Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-06-18

Two steam saw-mills in Shrewsbury,
owned by +. Chatfee IL Son of Rutland.
have been burned. The fire is supposed
to have caught from the engine. About
5000 feet of lumber was burned, and the
loss will be about $4,000. The buildings
and contents were insured for $1,000 each.
The baccaleaurate sermon for the st.
Jollsbury academy was preached at the
North church Sunday evening. There
was large audience. The graduating
class numbers %. OF these % 90 to col
iege next fall one to Bowdoin. three to
Dartmouth, two to Amherst. four to Har-
ward, one to Princeton. two to Columbia.
one to the Northwestern university. eight
to the university of Vermont and one TO
Wellesley.
The National Car company of st. Al
bans has chosen these officers: Presi-
dent, James Il. Langdon: secretary and
treasurer, r. ;. Stranahan; auditor. .Jo.
- Hatch; directors. James Il. I.angdon,
10 ID. Hatch, VI. Hall Stanton. Gilman
Cheney, Herbert Brainerd. f. curtis
Smith and Henry l.. Mills: executive
committee. j. Il. Langdon. Herbert
Brainerd, +. Curtis Smith.
Frank Taylor's grocery store at Water
bury was broken open Friday NIGHT.
The safe was blown open with dynamite
ana $50 in silver taken. The explosion
was heard bv several persons. and two
men We're seen going towards the depot
at uayIlglt that morning. The hotel at
NlludIeseN was broken open Just before.
ana watch and money taken from the
proprletOr'S clothes at the head of hi,
bed.
I'm attempt was made Friday evening
to wreck freight train on the Central
Vermont line at Montpelier Junction bv
hve trahpS who had taken possession of
freight car standing on Il side track and
from which the station agent could not
remove them. they being armed with re-
NolNers and knives. After the unsuccess-
tuI attempt to wreck the train. the
treight-train hands succeeded in over
! poWering the ruffians. All of them are
in Jail.
The entries for the annual races of the
/ Rutland Trotting Park association. Au-
gust !. and ,. close July Pat II o'clock
p. IN. For the first day purse of 5000
has been offered for the lbs elias, and
$3.50 for the $50 class. The purses are
S2oO each for the 2.3G and 2.32 classes
respectively. on the second day A $3.50
purse Is offered for the 2.4O class the
third day. and the races close with a trot
Tor the 700 class for purse of S4OO.
Thomas Emond. an emplove of the
Dorset Marble company. at West Rut-
land. had miraculous escape from death
Saturday. He was working on the edge
OF marble quarry. when the steam
gauge of an engine broke. and jumping
back to avoid the clouds of steam. he fell
ninety feet into the pit. The first fiftv
feet of the fall was broken by IL steep in
cline. at the end of which j. a perpendic-
ular tall of forty feet. He landed on hi,
feet and escaped with shattered ankle.
The state grand lodge of MasonS at
BurIington last week. elected these Off
GERS: Grand master. Marsh \. Perlin,
of Windsor: deputy grand master. Alfred
II. Hall of 81. Adams: senior warden.
| Delo> VI. Bacon of 81. .Johm-burv: un-
ior warden. George W. Wing of Muntpe-
Tier: treasurer, John \. Butler of .Jamai-
ca: secretary. Levant VI. Reed of Bellows
Fails: senior deacon. j. II. Whipple of
Factory Point: junior deacon. W. j.
Nperry of Cavendi>h: lecturer. NJ. W.
johnson of Burlington: chaplain. Rev
Edwin Whcclocli of Cambridge: marshal.
Harley G.. sheldon of Rutland.