Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
State OlepS.

INV %NSlp2.
South Royalton veterans are about to
start a Grand Army post.
The Chicago association of Sons of |
Vermont had its annual banquet on Tues
day evening.
The name of the Rutland Recie,o has
been changed to the Rutland EUening
Telegram.
Hugh Cosgrove has been held for trial
at Burlington on the charge of burning
o. j. Walkers barn in that city.
The decision in the libel case against
Editor Maloney of the Richford Gazette
will not probably be given till May.
One of the Central Vermont wood-sheds
at Essex junction with 375 cords of wood,
was burned Friday night; loss, SLIGO.
Mill men at Pownal were obliged to use
dynamite cartridges last week in order to
keep the raceways open below the wheels.
Burlington with its new horse-railroad
and coming winter carnival well in hand
is now reaching out after electric lights
for the city.
Montpelier is in a fuss with the gas
company and for several nights the
streets have been dark, with only one
policeman on duty.
The store of Robbins & Marsh, at
| Cbactor Dapot Uac h,rularizad Friday
night, but the robbers were frightened
away before they got anything.
While skating on the lake at Burling-
ton, Fred VanNamee ran into an air-hole,
but managed to catch hold of the ice and
keep up till assistance arrived.
At Bethel butcher, while dressing a
hog for A. l.. Mcintosh, found large
needle with the point broken off and a
thread attached to it in the hogs liver.
A widow named Templeton, aged 6;
years, while running upon the track to
see her nephew, was struck by passen
ger engine and instantly killed at Middle
sex.
First National bank elected Horace Fair
banks president on Tuesday in place OF
Luke Poland, who has held the office fol-
"A years.
Deer are quite plentiful in the noun
tain towns. \ Cambridge man has
young one that all summer has fed will
his flocks and at night returns like cos
set sheep and is now as domestic as othel
animals.
Governor Pingree has appointed Col
John b. Mead of Randolph commission
er for Vermont at the american EXhi
bition," which opens at London, England
May next, vice Gen. Edward II. Ripley
resigned.
Eddie Maynard, a l5-years-old Burling
ton boy, while coasting, put down hi
left foot to stop the traverse on whicl
there was three other boys, when his foo
struck knoll, breaking both bones jus
below the knee.
The Burlington Coasting club will
hold its carnival of winter sports for fiv,
days beginning Monday, February 10
provided there is any snow then. Tn
main features of the week of sports will
be the coasting and tobogganing.
The banking building of the old nation
al bank of Rutland on Merchants'row OPP
posite the depot, has been sold to p. w
Clement for $4,000. The block will b.
fitted up and occupied as a publishin:
house for the Rutland Herald.
DIR. Hanrahan, of Rutland. who is tn
member from Vermont of the executive
committee of the Irish National League
has received circular from an Irish
, American organization in Indiana askin!
for funds for building Il monument to tn
, late Vice-Presdent Hendricks.
1t is said the fourth-class postmaster
r in the State have received circulars ask
l ing them to call convention and appoin
| delegates TO the national convention o
postmasters, which meets in Chicago mex
f month. One of the objects of the meet
ing is to demand higher wages.
| Mrs. Lucy Woodward died at Ludlow
OH Monday night very suddenly. Sh'
was the oldest woman in town, being 8:
: years and months. There were sever
} sons and three daughters in the family
the most of whom lived to advanced age
J and died suddenly when thought to be il
usual health.
The toboggan on which Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Gould, Miss Katie Raine and &
, young son of ii. w. Hall were sliding al