Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-20
State l1erps.

Trinity church of Rutland has extended
"A call to Rev. George Alexander Strong
Of the diocese of Massachusetts.
Mason 5. Stone, State superintendent
of education, was elected president of the
New England supcrntendents of cduca
ton at meeting recently held in Boston,
The Young Mems Christian associa-
ton of Rutland are preparing for IA grand
celebration the first week in January.
when their new rooms in the Bates
House block will be formally opened to
the public.
Hon. Edward II. Sturtevant, the Rcpub-
lican mayor, lect of Franklin, n. H.,
Is native of Craftsbury. lie has been
a resident of Franklin since 1873, where
he is an active and influential business
citizen. He was member of the legis-
lature in 1893 and 1891
Vermont will be represented at the
commercial centennial in New York
city by Gov. Woodbury.. ex-senator Ed
munds, ex-Minister Phelps, Col LIE
Grand b. Cannon, Col. W. Seward Webb,
Gen. John G. Mccullough, b. b. Small
ley and Thomas II. Garfield.
A peculiar accident happened to Percy
futile of Jamaica recently. He and
Wesley Allen were working in the woods
together, when futile reached to pull a
limb out of his way, and Allen, striking
at the same time at limb near by, hit
Tuttles hand, cutting off the cords of
the two middle fingers just below the
wrist Joint.
The directors of the Bennington and
WOodford Electric Railroad company
have declared IA dividend out of the
profits of the road of II per cent They
have also voted to extend the line of the
road from Camp Comfort in Woodford
to ''the forks" in Glastonbury, and to
eXpend $40, 900 in this, and in fitting up
a building for summer resort.
Miss Laura Miner, aged 20 years
whose home is in Rutland county, died
last week Wednesday. While attending
party on Halloween she was told that
if she swallowed a chickens heart anv
wish that she made would come true
The heart stopped in her windpipe,
causing an abscess, which after weeks
of suffering brought about death.
The grand jury in the Windsor county
court has found bills against DIR. II. A.
Ryder of Rochester for infanticde; }. F..
Davis of Felchviile, arson; William East
man of Hartford, burglary; Albert
French of Hartford. larceny; John Arm
strong of Norwich, assault. The trial of
DR.. Ryder promises to be the most sensa-
tional held in Windsor county for several
years.
Arrangements are now being made at
Barre to form Il big stock company for
the purchase of all the leading granite
quarries in that section. 1t is not in
tended to take the cutting plants, but
only the quarrying business. The plan
is looked upon with favor by leading
that 81 100000 will be required to carry
the deal into effect.
For some time there has been quiet
talk among the hotel proprietors of the
State of some concerted action among
themselves for mutual help and assist
ance in time of trouble and adversely,
apI tho tnlly il la.t tal linn IaHpitn
shape. 1t is probable THAI meeting of
hotel prOprietors will be called at some
central and easily accessible point in the
near future, when and where IA strong
organization will be pei fected.-L Harris
Weekly.
Senator Ira Allen of Fair Haven was
taken before Judge Thompson in the
Washington county court the 18th Inst.
on an indictment charging him with
from u TO 10 first offences of giving
away Intoxicating liquor at the time of
the now famous legislative iunket at RDX-
bury, Oct. p. 1894. Through John II.
Senter, his attornev, Senator Allen
pleaded not guilty. Bail was fixed al
$500, which was furnished by Mr.
Senter, and the case was continued unti
the March term of court.
a despatch from Cornwall, Ont, says
Chief Thompson of st. Regis and Chiel
John Bruce of lIogansburgh, n. Y.
representing The st. Regis band of The
Iroquois tribe of Indians, have obtained
permission of the government to entel
suit against the State of Vermont fo
S9G, 600 for 100000 acres of land sole
many years ago, and against the State o
New York for 10000 acres, for whicl
they have never been paid. They ais
laid certain grievances before IIayte
Reid, superintendent general of Indial
affairs The suits against Vermont an,
New York will be pushed.
General l1eps.