Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-08
State l1elps.

About six inches of snow fell at Chester
Monday night.
A woman's A. p. A. has been organ
lied at st. Johnsbury with over 80
members.
II. NJ. Arms of Springfield was elected
president of the National Dairy associa-
ton at its congress at Washington, d. c.,
last week.
Gov. Woodbury. has appointed Mrs. II.
l.. Marvin Of Alburg county examiner.
She is the first and so far the only woman
in the State to fill that position.
Morris F. Atkins of Montpelier, editor
of the Argus, and Miss Mabel Lynch of
Brooklyn were married at the home of
the brides parents last week.
O. Franklin Comstock of St. Adams
has been sentenced to three years in
States prison at Windsor for robbng
hens nests and stealing fowls.
Chester C. Hubbard, a young farmer
of Wilmington, committed suicide We'd
nesday by hanging. Temporary insanity
is supposed to have been the cause.
The calendar for the March term of
the Rutland county court, which will be-
gin next Tuesday, contains IS divorce
cases. about 400 civil causes and 307
criminal cases.
Brattleboro voted Tuesday to repair,
improve and enlarge the town house at
cost not exceeding $25, 200. The en-
larged building will contain an attrac-
tive opera house.
Hetly Green, the richest woman in the
world, declares that she intends to move
TO Bellows Falls and occupy the old
family homestead. Her wealth is esti-
mated ati$60,000,000
The steam sawmill of Henry II.
Rounds at Richford Center was burned
Monday, with machinery and stock OF
lumber The loss will reach several
thousand dollars. No insurance.
At recent book sale, copy of San
ders' "Indian Wars" printed at Mont
pelier in 1912 and suppressed by the
authors in consequence of bitter and
unjust criticism, brought $21 30.
The Canadian authorities have forbid
den physicians in Richford to practice
medicine in Canada. Rlchford is only
one mile from the boundary and physi-
clans resident there have many patients
over the line.
The State railroad commissioners have
sent in their report concerning the pro-
decided that the Brattleboro Street Rail-
road company Is entitled TO a location
under the charter and law of 1884,
One hundred and fifty shirt makers
employed by Tim g. Co. at their factory
in Rutland struck Tuesday for an in
ere ase in pay on certain grades of work.
Unless the girls return to work or their
places are filled the strike will affect 400
operators.
Nearly all the granite firms in Mont
pelier have begun working their forces
of men nine hours day, which will
probably continue until the first of No
vember. There are very few idle stone
cutters at present and business generally
in that line seems to be picking up.
Five towns in Caledonia county voted
at the March meeting to start town IL
brares, The State gives each town 500
towards starting library, If the towns
do their part. Groton, Lyndon, Hard
wick. Walden and Rvegate awaited them
selves of the provisions of the statute.
A large electric light of elaborate de-
sign is to be placed IN front of the Pleas
ant street engine house at Morrisville. a
gift to the Morrsvile fire department by
ex- Gov. G. S. Page of Hyde Park in re-
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time of the recent fire in his warehouse
at Hyde Park.
A new business Just started in Brat
tlebOrO is the paper and Bag Wiring
Co.." consisting of F. j. Holman. l.. II.
Stellman and c. b. Hopkins of Hns-
dale. who have begun the manufacture
of machine invented bv Mr. Stellman,
mich effects a great Improvement and
economy over anything now in use.
The Champlain Transportation COM
pany have decided not to build "a new
steamer Instead they have purchased
the MOhican which ran as an excursion
boat on Lake George last summer. She
is substantially built, being SO feet over
all, with IL feet beam nodded breadth
1t will he used for excursions on Lake
George.
Willie Root, while at school in West
Windsor recently, had a dynamite cart
ridge which was supposed to be useless
and went to picking 1t with pin, when
1t exploded, blowing of the first finger
on the left hand, breaking another and
his thumb on the same hand and taking
off the end of his other thumb, besides
injuring his eyes, but it is hoped he will
recover his eyesight.
"A iOI VI piB ildNC ldlclN DteI
taken In Lake Bomoseen. The largest
was monster, tipping the scales at just
264 pounds. In length 1t measured 4f
inches and was so long that when held
by the head at the breast of an ordinarily
tall man its tail reached the ground. Be
sides being long the fish was fat anG
measured in girth 81 inches. The head
was II inches long and the tail was II
inches in breadth.
The new electric lighting plant put in
by the village of Morrisville at cost OF
about $4,000 is in operation. 1t is rur
by water. 1t starts with 400 incandes
cent lights and % arc lights for stree
lighting. Being owned and operated by
the village, it is intended that the rates
and service shall not be beaten in this
country. Incandescent lights in stores
and offices are furnished at SO each
year; in public halls at So; sleeping
rooms in hotels at So for first light anC
81 for second in each room; in churches
at 81 each; private residences, first ligh
in each living ROOM So Der year. eapl