Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-04
State 11ews.

Thos. Larner has been nominated for
postmaster at st. Adams.
Albert E. Sanderson died at Rutland
on Tuesday of an overdose of laudanum.
He took the drug to relieve stomach
trouble.
The aldermen of Rutland have award
ed S2l5,000 city bonds to Boston firm
at SlOi.5O. They bear four per cent
interest.
Fred wilkins, a young man of South
Reading, i'll with consumption and des-
pendent, tried to cut his throat with a
razor on Saturday, but failed.
Horace Mcclure, formerly of West
Rutland, was recently burned to death in
IA barn at Grand Rapids, Mich, while
trying to save a horse from fire
Nearly every manufacturing establish.
ment in Bennington is now IN full oper-
alton and part of the mills are run
night and day to keep up with orders.
Owing to the typhoid fever epidemic
in Windsor. Judge II. II. Wheeler has
adjourned the coming session of the
United States circuit court there to June
10.
\. a. King of Barton disappeared Fri
dav night, leaving his family in desti-
tute condition. He was employed as
freight clerk on the Boston & Maine rail
road at Lyndomville.
Walter ). Chaplin of Manchester 60
years old and veteran, shot himself in
the groin, Friday. while loading re-
vnlver. The ball severed an artery and
he lived only short time.
John O'Neil of Whitehall, y. Y, the
noted interstate liquor dealer and viola
tor OF the Vermont prOhibitory law, was
released from the house of correction on
Friday and paid his fine, S67O2, to the
State.
Phe application of the American EN-
>ployers Liability Insurance Co. for H.
cense to do business in Vermont has been
deaied by the insurance commissioners of
the State. The company has had its H.
cense revoked in other States.
DR.. Webb has invited the mem
bers of the New York Coaching
club to be his guests at Shelburn farms
June TO II. The journey will be made
by coach. There will be - teams en-
ployed, or total of los horses.
Work has been begun at the Venetian
marble quarries and mills at Pittsford.
y company has been formed with CAPT
tai stock of Sl50.000. Several New York
capitalists are interested in the concern
aid an office has been opened in that city
Arthur Fisher attempted suicide
at McIndoes, Tuesday. / y shooting bu'.
let through his right temple. The
bullet lodged in the brain and Fisher is
in critical condition. lie has attempt
ed suicide twice before. He is un-
married and hard drinker.
Forty thousand dollars worth of prop
erty. including more than half the busi-
ness center of the town, the Baptist
church, the Leland and Gray seminary
and hotel, was burned at Townsend,
Windham county, last Thursday. The
town bad no fire apparatus and help sum-
moned from BratlleborO, Il miles away,
arrived TOO late to do any good.
b. 5. Carpenter was killed in singu-
lar way at Gallup's mills in Victory one
day last week. He was running board
saw, when silver flew from the saw
and struck him in the bre, ST. penetrating
his heart. lie walked Is feet. drew the
silver out with his own hand and fell
lie was picked up and carried to tie
house, but lived only five minutes.
The grain elevator of Lapele & Co..
feed millers at Swanton. was burned
Sunday morning with contents, involv-
ing a loss of 100000. At one time a
sweeping conflagration was threatened
for the vest side of the river, but by
timely aid from st. Adams and the use
of dynamite in blowing up combustible
adjoining buildings the fire was confined
to the elevator.
Rev. j. ID. Shannon of Underhll and
Rev. L. DOnahue of Mortified have ar.
ranged for a pilgrimage from Vermont tC
the shrine of ST. Anne de Beaupre OF
June Is. Catholics all over the State are
expected to attend, and it is estimated
that from 800 to 500 people will make the
pilgrimage. \ special train will take then
TO Montreal and from there the journey
will be made by boat.
The annual convention of the Vernon
Npiscopal diocese will be held in ST
Luke's church, St. Adams, Wednesday
and Thursday, June 6 and Z. Bishop
Hall Will preside. Bishop Hall pro
poses an innovation in the diocese, i
being the establishment of retreat TO
the clergy and women of the church
That for women will be conducted il
Bishop Hopkins hall in Burlington, be
ginning Tuesday, June 10, and ending
the following Friday. Two days will b,
devoted entirely to devotional exercises
I The retreat for the clergy of the dioces,
will be held early in September.
Prof. II. Fairbanks killed on Saturday
helfer 10 months old which DR.. Ricl
had condemned as suffering from tuber
culosis. The creature seemed perfect,
well, eyes bright, hair smooth, nOstril
moist, in fine spirits and good flesh
The viscera seemed healthy and it re
quired close search to discover an.
signs of disease. Two encysted tuber
cles were found, one the size of al
English walnut embedded in one lung
and another, half as large as banana
below the lung. Had the creature beer
butchered in the ordinary way she woul'
have been thought to be perfect.
healthy, and unless the meat had beel
eaten raw there could have been n,
danger from its being marketed.-[St
Johnsbury Caledoman.
Sheriff Sulloway lodged in the Mont
pelier jail Saturday Syrian pedler
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