Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-30
State l1erps.

The State board of health say no cpl
demic prevails anywhere in Vermont.
Triplets have been born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Trihey Vigneaux of West Rutland.
A slight but not damaging frost oc-
CURED in Danvile and Walden the morn
ing of the 22d.
About 100 Vermonters have purchased
tickets for the annual encampment at
Louisville, Ky, next month.
News has been received at her former
home in Ryegate of the death of Mary
Leitch, for 40 years a missionary in
Ceylon.
F. j. Hatch, Burlington youth, has
been arrested at Pittsburgh for giving
worthless checks in payment for re-
volvers.
Hon. Henry NJ. Arms, a prominent
resident of Springfield, was taken sud
denly i'll while driving, Tuesday, and
died almost Immediately.
1t is estimated that there are 1900
summer visitors on the shores of Lake
Bomoseen in Castleton and Lake st.
Catherine in Wells.
A large sum of money has been raised
for the Improvement Of Norwich univer-
sity and to purchase land for new build
ings. New courses of study will also be
established.
John Workman of Healdville is in Jail
at Rutland for an alleged assault on VIM.
HoskinsOn of Healdville, whom he Sc
riously hurt. Hoskinson called Wort
mans wife "shyster."
Bethel is the latest town to get electric
lights. A stock company has been
formed to own and operate an electric
light plant there. The power is to be
obtained at GaysYille.
Mrs. Daniel McGovern tried to commit
suicide at Montpelier, Friday, by throw
ing herself in front of a Central Yer
mont train and jumping into the river.
Domestic trouble was the cause.
Miss Hattie Pierce of South London
derry has two pet humming birds which
daily refresh themselves on sugar mois-
tened and placed in the centre of the
gladiolus blossoms at her window.
The Vermont Marble company has OBJ
tanned the contract for furnishing the
exterior marble work for amusement
hall, building to be erected on the
United States soldiers home grounds,
Washington.
The effort to organize a Young Mems
Christian association in Bellows Falls is
meeting with success. a large number
of names has beel. secured and 500 has
been subscribed, besides the 500 for
membership fees.
Harry Lord, 10 years old, has confess
ed that he turned the switch half a mile
south of Bellows Falls the night of Aug.
10 and caused the wreck of the New
York express. He has served a term in
the Industrial school.
Gov. Woodbury. has appointed Col. A..
A. Hall of St. Adams commissioner
from Vermont to act with officials of
other States to secure uniformity of
State laws. This is in accordance with IA
Joint resolution passed at the last session
OF the legislature.
Two strangers named Mayne and Shay,
who were at work haying in Pownal for
John Reed. had dispute Saturday
which ended in Shay's striking Mayne
with a pitchfork, the tines piercing the
man several times. Shay was arrested
and held Tor trial.
Edward Bartlett of Plainfield was at
tackled by three year-Old bull last
week. and would probably have been
killed if the animal had not been de-
prived of its horns. He was thrown
over the bulls head and fell heavily, but
the animal was unable to gore him, and
his son drove it away before it could in
flict any further injuries.
The people of Milton village had quite
scare last Monday afternoon. Mrs.
Frank Rogers was curling hel hair over
lamp when the shade took fire and an
apron was used to eXtinguish the blaze.
Then the apron wss thrown into a hall
way, and soon was found to be on fire.
The whole town was called out before
the fire had been eXtinguished.
Henry O. Houghton, head of the Bos-
ton publishing firm of IIoughton, Milf
fin d Co.. died suddenly Sunday at his
home in North Andover, Mass. He was
born in Sutton, this State, in 1923, learned
the printers trade in the Free Press
office in Burlington and worked his way
through the university He went into
the printing business in Boston in 1919.