Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-12-13
State 17eps.

Mortified has had 16 fires within a
year.
A new furniture mandatory is to be
established at Richford.
II. c. Gleason q Co.'S creamery at Rich
mond will run all winter.
Orland Winslow of Westfield celebra-
ted his Goth birthday last week.
During the month of November there
were IL marriages, 26 births and ! / deaths
in Burlington.
The Fairhaven postofiice contest is as
far from an end as ever, it is said. Five
patriots, only, want it,
l.. II. McClary of Albany has shipped
to Western markets this year 500 tons of
maple sugar, valued at $4,000.
A board of trade has been organized at
Windsor with Editor Marsh .. Perkins
of the Windsor journal as president.
Geo. f. Graves. Rutland druggist, is
reported failed with estimated liabilities
of 5000 and estimated assets of $500.
A University club is talked of in Rut-
land, to include all the college, university
and professional graduates in the county.
Nine colored people have been sent
from Burlington to the House of Correc-
ton during the past three months for
petty offences.
Harry Sweetzer pleaded guilty to the
charge of bigamy in the Lamoile county
court at Hyde Park last week, and was
sentenced to two years of hard labor in
State prison.
The Poultney House at Poultney,
which was burned last week, was valued
ut about $1,000, on which there was an in
sur nee of but 81 800, 81 POO having been
allowed to lapse November II.
A Hyde Park farmer has been expert
menting with japanese buckwheat. The
kernels are large and plump, and the
yield about 80 bushels to the acre, or
nearly twice that of the native brand.
The Howe Scale company of Rutland
have just made a large shipment of their
product to the Argetine republic in South
America. They have IA large demand
from the southern republics and will
soon establish houses in the Argentine
republic and Brazil.
The Evergreen slate quarry property
in Fair Haven, formerly owned by Cole
& Ainsworth has been sold for $4,000,
James Manogue and Thomas Greer being
the purchasers. This property comprises
buildings. tools and machinery. The or
iginal cost was over 100000.
A boiler in the quarry of Owen 81
Roberts at Fair Haven exploded the
other day, throwing it Il distance of 300
feet. John Owen. one of the owners,
was thrown $50 feet and fatally injured
Morris Francis, the engineer, had a leg
broken and David Kennedy was thrown
100 feet and badly injured.
81.
mont Central ran into the rear end of a
local freight train at RoXbury, Friday
night, slightly injuring Baggagemaster
Averill and Express Messenger Dewey.
The damage to the trains was slight and
will probably not exceed 500. The rear
end of the van of the freight train was
demolished and the headlight of the en-
CINE smashed.
The Bennington county court, Judge
Tyler presiding, is engaged in trying
Henry Bent aud Byron n. Roberts for
murder. The respondents are charged
with killing Louis Valdez at Woodford
about year ago during dispute over
ter in June resulted in disagreement of
the jury. The prisoners claim self-de-
Tense. The l2-years-od son of the muir
dered man was the only eyewitness.
1t is announced that a company has
been formed and IA purchase of large
tract of land in the northern part of the
State has been made for the immediate
colonization of eight scandinavian fam
lilies now living in Massachusetts. This
business is in the hands of private com
pany. headed by Il Swede. who will start
for Sweden Jan. ,, intending to return
/ 81. 4 81.
countrymen. though actual sales have
thus far been made only to the eight
families referred to.