Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-08-31

S4S9. 900 in gold in their vaults at the
date of their last report, july Is.
\ 1t is expected that long distance tele-
phone communication will be established
between st. Adams and Montpelier be-
fore the session of the legislature.
F. w. Booths house and two barns in
Essex Junction were burned to the
ground Aug. "a. The loss was $4,000
TO $4,000, the insurance only $3.50.
f. J. Holton of Dandy the other day
shot a blue heron that stood four feet
and three inches high and measured six
feet and three inches from tip to tip of
wings.
A society of anarchists with 20 menl-
bers has been discovered at Barre. Reg
ular meetings are held and the members
are urged to put down capitalists if they
have an opportunity.
The large farm barns of j. NJ. Foss
of st. Adams were buried Sunday. Mr.
Foss estimates his loss at about S25 600
The buildings. tools, etc., were covered
by an insurance of $4,000.
The heaviest rainstorm for years oc-
cured in st. Johsbury Saturday night,
accompanied by lightning and hail.
Many trees were blown down in the
residential section, windows were
broken and the roads were badly
washed.
Application will be made at the next
session of the legislature to eliminate the
town of We,tmore, The plan is 10 annex
the town to Charleston aud Barton, in
the county of Orleans, and to Newark in
Caledonia county. The population of
Westmore is 305.
The village of Morrsvile has voted to
put in an electric light plant to be owned
and operated by the village. 1t will also
probably put in an independent water
supply system to be owned and operate /
by the village, the present system being
operated by non resident parties.
Mrs. Honora McCarty, who resides in
the town of SALISBURY, NOT far from the
Bennington line, recently celebrated her
10th birthday. Mrs. McCarty was
born in the town Of Dremlake, county
Cork, Ireland. Not long ago she walk.
ed to Bennington and attended service
at st. Francls de Sales church, distant
about six miles.
Work is progressing very satisfactorily
Oh the new cotton mill at Burlington.
The foundations for the main mill and
boiler room are nearly completed. The
main mill will be BOP feet inches by us
feet inches, three stories high. The
boiler house will be 20 by 80 feet and the
engine room 80 by 60 feet. The company
expect to employ 300 hands and run $50
Looms and 32,SG0 spndes.
Edwin l.. Ripley, formerly a deacon
of the First Congregational church in
Burlington, was Jailed in that city Mon
day night as the outcome of the noted
case of d. a. Brodie against him.
Brodie and others were induced by Rip
ley to buy stock which, it is alleged, he
knew to be worthless. Brudie brought
suit to recover what he had been led tC
invest, obtained judgment for S3l05.3'
and got out a close Jail execution.
The Chittenden County Railroad com
pany was organized Monday in Burling-
ton for building railroad II miles long
from Burlington to 1inesburgh. The
capital stock is 5000 900, all of which
has been subscribed for. The director;
are Messrs. William G. Ddcey of New
York, James II. McCreary of New
York. a. p. White of Philadelphia, r
b. Lawrence of New York. f. o. Sin
clair, j. B. Henderson and c. W. Brow
nell of Burlington, Albert Ray of Hines
burgh and 5. a. Rrownell of Esse,
junction.
Dennison Davis, wealthy farmer o
| Putney, was buncoed out of $4,000. tn
other day. and also suffered the loss o
one of his barns. Davis went to Brat
tleboro and drew $1,000 from the Yer
mont National bank, giving his not
therefor Colonel Francis Goodhue.
prominent Brattleboro citizen, wen
security for Davis. Several stranger
have been III town lately, and one o
them made Davis acquaintance. Tn,
farmer says now that his new-fouEC
friend preached a business scheme t
him, and it was to carry OUT the enter
prize that he obtained the money. The
money was left in drawer in the house
and the family retired. About mid
night the barn was discovered to be OF
fire, and the members of the household
rushed out to the burning building
While the barn was burning, the $1,000
together with $1,000 that Mr.. Davis ha(
placed with it, was taken. Davis i
confident that the barn was fired for tn
purpose of getting the family out of thu
house.
The compendium of the 18th census
just Issued, contains many interestn!
statistics concerning Vermont. From
the figures relating to State debts 70
1890 it appears that the total school
municipal, county and State debts, les
sinking funds, amounted to S3,7S5, 1913
This makes the Indebtedness per capit
81 80. and less than that of any othe
New England State. The debt of tn
State of Vermont, less sinking funds, /
given as Sis, 4l6, or 10 cents per capita
The cash and productive assets of TN
State government at that time were S253,
209 The value of all mineral product
in 1889 was S5,674,022. The number o
church organizations in 1890 in the State
904; the number of church edfices, SOP
the total value of church property
Sigh, 800; the seating capacity of tn
churches, 237 900, and the number o
communicates, l06,3l5. The total for
eign-born population in 1890 was loss
of which number the Dominion of Cana
da furnished 25,0Ol; Ireland, 9Sl0; Eng
land, 35lS; Scotland, 1880: Germany
S17; Sweden, SO; Italy, 445; France