Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-07-06
State l1eps.


The annual encampment of the Yer
mont militia will be held at Brattleboro
Aug 1915.
There are l2l prisoners in the house of
correction at Rutland. A year ago
there were fl.
A valuable deposit of molders' sand
has been discovered two miles south
east of Rutland.
Z. A. Austin of Enosburgh Falls COM
United suicide Friday by hanging him
self in his barn.
The Lamoille county Republicans last
week nominated Frank kenfield OF Nor
risville for senator.
Eugene Martin of Wallingford is un-
der arrest charged with feloniously as
sauting his l4-year old sister there on
June l.
The Windham county Republicans
have nominated Daniel Sherwin of ia
malca and Marshal |. Reed of Vernon for
senators.
i. H. Darling of Chelsea aud F. W.
Bailey of Newbury have been nominated
for senators by the Republicans of
Orange county.
The Franklin county Republicans have
nominated William II Hunt of st. Al
Albans. l.. G. LeaVens Of Richford and
o. c. Kinds of Iiighgate for senators.
Rear Admiral William Greenville
Temple, retired, is dead at New Iork.
He was a native of Rutland and an
uncle of Edward l.. Temple of that city.
The Rutland county Republican NOM
inees for senators are Franklin ID. White
9 ri lax
a. ID. Tiffany of Pittsford and Noah ).
Walker of Clarendon.
At the Vermont Sons of Veterans en-
campment at Morrisvlle Thursday these
officers were elected: Commander. f.
L. Green; senior vice commander, f. W.
Sault. The next encampment is to be
held IN Vergennes.
Conductor Drew, indicted for man
slaughter, was acquitted by jury. after
being out nearly u hours, at st. Johns
bury. II was charged that his forget
fulness of orders caused an accident that
resulted in the death of three persons.
The Queen City Cotton Co. of Burling-
ton was chartered Monday. The articles
of cOpartnership state that the company
is formed to manufacture and deal in
cotton and cotton goods of all descrip-
tons and other textile fabrics, machin-
cry, or any articles used or necessary to
the manufacture of textile fabrics, with
capital stock of 100000, divided into
1000 shares of 500 each.
Manchester is to have system of
water works. There are TO he between
eight and ten miles of pipe, the mains to
be eight-inch and the connections four.
The fall from the spring on the side of
I thn tor is
secured, to the village is 225 feet. There
are to be two reservoirs, one for each of
the two villages and each of l,000.000
gallons capacity. The contract requires
the finishing of the works by Dec.
next.
The Boutwell, Polishing Co. of Barre,
non-associatlon firm, has brought suit
for $4,000 damages against 10 men who
are members of as many different firms
composing the New England Granite
Dealers association. The company
claims that by the acts of the defend
ants its business was greatly damaged
and that the association combined and
conspired against the company because
the latter is not member of the associa-
ton. BY the alleged conspiracy the
company claims it WAS obliged to sell its
mill at a reduced price.
Two men, giving the names of John
Williams and Thomas Hughes were
brought from Pittsfield to the Rutland
Jail June Is. They, with companion.
were discovered in PittSfield, Wednes-
day night, and suspecting them of hav-
ing connection with a burglary in that
town June -, officers attempted to cap
ture them. The three men drew pistols
and fired at the officers, and as the lat
ter were not armed. the trio escaped.
Thursday morning posses were formed
in Pittstield and Bethel. the Bethel party
under Deputy Sheriff Wilson surprising
the three fellows in an old sugarhOuse
in Bethel and surrounding them. One
of them drew his revolver and escaped
and is still at large. Loaded revolvers
and bottles of blasting powder were
found on the prisoners and they are sup
posed to have been organized for burg
larry in the small towns throughout the
State.