Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-08
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The Eastern Vermont Horse Breeders
association is building Il track at New
port.
George Owen, a native of Bethel, mas
been chosen mayor of the city of Marion,
Iowa
John King. a native of France, died in
Waterbury on Wednesday at the of 06
years.
George Miller of Bennington has been
found guilty of six offences of selling
rum and fined Sl20 and costs.
GOV. Page has appointed Prof B. c.
Day OF Craftsbury academy examiner Tor
Orleans county, vice Nj. ,. Stone re-
signed.
Charles ID. Willard. lifelong resident
of Westminster, aged 90 years, commit
ted suicide April 30 by hanging himself
to his bed-post.
O. b. Sanborn of Lyndon was thrown
from his carriage few days ago, break
inc his right arm and bruising his head
in Il terrible manner.
The pilgrimage of Catholics, from
towns as far south as Bennington, to the
shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre, near Que
bee, occurs June 10.
Two bows in Hinesburgh were last
week fined for shooting pckerel. The
Vermont Fish and Game league is appa-
rently doing business.
4 large tract of timber land in Sunder-
land Hollow, few miles north OF Bur
ling. was burned over last week, filling
the air with smoke in all the region round
about.
Charles Niles of Wheelock, who had
been i'll for some time. escaped the other
...l,. a
Then he was discovered in sugar orchard
trying to chop.
VIM. T. Dewey of Montpelier has been
made treasurer of the Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance Co., succeeding II. y.
Tapin, who was lately chosen president
of the company.
A meeting of the State Farmers league
has been called for June ), at Montpelier.
1t will continue all day. and George I.
Powell. president of the national league,
will be one of the speakers.
William Clough, stage driver from
Derby Line to Derby Center, assaulted
Horace Wilder. farmer, with knife
and afterwards with revolver last week,
and then fled to Canada, fearing arrest.
Chester |. Bradley of Wheelock, aged
TWENTY-FIVE wears, was found dead beside
a trout brook on Friday. He was sub
ject to fits, and it is supposed that he had
one and fell, striking his forehead on Il
stone.
Acting Secretary Willetts of the de-
partment of agriculture has appointed
Dr. G. W. Ward of st. Johnsbury vetcr-
mary inspector of the supports of Island
Pond and Newport, in place of DIR. W.
II. Cooper.
George Rouse and Wyman Treudo of
Alburgh were drowned last Sunday even
ing on the west shore of Alburgh. They
went out in the early evening to set gill
net and it is supposed their boat capsized,
as it was found bottom up.
Woodstockers have lately captured
mud turtle measuring from tip to tip not
| much less than three feet. and weighing
about forty POUNDS. 1t bore on its back
without trouble Il man of $50 pounds
weight and moved under him.
W. ). Crooker of Hartand is the pos
SCISSOR of Bible for which he has been
offered two hundred dollars. 1t was
printed in London. Eng, in 1876, and
brought to this country by Caleb Cotton.
grandfather of the present owner.
The Central Vermont association of
road and trotting horse breeders will
have its summer meetings on the track at
Sharon June and 10, and August 20,
with eight purses to be trotted for at the
June and four at the August meeting.
Since its incorporation in 1858 the Pas
sumpsic Savings bank has paid Sl29,
l3l "a in dividends. 1t has never passed
a dividend and has declared so dividends,
including % semi-annual ones of =! per
cent and four extra dividends of 81 per
cent.
W. II. Sanderson, formerly of Bran
don. but now of Dayton, Ohio, has in
vented scale, which not only weighs an
article, but also records its value, at any
number of pounds. A company has been
formed with capital stock of 100000
to manufacture the scale.
F. A. & j. b. Morse of Rutland are
about to open granite quarry on Bird
mountain in Castleton. The stone, it is
said, resembles the famous Quincy
granite, but it is much harder and is con-
posed of "A mass of crystals of different
colors, red, purple and white, with many
other shades down to deep black.
The horses of Deputy Sheriff ID. w
Dudley of Montpelier ran away at Eas
Montpelier Sunday evening He and hi
daughter, Mrs. Frank B. Emery, were
thrown out upon a pile of stones. The
Dudley had one shoulder and two rib
broken. one rib piercing his lungs, in
flicting what are supposed TO be fatal IN
iuries.
The case of Joseph Duran of Burling
ton against the Standard Life and Acct
dent Insurance company of Detroit
Mich, has Just been decided by the su
preme court in favor of the defendant
Duran held policy in the company
One provision of that policy read: "Thi
insurance does not cover injury resultin:
directly or indirectly from any of tn
following acts manning them or viola
ton of law" The only controversy in tn
case was whether Duran's injury resulte
from violation of law. He was iniure
while returning home on Sunday from
hunting excursion by slipping on tn
ice when crossing field, and the couI
decides that the plaintiff could not re
cover. The violation of the law elaine
was under statute of Vermont whic
Drohibits travelling on Sunday except fC