Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01
State 11eps.

A "Hstory of Hartford" has lately
been published.
The house of Mrs. Lemoine at Burling-
ton was Quilted by fire Saturday. Loss
500.
C. p. Sherman and wife of Waterbury
celebrated their golden wedding Monday
evening.
The Republicans of Richmond decided
the postmaster fight by caucus. e. L.
Jacobs won.
Swanton has voted to have the electric
light, giving the franchise to company
of its citizens.
There are So students at Norwich uni
versty, the freshman class being the
largest in % years.
The True Blue Marble Co. of Rutland
is manufacturing about 100 barrels of
lime day out of refuse marble.
Burlington is infested with gang of
gamblers, who are said to be SHINING
the glded youth of the town.
Fine-grained granite has been found
at the base of Mt. Ascutney in Windsor,
causing some local excitement.
Fourteen young men were admitted to
Bar association at Montpelier last week.
Joseph b. Needham's barn and por-
ton of his dwelling house, near the fair
ground, Rutland, was burned Saturday.
The loss is $500.
The Bennington battle monument is
now 260 feet high, and weather favoring
the additional Il feet will be finished dur
ing November.
George SabOurin, workman, fell 50
feet from the steeple of the inew Congre-
gational church at Newport, Friday, and
was fatally hurt.
Rutland has a resident who laughs so
| loud at the opera house when anything
pleases him that the local paper calls for
his suppression as nuisance.
John Conner, South Burlington
gardener. was thrown under the feet of a
runaway team, Thursday, receiving injur-
les from which he died that night.
The Bay View House, a summer hotel
at Queen City Park, near Burlington, was
burned Saturday. 1t was property OF
the park association and will be rebuilt.
Six buildings have been burned at East
Wallngford by ncendiaries and the town
has offered large reward for the detec-
ton and conviction of the party or par
ties who set the fires.
One of the ice-houses belonging to
Swift & Co. of Chicago and another be.
longing to the Central Vermont railroad
were burned at White River Junction
Sunday night. They were nearly empty
of ice.
The resolution passed by the last SEES
sion of the Legislature thanking Freder
| ;,l- Of fo ha ri ~
the Marsh library and the Billings libra
nv building to the State university al
Burlington has been handsomely en-
crossed and presented to him.
The State university at Burlington has
received bequest of $1,000 from the late
Charles w. Rich to found a scholarship
for students from SwantOn-Or from 9th
err towns if none come from there. Mr.
Rich was a native of Shoreham and ;
prominent business man of SwantOn a
the time of his death.
Sumner S. Thompson of Lyndonvll
died at Frankfort, Mich, Thursday even
ing, aged &c. He was extensively en-
gagged as IA railway contractor and carried
out large contracts on the Grand Truni
road and was director in several Yer
mont railroad corporations and a larg
owner in the Woodstock road.
The affairs of the savings bank a
Bradford have been reported to be in al
unsOund condition and much eXcitemen
was caused last week by II report tina
the cashier had departed leaving "A short
age of Sl50,000. This was found to b
incorrect, but an investigation showed
deficiency amounting to several THOUSAND
dollars owing to the overdrawing of &C
weeks ago, and is amply able to pa
whatever the amount may be. The stand
ing of the bank is not affected.