Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
State 11eps.

The Bennington monument has reach
ed height of 301 feet
Lyndonville is soon to have new
paper, the Lyndonville Journal.
The Chase toy works are to be removed
from Mechanicsville to Rutland.
Brandon has introduced a Waterman
clock to record the rounds made by the
night Waterman.
The new Rutland village directory con-
tains about $500 names and indicates
population of nearly 10000.
Maurice Bishop, while swimming in
the lake at Island Pond Friday afternoon,
was drowned. His body was recovered.
The imported Percheron stallion Rosni,
purchased by the Grand Isle horse breed
ers association a short time ago for $1,000,
died recently at Alburg.
1t is understood that Bishop De Goes
BRAND will erect college building with
a capacity of $50 students on land recent
ly purchased in Burlington.
The Grand Army men of the depart
ment of Vermont are to propose Col
Wheelock G. Veazey of Rutland for the
office of commander-n-chief.
l.. B. Harris of Lyndonville has re-
ceived at his farm 13 Shropshire Sheep
which he imported from England. Mr.
Harris makes speciality of this breed.
The Burlington directory for 1889 con-
tains 1921 names and indicates probable
population of nearly $4,000. There has
been gain of 1000 in the directory list
The Rutland county board of pension
examiners has organized, with DR..
Charles L. Allen, president, DR.. John D..
Hanrahan, treasurer, and DR.. c. B. Ross,
secretary.
The first annual meeting of the YER
mont society of the Sons of the Revolu-
ton will be held at the Van Ness house,
Burlington, August 10. This is the eve
of the anniversary of the battle of Benn-
ington.
\ gooseberry bush growing out of the
side of maple tree - feet from the
ground was a sight seen by st. Johns
bury people last week as Stearns Law
renee felled a large tree in the court
house yard.
The CHANNEL Rock creamery at Poult-
ney was burned Sunday night with a loss
of several thousand dollars. An insur-
ance of $1,000 was carried on the building
and machinery. Over a ton of butter
was destroyed.
One wing only of the insane asylum at
Waterbury will be erected at present.
1t will be 3S4 by 152 feet with accommoda-
tions for 10 patients. There is available
for this wing $4,000 and the whole
building will cost S250,000.
The st. Johnsbury Republican learns
that DR.. Grout of Stowe. who is one of
the commissioners of the new State in
sane asylum, is a candidate for superin-
tendent of the institution and is making
a vigorous canvass in behalf of his own
candidacy.
An iron dumb bell was dug oat of the
debris of Simonds block at Brandon the
other day, and was so hot that it could
not be held by the naked hand. 1t was
found four feet below the surface, and
four months and two days after the
block was burned.
Lightning struck II. L. Sowle's barn at
Alburg the other afternoon and tore
away part of the building, killing two
horses and iniuring three more. A Curl
Gus circumstance was that the damage
was done by a bolt which appeared to be
an offshoot of storm two miles away,
as no lightning preceded or followed it,
A number of people within half mile
of the place were more or less Frustrated
by the shock.