Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-14
State 1lepS.

II. W. Strong. Berlin farmer, drown-|
ed himself in the river near his home
the other day.
There are 10 divorce cases on the docket
of the Washington county court. The|
term opened Tuesday.
W. +. Dunton, the son of Rev. c. II.
Dunton of Poultney, committed suicide at
Lake View, Mimi, recently.
The State Dental society will hold its
animal meeting at Bellows Falls on Wed-|
nesday and Thursday next.
\ foot of snow fell at Montpelier last|
Thursday and Friday morning the ther-|
mometor registered % below zero.
Alpheus p. Barber of Bradford conf
mtted suicide, Wednesday, by shooting i
He was 80 years old and a bachelor.
John Miller of Dummerston scooped|
63 live frogs a few days ago from al
spring of water supplying his house.
1t is reported from Washington that
the contest over the Brattleboro post-of1
flee has finally been settled in favor of
Capt. Childs, the Democratic incumbent.|
The Island Pond national bank has|
been organized with f. G.. Robinson as|
president, 5. ID. Hobson, vice PRESIDENT
and A. X. Darling, cashier.
Prof. +. G. O'Sullivan is to lecture atI
the opera house, Rutland. Monday event
ing, the 18th, when an entertainment
will be given there by the st. Peter
Hibernian society.
1t is rumored that the will of the latd
/ Fanny VI. Kellogg of New York, giving
large sums of money to Montpelier to be|
devoted to building chapel and gate1
way in Green Mount cemetery and ID
public library building, will be contested
by relatives.
Editor c. VI. Stone of the st. Johns
bury Caledonian died very suddenly ad
jacksonville, Fla, on Wednesday morn1
ing. whittier he had gone in search Of
health. He was born in Lyndon in 1881
and entered the Office of the Caledoniail
as an apprentice when Il years of age.
\ Boston paper announces the imme1
diate removal of j. p. Squire's stock
yards from Cambridge to White RIVED
Junction. The rapid building of the city
about the stock yards compelled thd
health authorities to ask for removal
and the millionaire pork dealer selected
White River Junction.
The extensive copper mines at Ely
which have been flooded since the miners
and the old supports supplied by new
timbers. Otto \. krause of New IorA
is the owner of the mines, and intends I'd
have them examined by an expert from
Germany. If a favorable report is made
IA large gang of miners will be employed
Commissioner Valentine announce.
that he has completed arrangements fol
the coming of % or 80 families from
Sweden to this State. The company
which will number about 100. will leave
sweden April and arrive here April Isl
1t will be divided into three colonies, on(
. will he located near Wilmington, iI
: Windham county. another in WindSOI
county and the third at Nershire, Orange
county.
MOrrisville last week held the most en|
: thusiaStic "March meeting" for years
: The cause for rejoicing was the payment
l of the bonded debt, which had been thu
. cause of heavy taxes for yers. There il
not Il cent of Indebtedness against thu
town now and there is IA balance of Sl2
90 in the treasury. The centennial OF
the town also takes place this coming
summer. and money was appropriated
for a celebration on Independence day.
An admirer of Senator Evarts in India
sent him sacred COW from Burmah sew
: cral years ago, which the statesman sen
: to his farm at Windsor. Here the spirit
2 ual animal had lived out her existence il
the barn-yard society of the other cattle
until recently, when even her sacrednes
. did not save her from the butcher. Their
was great demand among WindsO
N,people for sacred beef, but they say i
; was not unusual, as the meat resembleI
! Mat of the Jersey COW, the flesh beins
: very dark red and the fat, dark yellow