Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-01-11
State Ueps.
A wood pulp mill will be constructed
at Springfield in the spring.

at Springfield in the spring.
{. a. Densmore of Chelsea recently
killed a porker which weighed 81 pounds.
The public schools at st. Adams will
not open till the l4th, owing to the preva-
lence of diphtheria in the town.
Several towns in the State proposed to
try snow rollers for clearing the roads
and got their machines ready. But there
no use for them yet.
The Central Vermont has bought a
large lot of land in Burlington south of
the present station and the people of the
city hope for new depot.
The village trustees of st. Johnsburv
have had their trade with an electric COM
pany for the lighting of the streets by
electricity ratified by the voters.
William Underwood, serving a 1O-years'
sentence in the State prison at Windsor
for burglary, died Monday. He attempt
ed to cut his throat New-years day and
died of the wound
Henry Bent and Bert Roberts. Jr., of
Bennington have been held in $1,000 each
for an aggravated assault on Lewis Wal
covery are about even.
Fred billiard, % years old, Wallace
Ross, p, and Walter Candlish, IS. have
been arrested at Rutland for burglarizing
Geo. f. Graves store in November Two
of them were sent to the House of Cor
rection.
ellison Il Woodfin of Rutland have sold
their marble quarries and business at
West Rutland with their interest in the
branch yards in other cities to the Ver-
mont Marble company, the latter assum-
ing all outstanding obligations.
The Jury in the Cheney-Ca lderwood
breach of promise suit at st. Johnsbury
agreed on a verdict. They find that DR..
Calderwood did promise to marry Miss
Cheney and they award her $500 damages.
She wanted $1,000. The suit was rather
sensational one.
completed at st. Johnsbury was dedica-
ted on Sunday with imposing ceremonies
conducted by Bishop De Goesbriand of
Burlington. The church is a granite
structure built after the Gothic style with
numerous arches within. Its seating
capacity is 300 and it cost $50. 900.
The first person to be sentenced under
the new State liquor law, which went in
to effect with the new year, was Michael
Parry, who was tried for intoXication in
the city court at Burlington the other
day. The new law permits both a fine
and imprisonment, and Parry, who was
up for his third offence, was fined S2S.0l
and sent to the House of Correction for
two months.
A survey Is being made for a line of
railroad from Gassett's station to Clare
mont Junction, y. H., and Springfield,
VT, and work ON the first ten miles was
completed few days ago. Gassett's is
on the Rutland road, and the wise ones
think that the Delaware & Hudson Canal
Co.. which recently came into control Of
the Rutland, will thus seek an outlet to
Boston for its coal business.
Herbert Culver, who died lately at In
derhill, was eccentric according to the
papers. The coolest weather Vermont
winter could bring forth had no terrors
for him. His apparel for such occasions
consisted of a cotton shirt, pair Of over
alls and straw hat. He weighed be-
tween 800 and 400 pounds, and was so
large that the pillow and the padding in
the coffin had to be removed, and even af-
ter this had been done the lid of the cof-
fin could not be fastened down.
Charles II. Hadlock, who recently dis
appeared from Thetford, where he was
! depot and express agent, short in his