Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
State l1ens.

Burlington Methodists talk of building
a new parsonage.
About forty different kinds of patent
medicine are manufactured at Enosburgh
Falls.
\ West Randolph man, Otis Standish,
has invented a detachable horse shoe. 4
steel wedge holds it on the foot
William Mears of Barre got $1,000 for
his trotter, Little Harry, which he sold
to Philadelphia man.
The bankrupt Rutland bicycle club and
Skating-rink associations assets are $4,000
and liabilities $500.
Six hundred willow shoots have been
shipped from Castleton to Wyoming,
where it is hoped they will grow.
Westford will have two butter factories
running this season and 400 cows are
pledged.
The jury calendar for the coming term
of the Franklin county court contains 81
cases.
EX-Alderman Waite of New York city,
now in custody and charged with bribery.
is nephew of 5. VI. Waite. the Brattle-
boro tinancier.
Sir Thaddeus Fairbanks of st. Johns
bury is suffering severely from the effects
of Il fall last week and his extreme age
makes his recovery doubtful.
ST. Johnsbury has called town meet
ing for tomorrow to see if $1,000 shall be
appropriated to secure the location of the
proposed soldiers home in that place.
Another dividend of u ID per cent.
making II ID per cent in all, has just
been paid by Receiver Rich of the st.
Adams Trust company.
Henry Gorham's two tenement build
ings and ). f. Manley's block at West
Rutland were burned Saturday: loss.
/ $4,000.
/ Nermonters at Washington have or
dered from a st. Johnsbury farmer 300
pounds of maple sugar for their annual
">ugaring-otf.'
Amateur burglars broke into the Gus
tOm-house and three stores at Swanton
sunday night. and carried off small
amount of plumber.
The second Cigar-makers' union in the
State has been organized at Rutland with
II members. The other union is at Brat
tlehOrO.
Seventy-tive cutters in the Lake Shore
slate quarry at CaStletOn struck Tues
day for an advance of 10 cents foot in
tunneling. They now get 10 cents and
the firm offers 10 cents.
+. NJ. Tierney has been arrested at st.
Adams for his recent assault on Editor
Maloney of the Richford Ga:ette. and
gave bail for appearance at the county
court.
Thomas Allen Hitchcock of Pittsford.
who died suddenly on Saturday. was 50
years of age and had carried on stove
and farming implement business. with a
repair shop. in Pitt>tord. for forty years.
Sheriff Barton has been making things
warm for Burlington rum dealers. In
one place that was raded a beer-bottling
establishment was discovered in full
blast in room the only entrance to
which was througha hole in the floor.
Patrick Dolan. Rutland boy. met
with "A bad accident the other day. He
went fishing with brother. who. in
Throwing out the line, caught the hook
in Patrick's eye, tearing out the pupil
and of course destroying the sight
Mrs Emma Moloy. who lectured on
temperance in this State several years
ago. is held in $1,000 bail at Richmond,
Mo-. rs accessory after the fact to the
murder of Il Mrs. Graham, whom her
husband is accused of killing to get her
out of the way.
Edward Hammond of Rutland, hunt
ing for muskrats on Otter Creek saturday.
was upset and drowned. one of his
companions escaped by grabbing hold
of the tail of a large spaniel dog in the
boat and was so drawn ashore. There
were four in the boat. which was over
turned by striking against a snag.
Joe Souci. 81 Adams tough of "a, was
shot dead early saturday morning by
Sarah Deforge, keeper of house of ILL
, fame. The woman fired from window
at the man, who was talking to her from
the front gate. She was found hidden
under the hay in her fathers barn and
comics Sed that she fired the shot and
, was arrested.
! The firm of Trim, Wallerstein u Co..
, shirt manufacturers, having five factories
I in New York State, with headquarters at
I Troy. y. y, have hired the Bates House
extension at Rutland and will start Il
: shirt factory. They expect to engage
: 1870 girls Immediately and will increase
, the number TO $50 or 800, the capacity of
the building.