Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-22
State C1eps.

The Spiritualist campmeeting at Queen
City park, Burlington, is in full blast
and largely attended.
Jerard Blanchard, who is insane. has
been jailed at Newport for burning a
barn at Holland last week.
a recent fire at Norton, Essex county,
destroyed over one million feet of pre-
pared lumber, twelve houses, dry house
and barns.
Arthur Mclean of Rutland, a painter
aged %, tried to cut his throat with a
i~ackknife the other day. He will re-
cover. Dependency was the cause.
John Kane, a laborer, was killed in
Burlington the other dav by the caving
in of a eve ditch which he was digging.
He was A. years old, and leaves a widow
and four children.
Albert iPrindle of S~andgate, while
%chopping in the woods, felled a tree
which struck his son. 16 years of age.
His back and hip were broken, and he
lived just w hours.
TIL death of Thomas NJ. Tiernev. As.
at st. Adams last week removed one of
the ~best-known horse men in the State.
He was an extensive breeder of fine trot-
ting stock and was a successful track
driver.
Peter WEIGH, 80, brakeman on the
Northern railroad, was found dead. with
one arm cut off, beside the track one mile
north of Concord, n. H.. early Thursday
morning. He lived at White River June
ton.
The work of boring for gas at DR.. Webb's
Shelburn farms is progressing quite rap
idly, and a depth of over 700 feet has
been reached. Operations for few days
were at a standstill. as the cable rope
had become too short.
The Democrats of Washington county
held a rally at Montpelier Saturday with
ex-Congressman Mckinney of Man
chester. n. H.. as principal speaker.
Herbert F. Brigham, the candidate for
governor, and many other leading men
of the party were present.
John Tiffany of Bennington, who DUR
ing a fit of insanity recently stabbed two
domestics employed at the Mansion
House, North Adams, has been attached
by his victims, each suing for $4,000 dam
ages. Tiffany is now in the Pittsfield
Jail awaiting his trial, which takes place
August %.
The 18th annual festival of the YER
mont Church Choir guild. which consists
of the choirs of the Episcopal churches
of the State, will be held at st. Paul's
church in Burlington Thursday, Oct. ..
1t will he conducted by Mr.. S. B. Whit
ney of Boston. and will be on the same
general plan as former gatherings of the
same sort.
a special session of the United States
court has been held at Brattleboro for
the purpose of hearing the case # the
government against $. Beach of Burling-
ton for violation of the alien contract
law in hiring a baker from Montreal. The
facts are to be reported 70 the secretary
of the treasury. with the defendants APP
plication for the remission of the $1,000
penalty. Mr.. Beach declares his ignor-
ance of the fact that he was violating
any law in hiring the man.
The firm of G.. & c. Merriam & Co.,
publishers. of Springfield. Mass. have
commenced an important law suit in the
United States circuit court. district Of
Vermont, against II. +. Parker. editor
and publisher of the Bradford Opinion.
charging that Parker has been and is now
engaged in preparing for publication and
for sale a dictionary of an inferior quail
ity, in all r spects-a spurious Webster's
Dictionary-and that he is attempting by
'cunningly worded advertisements. cir
culars" ETC.. and by a fraudulent use of
the words "Webster' Unabridged Die
tionary'' or some other device to impose
upon the public. and at the same time TO
defraud the complainants of their rights
as sole owners of this dictionary.
Many historic buildings clustering a.
bout the lofty battle monument at Ben
nington have been sacrificed to improve
the general appearance of the surround
ings. Many of these str Ictures were e.
rected soon after the Revolution, notably
the old Cushman tavern and the sO-called
State arms-house, standing opposite it.
This is the most valued relic of all. being
a well-preserved three-story brick struc-
ture, with MAN. historic recollectiOns at
tached to it. 1t was planned to save this
building for a museum to hold the many
relics of the battle of Bennington and
other treasures associated with that per-
iod. There may yet be a memorial hall
erected on the spot TO hold these antiqui-
ties. it is said. The grounds about the
monument are being graded, and there is
great interest already in the coming ded-
~ication, which dates many months ahead.