Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-08-11
NEWS OF VERMONT.
More Important Events Grouped for
storm Visits Proctorsvilla,

The worst storm for a number OF years
visited ProctorsVille Wednesday evening
between eight and nine o'clock, Hail
stones half an inch in diameter fell. cut
ting tho foliage of trees. vines and plants.
Vegetable gardens suffered, corn being
laid fiat in many places. The chimney
on the house occupied by Mr. Perry was
demolished by lightning. At the cast end
of Main street an apple tree on William
Rolinsons grounds was torn up by the
roots. People in tho vicinity felt the
shock from the lightning very perccptibly.
About 800 feet of the tile which Mr.. Muir
dock has just had laid to carry water TO
the top of the hill to his now reservoir.
and which was laid five feet deep, was
uncovered by the rain.
EXTRAORDINARY BANKRUPTCY
CASE.
A postponed hearing in the bankruptcy
case of Jarrett =. Jones of Pawlet has
been set for to-day at the office of
Referee +. II. . Rricn of Rutland. Tho
case is an extraordinary one, being the
only one of its kind ever heard before
the local referee. Jones made apqliCa-
ton for discharge from bankruptcy and
at the hearing on the application counsel
for his creditors made objection to the
discharge on tho grounds that he lad
drawn several hundred dollars from Il
Granville bank which had not been salts
factOrily accounted for in the baukrUptCY
proceedings. Jones attempted to tell
what disposition he had made of this
money. hut apparently his explanation
/ WAS not satisfactory, for the referee did
not grant his petition for discharge and
/ has now set another hearing on the spocl-
/ locations against the discharge Of the
bankrupt. At this hearing il is expected
that decisive action Will be taken in the
matter.
THE ARMOUR or VERMONT,
Few arc aware OF the size of the b,iSi-
ness conducted by W. A Kicker Of st
Johnshury, dealer in cattle. Starting II
years ago in Toacham Mr. Kicker has
built UP a shipping business in live stock
/ that is not cQuallod by any firm or iuii-
vidunl in New England. Ten years ago
he came to -. JohnSbury and Is now
ono Of the influential business men of
the place. carrying ON quietly business
that is steadily mounting to gigantic pro-
portions, as the following figures will
| show Tho number of cattle handled in
the year l9N3-194 was 5.6s; calves. %. 40.
sheep, 22.74o. hogs. 1850 and the amount
paid out for same was ssi.10. Mr.. Rick
or has about 81 men ON the road buying
live stock ana those buyers cover all the
territory in Caledonia, Orleans. and
Franklin counties. He handles 10 per
cent of all live stock bought on the
road from Newport to W hitc River June
tion. and on the st. j & J.. &. from
SWanton to Luncnburg. That he j. rccog-
uizcd as a buyer of large proportions Is
shown by the fact that the railroad gives
him the initial ri-ht to the use of 8
stock cars Aside from n few carloads OF
sheep bought in Canada, the buying
operations are largely conducted IN
Vermont. The shipments are made tC
Boston, and New Haven Ct, and largely
to Swift ~ co. ldk" most cattle dealers
Mr. Kicker also conducts "A large herling
business. Last spring he bought ahou,
4Oo cattle and stocked five PASTURES in tho
, town OF Concord. Some of those are in
. tended for beef and some for micl
cows.
MAKE UP OF NEXT SENATE
Tho following complete list of the re
publican nominees for State senators II
the various counties of the state in nj
probability constitutes the makeup of IT.,
next Vermont senate unless. OF course
some of the fusion movements now undel
way upset calculations;
Addison countY--W. A. Lawrence O
f Bristol, j. a. James of WcNhrdge.
: bennington couutv-Fred l.. Mattison o
,,haftshury, Joseph W. Fowler of Man
q chester.
Q Caledonia county-L. = Slack of ST
, Johnsburv, H. d. Simpson Of Sheffield
- Chittcndcn county-C. :, lsham Of bur
70 lncton, A. Y. stevens OF Richmond G. $
. Ashley of Milton.
Essex county-Arthur T. IIobrook o
p domination.
, Franklin county-C. S, Parker of Mont
gomcrN G, A. Iiawley of Fairfax,
c Grand Isle county-Juan Robinson o
+ South Hero.
lamoille county-Fred II. Fullington o
- Cambridge.
u Orange countN-H. +. Baldwin of New
: bury. Chester Dick"y OF Washington.
- Orleans county-G II. Prouty of New
port. .. $ skinner of Barton.
Rutland countv-Henry O Carpenter o
e Rutland, William II. Rowland of Poult
} ney Dan d, Burditt Of Pittsford, j
q Emory Buxton of Middletown Springs.
:, WASHINGTON county-Wihiam a Lord q
u Montpelier, o. q. Eaton of Waitsteld
70 Merton II. Wells of CABOT,
C Wndham county-G. w Pierce of Brat
" tlchoro, j. ". Ware of rownshcnd.
Windsor county-Allan NJ FLETCHER q
II Cavondish. DIR. f.. j. Fish of South Roy
alton, J. c. Taylor of West Windsor
DEAF MAN KILLED by CARS.
| Wednesday night the BODY of ltller
Vance was found beside the Canadian II