Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
State 11eps.

The will of the late James r. Langdon
of MONTPELIER. who was worth at least
million and a half, contains no public be-
quests.
Harry Jacobs, well-known mer-
chant of Fair Haven, has suddenly dis
appeared and his creditors are heavy
losers. His liabilities are $4,000 and
his assets very small.
In the Rutland county court, Friday,
William Waldron was found guilty of
fishing with a gill net in Lake Bomoseen
and sentenced to pay II fine of 500 and
costs of prosecution.
The case of State VS.. Lydia A. Steven
son, charged with manslaughter in caus-
ing the death of NJ. Estella Houghton on
January 20, was taken up Monday after
noon i'm Franklin county court and Is
still on trial.
Mrs. Eunice =. Jones, who died the
other day in Georgia at the age of 93
years, was the daughter of Parker Page
of Haverhill, Mass, who fought in the
revolutionary war and a granddaughter of
Mai Moses Mcfarland, who fought at
Bunker Hill.
The annual encampment of the YER
mont G. A. Il. will be held either at
Montpelier or Burlington, both places
having asked for it. 1t will take place
early in February. EX-Gov. K. j. Orms-
bee of Brandon is strongly spoken of as
the next years department commander.
Mrs. Thomas JENKINS OF Tunbridge at
tempted suicide last Friday, but was dis
covered by Mr.. Jenkyns before life was
gone. She used a small piece of cord
for the poose and then heightened it with
wool Irvine, which in turn was tied to
strap in the woOdshed She was evident
ly insane.
John K. Harris is about to start a new
weekly newspaper in st. Johnsbury.
Preparations are well under way and tn
first number of the paper will probably
be issued next week. Mr. Harris for
merly owned the lIardwick Gazette. lie
is bright writer and should make
success of his new venture.
John W. Titcomb of st, Johnsburv
and Charles c. Warren of Waterbury
have been indicted under the prohibtorv
law by the Washington county grand
Jury, and Tuedav appeared in court
and furnished bail. The indictment
glows out of the visit of the legislative
committee to the State fish hatchery at
RoXbury October 24, 1894. On that Oc-
casion Messrs. Warren and 'Titcomb, who
were then State fish commissioners,
furnished to their guests an elegant
lunch and some one furnished whiskey
also. The respondents deny that they
were responsible for the liquor.
Charles Gore, assistant cashier of the
New York Herald, who robbed that pa
per of $4,000 July Il, was arrested in
Burlington Friday afternoon by officers
from New York city. Gore had charge
Of deposting funds in the bank and with
drawing them to meet the weekly pay
ments, averaging $4,000. On July II
he went TO the bank to draw the money,
as usual, and failed to return. His
crime was evidently premeditated and
carefully planned, for, as afterwards
appeared, he wrote to a Young lady in
Connecticut in whom he was interested,
enclosing 500 and saving that the de-
tectives would probably be on his track
by the time she received the letter. He
pretended in Burlington that he was a
plumber and deposited large sums
of money in the various banks of the
city Cashier Burgess of the Howard
national became suspicious of the man
and communicated with the authorities,
the consequence being his arrest