Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
State l1ems.

Mrs. Lucy Wood of Barre, who recent
ly celebrated her 10Th birthday, is dead.
William Ivcrs, aged %, fell from a
load of hay at st. Johnsbury, Monday,
aud broke his neck.
During 1892 Burlington's police made
I24 arrests. 1866 of which were for intOXi-
cation and l25 for selling liquor.
Mrs. II. E. Curtis of Rutland, who
was hurt in the railway accident week
ago last Monday, is likely to recover.
John p. Williams, well-known resi-
dent of Shrewsbury and "A hOrseman of
some note, died on Saturday, aged 90
years.
The docket of the March term of the
Rutland county court contains 215 civil
cases, II chancery cases, 80 divorce and
lS criminal cases.
William II. Bradford and John Davis
of Bennington, while out hunting Tues
day, killed wildcat two feet long,
handsomely marked, which weighed 20
pounds.
The new Congregational church at
Bethel is nearly completed and will be
dedicated at once. Its seating capacity
will be $50, and when completed it will
cost $1,000
A compromise has been reached in the
legal controversy over the will of the late
DR.. ii. A. Cutting of Lunenburg, and the
petition for the disallowance of the will
has been Withdrawn.
Orris o. Ayers of Waterbury was
struck by limb of a tree while chopping
in the woods and had the bridge of his
nose broken and the skull fractured on
his forehead. There is hope of his re-
c0very.
Gen. Daniel Wiley died Jan. 26 at his
home near Boston. He was born in
Readsboro in 1897, but removed to Mas
sachusetts when quite young. During
the rebellion he served with distinction
in the union army.
Mrs. Napoleon Richards of st. Johns
bury was severely burned Wednesday
morning while starting fire with kero-
sene and her recovery is doubtful. Her
husband and daughter were badly burn
ed in trying to quench the flames.
Rutland village has been relieved of its
financial straits. The voters have finally
voted to allow the trustees to raise $l2,-
600 to pay the debts and running expenses
of the municipality till April l, when the
city charter will go into operation.
The pipe of the Bellows Falls Aque-
duet Co., which supplies water to 40 or
30 families, froze on Sunday for the
first time since it was put down, many
years agI. The regular village water
supply Is all that is now obtanable.
A train on the narrow-gauge railroad,
which extends from the east end of the
Hoosac tunnel to Wilmington, became
stalled in the snow drifts recently, and
farmers attached a heavy chain and a
number of oxen and dragged the train
from the drifts.
The Gleason cheese factory in Shrews-
bury paid its patrons $l.269 hundred
net for their October milk. 1t took
$40 pounds of milk for Il pound of
cheese; net price per hundred for season,
$l.03; number of pounds of milk for
pound of cheese for season, 9.42.
The spring term of the medical de-
partment of the university at Bnrling-
ton began January 25. The customary
opening address was delivered by DR.,
j. n. JENNIE of St. Adams. President NJ
ii. Buckham followed with an aldIess
of welcome to the students.
E. r. Hills three-story building in
FAIR Haven was burned Monday night
and an adjacent building was badly dam
aged. The building was occupied by
| Mr.. Hill ana TWO Others as carriage
paint and blacksmith shop. Total loss
about $l0.400; total insurance about
$4,000. The fire is supposed to have
caught from sparks.
The funeral of Edward l.. Cobb, who
was killed in the railroad accident AT
Rutland on Monday of last week, was
held at Wallingford on Thursday. Ii
was one of the most largely attended flu
nerals IN the history of the town if not
the county. Mr.. Cobb was n salesman
for Howard F. Spur & Co., of Boston
and was very popular.
The Newton shoe factory in Whiting
ham was burned Friday morning. The
loss is estimated at about $50, 900; insur
ance S2l 900. The building was ownel
by Moses Newton of I1olyoke, Mass.
who purchased it from the Deerfiel-
Shoe Co. about one year ngO. The caust
of the fire is suppo, ed to he inccndiary
The factory employed about 40 hands.
Up at North Troy, Friday, I. j. Sart
well, aged 81, was taken suddenly Ill,
physician was called, and remedies ad
mlllstered, but the patient sank and wa
pronounced dead by II physician. A sol
of Mr.. Sartwel went to procure the ser
vices of an undertaken and on his return
found, to his unspeakabe JOY, his paren
sitting up in bed, having revived durini
his absence. 1t proved to be case q
suspended animation. Mr.. Sartwell
comfortable and on the way to compltt