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STATE NEWS

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Another Democrat has been honored
in the appointment of P, @. Dodge of
Burlington, editor of the independent,
to be deputy U. S. marshal This is an
adjunct to his Office as immigrant inspec-
tor.
Ex-Postmaster G. c. Peck has been ap-
pointed deputy collector and inspector
OF customs under Collector Smaliey, and
for the present will be stationed at Que
bee. He left for that city Monday to be-
gin his official duties.
The State fish and game commissioners
announce that Deer brOOkin Shrewsbury.
Pike brook in Shrewsbury and Mendon
and schoolhouse brook in Mendon have
been stocked and that fishing in
these streams is prohibited until May l.,
1897. These streams are all in Rutland
county.
Bishop Hall consecrated st. Anne's
Episcopal church in Richford Tuesday.
The Bishop preached from Cor. iii: 1917.
He was assisted by Rev. +. 81. Blunt of
East Berkshire, L. M. Hardy of Burling-
ton, and Mr.. Lackey of Glen Sutton, Pc.
This is Bishop Halls first conservation
since he was indicted to the Office of
Bishop of Vermont.
The bobbin and spool works of Henry
A. Jackson & Son of Topsham, with all
their stock and lumber, adwelling house
and three barns, were burned Wednesday
afternoon. The total loss was $25, 600;
insurance $1,000. Nothing was saved
from the house aside from very few
articles of furniture. The fire originated
from a spark in the shaVings about the
shop.
The road commissioners from several
towns in Franklin county met at St.
Adams, last week, and formed a county
organization to discuss and study the
subject of road building. Professor
J. W. VOtey of Burlington and Fl. l..
Kinds of East Highgate, members of the
State Road Commission, were present,
and, with the commissioners. discussed
in an informal way the road laws of the
State and how to build better roads.
This is the first organization of the kind
in the State. and the result will be
watched with interest in other counties.
George P. Kelley, his wife and five
children, the youngest less than year
ole, passed through Warren county, Tues
day on their way to their former home in
Montpelier, vt. Five years ago Mr..
Kelley and his family left their home
there to go few miles below New Or
leans on the gulf coast. They succeeded
in business until last October, when a
cyclone swept over that region, complete
ly demolishing his property and nearly
his family. Homeless and almost des-
tiute he started with his family for Yer
mont October 2Sth, making the journey
with single horse and covered wagon.
They have been on the way continually
since that time, travelling at their leisure,
sometimes spending several days or a
week in a town. In fair weather they
slept in the wagon and cooked their own
meals at convenient points along the
road. In cases of storm they found
shelter in hotels and farm houses. They
expect to reach Montpelier Saturday.
A party of Eve women from Moody's
school at Northfield, Mass, were driving
down steep hill into Brattleboro last
Monday afternoon, when the neckyoke
broke and their horses ran. All were
thrown from the carriage. Miss Mariana
w. Blood, one of the teachers, was
driving. The horses ran down the hill
at frightful pace, and at an angle in the
road the carriage slowed into the gutter.
Miss Blood was thrown with terrific
force upon an iron grating, killing her
instantly and mangling her face beyond
recognition. Miss Clara M. Burt of Plain
field, N. j., was seriously injured about
the head, and one ear was severed. The
young women left Mortified with two
horses for pleasure drive to Brattleboro,
stopping about mile below the village
to eat their lunch, and where they must
have broken the horses neckyoke. A
farmer fixed the break with rope and
they drove on. The accident has caused
universal mourning in Northheld, where
Miss Blood was general favorite.