Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
State 11eps.

100 feet high, is being inclosed with lum-
Der at the top for the winter.
Reginald 1. Adams, aged %, committed
suicide at st. Adams Tuesday by cutting
his throat. He was respondent.
A savings institution has been estab-
lished at Proctor for the benefit of
the Vermont Marble company employees.
A new steam lumber mill, with capa-
city of 100000 feet year, will soon be
erected at the foot of Dandy mountain.
j. III. Patch, butter buyer, committed
suicide at Fletcher on Monday afternoon
by hanging in his barn. There was no
apparent motive for the act.
Miss Helen Jewett, an estimable young
lady, aged "a years, was found dead in
bed at st. Johnsbury Monday morning,
having retired in her usual health.
Oscar Potter, a farmer living about five
miles south of Rutland on the creek road,
while out fox hunting recently had his
left hand blown off by the bursting
of his gun.
The Valentine Knitting company's
mills at Bennington, which formerly
employed about 800 hands, are soon to be
enlarged, and will be running with a
larger force.
The Vermont items in the river and
harbor bill now before Congress are {:
Burlington harbor, $4,000; Gordon's
Landing, $500; North Hero and South
Hero, $4,000; Otter Creek, $500; total
for the State, $1,000.
A movement is on foot to secure the re-
moval of the agency for paying pensions
to Vermonters from Concord, n. H., to
White River Junction or Montpelier. Ex-
Gov. Pingree is a prominent candidate
for the Office of pension agent.
Burglars entered the depot at Center
Rutland a few days ago and went
through two trunks belonging to drum
mer for Utica IN. Y y house, and carried
away several suits of clothes. Other
trunks were opened, but nothing was
taken.
w Hue VI IllllSlTtl ldluC anu
"ex-member" from Felchvile tells the
story of Montpelier barber, who de-
clares that he recently combed a whet-
stone from the hair of member of the
since "hayin'."
The South Congregational church of
st. Johnsbury, which has been repaired
at cost of $4,000, was reoccupied on
Sunday. There are four memorial win
dows in honor of James X. Colby,
Ephraim Jewett, Joseph p. Fairbanks
and Thaddeus Fairbanks.
Charles r. JamasOn, formerly of the
Swanton and st. Adams Sentry, has
bought the Landmark, published at
White RIVER junction. a. \. Earle,
who has been the editor and proprietor
of the Landmark for several years, has
retired from the newspaper business.
The board of examining surgeons of
st. Adams recently found among the can
didates for examination for an increase
of pension war veteran from Canada
who was suffering from leprosy. He had
been in various rebel prisons, and it is
supposed that the starvation and hard
ships endured brought on the disease.
Calvin NJ. Inman, the Poultney muir
derer, is in the best of spirits during his
and Superintendent Eayres says that it
would be difficult to find one man in a
thousand who feels as well as Inman. He
buses himself by working in the kitchen.
Il Rutland Herald.
A band of thieves has been unearthed
at Rutland. The members of the gang
are William Rayhew, aged % years; Ed
ward Tatro, aged 80; John j. Rice, aged
%; Charles Enslow, about %; and Rol-
lin Stoodley, aged 81 years. Rayhew
has acted as leader of the gang. They
are charged with numerous petty rob-
berries.
Barre has made contract with the
Standard Power and Light company OF
Montpelier to have 35 electric arc lights
Work has been begun. and will be finish.
ed by January l. The work of laying
the rails of the new road from Barre tc
the quarries has been begun. 1t will
connect with the Wells River road anG
thus furnish direct outlet from the
quarries.
The International Trust company OF
Boston have filed petition in the cour
of insolvency asking that the trustees OF
the bondholders of the defunct Wes
Rutland Marble company to grant per
mission for sale of the property hello
under mortgage and to prove the bonds
so secured. The property is the quarry
at West Rutland and the mill and othel
property at Salem, N. Y. The mortgage
is for 100000.
The directors of the State board o.
trade held meeting at Burlington las