Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-02-26
STATE NEWS.
Car Burglar Gets Four Years.

Car Burglar Gets Four Years.
At a session of Chittenden County
court a sentence of not less than four
nor more than seven years in Windsor
was imposed on William Vradenberg,
one of the members of the band of car
burglars VINO had pleaded guilty.
Hanged Himself.
Feetu Hakonius, Finlander hanged
himself in Woodbury. February 10.
He was troubled over errors in his i'm
migration papers and feared arrest as
disclosed in a letter to his mother
found in has pocket. He had BROTH
er in Westerly. R. l., with whom he
had had trouble also.
Trouble in Burlington High School.
Four boys were expelled from the
Burlington High school last week and
the basket ball team disbanded. The
reason given by the principal is that
they disobeyed in arranging dates for
a game in Barre and they are charged
with unbecoming conduct at this game.
Intoxication is one of the alleged
charges.
Another shooting affair took place in
the vicinity of Fort Ethan Allen on the
night of Feb. IA but resulted in no cas-
ualties as all Of the shots flew wild.
AS a result, Private c. A. Moore of
3 troop is in the Chittenden county
jail under a preliminary charge of as
suit with a dangerous weapon with in
tent to MAIN or injure. This charge
will, however, probably be changed to
assault with intent to kill.
$l25,OO0 Fire in Burlington.
Burlington suffered its most disast-
rous fire in many years Feb. 10 when
fire destroyed the plant of the Shep-
herd & Morse Lumber company entail l.
ing loss Of $125. 900. Besides the two
mills of the company, two million fe ct
of lumber were burned Tue fire
caught in the dry-kiln and spread very
rapidly. 1t swept the mills, sheds and
lumber from the west side of the
tracks of the Rutland railroad, a
whole block lying between Main and
King streets. The fire department
fought the flames for nearly four hours
before they got the flames under con.
troll and during that time assistance
was called from the Winooski fire de-
partma nt. There were no casualties
and no accidents during the progress of
the fire. The insurance was placed in
Massachusetts companies and the
amount carried is not known. One
hundred men were thrown out of en-
ployment, and it is probable that the
mills will not be rebuilt. A large
amount of machinery in the buildings
was ruined The buildings were
owned by the Rutland Railroad COM
pany. The main shed building was
400 feet long, and the mill building
was about half that length.
Largest Granite Cutters in u. S.
By the automatic action of decree
in chancery in Washington County
court, the Woodbury. Granite company
of Hardwick and Bethel has come into
possession Of the entire plant of the E.
B. Ellis Granite company at Mortified
and Bethel, which includes three of
the largest and best equipped sheds
in the state, together with the quarries
at Bethel. This change in ownership
resulted from the failure of the E. B.
Ellis company to pay to the Thompson.
Starrett company of New York $40, 900
on the HrSC OF FoDfuafy as the court
decreed. The Ellis company is forever
barre d from any claim on the property
| The whole amount which was to be
paid by the Ellis company was $247, 1888.
The foreclosure suit grew out of the
contract for the union station at Wash
! ington, which the Ellis company Sc.
cured and in order to fill which they
were obliged to borrow 5000, 900 of the
Thompson Starrett company. giving as
security mortgages on the plant. The
! Woodbury. Granite company now has
the largest granite cutting and quarry
ing plants in the country The Wood
bury company employed before buying
the Ellis company So men, 200 quarry.
men, "a logging construction and saw
mill, 528 in the cutting plant. and &C
in the carving shed.
n