Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-03
State l1ems.

The slate trade in the vicinity of Fair
Haven presents an unfavorable outlook.
The station agent at West Rand lph
sold lbs tickets to Chicago during the
fair.
Willis & Dckerman, whose creamery
was recently burned at Pittsford, will re-
build.
The Rutland poor-house has put 81 in
mates-the smallest number for many
years.
The Ludlow wooden mill is now run
ming only eight hours day, four days in
week, owing to lack of orders.
st. Johnsbury is trying to organize
rubber company with $4,000 capital,
that will employ 800 hands or less.
The annual meeting and banquet of
. the Vermont Fish and Game league will
be held in Burlington November II.
Edison Holden, Mt Holly farmer,
has been held for trial by the county
court on the charge of beating his wife.
Homer Chamberlain, hunter and
. trapper, was drowned in Franklin pond,
4 franklin, Thursday, by the overturning
. of his boat.
The State convention of Rebekah lodges
will be held in the Odd Fellows hall,
. Rutland, November s. Delegates from
all lodges in the State are expected to be
present.
The post-oflice in Milton was robbed
of $50 in stamps last Thursday night,
4 and on Friday night the Weed Hardware
company's store at Swanton was entered
and some property taken.
The Chicago Tribune offers reward
of $500 for the arrest of Louis Hi lard,
. formerly of Rutland, who was till re-
Gently assistant cashier of the Tribune
establishment and is charged with the
embezzlement of large amount
A hens egg recently opened in st.
. Johnsbury bakery was found to contain
a well-developed frog nearly two inches
. long He was separated from the body
of the egg by Il lin of albumen. The
frog, attached to the egg-shell, is now
preserved in alcohol.
The large manufacturing establish
ment of the American Sign company
and the box factory of w. l.. Wilmington
in the Scarf addition to Burlington were
burned Tuesday. The fire caught in the
engine room. The total loss will exceed
$1,000 insurance. $4,000.
Special Pension Examiner F. L.
AOWlHS Ol huiidDu ltIlS all interviewer
that of the claims already examined YER
mont shows greater percentage of
meritorous cases than any other State
in Union. This State has less number
of criminal cases than other States, and
he finds the witnesses that come before
him more intelligent.
The Rutland Herald says of Henry
Hatch. who has Just been released from
the house of correction after six months
Imprisonment: a judgment for $1,000
in favor of Mrs. McQuade of West Rut-
land, whose husband, while intoxicated,
was killed by the cars, has kept Hat IN
. confined until now. The court held that
Hatch furnished McQuade with liquor
and was to that extent responsible for
his death. 1t is understood that Mrs.
s McQuade was given 800 in cash and
\ six yearly notes of 800 each, en-
dorsed by II number of well-known Rut-
land business men.
The annual reunion of the Vermont
+ Officers association will be held in Bur-
4 lington, November 10. The usual busi-
ness meeting will be held at the Van Ness
House at , 80 p. NJ. The Grafton will be
delivered in the Young Mems Christian
association hall at 80 p. m, by G.. A.
Marden of Lowell, Mass. The banquet
VIII ne nelu at the van ness House.
Josiah Grout of Derby is president of the
society and Gen William w. Henry, Col
U. A. Woodbury. and Gen. I. S. Peck of
Burlington are the executive committee.
Railroads in Vermont will sell round-trin
tickets at reduced rates.
A press dispatch from Albuquerque
n. NJ, Sunday, says "'rhe United
States grand jury has indicted 5. NJ
Folsom, president of the Albuquerque
national bank, recently closed. He is
accused of embezzling a note issued by
the Hot Spring Cattle company to the
albuquerque national bank, issuing Il
fraudulent certificate of deposit to the
Merchants national bank of ST Johns
. bury, VT, and issuing a fraudulent order
to the Albuquerque national bank, OF
which he was president. He gave
s $4,000 bonds" The accused is d
brother of II. f. Folsom of Lyndonyille
e who has just gone into insolvency be-
cause of having endorsed heavily for hi:
brother.