Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-06
State o1eDs.

somewhat scared.
The insane asylum at Brattleboro gets
$500 by the will OF Edward Chappell,
late of Norwich, Conn.
The town of Weathersfield is said to
have limerick, soapstone, granite and
marble within her borders.
Graduates of the university of Ver-
mont resident in New York city are to
have banquet the 18th and form an
alumni association.
Rutland taxpayers were heard from
by the town treasurer to the extent of
over S2l 900 on Saturday, the last day of
the per cent discount.
Twenty-Five students are attending
the winter course of the medical depart
ment of the university at Burlington,
which opened Oct. 20.
st. Johnsbury Is trying to get can
ming factory into operation, to have a
paid-up capital of $1,000 and an author
lied capital of twice that.
Mrs. IIetty Green of Bellows Falls
who is said to be worth Sl0,000.000, is
credited with having more money than
any one else in Vermont.
Judge Asa Aikens of Windsor was the
first native of the State to serve as
judge of the supreme court of Vermont.
He was born in Barnard, Jan. ID, 17SS.
John Osborne, superintendent of gran
lite quarry at Chelsea, had three granite
blocks fall upon him Wednesday and his
right arm was so crushed that it had to
be amputated.
James McMullen's store at Castleton
was broken into Saturday night and a
small amount of change left in the money
drawer was taken. An entrance was eff
fected through a window.
Daniel Ilackett of Tunbridge, an &C.
centric individual, had saved up 500 and
stored it in Il trunk, which he kept in his
room III the old farm house. Some one
has recently stolen the funds.
Dennis Zero, 30 years of age, employed
in sash and blind factory at West Ran
dolph, was fatally hurt last Thursday
by Il knife from moulding machine,
which flew and struck him in the fore
head.
1t is announced that the Windham
county volume of Miss lIemenway's Ga
zetteer of Vermont will be Issued this
month. Miss lIemcnway was at work
upon this volume at the time of her
death.
Mrs. Tuttle widow of the late George
\. futile, for many years proprietor of
the Rutland Herald, died in Rutland on
Sunday morning. She was Il native of
Greenwich, Mass. Her sons ale the we'll
known Rutland business men of the
name.
DR.. W. Seward Webb dedicated his
ring building, which is especially for
horses, at Shelburne Farms Saturday.
There was an exhibition of his blooded
breakfast and dancing in the evening.
Joel. b. Harris, who died recently in
Rutland. left $500 to public institutions
of that place. The proposed hospital is
to have $1,000, "A similar amount goes TO
the \. NJ. c. A., another like sum to the
free library and $500 for museum in
with the memorial hall.
\ st. Adams man, who had been long
Il consignment of furniture
from Boston warehouse, dictated from
his residence by telephone to a telegraph
operator message inquiring whether
ed Imagine the surprise of the firm
when they were asked by wire if they
had forwarded the ''pot of naphtha."
DR.. Webb aud his friends had days
of pheasants at Shelburn
Farms last Thursday. Eighty-tive of
the birds were killed. They appeared at
too rapid a rate for the shooters, who
made more misses than kills. The
pheasants are quite large birds, the cocks
from three to three and a
half pounds.
Philip Carpenter, once of st. Johns
bury, has made himself famous in New
York city. &. L. Ierkes is a Chicago mil
lionaire who has built $4,000 tomb in
Greenwood cemetery, New York. n
claim of $3.50 against Mr.. Yerkes, grow
ing out of some transaction in gold min
ing at Lisbon, y. H., in 1873, was put IN
Mr.. Carpenters hands for collection and
he proceeded to attach the 100000 tomb.
The Fish and Game league is after the
pot hunters who snare cartridges. John
W. Ttcomb, secretary of the league,
found seven cartridges exposed for sale
in Rutland one day last week that had
every appearance of having been shared.
He bought the lot, and put the case in
the hands of Grand Juror Merrill. When
the birds had been plucked it was found
that two had been shot aud five shared.