Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-13
State l1eps.

Bellows Falls has organized
4 Young Mems Christian association with
80 members.
II. C. Bristol of Paterson, n. j.. is the
new principal of Vermont academy of
Saxton's River.
Mrs. John Russell of Burlington was
dangerously burned, Friday, by the ex-
4 plosion of a can containing kerosene oil,
which she was pouring upon fire to
start it up.
Bert Sias of Barre fell from the top of
3O-foot electric light pole, Friday,
& breaking both legs and several ribs.
The accident was caused by the breaking
of the pole.
The proprietors of the canning factory
at Westminster are to can apples in the
near future. They estimate that they
can use $4,000 bushels of sound common
fruit in October.
John +. Boyce of West Brookfield shot
"A henhawk last week which measured
four feet from tip to tip of its wings.
The bird had a steel trap, to which was
fastened piece of chain, attached to one
foot.
+. J. Colcord, formerly of the Yer
mont academy and later superintendent
of schools and principal of the high
school at Rutland, has received the APP
pOintment of professor of history in the
Pennsylvania state college.
John O'Neil of East Dorset, brake
man on the Bennington and Rutland
railroad, fell down while coupling freight
cars in the Rutland depot, Friday, and
had his right leg so badly crushed that
it was amputated below the knee.
Rev. John Mccall of New Bedford,
Mass, who is staying in st. Adams, is
an unfortunate being. He was nearly
killed not long ago in bicycle accident,
and Monday night he was thrown from
a carriage and had knee dislocated.
George Aldrlch of Bennington has a
silver pin made in the form of an Irish
harp which was picked up by his great
grandfather on the battlefield of LeXing
ton a few hours after the battle in April,
1775. 1t has been in the family ever
since.
Fred Arnold has been appointed
assignee of the United States Screen
company of Randolph, which recently
failed. There will be about 81 claims to
be proved and the total liabilities will
probably exceed $4,000. OF this
amount, about SG75 is for labor.
A new corporation. recently organized,
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at Dorset with force of $50 men, and
the number will soon be increased to
500. The company is made up of wealthy
capitalists, who own many large quar-
ries in different parts of the country,
and the business will be pushed for all
it is worth.
James Peach and a Chinese named
Chin Foo escaped from the house of cor
rectiOn Friday afternoon. and, in spite
of all efforts to capture them, are still at
large. Chin Foo was serving sentence
of three months for smuggling himself
into this country and had worked out
two-thirds of his time. Peach was sery
ing a like sentence for larceny.
Three men from Bridgewater drove to
81 Woodstock one day last week and while
there got drunk. Their horse got away
and went roaming about the country
until large limb got between the spolles
of a wheel and stopped him. For two
days the horse staid out IN the cold,
: standing with his head down hill, and
when rescued was nearly starved.
1t is announced that the Wnooski and
& Burlington Horse Railroad company has
decided to build line to Essex juno
& ton. This will parallel the Military
Post railroad, which has just been built
and will enable the Winooskl and Bur.
lington railroad to rake passengers at
Essex Junction and deliver them to all
points in Burlington without change.
Vermont fish and game laws are to be
tested at this term of Windham county
court. The two principal cases are the
+ New England Trout and Salmon club VS..
town of Marlboro and Forest and Stream
club VS.. Will 5. Watkins Each will
test the rights of the club to exclusive
fishing IN ponds of the State by owning
lands around them. The clubs are
wealthy and will sharply contest the
cases.
The Vermont Marble company has
Just finished an inclined railway, 325 feet
long, to the bottom of the Sherman
quarry at West Rutland. The railway
runs at an angle of 10 degrees, and is
worked by a cable beneath the car, SINH
lar 10 that used at Mt. Washington, and
is operated by an engine, which is
located about - feet from the quarry
The platform of the car is large enough
to carry a block of marble weighing
from 20 to % tons in perfect safety.