Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-04-20

week of adulterating with water milk
| furnished to the Union cheese factory CT
Westford.
The Boston society of Daughters of
Vermont on Wednesday evening cele-
brated the anniversary Of the Concord
fight with reception and entertainment
at the Hotel Vendome.
The jury in the Fair Haven malpractice
case State VS.. Pitkin, which was on trial
last week in the Rutland county court
on Saturday brought in a verdict of not
guilty, after being out 10 hours.
Frederick Steiner, who escaped from
officers at Readsboro two years ago. after
having been arrested for burglary, has
been found in North Adams, Mass, and
brought back to Bennington and jailed.
The managers of the State fremen's
tournament at Bennington, July Is and
10. have secured from the railways
rate of one cent mile each way for
tiremen and bands in uniform, with half
fare for the general public.
The Vermont Press association will
this year make its annual excursion on
Lake Champlain, devoting two days to
the trip and taking in most of the points
of interest. The steamer Reindeer has
been chartered.
While attempting to arrest an intox-
Gated man Saturday night Officer Nichols
of Barre was attacked by large gang
of Italians, who drew revolvers and
knives, Nichols being compelled to re-
lease his prisoner Warrants will be
issued for the arrest of the whole party.
The total value of merchandise entered
at the port of st. Adams last year was
$19S,790 Some of the articles paying
duty are the following 100 horses. 1860
tons of hay, l0l tons of straw, 4.l76, 900
cedar shingles. 81, 900 slaves, 800 59S feet
packing box shocks $50 bushels peas.
l22.3lS pounds of unhackled flax and
5Sl pounds tin plate.
a new trial was refused at Albuquer-
que, n. NJ, Monday, in the case of
Banker Folsom and he was sentenced to a
term of five years in the pententiary.
As president of the First national bank
of Albuquerque, Folsom took money
from the bank to use in private specula-
tons. He is brother of Col. II. E..
Folsom of Lyme Onvlle, this State, who,
with the father, was obliged to 90 into
insolvency last winter because of losses
sustained through the New Mexican
member of the family.
a serious epidemic of typhoid fever Is
raging in Windsor. Twelve deaths have
already resulted and there have been
about 12j cases Of the disease, An inves-
| tigaton by the State board of health show
ed that in January there was case of
= typhoid fever in farm house about 200
feet from spring and brook which
constitute the source of the village water
supply. This house stands in an eIe-
waited position about 30 feet above the
level of the brook. Nature has formed
surface drain leading from the house
aud outbuildings to the valley below.
: No precautions were taken to prevent
washings from finding their way into
the brook, and germs Of the disease got
into the aqueduct by this course.
! Eugene Ilsley, the notorious moonshln-
| er of 'rhetford, was arrested at midnight
Thursday night, and his still broken up.
About years ago the revenue officers
ran down and arrested the notorious Oar
ling Eastman of Corinth. Eastman was
, king of the mOOnshiners and his arrest
and imprisonment did much toward stop
ping the illegal traffic. After Eastman
capture Ilsley was the acknowledged
leader of moOnshining operations. His
J still was in the cellar of his house. II
was the most complete outfit of the sort
: ever captured in the State. The still was
half full of partiallv-distiled cider bran
' dy, which was spilled. and the apparatus
g destroyed In the cellar we're found Is
casks of cider and other evidences that
llsley had been doing a wholesale bust
q ness. Only a small quantity of brandy
= was found. as llsley had evidently dis.
posed of large amount the day before
4 Ilslev is said to have been in the business
+ for 20 years