Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-26
State l1eps.


The State Teachers association will
have its annual meeting IN Rutland Nov.
1924.
A big revival is in progress at Rich
ford. Last Sunday 90 persons were bap-
tised as a result of it.
Rev. II. 5. tfske, until lately pastor
of st. Paul's Universalist church IN Rut-
land, has received call to Methuen,
Mass.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Fish and Game league will be held at
Montpelier November 10. a banquet
will follow at the Pavilion.
Charles McCarty, a barber, was found
dead in the Central Vermont railroad
ward at Mortified Sunday morning. He
had evidently been run over by all
engine.
The oldest surviving member of a
legislature has been heard from. He is
Merritt Clark of Poultney, member of
the house in 1892. Mr.. Clark is %
years old
Fire at North Bennington Wednesday
morning destroyed the building occupied
by J. b. McNamar's drug. store and
Tuckee lodge, f. 81 A. NJ. Tucllee lodge
has $1,000 insurance.
Lottie r. Baker, who murdered her
children in Montgomery few months
ago, was removed from the jail at st.
Albans and taken TO the Waterbury in
sane asylum Monday.
NJ. A. Parker and George Whipple of
West Concord were called upon by Fish
Commissioner Whitcomb last week to
settle for drawing out the water and
killing the fish IN the mill pond on Mink
brook. They settled for $50 and costs.
The other day as workmen in the
foundry of the scale shop at St. Johns
bury we're pouring off" William Mute,
who was carrying one end Of a ladle,
stumbled and fell, spiling the molten
mass upon the back of his neck, should
err, arm and hand.
At the recent meeting of the State
Historical society in Montpelier cannon
ball made by Ethan Allen at Salisbury,
Conn, in 1862, was presented to the
society by W. w. Goss of Lakeville,
Conn. 1t was accompanied by an in
teresting descriptive letter.
Charles Lamere of St. Johnsbury, II
wears old has been sentenced to the
Reform school during his minority for
breaking and entering Randall's drug
store and stealing from the cash regis
ter S4l7. 1t is claimed that he was the
leader of gang of boys organized for
such purposes.
Miss Elda Gludici, about 20 years old,
daughter of GerolamO Gudici, stone
cutter in the employ of the Vermont
Marble company at Proctor attempted
suicide TIE other day by shooting her
self in the head with a small pistol.
Only slight flesh wounds were produced.
Her father had been scolding her.
G. II. Lunt, Young tramp, has been
arrested near Brattleboro for placing an
obstruction in the shape of an iion spike
on the track of the New London North
ern railroad between Brattleboro and
Vernon Monday. and which for some
reason or other failed to wreck fast
train which passed over it, Lunt admit
ted the crime and was held for trial
The auditor of the Boston and Maine
railroad has finished his investigation of
the books of Freight Clerk Ernest L.
Green. who committed suicide at the
Commercial House, Bellows Falls, last
week Wednesday. He finds shortage
in the cash of S652. Green had beer
discharged for neglect of duty and shot
himself when sent for to explain irregu
larities in his books.
Wilbur Brown was freed by a bear al
most within sight of his house near Ben
nington recently. He was hunting. &C
companied by his dog, and when he cam'
to rise of ground he spied a bear ant
three nearly full-grOwn cubs. Mr.. Brow
discharged his gun, which was LOADED
with bird shot, hitting the bear in TIN
face. The bear Immediately moved to
wards Mr.. Brown, who climbed a tree
The old bear viewed him for short tim
and then walked off towards the woods
followed by the cubs.
The annual report of State Inspector 0
Finance w. II. Dubois shows that tn
number of depositors in all the saving
banks and trust companies in the Stat
June 30, 1891, was o., 239, an increase i
number in one year of 1924. OF thi
number 81, $50 are residents of Vermont
and had to their credit June 30, 1891
$23, G2S, Gl5.44. an increase during tn
year of S479. POO %. Nonresident depos
itors numbered l0,l59. and had to thei
credit 4,33S, 339 ,02, an increase of S224
7lG.54, making a total increase in deposit
for the year of SOB, 925.T7.