Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-04-19
State l1eps.

The Rutland gun club has recently
liberated $50 quail from the west.
Lake Champlan opened to navigation
Thursday, two days earlier than last
season.
A l0-years-cld son of Ephraim Whalley
of Richford was drowned in the Missis-
quot river the other afternoon.
The Kingsley guards of Rutland have
bought new uniforms, in which they will
appear at the Washington centennial.
Edward Willis. colored, a Burlington
barber, has been Jailed for biting a finger
on his mother-in-iaw's right hand while
she was interfering in a row between
Willis and his wife.
A. De Forrest. new brakeman on the
Passumpsic railroad. from Scottstown,
p. g., was knocked off by a covered
bridge at White RIVER Junction Monday
evening and fatally crushed by the cars.
Bradford has recently made the boast
that she was the first town to inaugurate
the town caucus system of choosing
postmaster, but it seems that the method
had been tried before in Maine. As
early as 1861 the town of Topsham, Me-,
made a selection at its annual town-meet-
ing which was recognized at Washington.
A. ID. Morse, president of the Barre
railroad and dealer in Barre granite, has
secured large contract with the city of
New York for furnishing paving stones.
The total bill when completed will be
over Il million dollars. 1t is estimated
that 200 men getting out 20 carloads per
day will be six months completing the
contract.
An injunction has been secured by the
Central Vermont against the Barre rail-
road company, restraining their crossing
at grade on Depot square at Barre and
cutting off connection to the quarries
from outside railroads. The Barre road
has paid all land damages and has moved
all but one or two buildings. and they
propose to fight the case.
Mr.. George +. Ashley of the Central
Vermont depot in Burlington has
valuable relic in the shape of copy of
the Ulster County Gazette of Saturday
January 1, 1900. 1t contains an account
of the action of Congress in relation to
the death of George Washington and
facts in relation to the funeral. The
paper is well printed and well preserved.
The maple sugar exchange up to We'd
nesday noon had received 3l,346 pounds
of cake sugar, 26. 2S3 pounds of pail sugar,
and 4l6S gallons of syrup. The season
has now nearly closed in this section, the
largest shipments at present coming from
the north part of the State. Circulars
were some time ago sent to the secretaries
of oranges all over the country, and in
consequence orders have been received
from nearly every State in the Union.
i Brattleboro Phoenix.
The president of the new branch of
the sons of the Revolution, organized
at Montpelier, is Col. Edward A. Chit
tenden of st. Adams. who in view This
own descent was well qualified for the
place. He is the great-grandsOn of Gov
Thomas Chittenden of revolutionary
fame, who was leading member of the
convention which drafted the States first
constitution and was the first governor
of the State.
DR.. and Mrs. Seward Webb and party
of eleven invited guests left New York
Saturday on railroad journey of 10000
miles. their tour including New Mexico,
the CALIFORNIA; and Alaska. They will
return by the Canadian Pacific route to
DR.. Webb's country place at Shelburn,
the latter part of June. They travel by
special train of four Wagner palace cars.
which have been fitted up with every
possible luxurious appliance.
Work has been resumed on the govern
ment building at Montpelier, over which
George II. Guernsey has been appointed
superintendent of construction to sue
coed Hiram Atkins. The foundations
had already been completed and were
ready for the superstructure when the
management went into new hands. \
special inspector was sent on from WASH
ington to examine the work, and in his
report to the secretary of the treasury
stated that what had been accomplished
under Mr.. Atkins was of substantial
and permanent character.