Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-29

pouHu VI CHctsc requiring OOo-lVu pounuS
of milk. The sum realized for the sales
made was S9743 II, or a tri1e over eight
cents a pound for the whole product of
the season.
The directors of the Woodstock rail
road continue the old officers as follows
President, friedrich Billings; vice-pres-
dent, }. f. Mckenzie; clerk, c. p. Marsh
superintendent, j. G.. Porter engineer,
Hosea Doton; managing director, $. 5.
Thompson; auditors, Lewis Pratt, f. n.
Billings, j. 5. Montague.
The court of insolvency for Rutland
has appointed February for the choice
of assignee of the bankrupt West Rut-
land Marble company. 1t was found
from the records of the company that
Bool<-keeper Barnum was appointed see
rotary of the company last November
and the order to furnish schedules of
creditors to the court was served upon
Barnum.
There is likely to be a summer colony
of New Workers on the shores of the lake
in the town of Shelburn. A number of
gentlemen of that city have secured the
option for thirty days to take seventeen
hundred acres in a body, twelve farms.
Prices have been agreed upon, contracts
drawn and signed. and proper considera-
tions paid. DR.. Webb is one of the par
ties and other proper associates of that
same class are connected with him.
The grand jury at Worcester, Mass,
has found indictments against Charles IL.
! NeO and DIR. f. NJ. Nelson for participant
ing in the recent theft of money from the
Lancaster National bank at Clinton,
Mass. An indictment was reported
against the bank president. McNiell. The
Neo indictment charges the larceny of
bonds. stock and money, aggregating
$4,000. Nelson was called to plead,
but as he was not in court he was default
ed. II is understood he will appear fol
trial later in the term.
The Franklin county Supreme court
grants new trial to Meyer. convicted
of the murder of krause in 1884, on the
ground that in the absence of any direc
proof of malice on the part of Meyer to-
wards Krause, if the jury had been more
particularly instructed as to the difference
between murder in the first degree anC
manslaughter under the Vermont statute
they might have rendered different yer
dict, and the court gave Meyer the bene
fit of that doubt. Meyer has confessed
the killing, but claims it was done in self
defense.
The Chicago association of Sons Of Yer
mont. which held its annual meeting ant
banquet the other evening, elected thes
officers Col. Arba y. Waterman, prcSi
dent: +. B. Sherman. John NJ. Thatche
and A. W. Butler, vice presidents Frank
lin DennisOn. secretary; II. II. Nash
treasurer; executive committee, William
y. Campbell, John H. Southworth. \. b
Case, j. l.. Woodward and George w
Newcomb. Among those present wer
Hon. John \. Jameson. Rev. DR.. Board
man, Rev. Arthur Little. DR.. c. W. PuYdy
4. c. Bartlett. Hon. II. y. IIibbard, Rob
ert Clark. DR.. |. y. Danforth, Col. l.. l.
Coburn, and some others equally wei
known in professional and commercial
circles.
\ fire broke out in Wheeler's block ol
st. Paul street in Burlington early Tues
day morning and the big four-story brio
, building was completely Quilted. Tn
Evarts house, just south, was Slight,
+ damaged. \ spontaneous combustion
: of paint and oil in the upper story is SUP
posed to have been the cause. SaflOr
Wethcrby q Co.. dry goods, lose $4,000
insurance SO 200; George \. Hall, fun
niture. $1,000, insurance $1,000: c. y
Coon, restaurant, Sl10O, insurance $1,000
c. F. Brown, undertaken, $1,000, insui
ance $1,000; +. II. Shattuck, restaurant
$1,000 no Insurance: loss on the bloc
! SIS. ZOO, insurance $4,000. Other Sigh
losses will make total of over S60. 0O(
The Fire and Marine insurance compan
of Springfield, Mass, had insurance q
$1,000 placed on the building
; The State grand lodge of Good Tenn
lars held its annual meeting at Water
bury last week. Secretary Chandler IT
ports total number of 81 lodges, havin
I a membership of 1850. This is a net gal
= of two lodges during the year. Eigl
: have surrendered their charters and tie
2 new ones have been instituted. Thes
officers were chosen: G.. w. c. r., Fran
Plumley of Northfield; G. W. c., Georg
= II. Smalley of Lyndonville; G. w. V. T
= Mrs. Susan b. Avery of Burlington; G
: W. s., NJ. IL. Chandler of Woodstock; G
w. T., Joseph Barton of Burlington; G
, w. A., o. ID. Edgerton of Mortified; G
S. j. r., Mrs L. c. Grandy of Newport
G. W. chaplain, Rev. Thomas Crudger
ton, johnson; G.. w. NJ, Ziba III. McAllis
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