Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-03
State l1epS.

drunk the other day and shot himself In |
the head with revolver, inflicting a
fatal wound.
The 18th session of DR.. Sauveur's sum-
mer school of languages will be held at
the university of Vermont in Burlington
from July to August 10.
Josiah Bowtell, the well-known rail
road conductor, and his wife celebrated |
their golden wedding at their residence
in Bellows Falls Tuesday night.
Michael McCrath, for many years en-
ploved on the Central Vermont, was
killed in the railroad yards at st Adams
on recent night while Stacking cars.
The Eastern Vermont Horse Breeders
association will hold two-days' exhibit
ton on the st. Johnsbury fair grounds
Aug. q and %. The purses and premi-
ums amount to $1,000.
William Barnes. Ilinesburgh boy
who had fits, was missed from nome the
other day and his body was found beside
a stone wall against which he had evident
ly fallen. His skull was fractured.
The first town to report to the commits
sioner of agriculture and manufacturing
interests was Newbury, and it appears
from the report that the number of aban-
doned farms in that town is ten, with a
total acreage of 1000 acres.
Miss Betsey Quimby of Thetford was
born in Hopkinton, y. Y, June u, l1S6,
and is, therefore, now nearly lob years
old. She has full head of hair, and
reads without the aid of eyeglasses. and
| is, as she says, Gas clipper as you
please.
The proposed testimonial banquet at
Rutland to Secretary of War Proctor has
been abandoned, the secretary having
telegraphed Judge Neazey, who was to
preside, that it would be very inconven-
lent for him to arrange business matters
so as to be present.
Mrs. II. II. Baxter of New York is to
give Rutland Baxter memorial library
in memory of her husband, General II.
Henry Baxter. The site and building
will cost S35,O00 1t will be strictly
reference library, and none of its vol
umes will be loaned. She will eXpend
S15, 900 in books.
Collector Smalley has sent to the secre-
tary of agriculture at Washington five
hundred pound lot of specimen "bricks'
of Vermont maple sugar, which is to form
one of the exhibits sent by the United
States government to the Paris EXPOSE
ton. Accompanying the sugar exhibit
are series of six fine Photographic
views illustrative of the process of sugar
making.
II. B. Spotford. Carendons historian,
died Thursday. He was well known in
the State for his writings on historical
subjects, and his poetry had been much
admired lie was the poet at the battle OF
Bennington celebration, at the annlversa-
nv of the battle of IIubbardton, the cele-
bration of the founding of Rutland county
and several other occasions. lie was Il
descendant of Horatio Gates of revolu-
tionary fame.
The unaccountable absence of Cashier
Cole of the POultney national bank
caused considerable excitement at Poult-
ney last week, but it has been found that
his accounts were all right with the
bank His departure was caused by the
failure of the firm of Ainsworth IL Cole
slate dealers, and he wrote from West
ern Massachusetts resignng his place
. and stating that he could not remain al
home under financial embarrassment.
= A threatening letter received by Rev
f. ). Moulton of the Advent church has
created great excitement in Stanford. l.
- says IF you value your life leave
StratlOrd at once. Go as quickly and IA
quietly rs possible. am in position t.
know that you are in danger. Don
stop for anything: go at once. 1t Is thu
work of your own hands. You hav,
made one move too much" Mr.. Moul
ton says he is not frightened and antici
pates no trouble. His friends say tina
moonshiners who have been running
still for some time think that Rev. Mr.
3 MoultOn has information which nigh
lead to their capture. and they will xii
him if they do not succeed in driving hin
out of town. His enemies say that he
involved in IA social scandal.
1t is proposed to build line of railroad
from Rutland to Greenwich, n. Y,
distance of 60 miles. From the latte
4 place to JOhnstOwn is a road 20 mile
n long connecting there with the New Ior
~ and Hudson River road. This branc
the Washington county road will LEASE
The object of the road is to get a shorte
/ route from west to east, connecting wit
k the Vanderbilt system in New York State
y then coming to Rutland, thence by som
. route not yet definitely settled upon, pre-
- badly the Woodstock road, to Whit
y" River Junction, and then on to Ne'
Brunswick, saving several days in trans
d. on freight for Europe. 1t is said that tn
road is to be feeder for the New Ior
Central and Hudson River and the Fitci
burg railroads, and that these roads wi
jointly furnish the rolling stock and equi
the road. At the present time the form
er road secures little if any freight trol
70 Vermont and the section of countr
- through which the proposed road wi
pass.