Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-10
LOCAL NEWS.

Monday we're: Good to fine, ii and 10
cents extra fine in large tubs, l6 cents.
The steam yacht "Stella," formerly
owned by a Middlebury syndicate and
run ON the creek here, has been taken to
Lake Dunmore. 1t Is In charge of win
Warehouse Of Salisbury, who is a COM
petent engineer and a pleasant man. The
steamer has already secured a large pat
fonage and will unquestionably make a
profitable season.
Letters addressed as follows have re-
NAMED at the p~ostoffice one month I'M
called for Miss Lou Atwood, Mrs. Hen
ry Batchelder, Mrs. Geo. Collins, Mrs.
Edd Cook, Mrs. Harrison Collins, James
Conway, Frederick Fales, Arthur Field,
Mrs. L. NJ. Flint, Mrs. Susan j. Hunter,
Miss Jennie K. Stratton, Miss Jennie
Stewart, Diana Shonia (3), Alfred w.
Varney, j. 5. Williams.
The selectmen have posted revised
checklists of the voters of the town in
the postofices here and at East Middle
bury and announce that they will meet
for the first time Aug. %, at the town
clerks office, to correct the list. 1t should
be remembered that no one can vote
whose name is not on the checklist and
those who are not certain about their
own names should see to it.
Five carloads of rams will be shipped
f.A.x o~A 30 tha yEaEt not FT.,nslnrr
Two hundred of them belong to Mr..
Henry Burns of San Antonio, Texas,
and Mr.. Ira Doty of Bridport will ac-
company these to their destination.
Messrs. j. B. Cherbino of Weybridge and
H. S. Perkins of this town own the rest.
The %frst-named will take his to Texas
and Mr.. Perkins will go TO New Mexico.
The whole town was aroused soon af-
ter 10 o'clock last Friday evening by cries
of fire and almost every one started out
to see what was the matter. 1t was
shortly ascertained hat the trouble was
in Cornwall, several miles southwest of
here. Our correspondent from that town
tells the facts. The tiremen of the vii.
lage were on hand promptly. Foreman
Smith of the new company says that q
of his men were at their room seven min.
utes after the bells began to ring.
Mr.. Worthington, the Rutland laun
dryman who fell from the excursion
train at Brooksville last week Thursday
morning, was more seriously hurt thai
was at first supposed. He was taken t,
his home on the mail train Friday, but a
last accounts he had no fully recoveret
consciousness. Just how the acciden
occurred is a mystery. When the trail
was in the vicinity of Brooksville station
a co%upling-link was thrown at the train
1t struck the window of the car on tn
platform of which Worthington wa
standing or sitting, crashed through int
y the toilet room and broke the looking
, glass on the car side of the toilet-roor
+ partition. Whether Worthington wa
struck by the link or not no one knows
Accounts of the accident are as numel
t GU, as the witnesses. If those in thi
{ vicinity who have any personal know
edge of the affair will leave their name
: at this office or send them to us we sha
esteem it a favor.
Edward Dillon, aged % years and
n native of Plattsburgh, n. Y, is in ia
! here in default of $1,000 bail for assau.
on John o. Benedict at the latter's hon
q in Cornwall on Tuesday. Mr.. Benedi(
d was at work near the house, and the fir;
o he knew some one struck him with
stone on the head. He was c~onsiderabl
hurt. Then Dillon went INTO the hous,
d frightened the women of the family, apt
after stealing a watch belonging to NJ
Benedict's son, started off toward Brio
port. The neighbors set out in pursu
= and with the assistance of Constable ,
r. Crane of Bridport captured Dillon
d BridpOrt village. He was brought t
IL Jail here. The next day he was arraigne
before Justice NJ. A. Brooks. waived e,
animation and was bound up as stated
States Attorney Wilds appeared for tn
State and W. H. Bliss, Esq, for the d,
PENDANT. Dillon worked for Mr.. Ben,
a dict once and was angry at him for som
thing or other. He is charged, ais,
with having entered Mr.. Benedict's hou:
on the 22d of May last and stolen a quar-
ID tity of pies and other eatables.
81 Personal MENTION.