Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-09-22
State l1ews.

/ wi OiltduS COuulls ultu at parton On
the 10th of cancer of the liver.
The Goth annual State convention of
the Vermont Baptist association will be
held at Ludlow, September 2G, p and 2s.
The Womans Board of Missions will
hold its annual meeting with the Con-
gational church in Morlisyille Septem-
Der p.
The sixth annual Pentecostal camp
meeting of Vermont will be held Septem.
Der Is to 2G at East Warren. Frank
Chandler of Silver Lake will take charge
of the meeting.
The citizens of Bennington have or
gained vigilance committee, such ac-
ton being deemed necessary in view of
the numerous incendiary fires in the
village recently
The well-known news agent, Frank A.
Stillson of Rutland, had stroke of apo
plexy Friday night and died Saturday
morning at o'clock. lie was brother
of H. L. Stillson of the Bennington Ban
ner.
The liquor dealers of Rutland are said
to be preparing to have their cases tried
by jury at the present term of court.
This is new departure on their part.
They have over 200 cases upon the
docket.
A public library was dedicated at Hart
ford on Monday. 1t was the Gift of
Ephraim Morriss, a prominent wooden
manufacturer of the town, has all the
modern improvements and cost $4,000. 1t
already contains 20O0 books.
The commander-in-chiefo of the Grand
Army encampment at indianapolis COM
plimented the Vermont department by
saying it was one of the best in the East.
Only one other department from New
England had band in the parade.
1t is said that the next grand jury in
Orange county will be asked to indct
certain residents of Randolph for con-
nection with the death there, July ), of
Miss Aurora Flint, whose body was ex-
humed by the authorities on Aug. II.
Counterfeit half dollars have made
their appearance in Rutland. They are
OF the 1893 issue, bearing the head in
stead of the seated goddess. They are
very light, and the bad ones all look as
if just from the mint. The 'ring" is also
defective.
Chester is one of the Vermont towns
which are promoting home industries.
a good sized building is being
constructed in that town IN which will
be carried on the business of evaporating
apples for the trade. Sixty people will
be employed during the fall and the
business is expected to yield large
profit.
Sunday night some unknown parties
damaged several finished granite blocks
at the works of John Bengie, c. II.
Moore IL Co. and Charles Mcmillan IN
Barre. The stones were damaged to the
extent of S400. This work has been 90
ing on for many weeks and thousands of
dollars worth of stock of different deal
ers has been damaged.
A singular case has been tried in the
Washington county court this week.
Charles Spauding sued Miss Annie Dom
ahue to recover some valuable presents
he gave her when they were engaged to
be married, the engagement having since
been broken. The jury held that he had
no claim to the presents and could not
recover them. Plaintiff appealed.
John Harrington of Salisbury, when
out hunting last Saturday, suddenly
came upon huge black bear that was
engaged in eating berries off from a
clump of bushes in an open pasture.
He shot and killed the animal. The
skin was taken off and measured six feet
from the tail to the end of the nose.
His weight was estimated at about 400
pounds.
The BaXters at Westminster have be-
gun canning corn for the season, and
they will be busy for the next six weeks.
About 100 hands are employed through
the busy season, and they are able to put
up G0,000 cans day. Their first season
was last year, and they used the pro-
duct of about 100 acres. and this year
they will use much more. The farmers
furnishing the corn are paid $50 to s75
per acre, according to the yield.
Rev. Richard Morgan of Ludlow was
killed in runaway at Cobleskill, n. Y,
on Thursday of last week. He was for
merly presiding elder of the st. Adams
district of the Methodist church. Mr..
Morgan and his wife had gone to Coble-
skill to visit Mr.. Morgan's brother, Rev.
Edward Morgan. As the brothers and
their wives were driving, the shafts of
the wagon became detached and the
horse bolted. At the bottom of the hill
the wagon was overturned. Rev. Richard
Morgan lived about 10 minutes after the
accident. His wife sustained broken