Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-05-18
WOMAN TOOK HER LIFE.
Husband Lived In Montpelier and Re-
fuses "a hurry Her.

Husband Lived In Montpelier ana Ne.
fuses % Bury Her.
Especial TO the Free Press.)
Montpelier. May 16-Mary Wilbur. the
wife of Abel Wilbur. a teamster in this
lcity, committed suicide tonight In
Lowell. Mass. There had been trouble be-
tween Wilbur and his wife and they
had not lived together for ever a year.
Wilbur had sued for divorce and the suit
was returnable at the September term
OF county court. A letter found in Mrs.
Wilburs clothing written from Stowe and
signed Lillian. said that Wilbur was COM
ing to Lowell to kill her.
| Wilbur, when seen by a Free Press
man tonight. denied that he had any
intention of going to Lowell to see her.
When asked II he would do anything
about caring for the body. he said "Why
should I? She was nothing to me.
couldn't live with her and was trying to
get divorce from her. Somebody else
| must bury her.
| Mrs. Wilburs maiden name was Shono
and she lived at THE Forks" in Stowe.
She leaves a child little over a year old
which Mr.. Wilbur thinks IL with her
mother in Stowe
BUILDING BIG WATER REGULATOR
| Frank MCGUIRE structural engineer for
the Chicago bridge and Iron works of
Chicago has begun erecting the regulator
at the new plant of the Chittenden Power
company at Montlon. The regulator is
In the form Of tank with Il capacity of
7O.oN gallons. steel superstructurc go
feet high. The tank is on level with the
lake furnishing the water, and when
| ;,,x@ ,,;r G,,. fort {v,
diaweter. From the hume feeding the
turbines pipe three feet in diameter
rises to the tank This allows the water
to seek its level in the tank, regulating
the pressure on the water wheels. Mr..
Mcclure says il will take about three
months to erect the regulator.
| MAY START A HORSE FARM.
The old fair grounds near White River
junction have been used for some time
for training horses for the track by per-
sons from various parts of New England.
AS there is a considerable demand in the
East for Western horses for general pur-
poses. a project is on foot to buy Il farm
in the vicinity of the Junction as a depot
| for horses from the West. which will be
brought on in carload lots. broken. ac-
clmated. and then supplied to customers.
If the plan is successfully carried out the
Junction will become a leading horse
market.
MEDICAL SOCIETY TO MEET.
The annual meeting Of the Franklin
County Medical society will be held at
the Quincy House in Enosburgh Falls
Thursday, May %. The following pro.
Gramme has been arranged for the occa-
sion: Calling the meeting to order al
eleven o'clock; reading of the records OF
the preceding meeting; report of the
treasurer; announcing of com&nittee or
nominations by the president of the So
ciety. DR.. c. S. Schofield of Richford
paper by DIR. +. S. Hutchinson Of l:nos.
Iburgh Falls. "Of Practical Interest tc
the General Practitioner; paper by DIR
r. T.. Welch Of Franklin, Non Operative
Appendicitis report of special cases ant
general discussion.
COW IMPRISONED IN ROCKS
Humane Officer W. w. Tower of Rut
land has been notified that a young regis
tered cow. blind with cataracts. had wan
dered into a rocky place at Cold river
and was unable to get out. 1t is though
that the animal has been there severa
days. and unless removed soon. will di'
of starvation. The COW was discovered
by n passerby Sunday. who heard i
moo 1t was near some bushes on tn,
shore of Cold river, where there are two
islands. 1t is in such a position that sew
cral men will be required to remove it.
DEATH AT ODD FELLOWS HOME.
John o. Rogers died at the State Ode
Fellows Home in Ludlow Monday morn
ing. Death was the result of pneumonia
Mr. Rogers was born at Bellows Falls
December l. 1926. In early life he wa!
an engineer on the Vermont Valley rail
road, and later was employed in thu
Estey organ shops. He came to the hom'
from Brattleboro soon after it was opened
about nine years ago. His wife is nov
living in Brattleboro Mrs. r.. f. Hathori
is his niece. The funeral was held A
the Home Wednesday at l:3o r. M.
GIFT BY MRS. MCCULLOUGH.
A bronze tablet in memory Of the lat,
Henry D. Hall has been placed on tn
walls of the Congregational Church a
North Bennington. The tablet was tn
gift of Mrs. j. G. Mccullough and wa
placed opposite the one in memory of Mrs
Hall
MAI HOvEY ORDERED AWAY.
Recent army orders detach Majo
. Henry w. Hovey. L. S. a.. for severa
years professor Of military science
and tactics at Norwich University
from that service September and or
, der him to Join his regiment. Majo
Hovey is one of the most efficient ant
popular army officers that have eve
held this important post at what Il
now counted only second to Yves
, Point among tho military colleges o
the country. He went to Norwich II
the fall of sos and was ordered ava!
in the spring of 1898, while a captain
doing several years tour Of importan
l duty with his company in Alaska. H
was ordered back to Norwich Septem
Der Z. 1902, and has served continuous
ly since. During his Ave years ant