Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
State 11eps.

Inc Ife>luent mas nominated Geo. L.
Mooney to be postmaster at st. Adams.
The annual reunion of the Windsor
county veterans will be held at Wood
stock August Is.
The Salvation army has opened war on
the devil at Montpelier The contingent
working there numbers five.
The Republican convention of Bcnnng-
ton county will be held in the town hall
at Arlington Wednesday. August t.
The annual muster of the State militia
will be held at Burlington Aug. 24-2S.
The camp will be named after the late
zen. Stannard.
John johnson, 40. Swede in the en-
plOy of the Vermont Marble company,
ON Friday had his left lee crushed above
the knee by IA fiat car at the dnmp in
Sutherland Falls. and died that evening.
Governor Pingree has appointed Will
liam G.. Fairbank of Ncrgennes, Supcrn-
tcndent of the Vermont Reform school.
as Il delegate to the National prison con-
gress, to be held at Atlanta. Ga. in No
vember.
The docket for the September term of
Washington county court. which con-
venes at Montpelier September II. con-
tains 23G cases at law and - in chancery.
Ofthe former "a are State prosecutions. %
applications for divorce and the rest civil
actions.
Andrew Cotton. an Enosburgh Fall,
clerk. accidentally shot himself Saturday
evening, while showing a revolver to
some customers, the weapon having been
carclcsSly left in the showcase with one
chamber loaded. The ball was removed
from the shoulder and the injured man
will recover.
The Rutland County Agricultural So
cicty purpose to eXpcnd about $500 in
making Improvements before the annual
meeting of the Horse Breeders aSsocia-
ton in September. \ large number of
good and substantial box stalls will be
built for the accommodation of horses
which will be present at that meeting.
y mile track is also talked Of
\ ST. Johnsbury dispatch of Friday
last says Three SharpcrS following
Dori>'s circus swindled Ar>ca West of
this place out of $500 yesterday. 1t was
the old game. West being induced to en-
gage in game in which he was largely
Il ~ :, al,
and drew money to accommodate the
>harperS, when they managed to get it.
and left. Officers are looking the matter
up. West is about 20 Years old.
There was an escape at the House OF
Correction, Rutland, Saturday, when
lhilander Davis, sent from Franklin
away. He had been feigning sickncs,
and Superintendent EayrcS instead of
keeping him at work in the marble shoI
sent him up to clean the chapel. About
; o'clock the keepers missed him, ant
, found that he had made his escape. IL,
= swung from the chaplc window to ii
= adjoining roof, walked along that to the
: end, then jumped down to the brick wal
and from there to the ground.
F.. \ dispatch from White River junction
? dated July % says Bella Downing of Hart
} ford, while attending Doris's circus here
Wednesday last, was met by two men viii
whom he got to talking. During the con
r VersatiOn one of the men Informed Down
ing that his father was a bank presiden
and his companion the cashier of "A banl
. in town. He stated he had Just bough
| Grants Memoirs" which he did no
care to keep and rs he took n liking Il
Downing, if he would walk down to tn
room he would give the book 10 him
Downing accompanied the two men, AM
on getting to their room they induced tn
o. old man to engage in Il little game o
cards. He consented, and to his surpriS
won 5000. The men seemed aStOniShe,
at their victims success, but declined T.
n pay unless he could show he was WORT
$500. Downing allowed that he was, fo
" he had it in the bank. Wanting evidcnc
= his home with one of them, get his ban
book and ride to Hanover, y. H., am
draw the money. The fellow who aI
=, companied him then managed to win al
: from Downing, but he said he was YER
II wealthy and "a Downing was an oil
/ gentleman, he did not care to keep tn
e money, and if he would meet him at
r. specified place, Thursday morning, h
Is would hand it all back 10 him. The
e then left and have not been since seen.