Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-08-24
State l1ems.

The docket of the Rutland county
court contains about 400 cases.
1t is said that application will be made
to the next legislature to make Barre
village city.
State Treasurer Henry +. Field received
$1,000 from Ringing Bros. for the license
to show in Vermont.
Frank b White of Rutland will be the
youngest member Of the next senate.
He is just 30 years old.
The Rutland Herald will celebrate
its centennial in December 1t is one
of the oldest papers IN New England.
The Glst annual Unversalist cOnven-
ton of Vermont and the Province OF
Quebec will be held at st. Johnsbury
Aug. 2S-30.
Frederick E. Vaughan of Rutland dis
appeared Saturday afternoon and has not
since been heard from. lie Is 20 years
old and married.
The body of David Murdoch. aged
% years, was found in WinoOski river at
Winooski Sunday evening. 1t was prob
ably case of suicide.
Apples are falling of the trees at Ben
nington quite plentifully, and some have
fears that the crop will not be as large
as was anticipated. Pears promise to
be almost drug on the market.
A barn in Westford belonging to the
NJ Try Fletcher hospital was struck by
lightning Wednesday afternoon of last
week. and, with its contents, was burned.
A horse standing near was killed by the
shock.
Col. E. p. Jewett, the Oldest man in
Montpelier, died Sunday noon at the
age of 90 years. He was one of the
p ON tiers of the old Vermont Central
railroad and in former years was promi-
nent in Republican politics having been
State treasurer.
Ms. Francis Norwood of Beverly,
Mass, engaged "A servant girl through
a Boston age ncy, who called herself
Sadie Jarvis of Montpelier. On the
morning of Aug. 10 it was found that
the girl had disappeared with gold and
silver watch and some ewelry.
f. Marion Crawford, the novelist,
proposes to erect a summer residence in
West Lebanon, y. H., Just across the
river from White River Junction. His
wife was native of West Lebanon and
to the property left her by her father
Mr.. Crawford has added more, and will
spend part of his summers there IN the
future.
During the street parade of Ringling
Bros circus at St. Adams, Thursday,
burglars broke into y. f. Clarks house
and completely ransGcked it. They took
everything that they could find of value
that could easily be converted into mon
cv. Among the valuables which are
missing are two or three valuable watch
es, some iewelry, a revolver and some OF
the table silver.
George A. Matthews, clerk in the
Rutland postoiiice. was arrested last
week on charge of CmbeZZlement from
the United States mails, and was brought
before United States Commissioner
George +. johnson. He waived eXami-
nation and bail was fixed by the com
missioner in the sum of $500 for his
appearance before the next October
term of the United States court.
W. l.. Bennett of Wolcott has been
lodged in the Lamoille county jail
charged with forging IA note for $50.
ii made it payable at the Hyde Park
Savings bank and signed the names OF
II b. Bundy and L. \, Tillotson, both
citizens of WOlcott. The note was
drawn to raise money to pay note fol
the same amount orawn on the Hard
wick Savings bank three months ago
ON which Bennett had also forged the
same names.
A cause of litigation has arisen il
Montpelier, the exact counterpart o.
which has never been before in a Yer
mont court so tar as is known. 1t Il
over spring on land owned by Vince
lock Il Dawley. which they purchased
OF Eben Srribner. The spring had beer
previously purchased by Oliver Vince
| lock. who paid Scribner $500 for it ,:
wears ago when he purchased the place
where he has since lived. The deed o
| Scribner to Wheelock Il Dawley express
" states that they have no claim on TN
spring, and Oliver Wheelock has had un
Interrupted possession of it for - years
Aflerward Elmer Jacobs bought piece
of land formerly owned by Scrbner
and has been trying to lind water on i
to flow to his house. He finally strucl
an underground spring which, it ap
pears, furnishes the supply of the Vince
lock spring, and has laid Il pipe from
there TO his house. He has been serve,
with an Injunction to prevent him talIin;
the water. though all the work he ha
done has been on his own land.