Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-06-25

OF IDA II. Clark: Ida NJ. Hart VS.. Leon
N. Hart, for intolerable severity, custody
Of minor children being given to petit
toner Twelve divorces were granted !
and six more causes are left on the docket |
for future treatment. The trial of Frank |
c. Bachelors trespass case, In which |
he was sued by Emory c. Battles for |
trespass on a Braintree wood-lot came |
to a sudden end in a settlement Another |
court case was that of William stand
lick. Warren e. Curtis and Spauldmg +. |
Locke vs. Oscar Downing, an action Of
trespass and trovcr for carrying off sew |
eral tons of hay from a farm near Waits
River village in Topsham after plaintiffs
had taken a decd from the owner 10y |
foreclosure decree, the defendant claim
ing right OF possession by virtue of a
lease executed before tho foreclosure re-
tition, to which he was not made n party. |
was brought. This cause was fully heard
but left with court for decision In the
case of State vs.. Mari Brown, aged 10,
Rapha Brown, aged IL. Charles Bailey.
aged II, and Herbert Ford, aged IS years,
all indicted for burglary of the West
Fairlee Lake House on Sunday, May %
last the two younger respondents having
pleaded guilty of petit larceny and turned
States evidence. were formally sentenced
to the House Of Correction but put into
the bands of the probate onlcer; the
older boys having been convicted of
burglary, were each sentenced TO not less
than one nor more than two years Mt the
House of Correction. James w. Evans,
pleading guilty to breach of the peace,
was sentenced to pay a line OF s}j and
costs taxed at 1916, which he paid and
he was also put under 500 to keep the
peace, II. w. Smith ofs Wells River be-
coming his surety.
ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
At the annual nesting of the Orange
County Bar Association the following
officers were chosen: President. J. *.
Darling; Tce-rcsident \. l.. Boydcn
secretary and treasurer II. X. Darling,
executive committee, J. u. nenison and
u Il. plunket: committee on jurispru
dence and law reform, -. S. Conart.
committee on Legislative history and BIZ
ogra ply. f.. w. Smith. A special com
mittee submitted appropriate resolutions
of sympathy for His Honor, Chief Judge
Rowell. in his recent severe Illness which
resolutions were adopted and a copy
thereof was directed to be sent him. An
adjourned meeting will be held on the
first evening of next December term Of
County Court for memorial exercises
upon the death of the late ex-Gov Ros-
we'll Farnham OF Bradford.
NEW INDUSTRY AT BELLOWS FALLS
a brand new industry of great promise
is the Bellows Falls Pulp Plaster COM
pany. manufacturers of elastic pulp
plaster This company was organized
last winter with a capital stock of $4,000
G.. +. IIendee. nonresident. is the pres
idcnt and A. r. Pierce. n citizen of Sax
tons River for a number of years. Is the
secretary and treasurer The plant which
has just been completed is located on the
line of the Boston & Maine railroad di-
roctly opposite the plant Of tho Casen
company in Bellows Falls. The building
! ia foot ipb A
| 50-horsc power boiler and 35-horsc pow
| er engine have been installed and the
manufacturing of the plaster will begin
at once. The different Ingredients. with
the exception of wood fibre, are shipped
there ground and ready to mix. The
wood fibre is prepared there. Green logs
are put on to A machine which grinds off
the fibre and this fibre is carried to the
second floor where it goes five times
through a 50-foot dryer. A fan blows hot
air into this dryer and after travelling 250
feet the fibre comes out thoroughly dried
ready to he mixed with the other ingredi-
ents All the different ingredients in the
proper proportions are thrown into a
| mixer and in 20 minutes the plaster is
ready to put into bags and ship. These
bags contain 50 pounds each, % making
a ton. The local plant has a capacity OF
80 tons per day Of 10 hours and cost about
$4,000 This is the 10th plant in the United
the Napoleon Elastic Pulp Plaster com
pany. There is another plant in Hart
ford Conn, and one at Trenton, n. j..
the other seven being in the West. There
is a separate office building near the fac
tory.
MRS. TIFFANY GETS DIVORCE.
Judge II. r. Start has granted a di
vovrcc to Mrs. Ida Tiffany from Eli Tiff
fanny, Nj. Tiffany is one of the firm o
Tiffany Bros, one of the leading manu-
featuring concerns in Bennington, and
prominent citizen. He made no contest
The couple was married about four years
ago. it being the second marriage o
both. She had been divorced from he
former husband. In her petition Mrs
Tiffany asked for a division of the prop
erty which would amount to severa
thousand dollars This was afterward re
duced to s., 600. but after considerable dis
cussion her counsel agreed to take s2,50
which amount the court allowed.
DAMAGE BY LIGHTNING AND LAND
SLIDE IN BENNINGTON.
A severe thunder shower, accompane
by sharp lightning. prevailed in Benning
ton for about half an hour Friday after
noon. The lightning struck barn a
' Bennington Centre belonging to NJ r
> Swift and badly DANA ged it. Several tree
, in different localities We're shattered som
Of them badly. The residence of Mr.,
Mary Lowry was also struck, one chin
l ney torn out. most of the plastering il
2 one room torn off and woodwork shatter
, ed. No one was injured. The barn of {
yelling Thatcher was struck. liGhtnn
struck the telephone wire at Cotterell'
$ house. burned out the connections, an
o gave j. j. Remington. who was standin
, near. shock. \ horse standing in
, | near by shed was also knocked down b
. / the shock Storm was also severe
= Woodford and Pownal The vicinity c
Arlington was visited by the hardes
:. storm in years. About a mile above III
depot landslide covered the tracks {
a the Rutland railroad with several feet {
1 dirt and stone for over 100 yards.
$ freight train going north ran into il. TT
y engine and one car were ditChed. It too
& the wreck gang that was late in arrivin
" from Rutland nearly all night to get tt
e engine on the track ana clear the wa.
L Passengers on the flyer and all the da
Y trains were carried around distance
D. about mile and all traffic was muC
a delayed, There was no lightning but II
l. ground was white with hail stones.
r EMPLOYEES BEING INVESTIGATED
If A secret agent of the Boston & MAR
u Railroad company has been in Brattleho