The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-09
State News.

The total enrolment of pupils at the
Burlington public schools is 1902.
The Standard Oil company of Burling-
ton are now receiving their oil in oil cars,
each car having Il carrying capacity of
50 barrels,
Rutland was lighted by electricity last
Saturday evening for the first time by the
new Electric Lighting company. There
are 233 Edison incandescent lights of thr-
teen candle-powcr used in about 10 of the
leading business houses. The light gives
satisfaction.
The Trial of eX-Treasurer j. NJ. Haven
of the Rutland railroad company for ov-
erissuing the stock of the corporation is
still in progress in the Rutland county
court. a motion of his counsel to quash
the Indictment was Over-ruled by Judge
Veazey Wednesday.
Henry Bowers, the Montpelier youth
recently pardoned by the president from
the work-house, to which he was SEN
fenced for robbing the mails in 1888 stole
some $50 from his father last week and
skipped out Nothing has since been
heard from him, and it is thought likely
that he has gone West.
The 10Th annual meeting of the New
England branch of the Womans Foreign
Missionary society of the NJ. L. church
opened in Burlington Tuesday evening
and closed yesterday. These officers
were elected: President, Mrs. VIM. f.
Warren of Cambridge, Mass; correspond
ing secretary. Mrs. NJ. Il. Alderman of
Hyde Park. Mass; recording secretary,
Miss &. a. Richardson of Boston; treas
urer, Mrs. j. +. Magee of Maiden, Mass.
Ii. w. Martin of Bennington has over
two hundred men employed in Northern
New Ork gathering spruce gum for his
immense gum trade. 1t is shipped ia
boxes direct from the pickers to Benning-
ton, where it is carefully inspected and
sorted. 1t is then packed in miniature
barrels and sen, to different parts of the
United States. The cash value of the
crop of gum last year in the woods, ready
for shipment to Bennington, was nearly
$4,000.
According to Washington dispatch
Comptroller OF the Currency Cannon, on
being asked the reason of the change in
the receiyership of the First national
bank, st. Adams. said that he had made
1t the interest of the creditors ofthe bank.
Politics and political influence had moth.
ihS w io WIN llt Ill IIt re-
ceiver would not affect criminal suits
against the cashier and directors of the
bank. That was the work of the district
attorney, not of the receiver.
At the recent Baptist State convention
this board of managers was chosen
President, Col.J.J. Estey; vice-presidents,
Guy G.. Noble and L. III. Archibald. DID. f;
secretary, Rev. $. II. Archibald; treas
urer, Deacon ID. NJ. White; trustees, D.
A. Abbey, A. a. Butterfeld, Willard.
Crane, Revs. q. b. Wheeler, C.. A. Reese,
F. +. Tower, Il. l.. Odds, w. III. Randall.
n. w. Alger and a. S. Gilbert and
Charles Ripley. The next meeting will
be at SaXton's River, Reports presented
showed that lG churches had been assist
ed during the year, the total paid being
81, $50.
A st. Johnsbury dispatch of Wednes-
day says: Timothy ID. Abbott was con-
yicted of bastardy in the Caledonia coun-
" court last December and fined $500.
for lack of which he was committed to
Jail. Afterwards he was released on bail
to allow him an opportunity to settle the