Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-31
State Veps.

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of Correction at Rutland.
Westminster is to have a town and SOL
diers' memorial hall to cost $4,000.
The Burlington Republicans have nom
mated Hon. Henry Ballard for represent
tative.
The Vermont branch of the Womau's
Board of Missions is to meet at St. Al
bans September 26. Two hundred dele
gates are expected to attend.
Charles f. yelling, Republican, and
Eli j. Tiffany, Democrat, were nomina-
ted candidates for representative at Ben
nington Saturday evening. Both are
manufacturers.
The Art Age for August
that Frederick Billings of Woodstock has
presented to the university at Burling-
ton Thomas Coles important painting
of the Hermitage.
The Young Republicans of Burlington
have never shown so much interest and
enthusiasm in a political campaign as
they have in this. The club roll contains
over 200 anne
Miss Knapp, aged 81, postmistress at
Dummerston, was found dead in her
office Wednesday morning, from heart
disease. She went to the Office early
that morning, and was found sitting in
her chair, behind the office table, dead.
Vice-President f. C. Smith of the Cen
trail Vermont railroad narrowly escaped
drowning with his fiancee while canoeing
at st. Adams last week. The party had
been gone some time, when shouts were
heard and boats were sent out. Thu pair
were nearly exhausted and clinging TO
the canoe.
John n. Kellogg of Rutland, son Of
Newton Kellogg, formerly a resident of
Middlebury, was badly hurt near Georgia
Wednesday morning. He was a brake
man on a freight; was thrown off by a
lurch of the train and rendered uncon-
scious. and as he lay on the track the
night express came along and cut off his
left arm zeal the shoulder.
The Orleans county Republicans have
nominated: Senators. c. p. Stevens of
Troy, John Chamberlin of Albany; as
sistant Judges, c. P. Owen of Glover, S.
r. Davis of Troy; States attorney,
Frank f. Alfred of Newport; judge of
probate, O. II. Austin of Barton Land
ing; sheriff, l.. d. Miles of Newport
high bailiff, O. V. Joslin of Barton
county commissioner, A. P. Dutton of
Craftsbury.
Two historic flags captured by Com
modore McDonough at the battle of
Pittsburgh. September II, 1914, are the
property of Mrs. L. =. Wheeler of Yer
gennes. One flag is colonial. and has IL
stars on a blue ground, and three broad
stripes of red, white and blue. The
other has % stars and l3 red and white
stripes. Mrs. Wheeler will present these
flags to the Vermont Historical society
before leaving Vermont. They were
presented to her by the late Capt. R. w
Sherman of the old steamer Burlington
Several days ago A. d. Montgomery,
15-year-old boy, stole $50 in Fairfield
and going to Lowell, Mass, where he ha'
t relatives, induced a boy of about his owl
age to accompany him to Boston. Th'
couple bought clothes, a watch and revol
+ yer for each, with the determination, a
| they state, to go out West and becom
cowboys. They visited Portland Peak
Islands and many other places, ant
reached Boston Saturday, when thei
money gave out and they returned t
: Lowell. Montgomery was arrested an
will be taken to st. Adams.
The Society of the First Artillery, tn
Eleventh Vermont volunteer veterans
, will hold its annual reunion at Burling
d ton on Sept. 10. There will be an exeu
sion on Lake Champlain, a banquet an
an address by Rev. Newton n. Glaziel