Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-15
State l1eos.

nan In Franklin comfy, perhaps In YER
mont, is dead, at the age of lO6 years.
Ie was born IN Ireland.
The $50 striking shirt-makers in the
Rutland factory of Tim & Co. of Troy,
n. Y, went back to work Monday,
satisfactory compromise having been
rranged.
Z William G.. Fletcher of Hinesburgh has
Deen arrested on the charge of alternating
he affections of Howard Rays wife,
lso of Hinesburgh. Fletcher maintains
lis innocence of the charge and gave
pail in $500.
John Kelley. all old resident of Derby,
lied Monday from poison. Feeling Dad
he took, as he supposed, some
vhskey, but got the wrong bottle and
ook acOnite instead. He lived two or
hree hours. He was about 70 years old.
Mrs. Julia Watson of Evanston. ILL.,,
las given $1,000 to Black River academy
1t Ludlow for the purchase of books for
he library. Mrs. Watson once lived in
ludlow. She was preceptress of the
cademv in 1858.
The contractors for the new additions
which will complete the State insane
sylum at Water bury have taken the job
a
cost that the State will save $l3, 900 from
is appropriation.
William Hunter, Barnet farmer, de-
,eloped insanity Sunday in church and
became violently insane Tuesday night.
lie killed his horse, attacked his little
ION and his own brother, but help came
before he could hurt them.
The oldest ex-member of the Vermont
legislature is said to be Hon. ErastuS
Iebard of West Randolph, who will be
b years old if he lives until the 2lst day
If July next. Mr.. Hebard was menu
per of the legislature in 1878.
A petition is being circulated III Brat
leboro asking the selectmen to call
mother meeting for the purpose of re-
binding the vote of last Tuesday APP
Dropriating S25. 900 for the repairs and
improvements on the town hall.
j. Ellsworth Holloway died suddenly
while attending a dance at West Glover
Friday night. His wife and a man nam
ID Chase are under arrest on the charge
Df having poisoned him. 1t is supposed
hat they wished to get him out of the
way.
At meeting of the Republican State
committee in Burlington, Tuesday,
George Il. Childs of st. Adams WAS
elected a member of the national Repub-
lean committee to succeed Col. M. 5.
Colburn of Manchester, who died re-
GENTLY.
The State board of cattle commission
ers found six cases of tuberculosis in the
nerd of j. G. Mann of West Randolph,
Monday, and killed the diseased animals.
Three of the cows were appraised at the
init of the law, $40, the other three at
$50.
The Pythian brick block at St. Johns
bury, built and owned by the local lodge
+ Df Knights of Pytha>, was partially
destroyed by fire Saturday. 1t cost
81 900 and was insured for $4,000.
The total loss will exceed $4,000. The
3Pythians will probably rebuild.
The Colchester (Winoosk) mill novel
ky yarn department is rapidly approach
Ig completion. When it is in operation.
which it is hoped it will be in about two
weeks, it will have capacity of about
1000 pounds of yarn per day. 1t will in
crease the mum Der of operatives by "a.
A gas cylinder in J. 7. Pariso's bot
Ting establishment in st. Adams ex
ploded Monday and wrecked the interior
Of the place. a piece of the cylinder
knocked IA hole in the stove and started
fire that only quick, hard work eXtin-
guished. No one was in the place at the
time and no one was injured.
Silas NJ. Waite. who gained fame by
wrecking a Brattleboro bank 10 years
ago, died of apoplexy Friday at Omaha,
Neb. He was in the employ of the
Omaha and Grand Smelling company.
He served term of six years in the Rut-
land house of correction for his crime in
connection with the BrattlebOro bank.
G. S. Albee's horse was killed at Cen.
ter Rutland Monday morning by an
electric car. Mr.. Albee left his horse
unhitched in front of Hulihan's marble
shop, and the mOtorman claims that the
animal ran into the Car before the latter
could be stopped. The horses back
was broken and it died few minutes
after 1t was struck.
Frank Harbour, 16 years old, wai
killed in Woodford Tuesday while driv
ing team loaded with logs off the
mountain to a mill. He was under ,
horse that had got cast in some way
and was probably trying to get the hors'
up when it fell on him ana killed him
When found he was lying on his face il
the snow. No bones were broken.
The members of Trinity parish In Rut
land are discussing the proposition t.
build parish house to contain a base
ment for a kitchen, bowling alley ant
for the heating apparatus, ground foo
divided into reception and reading
rooms, library, billiard rooms, ETC., ant
an upper floor devoted to the use of TIN
different societies connected with tn,
church.
James +. Billedo of Enosburgh Falls
against whom the grand jury sitting las
September found an indictment charg
ing bigamy, has been arrested and LODGED
in Jail at st. Alhans. He says that hi
counsel had told him that he had pro
cured divorce from his first wife ant
that he was free to marry again, an,
supposed that when he entered into tn
second marriage he was free and un
lrammelled.
William r. Paige of Royalton has
two-dollar bill, measuring three by fOu
inches, which bears the date 1875. On
side reads as follows: This bill en-
titles the bearer to receive two Spanisi
unIIlad dnllarc ar rho Inc tharaOf &