Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-12-05
State 11epS.

Concrete road-w ways and sidewalks to
the value of $1,000 have been laid out at
Rutland the past year.
Judge f. NJ. Butler has been reappoint-
ed Judge of the Rutland municipal court
for two years from April next.
Fritz Williamson, a Swede employed at
one of the Sheldon quarries in West Rut-
| land, fell a distance of 40 feet Monday
and had his skull fractured. He may re-
cover.
The Bellows Falls Times, newspaper
and iob-prnting office, has been sold by
f. G.. Allis, editor and proprietor, to A.
w. Emerson and David b. Plummer of
Lakewood, n. j.
The Windsor county court opened at
Woodstock on Tuesday, Judge Thomp-
son presiding. There are l3l cases on
the docket, of which % are civil, 26 are
on the divorce list and ID are State cases.
The State board of agriculture has or
ganized for the winter campaign. 1t is
expected that two meetings will be held
in each county, and those towns that de-
sire the board to visit them NAV make
application at once to the secretary, Prof.
w. w. Cooke of Burlington.
Among the recent acquisitions of the
State Historical society is a theodolite
owned by Judge Nathaniel Chapman of
Tinmouth, which was used to survey
that town in 1862. This was the first
town in Rutland county. a letter dated
''Salisburv, August II, l700,' is another
addition to the socety's archives.
The $500 required to build new no
tel at Woodstock has all been raised and
the foundations of the structure have
been put in. Work will be resumed
in the spring and it is hoped it will be
finished early in September and possibly
before that. The late Frederick Billings
gave $4,000 to the scheme before his
death.
Ex-Gov. Samuel f. Pngree of Hart
ford, Hon. Amory Dawson of Craatsbury
and Hon. Leon G. Baglev of Rutland,
appointed by GOV. Page to constitute the
board of railroad commissioners for the
next two years, organized at Montpelier
Monday by electing Samuel Z. Pingree
chairman and Alfred +. Watson of Hart
ford clerk.
Among the gifts made to the State dur
ing the closing hours of the session of
| the legislature was handsome life-siZe
portrait of the late Gen. Philip Sheridan.
done in cravOn from rare portrait fur
nished by Mrs. Sheridan. The givers in
cluded many prominent citizens of the
State, among whom were the late Fred
erick Billings, Franklin Fairbanks, Gov.
Page, Commissioner A. B. Valentine and
p. w. Clement.
Mrs. George Parker of Danville has in
her possession some interesting relics.
Among these the most noteworthy is a
chair that was brought over in the May
flower. 1t belonged, in the first place.
to Lady Arabella johnson. The chair is
in good state of preservation and appar-
emily as strong as it was 21O years ago.
Another interesting relic is a silver tea
spoon, short. blunt and heavy, with the
initials ''P. w." on the handle. This be-
longed to the Peregrine White family,
who came to this country in the May
! flower.
Lyman G.. Clark, son-in-law of Mrs.
Miriam Marston, who was murdered at
her home near White River Junction on
Monday of last week. has been held to
answer for the crime. He disclaims all
knowledge of it. but his actions during
Sunday and Monday and his failure to ac-
count for his whereabouts during the
part of the time when the murder was
committed. also the knowledge that he
and Mrs. Marston had had considerable
| trouble the past summer, were consider
ed sufficient to hold him on suspicion.
Officers fourd Ratchet covered with
blood and hair in Clark's barn. Clark,
who has borne good reputation, has
| lived on one of his mOther-in-law's farms
for some years, but the trouble between
them had resulted in legal meas res re-
Gently taken by Mrs. Narston to force
him to vacate the premises.