Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05

vermont acauemy at SaXtOn : River
has 100 students, the largest number ever
in attendance at a winter term.
V. V Vaughn of Mddlesex reports hay
ing seen last Friday quite a flock of rob
ins near his spring in his pasture.
Hiram Fitield and wife of North Poult-
ney have lately celebrated their golden
%edding.
The nomination of Fred W. Chlds to
be postmaster at Brattleboro has been
confirmed by the Senate.
y Bennington man owns United
States silver dollar of the coinage of 1904.
which is worth about $1,000 in the numis-
matte market.
y Waterbury man who 'has prophe-
sled correctly for seven years save one"
says the coming season is to be one of
the best for maple sugar.
ThaddeuS Fairbanks, the veteran in
ventor of the Fairbanks scales. still lives
at ST. Johnsbury, where he recently cele-
brated his Goth birthday.
Boston brokers have taken all the st.
bloomsbury bonds of indebtedness. one
half, $4,000, bearing interest at per
cent and the other half at IL per cent.
The locks in Newport's new Jail were
picked Friday night and father and son
'pamed Brown escaped. They broke jail
once before, but were re-captured.
DIR. Charles c. Rublee of Morrsville,
who recently brought suit against George
ID. Mears forS5000 for being too intimate
with the plaintiffs household, has with
drawn the suit and will pay costs.
\ strange animal is reported in Wood
ford, Bennington county, said to be allied
to the cat tribe, but with special fond
ness for sucking the blood of cats, several
having been killed by it.
Nine inspectors stationed at five points
where railroads cross into Canada from
Vermont vaccinated nearly 10000 people
in the l24 days in which the smallpox
quarantine was in force at a cost, not in
GLIDING virus, of about $4,000.
In August Henry Hall of Hyde Park
was struck a violent blow in the face
with base ball bat. On Saturday two
pieces, each an inch long. which split
from the bat, were removed from his
nose.
The Brock Hotel barn at Rutland was
burned Sunday afternoon. with eight
horses and Il quantity of hay. feed and
harnesses. The origin of the fire is UNI
known. The horses are insured for $1,000
and the barn for $1,000, which will cover
the loss.
\ number of the finest farms in Shell
burne. all lying on the lake shore. have
been bought. it i reported by DR.. W. :.
Webb and his brother-in-law, II. Mex.
Twombly, relatives of the late w. ii.
Vanderbilt. They intend to build fine
summer residences on the land.
Mrs. Charles Phillips of Lower Water
ford committed suicide Saturday by tax
ing paris green. There is no known
cause for the act She said that upon see
ing paris green an irresistible desire
came over her to take it. She was mar
ried last year, and her husband is nearly
crazy over the matter.
There is Il farmers class at the Univer-
sity of Vermont, Burlington. 1t opened
Monday and will continue "a month or
more. The plan of instruction will be
that of last year. Agricultural chemis-
try rs related to fertilization will receive
careful attention. Instruction will be
given in other subjects if desired.
The Knights of Labor have at last pen
etrated the State and will form a district
at once with assemblies at Burlington.
Bratteboro, St. Adams, Rutland and
/ Montpelier. An assembly has already
been started in Rutland with large mem
berShip. The men have been combining
secretly and the announcement causes
stir among marble men and manufac-
turerS.
Burlington has the ''winter sports"
craze bad. Here is ain associated press
J.
night: Work began to-day on Russian
toboggan slide on the lake, from Central
wharf to the breallwater. The chute will
be 80 feet high and l20 feet long, and the
slide 400 feet long, and will be arranged
so that people will slide out and back.
Work also began today on an alaskan
Cyclorama" in City park.
Melvin Ayers, who lives with his aged
parents in Brandon, was recently arrested
and fined $50 for assaulting the old peo-
pie. Another quarrel came OFF Monday
night of last week, in which the parents
tried to beat the son with clubs and were
both disarmed, Mrs. Ayers's arm being
broken in the fight He is under arrest
to await the appearance of his mother IA
gainst him. This man is the one who, it
was alleged, was the indirect cause of
the taking-otf of VIM. b. Catlin of Goshen