Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-31
State 11epS.

Four men, for dynamting trout, were
fined $40 apiece at Rutland on Thursday.
The State Sunday-school association
will hold its annual meeting at Newport
Sept. 10 to Il.
The amount of the fund for the erection
OF a chapel at the Soldiers home in Ben
nington is S625. the greater portion of
which was collected in the different
churches in the State on the Sunday pre-
ceding Memorial day.
Charles II. Sturtevant, who for the
past II years has been bookkeeper aud
general superintendent at C. y. Hlbbard's
shoe factory in Burlington, committed
suicide on Monday. He had been in poor
health. A wife and four children sur
vive him.
Sheriff Howe of Montpelier, who
brought suit against ). \. Luke of the
Volunteer Hose company for the wetting
he received on the Fourth while in the
performance of his official duties, has
withdrawn his suit on the payment of
500 by Luke.
Bridget Malone of Bennington recently
charged that she had been ruined by
Rev. w. B. Walker, rector of the Episco-
pal church at Bennington, and in whose
family the girl had been employed as
domestic. Mr.. Walker caused her arrest
on the charge of blackmail and she has
been tried and convicted.
A new hospital is building at the Sol
diers home in Bennington. 1t is % by
81 feet in size, with an l. 10 by IS feet.
1t contains a dining-room. Il reception
paror. surgeons Office and a stewards
room. 1t also has ward 10 feet long
with capacity of II beds. The second
floor has "A room u by "a feet in size.
The structure is of wood and will cost,
when completed, $1,000
Montpelier has had more liquor raids.
At j. \. Locklins place the searching
officer discovered a narrow room, sounded
the walls, finding hollow space beyond
a cupboard, emptied the shelves, saw
gimlet hole, inserted a match which
touched and operated a spring opening
the whole side, revealing five gallons of
cherry rum, five quarts of whiskey, five
quart bottles of hard cider, 10 pint bottles
of ale, one quart of apple Jack, six quarts
wine, one quart gin and six quarts other
liquors, which were seized.
hoc To-
Nj. Tyler, the supreme court Judge as
signed to hold the August term of Grand
Isle county court, to order that the case
of Mott against the Central Vermont
railroad be removed into another coun-
ty for trial. Mott was in the Hart
ford accident and claims heavy damages
for injuries then received. He says in
his petition that he believes that said
cause cannot be impartially tried in
Grand Isle county; that public opinion
has been manufactured against him, and
prejudice created.
The annual meeting of the Rutland
railroad stockholders was held at Rut-
land last Thursday with about 20 people
present. The proceedings were without
noteworthy incident. The affairs of the
road were discussed somewhat and di
rectors were elected without opposition
as follows: Percival W. Clement. Le-
Grand b. Cannon, William Wells, George
II. Ball, Horace G.. Young, John W.
Stewart, Chester Griswold, David Will
cox and II. lie Grand Cannon. This is
the old board except that James Roos-
welt dropped out and II. lie Grand Can
non took his place. The board organized
by re-electing the old board of officers as
follows: Percival w. Clement, presi-
dent; Horace G. Young vice-president;
Edward 7. Smith, treasurer and William
Wells, clerk.