Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
State 11eps.

Major \. \. Austin died last week at
his home in Winooski aged 60 years.
Rutland village will try to get city
charter at the coming session of the
legislature.
Sixteen students will be graduated from
the Castleton normal school at its com
ing commencement.
Chas. Lewis of Poultney had leg
broken the other day by wood which
slid from load he was drawing.
There was hard frost in many parts
of the State Monday night. it being most
severe in the upper Connecticut valley.
Richard Anderson has been sentenced.
i'll the Franklin county court. to three
years i'll state prison for DEMONSTRATING.
The venerable Rev. O g. Wheeler. who
has been pastor of the Grand Isle Con-
gregational church for 4G years. ha, re-
signed.
Pomfret man the other day sold
2Glo skunk skins in New York at the rate
of about II cents each-thc result of the
winters hunt in his neighborhood
The Oldest member of the Methodist
church within the Troy conference is
said to be Mrs. Rood of ITncSburgh.
She was l02 years old last September.
Rev. Geo, y. CaisSey of Burlington
will succeed Rev. j. NJ. Gclot as pastor
of the French Catholic church at Rut-
land the latter going to Poultney.
The survivors of the Woodstock light
infantry held reunion at Woodstock
the 18th inst. 1t was the 18th anniver-
sary of their start from New York for
the war.
Stephen Roberts farm house in Hub
bardton was burned on Thursday of last
week with most of its contents; insur-
ance, $4,000, in the Vermont Mutual.
which will not cover the loss.
Fred r., son of Judge Ross of st.
johnsbury, was the successful candidate
for appointment to the vacant West
Point cadetship for the second congress
sional district. at the examination, last
week.
Stannard Post of Burlington has re-
ceived from Senator Edmunds his check
for S25. toward defraying the Memorial
day expenses. The Senator has donated
this sum to the post annually for Il num-
Der of years.
Willie, a nine-year-old son of John +.
Wetherbee of Manchester, was playing
in the house Saturday morning, when he
fell backwards upon sharp stick which
pierced the intestines. He died the next
morning.
DR.. Bingham, the boycotted medical
professor, continues to lecture to empty
benches at the university of Vermont AT
partment are leaving town. The situa-
ton is critical, but the trustees show no
signs of yielding.
\ Rutland Amazon, Mrs. Mary D..
Smith, celebrated her release from the
House of Correction the other day by
knocking her husband down, dragging
him from the mill where he was working
and bruising him badly with her feet and
fists. She was returned whence she
came.
b. IL. Wooley has been appointed town
liquor agent at Rutland, which is Il mat
ter of some surprise to many, aS he is
well known as one of the regular rum
sellers of Rutland, and years ago was
frequently prosecuted in his own name ;
in latter years men keeping rooms in
connection with his cigar store have
been prosecuted.
The soldiers home trustees have de-
cided to establish home at once, under
the provisions of the law, and Il commit
tee consisting of Gen William Wells, eX-
GOV. Redfeld Proctor, Maj. Josiah Grout
and Col. Julius j. Estey has been appoint