Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-18
VERMONT NOTES.

Miss G.. Sadie Smith Of Rutland has
been appointed permanent court reporter
FOR Windham and Bennington counties.
r. r. Holister, 80 years old. and the
oldest grand master in Vermont odd
Fellowship. died at the Gill homo in
Ludlow Monday.
John Blake a Sprin gheld horse dealer,
died Sunday rs the result of injuries re-
ceived several days ago, when he was
thrown from a wagon, his head striking |
n grindstone.
Since last November nearly 500 oOO has |
been expende In Brattlcboro in the cree |
ton Of new buildings or remodeling old
ones About 30 dwelling houses have been
constructed In that time.
The trustees Of the Citizens bank In
ST. Johnsbury announce that they will
common ce rebuilding their burned block
at once and hope TO have it covered by
the time snow comes
The annual appropriation of $4,000 for
cattle testing is nearly gone and but little
testing Is bcing done as a result. The
herd of Wright brothers in Williston was
practically wiped out after a recent test.
Brattleboro residents are very much
wrought up over an apparent poisoning Of
their cats. Seven have died and several
more are Ill. All these cats were family
pets and some of them valuable animals.
Paymaster Earl Whitaker of the YER
mont Marble company. Proctor is suffer-
! Ing from what Is supposed to be ptomane
/ poisoning. resulting from q meal Of fish
/ eaten last Thursday.
! The operating revenues Of the Rutland
railroad for last September were S3ol.-
| Pas 90 The operating expenses for the pc
Rod amounted to SIS. ~. This makes
| the net opera ting revenue SllS, s.. which
| is a decrease of s5iS.32 in comparison with
September, 1905
| Chinese Inspector Arthur II. Weeks of
/ Richford has received notice that Judge
! Martin of the United States district court
! has dismissed the writ OF habeas corpus
/ in the case of Chin Hen Lock. China
man. who had been denied admission
| to the United States by Inspector Weeks.
Ernest c. Lockwood, Springfield
carpenter was found dead in his wor's-
shop Sunday morning. Life had been
| extinct several hours Remnants of
meal eaten by two persons were found
be performed on the body.
/ George T.. Armstrong. an engineer and
/ Fred G. Plant. woodworker. both of St.
Adams. filed petitions In bankruptcy
Monday in the United States district
court. The former has liabilities of sliS 80.
with assets Of $50. The latter has liabili-
tics OF sl95.4s. with assets OF $40.
A special village meeting has been
called in St. Johnsbury to see II the
voters will instruct the trustees to pur-
, chase IL chemical fire EN- CINE and modern
apparatus. The call further suggests
that action be taken looking to the
establishment of a paid department and
a central station
The Rutland board of aldermen may
revoke the fifth class liQuor licenses Of
the three druggists who pleaded guilty
in county court of having violated the
liquor laws of the State and the city may
| bring action to recover upon the bonds
| of the licensees. City Attorney Weber
has beer asked to prepare an opinion on
| the case.
The Vermont Lumber Supply company.
with headquarters at Rutland. has filed
articles Of incorporation in the office OF
the secretary Of state. These papers give
the company authority TO DO business In
| Vermont. and z. W. Maoney of Rut-
land will be the Vermont representative.
The central flee Of the company IS at
| WIKI os barre, Pa.
Paul Upper. an employee in the Mis-
sisquo Pulp companys mill at Sheldon
Springs. was injured Saturday, Nov. o.
His left hand was caught in a press and
to have three of the fingers amputated
Harry Martin. also an employee at the
pulp mill, by the gvirig away of n rail-
ing near the mill, fell. cutting a cash In
his head.
William r. Frazier OF Pttsford engi-
neer and poultry fancier. has filed petit
ton in bankruptcy with +. S. Plat. clerk
of the United states court. His liabilities
are sG.f3920 and his assets s2,273 OF which
sl25 is claimed exempt. William b. Maggie
Of brighton, laborer, has also filed
petition in bankruptcy His liabilities
amount to 1896 and his assets SIS all Of
which is claimed exempt
Frank Sardutski, West Rutland
Polander, is in a serious condition AS the
result OF injuries received In the Vermont
Marble company's finishing shop. 1t is
supposed that while climbing over the
rubbing bed he lost his balance. was
thrown from the rapidly revolving bed
his head striking a block of marble. He
sustained a fracture at the base OF the
skull.
Wallace Eastman OF Rutland. an en-
cine inspector at the roundhouse OF the
Rutland railroad. was quite seriously In
| iured while at work holding n drt.l. which
q helper WAS striking with sledSe ham
mer. One of the blows missed the drill
and struck Mr.. Eastman near the top
of the head, knocking him over ana
injecting n bad scalp wound. The man
will probably be laid up for several days
with tho injury.
While discussing the recent action Of
> the Supreme Court In sentencing Elroy
e Kent to hang on January l3, 1911 DR..
y Fred T.. Steele Of the State board or
u supervisors for the hospital for the IN
u sane gavo his opinion THAI the l'lo
= Legislature would comm lte the sentence
to nfe mprison ment. He said that he
could not state as to Kent's sanity as the
board did not make a close examination
OF him.
X James Il, Goodine, once student IN
Middlebury college and later Metho-
G dist minister in Ripton. has been sud
$ denly lost track Of in the state or Wash
r lngton. whe"e he went in lp,. some
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