Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-05
State 11eps.


Laborers in the north part of the State
want $40 to $50 month through having.
Paper for the London Times, the great
English journal, is made at Bellows
Falls.
The works of the Chase Toy company
are to be removed from Mechanics vile to
Rutland.
The second meeting of the Marble
Dealers association of New England and
the Provinces will be held in july at
Rutland.
The c. c. Warren farm at Waterbury
has been purchased for 900 rs the site
of the State insane asylum for criminals
and paupers.
Anthrax, virulent cattle disease. has
again appeared at North Bennington and
the State cattle commissioners are trying
to stamp it out.
1t is estimated that 200 men. getting
out twenty carloads per day, will be six
months completing the contract made bv
y. ID. Morse, Barre, to furnish 81 .OOO. 900
worth of paving stones to New York
city.
The alumni of Norwich university. at
Northtield, have pledged the institution
SO 900 for an endowment fund This.
with the thirty State scholarships voted
by the Legislature, will place this old in
stitution on good financial basis.
An extra engine on the Lake road
struck hand-car near st. Johnsburv
Saturday night. Nine men jumped from
the car in safety, but II Frenchman
named Paquet from Quebec was hit by
the engine and instantly killed.
y massive piece of granite, twenty-one
feet long, six feet eight inches wide and
eighteen inches thick, weighing 1900
pounds, was recently cut at the West
Dumlnerston quarry As sill for the en-
trance to the new Sacred Heart church
at Springfield, Mass.
HOyt Il Co. of New York have pur-
chased of David Towslee of Pownal
the right for % years to mine iron ore
on his farm. There is said to be AN al
most ineXhaustible supply. The pur-
chasers will build furnaces and put a
force to work this fall.
Gov. Dillingham; has appointed Charles
III. Clark of st. Adams, bridge master for
the Central Vermont railroad, to furnish
plans and and specifications for the
new bridge connecting Grand Isle and
North Hero, under the law making ap-
Ernest Pike of Wilmington was ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner johnson. Friday, upon complaint
of District Attorney Plumley, and charg-
ed with opening mail at Wilmington. He
was put under $1,000 bonds for appear
ance before the grand jury of the United
States court at Rutland in October.
Salaries of Vermont postmasters have
h.a.. I'm. Il N.,ll ID
Sl1O0 to $500; Bennington, $1,000 to
S2lOO; Bradford, sllOO to $1,000; Brattle-
boro, $1,000 to S2200; Montpelier, $4,000
to S2400; St. Johnsbury, S2lOO to 5000;
Springfield, Sl400 to $500; Proctor,
SllO0 to Sl200; Swanton. SllO0 to $1,000;
White River Junction, Sl400 to Sl500;
Winooski, $1,000. to Sll00; Woodstock,
Sl4O0 to $500,
A Montpelier despatch of Thursday
last says: \ large and brilliant company
assembled at the residence of Hiram At
kins, of the State and national Democrat
ic committees, on the occasion of the 18th
anniversary of his marriage. Gov. Dill
lingham and other distinguished persons
were in attendance. Music was furnished
by the Montpelier orchestra. The house
and grounds were brilliant with arc
lights hung for the occasion. The display
of gifts was equal to any ever seen at the
capital Over 400 invitations had been
issued and most of them had been accept
ed, though letters of regret had been re-
ceived from many men of national prom
inence.
The State grand lodge Knights of Hon
or, at its 18th annual meeting in Bellows
Falls last week, elected these grand
officers: Past dictator, j. ii. Head of
Bellows Falls; dictator, o. III. Reed of
Barre; vce-dictator, H. Z. Taylor of
BrattlebOro; assistant dictator, j. A.
Noyes of st. Johnsbury; treasurer, A.
l.. Pease of Hartford; reporter, j. b.
Moore of Rutland; chaplain, F. Z.
Bennett of Brattleboro; guide, c. 4.
Wheaton of Barre guardian, +. c. Car
ruthers of Bellows Falls; sentinel, \. j.
Marshall of Middlebury: trustee, W. c.
Nye of Barre; representatives to the SUI
preme lodge, j. IL. Head of Bellows
Falls, two years; y. A. Bailey, one year.
These honorary degrees were conferred
by the university of Vermont last week;
A. NJ, on Hon. l.. ii. Thompson of
Irasburgh, VT; ID. D., the Rev. Wilson
b. Parmelee of Oswego, y. Y; doctor
of letters, Professor Herbert futile of
Cornell university, and the Rev. l.. G..
Ware of Burlington. At the corporation
dinner President Buckham announced
that Hon. +. j. Phelps had been elected
trustee and had accepted, thar the
elective system of studies had been
adopted, aud that john IL, Converse and