Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-10
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Ira Dwinell, aged rs, one of the oldest
residents of Calais, died on Monday.
Edward p. Rosebrook, former resi-
dent of Island Pond, hanged himself at
Guidhall Friday.
An infant daughter of II. II. Lodge of
st. Johnsbury fell from her hgh-chair,
Tuesday, andiiied of the injuries received.
Henry w. Simonds. a Brattleboro gro
Ger, has made voluntary assignment.
Liabilities, about 81 900; assets, $4,000
to $1,000.
Robert Flynn, aged %, was found
dead in bed at Bennington, Sunday morn
ing. An autopsy showed that death was
due to natural causes.
The contract for constructing the new
intake for the Burlington water works
has been awarded to J. G.. Falcon of
Evanston, Ill.,, for St7,900.
George Jamison. Barre Scotchman,
committed suicide by drowning, Sunday.
The cause was dependency. His aged
mother lives in the old country.
C.. w. Sargent of Brattleboro picked a
bunch of arbutus November ! which
was in full bloom and as fragrant as
The Vermont Methodist seminary of
Montpelier receives by the will of the
late Rev. Josiah Ward of st. Johnsbury
$4,000 to endow a professOrship in his
name.
Rev. F. c. Campbell, aged 80, was
knocked down by a falling barn during a
heavy storm at Enosburg Falls. receiving
internal injuries which caused his death
three days later.
The Episcopal Diocesan Choir guild,
under the direction of S. b. Whitney of
the church of the Advent, Boston. met in
Trinity church, Rutland, Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week.
4 meeting of the county liquor com
missionPrs of the State has been called at
Montpelier, Wednesday, November 10,
to consider some radical changes respect
ing the management of town liquor
agencies.
Wells Goodwin celebrated his 99th birth
day Yesterday mt NCwfane Center. lie
Is in comparatively good health, but much
broken in mind and memory. lie is a
veteran of the war of 1872, and was born
in Ryegate, VT.
A large marble block in the village of
Castleton. occupied by Bromley 81 Clark,
:
boots and shoes, and G.. \. Smith, gro
Ger, was burned to the ground on the
evening of the ID inst. The block was
built - years ago and was worth $1,000
to $4,000.
The Burlington Grocery CO.. with a
capital of 100000, has been formed at
Burlington to do wholesale grocery
business. The directors are f. c.
Mower, p. J. Enright, b. J. Derby. j. E.
Miles and f. II. Martin. Mr. Mower has
been elected president; Mr.. Enright,
vice president; Mr. Derby, secretary,
and Mr.. Miles, treasurer.
William NJ. Gorham, whose barns
were burned at Randolph recently, has
confessed that he set them himself.
He tried to commit suicide in Jail by talk
ing paris green. but was saved by an
emetc. He is thought to have set the
other recent fires in the vicinity, and has
practically confessed that he set the fire
which burned the town hall. He has
been taken to the Chelsea Jail IN default
of $1,000 bail.
The New England Insurance exchange,
which represents all the stock companies
doing business in Vermont. has voted to
raise the rates on farm property in the
State to | per cent for one year, ID per
cent for two years, and per cent for
three wears. 1t has also voted to accept
no policies that are written for a longer
term than three years. The new rates
are Just double the present rates. These
rates do not affect the mutual companies
4 in Vermont. of which there are only two,
both located at Montpelier. The fire in
surance companies have been doing husi-
ness at loss in Vermont for the last
dozen years, and several have withdrawn
from the State.
Essex Junction had bad fire Sunday
morning, causing loss of nearly S20,-
900. 1t destroyed block of stores IN
the center of the town, burning out
Beach & Son, clothers: w. B. Nichols,
dealer in drugs; Read & Co., grOcers and
dealers in meat; NJ \. Bingham, law
yer: the Grand Army hall and its fur
nishngs and Mr.. Stoughton, who lived
over one of the stores. The progress of
the flames was stopped only by tearing
down building. The Burlington fire
department was sent for and went TO the
assistance of the Essex people, but the
town has no water supply. S. A.
Brownell, owner of the block. lost $1,000
and had $1,000 insurance. He will re-
build. The fire caught in the meat
market.