Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-06-25
State olenS.

The new Episcopal chapel at Shelburn
is to be conSecrated July I.
Numbers of deer have lately been seen
in the fields in Sherburne.
The grand list for Rutland for lSSG is
Sl05.S7S against SlO3,O27 last year.
The Democrats are to hold their State
and district conventions at Montpelier
July -.
Rutland freight business is much bet
ter than it was year ago. and it is still
increasing.
The State Press association will start
on it, annual iunket July II, and will
take in the Thousand Islands.
Herman Darby of Alburgh Center had
his jaw broken by baseball saturday
a he stood watching the game.
The next meeting of the general convcn-
tion of congregational ministers and
churches will be held at Swanton in June.
lSS1.
The Rutland Electric Light company
j. To erect building 30 by go feet for its
plant. which will be run by two engines
of 20 and - horsepower respectively.
The committee in charge of the Ben
nington monument expects that ground
will be broken for the foundation ON
August Ii, the anniversary of the
battle.
The body of Edward Hammond. who
was drowned in Otter creek at Rutland
ON the llth of April. was found three
quarters of a mile from the place of the
accident. sunday.
John O'Bricn'> tour-ycar-Old son was
run over by loaded team at Burlington.
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of the wheels passing over his head. He
was catching a ride.
EX-GOv. st. John of kansa, spoke ON
temperance To a crowded audience at st.
Adams Saturday. The same evening he
spoke to an audience of "a persons in the
opera house. Burlington.
George Rodney of Montpelier the other
day fired three pistol balls into his body
with suicidal intent. but only one of
them took effect. He was partially de-
mented on account of drink.
The body found at Springfield last
week was decided at the inquest to be
that of Patrick IIickett of Chester, aged
60 years. He has been missing since
May 20. He was drunk when last seen.
Felix Glfeather of South Wardsboro
undertook to drive the dog out from
under the bed with the breech of his gun.
when it was discharged. the entire charge
passing through his leg just below the
knee.
| In the Rutland municipal court Friday,
one of the village trustees. David j.
O'Ilerne. was fined $500 and costs on
| conviction of % offences of liquOr->elling
also $50 for keeping and $50 for main
tanning nuisance
The Rutland He,UH will soon have the
best office of any newspaper in the State
1t will occupy the old Rutland bank
building on Merchants row. which is Il
be specially fitted up for its use under
the direction of Boston architects.
George Baldwin of Chester is possessed
of Il hard skull. The other day in going
through covered bridge on load OF
hay, he was struck in the head by eros,
timber with such force a. to break tn,
timber; he was found after the team
reached home lying insenSible in tn,
bridge. He will recover
Lewis CasSavan, about - wears old
living with Edward Bird about mil,
from HortonVile, committed suicide the
other day by taking Il dose of paris green
He told what he had done. but the doe
for the act is known. The funeral tool
place Friday and the remains were buried
in Orwell.
The Republican State cOmmitte,
chosen at Montpelier last week has or
ganiZed rs follows: Chairman, Carol
;. Page of Hyde Park; secretary
Frederick W Baldwin of Barton; eXecu
tive committee, Il. Il. Pitkin of Mont
pelier, chairman, John {. Stearns o
Bradford, l.. O. Green of Woodstock
The chairman and secretary of the com
mittee are members of the executive
board eX-ottlcio.
sheriff +. III. Atherton and q. +. Mood!
of Waterbury late on a recent night cap
tured two men supposed to he the per
petrators of recent burglarieS in Water
bury and Stowe, on the highway between
MddleseX and Montpelier, after desper
ate fight. The men fired four Harmless
shots at the officers, and Atherton sho
one of them in the shoulder, but no
seriously. They have been Identified Il