Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-01-26
State 11ems.
The diphtheria is epidemic in West


tsins the names of 7l2O persons is years
of age and over.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
Tuesday night to burn Burgess livery
stable in Bennington.
Henry Whitcher and wife celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary on
Friday at their home in South Ryegate.
The route of a railroad from Burling-
ton to Hinesburgh is being surveyed.
The company secured a charter in 1890
George T. Loop, for many years bar
Der in Rutland and a veteran of the rebel
lion, died on Monday of pneumonia, aged
81 years.
At the recent session of the Rutland
county court there were 90 judgments
given and over $50 civil cases were dis
posed of.
Henry Fox's young son broke his jaw
bone and an arm and received further
injuries while sliding down hill at Pitts
ford, Thursday.
Office clerk arrested last week for steal
ing money from letters, has been admit
It'd to bail in $780,
The famous O'Neil liquor case was
again argued before the supreme court
at Montpelier last week. The court re-
served Its decision.
Arthur Fisher, who lives in that part
of st. Adams known as st. Adams hill,
has mysterious ly disappeared. He was
last seen in the village.
The Burlington Cadets have been
selected to fill the vacancy in the nation
al guard of the State caused bv the mus
tering out of Co. n. of Richford.
A B TIRE paper publishes record show
ing that during the past II years 625
houses have been erected in that town,
1891 being the banner year with l03.
Thomas Graham of Rutland, who was.
in Boston Oh a visit to relatives, cut his
throat there. Tuesday, while suffering
from delrium tremens. He will recover.
One more death from diphtheria has
occurred at Calais and there are several
new cases. The schools are all closed
and the sick ones are strictly quarantined.
Miss Fannie Richardson of Fairfax.
who recently elOpcd with \. =. Butler.
has been deserted by him in New York
city and her father is now trying 10 find
her.
The Reformer Publishing 90 npany of
Brattlehoro has been turned into a stock
company. with paid-up capital STOCK of
$40 900. G. II. Davenport is president OF
the new concern.
The barns on w. L. Aliens farm near
Burlington were burned ON Friday. In
one barn were six valuable he eS, none
of which could he gotten out, The loss
is $1,000 aside from the horses.
A petition signed by $50 Democratic
patrons of the st. Johnsbury post-Officc
and asking for the early confirmation
of y. c. Randall AS postmaster has been
forwarded to the Washington authori
ties.
The Hygeia summer hotel at Lake st.
Catherine in POultney was burned
Wednesday morning, it is supposed by
an incendiary. The house cost $1,000 and
the Vermont Mutual had $1,000 insurance
on it.
\ receiver has been appointed for the
Summer Home company of WoOdford
The company owns 800 acres of wood
land, IA large hotel, a number of cot
tages. trout pond, etc. Its capital is
100000.
Gyes Merrill, superintendent of the
old Vermont Central rairOad's lines
from 1889 to 1874, died of pneumonia on
Tuesday at his home in IIaverhill. Mass,
where he had lived since retiring from
active work in 1874.
During drunken fight in South
POultney, Sunday night, William Nc
Grath, quarryman, was stabbed and
seriously bruised about the face by
Matthew CrOnin, a fellow-laborer. Nc
Grath will recover.
Ora NJ Wilmot, IA freight engineer,
was instantly killed Sunday afternoon
between LyndOnvile and West Burke.
He was looking back from his engine at
hot box on the train, when he was
struck by Il bridge.
Returns OF the condition of the national
banks in Vermont on December 10 show
the reserve to have been 81 .6S per cent
loans and discounts, Sl3, 2S4 900; ndlvid-
ual deposits, 5000, and lawful
money reserve S9S0,ll7.
Mrs. George Sherlock of St. Adams,
wife of IA freight brakeman, was fatally
burned on Saturday while lighting fire
with kerosene. 1t set her clothes on fire
and the whole upper part of her body
was roasted before the flames could be
extinguished.
The general store of r. C. Reyes at
Newbury was broken into the other
night and the safe blown open with
powder. Rev. Mr. Merrill of the Con-
gregatiOnal church heard the explosion
at a m, and thought it was an earth
quake. MI. Reyes loss was 5000.
lie creditors OF Ine Beeman Bros
Co. and the Buttertield Spring Bed CO..
SwantOn concerns that recently became
financially embarrassed, voted on Satur
day to put them into insolvency. They
owe over 1900 and have small assets.
The famous law suit of j. X. Darling
administrator of Jacob Mills estate
against Charles Mills, has been settled
by the latter paying back $1,000 to the
estate, each party to pay its own costs
Jacob Mills was the wealthiest citizen il
the town of TOpsham, being worth
about $4,000.
alexander Bissette. Videl Lessor ant
Peter Jerome of Shelburn, who robbed
houses al Queen City park aud elsewhere
along the lake, were sentenced in tn,
city court at Burlington Tuesday
jerome and Lessor each to seven ant
Bissette to four years at hard labor il
the States prison at Windsor.