Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
State 11eps.

lhere are at present 95 Republi
League clubs in the State.
The village of st. Adams is now lio
ed by ~ arc lamps at an annual expe
of $1,000. Np0
The shirt factory of Tim. Wallerst
q Co., Rutland, turns out about 4
dozen shirts a month
The annual excursion of tbe Worm,
Press association will probably be mn,
to Lake George early in June.
Sixty Italian laborers have begun wo
on the roadbed of the Clarendon & Pr
ford railroad near Center Rutland
Michael Cannon, Sr.. well-to-do
intelligent farmer of West Rutla,
hanged himself Friday; cause assigne
sudden fit of insanity
There is to be reunion of the SIR,
vors of the old sixth Vermont regime
at burlington the Goth of next June. al
zoo nave already promised to be preser
IL. Il. White, well-known citizen
o. JohhsDury, in under bail on a chars
Oh attempting to bride member of ii
poard OF pension examiners.
ii. II. Conger of the Burlington G.,
club recently shot on the lake an Gao
that measured seven feet from tin 70 f,
The eagle was attracted by deco
goose.
The centennial of the town of St. Al
pans occurs July 2S, and the question q
appropriately celebrating the anniversar
is being agitated by the citizens of tbt
town.
Inc orange county supreme court vii
begin its session May Judges Powers
,n,,eazey, Taft and Rowell presiding
Ihere are ~ cases on the docket but no
more than IL will be tried.
The st. Adams Messenger saws tho
fears or short sugar season in that secl
tion have been gradually dispelled and
TINS years record promises to beat thel
average by considerable.
DR.. John A. Mead of Rutland has beep|
appointed one of the managers of theI
rowe scale company, vice Col. John A :.
Sheldon resigned. j. w. Cramton and
Lockwood Barrett are the other manau-
ers.
The officers of the State Republican
league have made arrangements for the
ratillcatlon meeting to be held after the
hlcago convention on Thursday, June
70 the day after the Republican State
convention. 1t is expected that GOV.
FORAKER and other speakers will be there.
The Weldon House at st. Adams has
been sold by its owner. Henry T. Mills
of Boston, to Thomas Lavender for s35 -
200. Mr.. Lavender was for a number of
years manager of the Weldon. but has
more recently been one of the pronrie-
tors OF the junction House at White Riv-
er Junction.
=, seward j. Ainsworth was tried at Wal
,lnglord saturday for violating the pro-
IlIoltory law and fined S5l5 on 10 counts.
LIE was supposed to be an upright young
man. was member of the CONGREGATIONAL
church and once superintendent of the
Sunday-school. He had a partner who
has escaped. The liquor was sold or
gwen away In AinswOrth's house, and
the majority of customers were bows
ranging in age from II to IS years.
The Troy Times says: A new line of
transportation steamers will be put on
Lake Champlain this season, to ply be-
tween Whitehall and St. Johns. The
first boat will be 1l2 feet long. % feet
Wide ana nine feet in the hold, and will
start June l. The boat is being made bv
Neafie u Levy of Philadelphia, and will
cost $4,000. August ! another of the
same dimensions and built by the same
nrm, Will be ready. Peter Young will
De captain of the first boat.
The annual report of the State insur-
ance commissioners shows the business
or foreign Insurance companies done in
the State for the year ending December
81, 1897, to have been as follows: Fire
companies, risks written. S2S, 5S9, S45. "a /:
premiums received, 1891. 253 80: losses
paid, SD, l2S.l4; losses incurred, S2l6.-
l3l.IS life and other companies, amount
OF policies issued, So, l93,Sl5.29: losses
incurred, S2Sl $685.; losses paid. $780,
oo'.Ol; premiums received, S533. 956.33.
The Foster will suit. one of the most
important cases in the present term of
the Franklin county court at st Adams,
Is on trial before Judge Veazey. The late
George w. Foster married Miss Cathar-
Inc A. Foote of Bennington, and when
their domestic life ceased to run smooth
~, succeeded in combining her in the
Brattleboro insane asylum. She was fl
nally released when her husband died and
went to St. Adams, where she also passed
away suddenly of heart disease. She
left the bulk of her property, amounting
to S3O,OOO,to Mrs. Julia Hayes and others
living at New York. Mrs. Fosters pc
culiarities and the term she served in the
asylum have led j. d. Shafter and Della
5. Dickinson of New York to bring suit
on the plea that she was incompetent of
making will.