Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-15
State o1epS.

Mrs. Dan Averill of Barre committed
suicide Saturday by taking laudanum.
f. W. Meigs of Georgia has raised and
sold 5000 bushels of potatoes this season.
Bennington is soon to have new
hosiery mill 30 by 20 feet in size and two
stories high.
The pair of big oxen shown at the
State fair have been sold by L. d. Hazen
to Moore Il Hastings for 500.
While playing "snap the whip" at Bar
louisville, the other day, Arthur Day,
four years old, had leg broken.
The auditor of accounts has caused to
be paid $500 for bounties on bears and
lynXes for the past two fiscal years.
OF the lightweight convicts in the
State prison Burlington furnishes ten,
Montpelier eight, and Rutland twelve.
James Fallon has been killed at st. Al
bans. He was thrown from Il car, the
wheels of which passed over him and he
lived but 30 minutes.
Senator Edmunds has gone back to
Burlington, having finished his work aS
IA member of the Senate committee to
look into the fisheries question.
Grand Master y. p. Bowman of st.
Johnsbury has issued Il call for conven-
ton of the Rebekah Lodges of Odd Eel
lows, to be held in Burlington, Nov. |.
\ Burlington man takes railroad rails,
has them painted black and the tlange
bored for wires. and then uses them for
fence posts. The effect is said to be
unique and striking
Jarrod Bassett of Waterbury,. aged II,
was fatally wounded Saturday by the ac
cidental discharge of Il gun in the hands
of Calvin Townsend, II companion with
whom he was out cunning.
Mrs. Sarah Mcclellan Watts, aged
about ~ years, committed suicide, Sun
day, at JAY with ribbon tied to IA bed
post, while the family attended chnrch.
Insanity through domestic trouble caused
the deed
The Vermont Marble Co. of Rutland
has contracted to furnish material for
finishing the west terrace of the capitol
at Washington, and will soon begin work
in getting out the marble for it. The
amount of the contract is about 81, 900.
The $40. 900 which the late John p. How
ard made IA condition of his gift of 500
600 for the endowment of the girls de-
partment of the Vermont Episcopal in
stitute at Burlington has been raised
and the plans will be drawn up at once.
All the prisoners, three in number, es-
capped from the Bennington Jail, Saturday
night. They sawed the lock of an iron
door and sprung il so that they could
crawl through. Two of the prisoners
were Italians, arrested for boycotting
and the other was Edward Perrault.
The lawyers of Rutland county talk OF
establishing a law library in Rutland anG
, also of building "barrister's block" il
town, fitting it up with law office;
enough for all the practicing lawyers il
) town. For the latter purpose IA stocl
company is proposed.
Emily Williams, crazy woman be
longing in Jacksonville. left her HON,
mysteriOusly and was found in house
at Burlington, where she had sOugh
shelter and food. She had wandered
through all the intervening towns, walk
ing Is miles the afternoon of the frs
day.
The annual meeting of the Reunion so
, ciety of Vermont officers will take place
. at Montpelier on the 3D. of November
The business meeting will be held "a
usual in the general committee room il
l the State house, and the Grafton will b.
delivered by Gen. Francis \. Walker o
. Boston, in the evening.
As Dennis Donohue and Horace Bar
ney were returning to their homes il
Berlin and Moretown on Saturday night
: their horses, attached to lumber wagon
, became frightened and ran, throwing GU
both of the men. Barney struck upol
1 his head and his neck was broken, an,
Y Donohue was severely bruised.