St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21
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VERMONT NEWS
$4,000 Fire at North Troy.

The mill of the Blair Veneer Co.
at North Troy, was burned to the
ground Friday morning. The fire
was caused by a hot box and al
though the mill was in operation at
the time it was impossible to check
the flames which were famed by a
high wind and the building was
soon in a mass of fire. The build
ing was $50 feet long and 100 feet
wide and three stories high. 1t
was erected last year to accommo-
date the fast increasing business of
the Blair Co., and was being operat-
ed day and night The fire throws
80 men out of employment. The
mill was owned by Myron J. Blair,
and Enos Blair, who are interested
in other mills at Montgomery and
600, with $4,000 instance.
Heirs Refuse to Accept.
When Marshall Montgomery of
St. Johnsbury, administrator of the
estate of the late Levi J. Walbridge
of Cabot, handed in his account of
final settlement to the probate court
at Montpelier last week, the heirs
refused to accept it and devoted the
whole day to discussion of the mat
ter, adjourning for a few days. Mr..
Walbridge died in 1908, leaving an
estate valued at $4,000, and the
five heirs to the estate, Mrs. Myrtle
Voodry, Frank L. Walbridge, Earl
Walbridge and Mrs. Susan Wal
bridge, the widow, all OF Cabot, and
Mrs. Lawrence Harrington of South
Walden, allege that Mr.. Montgom-
cry has administrated the business
in such way as to deprive them.
In the first place they say he dispos-
tad of 07sfx - -~1R lf Il
heirs for less money than it was
worth and they also question his &C
count as to the amount of money
collected by him on book accounts.
Up to the present time, each heir
has received $1,000. The case has
attracted considerable attention, as
Mr.. Walbridge was one of the veal
thiest and most influential residents
of Cabot
Three Armies in Vermont.
If the rumors reported in the Con-
necticut newspapers have any foun-
dalton, the country around Lake
Champlain and through the Green
mountains will be the seat next sum-
mer of mimic warfare like that
around Pine Plains, N Y, and other
places, and three armies will pene-
trate New England for the first
time since the Revolutionary days.
From what could be learned it is
thought that the State militia of
Vermont, Massachusetts and Con-
necticut, with some of the regular
troops will be sent into this country.
The manoeuVers will differ from
those of former years in that there
will be three separate armies and
it is possible that the balloon and
aeroplane will be used. It is the
desire of the war department to ia
miliarize the men with the problems
which would come up in actual war
fare. For this reason three separ-
ate armies will be used and the
mountain fighting would be similar
to that encountered in Cuba and
the Philippines.
Hotel Man at Hyde Park.
A. D. Robbins, proprietor of the
hotel Phoenix at Hyde Park, died
Dec. IL after four days illness with
kidney trouble. He had been in his
usual health till Thursday night.
Mr.. Robbins was born in Craftsbury
and was in his 62d year. He had
been engaged in the hotel business
for many years, at Eden, johnson
and Hyde Park. He was sheriff
for Lamoille county for two terms,
from 1900 to 1904.