Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-21
State Oeps.

Inc third annual reunion of the Sd regi-
ment will be held at ST.. Johnsbury
October 3.
The dividends resulting from the sale
of the Howe scale works will amount to
80 cents on the dollar.
Joseph n. Balestier, formerly a prom
inent lawyer in New York and Chicago.
died Saturday at his home in Brattle-
boro.
Civil service examinations for both de-
partmental and customs service will be
held at the custom house in Burlington
mex Tuesday.
The new central building of the ver-
mont academy at Saxton's River has been
completed and D. L. Moody has been
asked to deliver the address at the dedi-
cation next month.
The M~issisquoi Valley road has been
leased by the Central Vermont road.
which pays four per cent on the capital
stock of $500, 900, and the first dividend
under the new deal will be paid January
l..
The old board of directors of the f. &
L. Fairbanks & Co. firm of scale manu-
facturers at st. Johnsbury was elected at
the recent annual meeting. A semi-an-
nual dividend, payable October l, was
declared, and a surplus left on hand.
Edward P. Clark, one of the editors of
the New York Evening Post, who. with
his family, is taking a carriage drive
through the State, totes the absence of
guide boards along the highways, which
the law compels selectmen to provide.
The Windham county grand Jury has
found an indictment for murder against
Frank Dodge, a young farmer of Dunn
merston, for causing the death of Post
mistress Knapp of that town, who was
recently found dead in her office.
Edwin, the young son of Henry E.
Spencer, was thrown from a carriage at
Proctor, Sunday, and killed. The faith
er left his two sons in the carriage while
he went into a house. the horse ran and
both the boys were thrown out. The
other escaped injury.
The disappearance of a package of 50
votes in the Bennington election. and the
claim by the Democrats of no election
for representative, has caused consider
able excitement there. The Republican
was declared elected on the
first ballot, and it is held that his certifi-
cate will prove valid.
The commission appointed by the Leg
lslature to see about a permanent camp
ground for the State militia met at Bur-
lington last week and selected a sub-com-
mittee to look over the grounds at Ben
nington, Rutland and Essex Junction,
all of which have been offered to the
State.
Joseph Mcdonald of White River
Junction was arrested at Essex Junction
Friday for an attempt at train wrecking
Thursday night. The switch east of the
lime kilns between Winooski and the
Junction was turned so as to throw a
into the river, but the engineneer
had his machine under control and pre-
vented a wreck. Mcdonald was seen
the switch that evening by the track
walker. who has identified him.
Bennington has had another murder,
William Mcclure being shot by VIM.
Houran last Thursday morning. The
crowd, which included young women,
had been to a fair at Manchester Center
md raanbaJ Rappinntop N ? , A.
they alighted at the depot Mcclure, who
was intoxicated, attacked Houran with
out any apparent cause and insulted the
young Houran claims that he
did the shooting in self-defense. Houran
been held in 5000 bonds to await the
action of the grand jury at the coming
of the county our
The real estate of the late Dorset Mar
BILE company, including over 200 acres of
land, quarries and mills at East Dorset
have been bought by the Vermont Mar
BILE company and ellison & Woodfin,
dealers at Rutland. Beside this
the sale includes the Sherman quarry
and what is called the Manhattan pro-
at West Rutland, which Is a quar-
ry and a mill with u gangs of saws, al
so a mill at Hydevilleiand a lot of marble
which was owned by Sherman q Glea-
when the Producers Marble compa-
ny's pool was dissolved and the hosting
and derricks, which are valued at
$500. The Dorset company failed sew
eral months ago and E. p. ellison has
been receiver since last April. This is
one of the largest sales in the vicinity
for several years and the estimated value
Of the property is s250,O00. This will
be divided among the ~bordholders, c. S.
Sherman and the Rutland savings bank
the most largely interested.
A desperate attempt was made to es-
from the Rutland house of correc-
ton early Wednesday morning by John