Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-30
State l1elps.

added to the equipment of the Rutland
opera house.
f. 5. Loukes, a prominent Highgate
farmer, dropped dead on Friday. He was
- years of age.
Charles Wood brakeman whose home
is i'm Bellows Falls, was killed in NorCes-
ter, Mass, last week.
The Burlington Commercial Travellers
association will hold its annual banquet
at the Van Ness House Dee. IS.
The Barre Congregational society has
called Rev Samuel Jackson, ID. d, of
Kingston, Ont, to its pastorate.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
last Thur sday night to rob the railroad
station and post-ollice at Enosburg Falls.
4 Burlington newspaper the other day
printed de nth notice under the heading
"A Budget of Pleasing Personal News.
Curtis ). Emery has been appointed
clerk of the Orange county court to Till
the vacancy occasioned by the death of
Salmon b. lIebard.
Editor p. c. Dodge of the Burlington
Independent was arrested on Friday for
alleged libel of a policeman of the city,
but soon secured BALL
DIR. w. Seward Webb of Shelburne won
SlSl5 III prizes at the great horse show in
New York recentlN-gctting more than
any other one exhibitor.
The Central Vermont railroad has
secured contract for carrying lOO,OOO
barrels of sugar from New York to Chi
cago. This will require the use of 400
cars.
Rev Dr. Shedd, the distinguished
scholar who died few days ago in New
York, left his valuable library to the
university of Vermont, of which he was
u graduate.
F. $ Smith, membership secretary of
the Waterbury. Conn, \. NJ. c. \. has
accepted the call as secretary of the st.
) hnsbury, association and will begin his
new duties December |.
The Office of Russell Il March of Ben
nington was entered Friday night and
the safe blown open, but the thieves got
little booty. \ tramp has been arrested
ON suspicion that he had Il hand in the
crime.
Mrs. Madalena Van Ness, widow of
GOV. Cornelius Van Ness OF this State,
died in New York last week. She was
the second wife of the governor and was
a member of noble family eXled from
Hungary whom he met in Spain while
minister to thar country.
The commissioners appointed by the
supreme court to decide whether Lawyer
i. j. Enright of Burlington should be
debarred from legal practice or not have
acquitted him of the charge of having
instituted suit which he knew was
based on fraudulent claims.
The Fournier murder trial in the Chit
tenden county court is now on its fourth
week The defense are trying To make
out that the victim died of too much rum
rather than from poison administered by
the two women on tIial for putting him
out of the way.
Sellers of Intoxicating liquors in Wash
ingtOn county are beginning to realize
that the way of the liquor seller is IA
rocky road to travel. Fines to the amount
of $500 were imposed on viOlators of the
prohbito;y law in county court in one
day recently.
Burglars entered the clothing store of
ROlin Kent at Manchester a few nights
ago and stole quite IA quantity of cloth
ing. etc. The job was bunglingly done.
and suspicion pointed 10 coupe OF
tramps. who have been jailed to await IA
hearing. One of them had on some Of
the stolen clothing.
President Cleveland has appointed
Alfred Dow postmaster of Bellows Falls.
vice b. Cannon. .Ir., whose term expired
September |. 1891. The salary is $1,000
Mr.. Dow was formerly "A passenger con
ductor on the Central Vermont and
Connecticut River railroads, retiring
from the latter three years ago.
A letter written by Coadjutor Bishop
j. s. Michaud of Burlington says, in re-
ply to letter of inquiry asking if the
knights of Pythias was included in the
secret societies which Catholics are for
hidden to JON: "CathOlicS "a SUCH have
no place in your order. for by so doing
they put themselves outside of her spirit
ual benefits"
Jonah Hughes of Poultney, a boss
quarryman, was Instantly killed at Aud
d Conger's quarry on Monday. lie was
standing near the edge of the pit, astride
guy rope, when suddenly the rope was
drawn taut and he was hurled ID feet in
the air. then turning he shot over the
edge and struck the slant, 20 feet below,
head first, crushing his skull.
A fire at WnOoski Sunday morning
destroyed Duprat's shoe store and dam
aged Iavigne's block and grocery. The
loss To Duprat was about Sl5OO. with in
surance of $1,000; Layigne'S loss is about
$500, with insurance of $1,000 Duprat
left pockctbOok containing S2l6 in
money in the drawer in his office. A.
the empty pocketbook was found within
"A short distance of the fire. it is thought
thieves entered the store and set the fire
accidentally or otherwise.
The stockholders of the Central Yer
mont had their annual meeting az St
Adams on Saturday and elected these di
rectors: Edward G.. Smith of ST. Alb ans
l.. q. Sargent of Montreal. b. b. SmalleN
of Burlington. John Bell of Belleville
Ont, Charles Percy of Montreal. Jane
II. langdon of Montpelier, b. p. Cheney
OF Boston. +. ). Stranafan of St. Alhans
W. Seward Webb of Shelburne and Rob
ert Colt of New London. One vacancy
is left to be filled by the new board. The
report of the directors showed crafty
ing condition of affairs. indicating tina
the depression of the past year has been
weathered in good shape. Reports 70
the year ending June 30 were Earnings
S.. 2I5. 053 20; operating expenses, 50,
Cos 1913 GG net revenue, Sl.5s6.O39 d