Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-11

Fletcher at North Chester were broken
into Saturday night and quantity of
goods and some money taken.
Col A. L. Newman, president of the
Commonwealth bank of Boston, shot
himself fatally the 30 inst. while de-
spondent. He was a native of Brattle-
boro.
Vermont has the largest average wool
clip of any State. In 1890 it averaged
672 pounds per sheep. The next aver
aye was in New Hampshire. where
sheep averaged 5.S2 pounds per head in
1890.
The work of rebuilding has already be-
gun on the burned district in Towns
bend. The seminary and Baptist church
will be rebuilt, and, probably, new
hotel will be put up about on the site of
the old one.
Gabriel Ghoor, the Syrian peddIer who
was arrested at Montpelier recently
on the charge of having murdered John
Abbott in Groton last December, was
discharged after a hearing at st. Johns
bury on Tuesday.
DR.. Smith of Poultney, druggist, was
charging a soda fountain the other dav
when it burst. None of the pieces hap
pened to hit him, but he was deluged with
water and nearly strangled by the gas.
The pressure on the fountain was 200
pounds to the inch.
An attempt was made at an early hour
last Thursday morning to break into the
clothing store of w. o. Whitmarsh at
Mortified. The burglars bored a hole
! in the front door and knocked off lock,
but it happened that another lock was in
use on the door. Before they could
operate further they were discovered and
ran away.
St. Lu1es Episcopal church of ST. AL
bans has recently received $500 in com
promise of a bequest of $1,000 made by
the late Hiram Bellows about twelve
years ago. The executor of the Bellows
estate refused to pay the bequest, where
upon a suit was brought by the wardens
f and vestry of the church against the
hesitate for the amount.
The room of James Bingham at Bur-
lington was entered on recent night
and gold ring, a silver watch and a
pOcketbOOk containing $40 were stolen.
Ed. Willis, colored, barber living next
door to Bingham, was arreste !, as was
also man named Wilson. and lodged in
Jail. Some of the stolen property was
found on their persons.
Two men named Cram and Bow have
been arrested at Greensboro Bend on
the charge of having last fall at that
place murdered Isaac Mills, whose body
was recently found under IA lumber pile,
and their preliminary examination is
now in progress. They contradict each
other in important particulars and cross
themselves badly thus far. There is a
strong probability that they will be held
for trial and committed.
Jewett p Cain and II. w. Love APP
peared before State Auditor Hale at Rut.
land the other day, each presenting
claim for the quarter fines of the S604(
which John O'Neil of Whitehall recently
paid to the State treasurer. The claims
of both men grow out of the prosecu
tons, conducted bv them. against O'Nei
for selling liquor about II years ago. a
that time Cain was town grand Juror Of
Rutland and Love acted as assistant.
William Wilcox of Bennington. while
walking on the railroad track one night
last week, caught his foot in frog anC
fell across the the track just as passen
ger train was coming. He lay stunned
and the train cut off one foot, which
brought him to consciousness. II
bound up his leg with a handkerchief
twisted a thong tightly about it to stol
the flow of blood, and crawled nearl.
one-third of a mile to the Soldiers home
where he called for help. He was takel
into the institutions hospital, where hi
leg was amputated.