Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-01-12
State 11ems.

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The January term of the supreme court
opened at Montpelier on Tuesday, all the
judges being present
Rev. c. NJ. Lamson, pastor of the
North Congregational church at ST.
Johnsbury, has accepted call to the
pastoTate of the Centre church at Hart.
ford, Conn.
Hon. NJ. w. Davis, former member
of the State board of agriculture ano OF
the legislature, died last week Wednes-
dav at his home in Westminster from
the effects of the grip, aged ~ years.
There is some prospect that j. p.
Squres & Co. will remove their big
pork-packing establishment from Cam
bridge. Mass, to Cold River, n. H.,
mile below Bellows Falls on the Fitch
burg railroad.
Merell ). Whtmore was instantly
killed by falling tree in front of w. II.
Testers house, three miles north of Rut-
land, Saturday afternoon. His wife was
looking at him from the house when the
accident occurred.
The Brooklyn On. W society of Yer
monters will have its -four tn annual re-
union and banquet on the evening OF the
18th inst. Addresses will be made by
Hon. r. G.. Horr and others aud Senator
Morrill, is expected to attend.
T.. p. Rarann, an aged resident OF Barre
whose mind became deranged some time
ago, wandered out of town Saturday
morning. Searching parties found him
near Moretown Monday night, seated ON
a high rock, alive, but greatly chilled.
A large majority of the patrons OF st.
Johnsburv post-oflice have signed pc
tition asking Postmaster General Bissell
not to confirm Arthur c. Randall as
postmaster there. Randall was appointed
postmaster in June, but his confirmation
is still hung up in the senate committee.
The Swanton Suspender Co. is financi-
allv embarrassed, aud has been placed in
the hands of a trustee for the benefit OF
the bondholdcrs. An inventory is being
taken, and it is expected, if properly
managed, that enough will be realized
to pay the bondhoders in full aud good
dividend to the general creditors.
Frank g. Mattison, freight agent at
BENNINGTON of the Bennington 81 Rut-
land railroad, who lett suddenly two
weeks ago. is defaulter to the company
for several thousand dollars. These de-
falcations occurred three and four years
ago. Piles of freight bills carried as
uncollprted have been found to have
been paid three and four YeaIs ago.
Mattison is connected by marriage with
several of the high officials of the road,
and his accounts have not been audited
for years. At last accounts he was
visiting friends in Chicago.
President l.. F. Engesby of the Yer
mont Investment Co. of Burlington and
Hot Springs, ;. d., has come back from
Dakota to Burlington. He says of the
affairs of the company, which is now III
the hands of receiver: MANY OF the
loans placed by the company have on In
vestigation been found all right; Others
are of doubtful value. but in ordinarily
good times would be good, while the fl
nancia crash has destroyed the value OF
small per cent of loans. Very few OF
the borrowers have gone into insolvency
Most of the real estate mortgages will be
paid when times improve, though II
many cases the interest cannot be col
lected now"
Peter jerome and his brother-in-law
buck LESSOR" Frenchmen living il
Shelburne village, were arrested on Sat
urday for wholesale theving. They
had plundered summer cottages al
ThompsOn's Point in Charlotte, the hote
at Queen City park, the stOrehouse of I
Burlington wholesale grocery and one
or two Burlington stores, and had takeI
articles of every conceivable kind. The
list of stolen property found in thei
house includes hundreds of fish hooks
lines and sinkers, costly fish poles arC
silver plated reels, willow baskets
lamps, brackets and reflectors, station
cry, glass ware, paper, perfumery, tlavo
ing extracts, cotton and wooden under
wear, bathing suits, one of which has
rubber lfe-saving attachment, cans o
pulverized sugar, canned fruits ant
vegetables, brushes, broOmS. cold chiselS
files. two new suits of boys clothing
bed and table linen, mirrors, meal bags
hammocks. shawls, Il web of cotton fan
mel. etc. The largest haul was made IA
the summer cottage of j. w. johnson o
New York city, at ThOmpsons Point.