Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-12-28
State l1elps.

Green Mountain Old Fellows lodge of
Burlington celebrated on Friday evening
the 50th anniversary of its organization
The Vermont Marble company of
Proctor has taken the contract to fur
nish 10000 soldiers headstones for the
government.
1t Is reported that anO her smallpox
case has been found ia Washington
There have been four or five cases IN
Charlotte and death or tNO from the
disease.
Arthur Robinson of Glen Sutton, L.
q aged 30 wears, was struck 10y tralh
while crossing the ,ilNay track NJ pnday
at East Richtord aud received Injuries
from which he died Tuesday.
BaldWin's wind mill tower at Wells
River was success fully raised Tuesday.
The total height of the tower with the
wheel /, l9S feet and it is said to be the
highest wind mill tower in the world.
Peter Fraser, Barre granite dealer,
was so seriously burned hv the eXplos-
ion of an oil can at his shops, Monday,
that he died Tuesday morning, after be '
ing in agony Is hours. lie was 80 years
old.
Sheriff Lowell of Windsor county went
to Boston recently, and returned with an
Italian vino held up fellow country
man at Ludlow thi- fall and robbed him
of $40. The highwayman gets seven
wears at Windsor for his crime
John Miller of Waterbury found at the
bottom of muck bed, during the last
season, hat appears to be meteorlc
stone. Some portions of it look like nut
candy and other parts like dried plaster.
1t is about the size of "A four quart
measure.
f. q. Sinclair of Burlington, engineer
of the Burlington and llineshurgh RAFT
road. saws that the construction of the
road will be begunas soon As fea IDLE next
spring. probably het wcen the middle of
April aud the first of May. 1t will take
about three months to build the line.
Mrs. Efiie Whaen. or Ellie Cox, AMI
Mrs Rose F1urner, who were convicted
in the Clitleuden county court OF man
slaughter in administering To Mrs.
Fournier's husband tartar emelic a. a
medicine, which resulted IN his death,
were on Thur day morning each Sentenc-
ed to serve 20 years in State prison at
Windsor at hard labor
Edward L. HOefer of Gibbon, Mimi.
was found dead beside pile of Il ths
near Congdom's mill in Chittendrn early
Friday morning. \ pool of blood be-
side the head of the corpse attracted at
tention toa bullet wound In the skull
while revolver with one empty cham
Der lay beside the body. He had com
mitted suicide because IA Chttenden girl
Mary Carter. whom he h'd met In the
West, would not marry him.
NJ f. Rooney of Mrndnn and hi,
brothers had lively, but unsuccessful
chase after panther the other night
Two men and the dog followed the ani
nal and finally succeeded in treri 1t
Here a good view of the creature wa
obtained. He is described rs being bp
tween eight and nine feet long. lie wa
over 40 fret from the ground when >
shot from gun disturbed him. with
out any hesitation hr lraprd to the
ground alighted safely ana fled through
the woods.
There was bad fire Monday night il
the lumber district of Burlington. ~
the ell ,rts of the iremen and cilil N i
was kept within the Booth lumber yards
The los will reach about SlOO,OOO, Mr.
Booths loss being So 900. Twenty fuu
cars on the Central Vermont tracks wer
burned. Fifteen of them were loaded
The city's pumping station. which wa
surrounded on three sides by fire. wa
saved by the heroic efforts of joel Ihon
as, the foreman. There i an inSurtnc
of 100000 on BOoth'7 properly and In
other losses are we'll covered.
An effort is being made to have Sun
day properly observed in bennington
Every fruit store, barber shop. marke
livery stable, tobacco store, etc. IN I'll
village received orders saturday afte
noon from the chief of police that the
must close at midnight Saturday AL
not open until after midnight Sunda!
The office of the Electric Light comptn,
in which is situated the public telephoi
station, was also ordered TO he kel
closed. aud mill owners were notili'
that they must dn no repairs on vi
Chnrry, ETC.. daring the day.