Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
State 17erps.

Vermont is credited with the largest
wool clip per sheep east of the Mississippi
river, % pounds, with other States
much lower.
The other night every window in the
parochial school building of st. Francis
de Sales church in Bennington was
broken by stones.
The Vermont society Sons of the Amer
lean Revolution will hold its annual meet
ings at the hotel in Fairlee at a. M,
Friday, August l6.
Slate beds are to be opened in Benson
for the quarrying of black slate, of which
there is said to be an abundance. About
$4,000 is to be expended.
A vagrant woman called "Aunt MIN"
was struck by train on the Central in
Duxbury, Wednesday, and killed. She
is said to have been 81 years of age
and deaf.
1t took Jury OF six men in Putney,
Monday, to lind boy guilty of steal
ing strawberries from a field, although
the boys he was with all acknowledged
their guilt.
,Jeb Clarke, freight brakeman, fell
from the top of a car on the main line OF
the Central near Wllliston, Wednesday,
and was dead when picked up. He be-
longed IN Waterloo, +. @.
j. w. Votev of Burlington. Nj. Peck
of BroOkfield and o. l.. Kinds of East
Highgate, members of the State road
commission, are making tour of the
State inspecting roads and highways.
A ten-mie bicycle race under the
auspices of the Bennington county
wheelmen came off Saturday afternoon,
with % starters. Arthur Clark, the
winner, made the distance in % min
utes, % seconds.
During the year ended June 30, 1895,
127 old soldiers were cared for at the
soldiers home in Bennington. There
are now 104 inmates. During the past
year ID have died and Is are now in the
hospital. 1t has cost $22S.0S each to
support the men.
Pickpockets reaped harvest in Mont
pelier Wednesday at Buffalo Bills show.
j. G. Gleason of Canaan was relieved of
$50 in the rush at the depot, and ReY.
Joel Simonds of Mortified lost 800 at
the hands of kind young man who as
sisted him from the train.
The works of the Vermont Machine
company at Bellows Falls are to be en-
larged. The company now has four
story brick building on Depot street,
with a one-story ell, ll2 feet by 60.
Two stories are to dded, making the
ell three stories high, and nearly doub-
ling the capacity of the works.
Professional bunco men tried to rob
Royce A. Smith of Green's Corners last
week Monday afternoon. Through Mr..
Smiths shrewdness the scheme failed.
Mr.. Smith is prosperous farmer 20 years
old, and reputed to be worth considerable
money. He also has the reputation of
spending very little of his money fool
ishly.
Only one man. Percy Reed. was en-
listed in the United States army at the
recruiting station IN Bellows Falls last
week. Sergeant Weaver says that the
applicants are numerous. three or four
every day, but many who make applica-
tiOn are ineligible. At least dozen or
IL have been refused because they are
not American citizens.
Central Vermont and Grand Trunk
railroad officials have been over the Cen
trails lines this week and taken an inven-
tory of the rolling stock. A Grand
Trunk official is quoted as saying: 1--WE
are getting too large an interest in the
4 Central Vermont without definite
knowledge as to what the property is ;
hence the inventory"
Arrangements have been made for
rebuilding the large slate mill of Mino-
que q Green in the north part of POult-
ney. which was burned a few days ago.
1 The loss was SIS, 900 and Insurance SlO,-
600. Fifty-five men were thrown out of
employment and % will be employed
again in few days in retitting the slate
department.
Rev. George Thacher of Bakersfield
preached recently on the evils of attend
s,,er al, he mule
pecially against a circus which was
soon to exhibit in the place. Some Of
the young folks of the place were not
pleased with his remarks and when the
village awoke last Thursday morning it
found the minister's house plastered
with circus posters from caves to foun-
4 dation.
II. A. Storrs, professor of electrical
engineering at the State university and
consulting engineer of the electric plant
near MiddleseX, was quite badly in
jured by an explosion at those works
Saturday. He lost the sight of one eye
few years ago while celebrating the
4th of july and it was feared that this
explosion had destroyed the sight of the
other, though that may not prove to be
the case.
In the United States court at Mont
pelier, Friday, George Nj. Douglas, who
pleaded guilty Thursday to the charge
of embezzlng postal funds while post
master at West Rutland, was sentenced
by Judge Wheeler to pay a fine OF
500 without costs. He is said to have
been in the employ of the Vermont
Marble Co. for about 10 years, which
position he relnquished at the time he
became postmaster, which Office he hello
for about three years. He Is now run
ming milk route at Barre.
Arrangements for the midsummer meet
ing of the Vermont Fish and Game league
Aug. l, are being perfected. Invitations
have been accepted by Senator Proctor
ex-senator Edmunds, Congressman Pow
ers and Grout, Gov. Woodbury., ex-GOvs
Stewart, Page and Dillingham; 1t is eX
pected that Senator Morrill, and Col. Mar
shall Mcdonald will be present. The
meeting will be held at Fisk, on Isle Ii
MOttp and a bauUupt will no served fb(