struck off at S29j to Mr. Ty
Of frat 1rl
a year-od from the dam, Wild Wave, was
= purchased by c. II. Lee. who formerly
owned three other colts by the same dam,
q one OF which, gelding, brought $500
q while the others, matched pair sold for
n $500 Wild Wave. now II years old, was
n purchased by Joshua Bems by whom she
= was formerly owned The stallion,
, Henrys Boy, which is 70 years old. was
i, not sold but will be kept in the Grout
q family until his death and then buried
: on the old home place in Kirby. or the
% head of cattle advertised only about
+ one-half We're sold.
e CHICKEN THIEVES IN JAIL.
:. Sheriff Sulloway of st. Johnsbury re-
. ports the Jail full that new supply
o of chairs has been ordered. On Tuesday
= three chicken thieves were taken into
V custody. Oren Jameson and Willie Gibbs
hired pneumatic-tired buggy Monday
4 night and drove to Lyndon Centre. Early
h Tuesday morning Everett l.. CLIFFORD
n found that D. of his chickens had disap-
d peared, and tracked a pneunatc-tired
/ wagon straight to st, Johnsbury to one
of the livery stables With the assistance
2 of Sheriff sulloway the occupants OF the
II buggy were located in a certain house in
;. town, and. though the people living there
z lncnicd any knowledge of the theft, a
n search was begun, and beforelong Is nice
! iy dressed fowls were discovered in the
II closet of a bedroom occupied by the al
/ legged thieves The rest of the plumber
= was later discovered in an outbullding.
. and Jameson and Gibbs were taken into
lCustody. August Joslyn. a boy of 10
!. years of age, was the same day arrested
3: for stealing two chickens belonging to
. Jules Gray Probably these lawbreakers
had tired of praying that chicken might
be sent TO them, and adopted the scheme
, OF the negro that Booker Washington tells
of, who. at the last moment before
!, Thanksgiving day, prayed that he might
u be sent to a chicken-and his prayer was
. answered.
a RICIFORD MAN FATALLY HURT.
8 Noah Barber was thrown from a load
f OF wood last Tuesday while driving from
n Stevens Mills to Richford. The wagon
Ina in iIri i'm,