Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-17
State l1enS.

Hardwick is to have complete sys-
TEN of water-works.
Bellows Falls and vicinity experienced
its first heavy frost of the season Mon
day morning.
Dea. j. J. Miner, a much respected
citizen of Chester. was killed by being
thrown from his wagon Tuesday morn
ing.
Farmers leagues have been organized
in II towns of Orange county and a
league has beeu formed with f. =. Col
ton of lrasburgh as president.
\ society known as "The Vermont
college of music" has been organized at
West Randolph. and will open June |.
1891. Its name indicates the object of
of the institution.
The double track iron bridge over the
White river at White River Junction will
be ready for travel the last of Novem-
Der. The bridge will have three spans
and will cost 100000.
Edmund Tillson of West Randolph, an
old man. was killed Friday afternoon at
Fords crossing. lie was very deaf and
did not hear the repeated whistles. His
horse was killed and the wagon smashed.
In cemetery in Royalton there are
lying in row four generations of men
father, son, grandson and great-grand-
son, each of whom bore the name of
Ebenezer Dewey and lived to be more
than 50 years old.
4 suit in the Rutland county court
last week against the National Express
Co.. to recover damages for injury to a
valuable dog, resulted in verdict of
81 900 for the plaintiff. J. II. Winchell.
the Fair Haven dog breeder.
\ body, supposed to be that of young
Barry who was carried over the dam at
Bellows Falls in boat two weeks ago,
was found Monday floating in the river
below the mills. Both legs. hands and
most of the head were gone. probably
being ground off by contact with the
rocks in the falls.
ErastuS Hubbard, the principal con-
teslant of the will of Fannie VI. Kellogg,
his sister, by which some S3OO,OOO was
left to Montpelier, most of which was to
90 to the public library and building.
died of pneumonia at Montpelier Monday
afternoon. His death may affect the
litigation now in progress in New York.
The report of the State inspector of
finance shows the number of depostors
in the savings banks and trust compa-
in number of 1000 over 1889. OF the de-
positors 51,9lS are residents of Vermont
and these have deposited the sum of
SIG. 2GG. S45.0l, an increase during the
year of 81 ,336, 1909. The average of
each depositer is S293.26, an increase of
SOP, and the average per capita is SoS.22.
The will of the late Frederick Billings
of Woodstock shows bequest of $1,000
to President BuCkhan also $4,000 to
the Congregational church in Woodstock.
the income of which is to be devoted to
the repair and maintenance of the chapel,
church and grounds. and the balance. if
any, to the general expenses of the So
ciety; to the American board of commits
sionerS for foreign missions. Slj,OOO to
the American home missionary society.
$4,000: to the domestic missionary soci-
ETY. in Vermont. $4,000; to the Ameri-
can missionary society of New York city.
$4,000. The estate is to be kept in its
entirety in the hands of trustees till his
Youngest child, Richard, reaches - years
(ahout 10 years.. or rs long as Mrs. Bill
lings lives. as he believes this to he ben
eticial to all and will keep the family to-
gether. Ample provision is made, how.
ever. that all the members of the family
shall have whatever is needtul in any
event. When the estate i divided the
children are to share equally, but if none
are living and leayc no heirs. the estat,
is to 90 One-half to the university of Yer
mont and the other half equally to the
four missionary societies above named.