Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-06


for stealing horse owned by J. b. Rey-
nolds of Rutland, pleaded guilty in the
Rutland municipal court and was sell
fenced to six years in State prison
Rutlands new $4,000 Roman Catholic
school building will be opened September
! |. There will be II teachers and $50 |
scholars in the new building and the
school-house which was put up under
Father Boylan in 1854.
The business of the Burlington post
Office for the year ending June 30 amount |
ed to ,425.S50 pieces delivered and 49, |
los collected. The receipts were S29,- |
business for the previous year.
\ lot of Rutland citizens were swim
died, Saturday night, by two sharpers.
who sold $50 gold-plated watch chains at
dollar each and a number of ''gold"
watches-which proved to be brass and
without works-at the same price. taking
altogether about 5000 out of the crowd.
The death of eX-Congressman A. l..
Miner of Manchester probably leaves but
one survivor of the Vermont Legislature
of 1910, from the 10 towns in Windham
and Bennington counties, Ashley Stone,
late of Wilmington and who now lives at
IIinsdale, \. H., totally blind.
Hiram Harlow of Windsor died last
week, aged 76 years. He was president
of the Windsor national bauk at the time
of his death, and had been superintend-
ent of the State prison for Is years. Sc
lectman for - years, and had also been
in the Legislature for nine terms-serv-
ing seven in the House and two in the
Senate.
The Central Vermont railroad com
pany has Just bought another boat of the
Stonington line, for carrying freight be-
tween New York and New London. its
freight business having grown so much
of late that it is more than the two boats
of the line can handle. Freight traffic
from the West over the line via Ogdens-
burg has also greatly increased
: Extensive changes are in progress at
the State capitol, Montpelier. New boil
| ers and steam-pipeS are being put in.
and the roofs of the dome and Toulouse
are being reprinted. Work on the new
State library building is rapidly progress
ing. The walls are completed. and the
making and laying of tire-proof floors
is now prominent feature of the work.
\ st. Adams despatch of Friday says
\ brief but terrific hail storm passed
through sections of Georgia and Milton
: last night cutting down corn and other
crops and breaking glass in many win
dows. 1t is only two or three weeks
o since Milton and Georgia farmers suffered
y incalculably from hail which fell to such
extent that drifts two feet in depth were
: visible four days after the storm.
II a young man working for Elijah Fill
u more of Bennington went to North Ben
nington to be married the other evening
t lie had forgotten to get the license and
W went back to Bennington after it, Be
o fore the town clerk had it ready tn,
storm came on and the expcctant bride
" groom could not get started for Nortl
# Bennington until after midnight. Blu
,e the bride was waiting for him, and they
o were married on his arrival.
The Grernbackers of the State met il
IN convention at Essex junction last wccl
~ and nominated this State ticket: Fo
h governor, +, b. Smith of Stowe; lieut..
1,
- treasurer, Fletcher Tarbell of Swanton
secretary of State. O. j. Merrill of ~
- Adams; auditor. +. b. sawyer of Hyd
Park; congreSsmrn-tirs district +. II
: of Reading. c. W. b. kidder of Vel
n genneS is the Addison county member q
the State committee.
ty The Central Vermont has begun to rIl
a parlor car between ST. Adams and tn
ad .ldirondackS by way of the Ogdensbur
~ and Lake Champlain and the Norther
Adirondack railroads. The car leave
st. Adams in the morning in close con
nection with the trains from Boston an
- New York over both the Central an
Rutland divisions and goes through
''' within seven miles of the famous Pal
Nv Smiths.
The annual meeting of the Stock-hol,
NY erS of the Vermont and Boston Telegram
nS co. was held at West Randolph last wee
~ and these directors were chosen: Norvi
he Green, Thomas Il. Eckcrt, Charles g..
nd Tinker and Roswell II Rochester ,
nd New \ ork; Thomas Roche and lIenr
{. sherman of Boston; George W. Cat
ar and George W. Smith of White Riv'
an Junction; Robert j. kimball of We
of Randolph. The directors then elect'
Norvin Green president, Thomas
,o Eckert and Charles 4. Tinker execute
committee and Il. II. Rochester secretai
-, and treasurer.