Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-27
State Oems.

Ills III OVer nalI Il century,.
The Rutland Driving Park association
has decided to have three days races,
July 4, . and 6.
Col. j. II. Walbrldge of North Ben
nington has three aunts and two uncles
living who are in their Goth year.
Horace Robinson, a prominent citizen
of Milton, dropped dead of heart disease
Friday morning, aged 81.
The graded-school building in Waits
field was burned to the ground at an
early hour Wednesday morning.
There were 39l births, 1886 deaths and
l5l marriages in Burlington during 49,
%. OF those who died 1913 were males
and III females.
Mrs. Anna l.. Dubois died suddenly on
Saturday at the home of her son, Hon.
w. ii. Dubois of West Randolph. She
vas in her Goth year.
George Tidd, agent for a liquor firm in
Boston, was arrested at Bellows Falls,
charged with selling liquor in Vermont,
and was fined 500 and costs.
Harrison Spofford, one of Springtield's
wealthy citizens, vino died the other day.
provided in his will for Il $4,000 public
library, to be known as the Spofford Ii
brary.
Samuel Moore of Wells River holds a
note for $500 given him by one Houston
of Wisconsin in 1864, on which there has
been over $4,000 paid in interest. 1t was
given for IA farm.
The yard, Office and barn of Gay &
Henderson, Burlington coal dealers,
were partially destroyed by fire on the
night of the 18th inst. FIVE horses per-
ished In the ruins of the barn.
The charter of the contemplated cleo
trio railway between Bellows Falls and
Saxton's River has been sold TO Bos-
ton capitalists. they guaranteeing that
the road shall be built within two years.
At West Danville, the other day,
Amos Clifford was found dead in bed
and his body frozen stiff and gnawed by
rats. 1t is believed that he died of Il tit
and the body froze. He was about 20
years old and lived alone.
The night express south over the
Central Vermont railroad ran into a
south-bound freight at West Randolph
last Thursday night, wrecking the
engine and several cars. No one hurt.
Rev. DIR. Alfred Stevens died suddenly
last Friday at his home in Westminster
dSCu - NCdlSs IOl III 1Ohlo iC
had been pastor of the Westminster,
Congregational church, the longest con
tinuous pastorate ever held in Vermont.
Fair Haven had a $4,000 fire Tuesday
night. 1t started in a dry goods store,
and. as the hydrants were frozen, the
flames had full Roadway. Several firms
were burned out. 1t is believed that the
fire was %incendiary.
Joseph a. Powers of Iansiagburgh,
y. Y, representing Il syndicate OF capi-
t~alists, has purchased IA controlling in
terest in the Winooski and Burlington
horse railroad. The road is TO be run by
electricity on the trolley system.
A section of the Rutland rOundhouse
of the Central Vermont railroad was
burned Tuesday morning. Three loco
motives, owned by the Delaware x Hud-
son Canal Co., were destroyed. Loss
ON locomotives, 100000: on building.
$15,
ST. Johnsbury village owes IA floating
debt of Sl3,3lS and has 5000 ON hand and
collecrible. Including Sl2,OO0 spent Oh
water-works this year, the village e
prnse has been S2S, 794. The BONDED
debt OF the village Is now $4,000, draw
ing, for the most part, ID per cent inter-
est.
Mrs. j.. II. Waldron of Hartford is an
expert in the poultry business. She
started out Jan. l, 1892, with "A flock OF
Just 100 hens. white Brahmas, and sold
during the year eggs to the value OF
Sl56 SO: poultry raised and sold Sl25.3 3
Jan. |, 1893, she had 100 hens, an adj
dition to the working force for 1893, OF
20 egg-makers.
\ tramp received an order from the
poormaster in Arlington to 90 to the
town house, and instead of going thitheI
he went into an abandoned house tc
stay all night. a lady living near told
her husband that she saw some one 90
into the old house. An investigation
WAS made and the tramp was found
nearly frozen TO death. Both of his
legs will be amputated. The thermOme-
ter was far below zero.
These new cotton and wooden indus
tries have been started or enlarged IL
this State during the past year.: Bur
lington, cotton mills: Black River.
wooden mill, main building l57X5Z
feet; Lasher Stocking company, Ben
nington: n. ii. fl. Slack Il Co., Spring
field. new mill 60X30 feet, three stories
Black River Wooden company, Ludlow
S6O, 700 mill; Peerless Manufacturing
company. Barton, dimensions l6OX1C
feet, wing 60X40 feet, two stories.
Six large freight engines have beer
added 70 the motive power of the Contra
Vermont road. They are of the larges
pattern in use on any o and are AS
sisting largely In the work of clearing uI
the rush of freight which seems TO have
never been equalled. Two of the engines
were hired from DIR. Webb's Adirondack
road. and the rest were bought outright
Thn nnunar In usn hnrnInfnre heIMeen Bel