Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-28
State 17erps.

WIN has bNNn OOililNhNNo WI IN
building of the new Woodbury. and
lardwick railroad.
The annual encampment of the Yer
lont national guard will be held at
alrlee from Monday, August -, to Fri.
lay, August l6, inclusive.
Friday evening Geo. A. Stowell OF
Ninooski found his two-year-old daugh
er, Sadie, drowned in a barrel of water
which he had placed in his garden.
Derby Line claims to have the oldest
Serson living in Orleans county, If not
b Vermont, in the person of Moses
Pierce, who was l02 years old June s.
During the past year 1000 lake
rout and 10000 brook trout have been
distributed throughout the State. Land
Dcked salmon are to be distributed next
ear.
The Rutland shirt factory have added
0 new machines to their plant. Al
PRESENT they have a working force OF
IS girls, which will soon be increased tC
90.
The latest in fish stories comes from
Wilmington. The fishermen were ang.
ing for cells one evening when a large
nuskrat swallowed the hook and bait
lie was landed after quite tussle.
Miss bessie Hulett of Wallingford
ged about 46 years. disappeared Thurs.
lay morning and later her dead body
Vas found in the lake near by. 1t is
Imposed that she committed suicide.
Ernest w. Holton, troop E, Sd United
btates cavalry, was found dead in the
abroad yard at Burlington Thursday
horning, the Goth. 1t is supposed he
HAS killed while attempting to board q
rain during the night.
j. 5. Lindsey, for several years the
eading contractor and builder of Ben
ington, is financially embarrassed and
lis property has been levied upon by
he sheriff. 1t is claimed that Mr.. Lind
ley was worth $4,000 four years age
nd that he has sunk 1t in improbable
ontracts.
George Cline of Bath. y. H., dropped
cad at the railroad station in BELOW:
falls Friday morning as he wa:
bout to get aboard the train to Boston
lis name and address were ascertainet
~ Il paper on his person. He was il
he vicinity of 30 years of age and had :
cket from Charlestown, y. H., to Bos
ON.
The following salaries for postmaster;
II Vermont have been fixed for 1895
ncreases-Barton. SllO0: Bennington
$500; Bethel, $1,000; Bristol, $500
Iyde Park, Sl40O; Mortified, Sll00
Proctor, $1,000; Rutland, S27OO; Sax
ons River, $1,000; Waterbury, $1,000
lNinoOski, Sl400. Decreases-Barre
$4,000; Bradford, $1,000.
Besides the recently established post
hfii.a Z Narpnn Ilannf FIJI. fa n
bther Office has been authorized by the
department at the house of Alfred F
Waite, with Mrs. Waite as pOstmistress
Ind to be known as Waite, Vt 1t is un
.lerstood to have been established for th'
pecal accommodation of Rudyard Kip
ing, who lives in the vicinity.
An old man who claimed to be 81
years old passed through the town 0
NiuilfOrd one day last week. He wa
Walking from Greenfield to Brattleboro
not from necessity but from choice. II,
Eaid he was on his way to st. Adams
Among some of the resting thing
he told was the circumstance of shaking
hands with George Washington.
One of the outcOmes of the bicyc
war in Randolph is the circulation of
petition by the Randolph cycle club il
which the village trustees are respectful,
urged to adopt the following regulation
Bicycle riders must give the entir
sidewalk to pedestrians when meeting
br passing, and must wholly abstain
from using the sidewalks after dark"
Sarah and Mary Goodwin, two eccen
ric spinstcrs residing at Georgia Plain
were robbed of $1,000 in broad daylight
last Thursday. They were having
Sheep shearing in barn, and everybod
was absent from the house. 1t
supposed that the robbers wer
CHARLES and Henry Densmore, cousin
pf the spinster, for they have both disar
peared.
\ syndicate of Bethel capitalists is OF
sganizing scheme for furnishing electri
Flights to Bethel. The company has a
ready obtained the refusal of the waite
power at Gaysvllle. which is the best i
that part of the State. If the peOpl
Xpromise to have 1900 lights, work will b
&commenced at once. They are alread
assured of 500. The power will also b
utilized for mechanical and heating pul
Xposes.
An important deal is nearly consun
mated for the furnishing of $4,000 ca
Vi dllllC llOiD AllC WIS Hudl
bat West Dummerston for the new WORK
&of the Holyoke, Mass, water powt
company. The amount involved is ~
wards of half million dollars; it wi
Require about three years to complete i
and 40 or $50 men will be require
&summer and winter.
1t was voted at the recent meeting {
fthe grand lodge to build the propose
Masonic temple in Burlington, provide
the citizens raise the sum of $1,000, an
that the temple to he erected should NJ
cost over $4,000. The site for the ten
pie is at the corner of Winoosk avenU
and College street, and is rented to the Nj
sonic grand lodge fora period of 80 veal
at 500 a year, with the privilege of pu
chase for $500 atany time. It's propose
to erect a four-story edifice, which wi
probably be 70 by so feet. There wi
be three stores on the ground foo
the remainder of the building being d
voted entirely to the Masons.