Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-11-22
State l1erps.
About $4,000 have been pledged for
soldiers monument In Manchester.

Johnsbury last week.
Large quantities of shad are being |
seined at Swanton these days 36 barrels
being taken in one day recently.
An electric road from Springfield, VT,
to Charlestown, y. H.. which has been
talked much about OF late, now seems
probability.
The Douglass House at West Rutland,
its only hotel, was badly damaged by
fire Wednesday morning. The loss Is
about $1,000; insured.
Negotiations have been going on in
Windsor the past few days looking to
the establishment OF an extensive corn
canning factory there.
Among the missionaries of the Ameri-
can board i'm the eastern Turkey missions
who are in peril of their lives is Mrs.
Alzina NJ. Knapp of lIubbardton.
Seven of the herd of - cows owned
bv G. j. Gleason of Berlin were found
affected with tuberculosis by the State
cattle commissioners and were killed.
Tim & Co.. the Troy shirt makers,
who have factories in Troy, Albany
and Rutland, think of establishing in
Burlington branch that will employ
300 to 400 hands.
Rev Henry f. Rustedt, one of the
oldest Congregational ministers in the
State, died at Qucchee the 1th inst. lie
was native of London, Eng, and once
preached in sudbury.
). l.. Griffith of Dandy has the finest
collection of chrysanthemums in New
England. The collection has been made
by Mr.. Griffith with no pecuniary end in
view but was prompted wholly by
love for flowers. There are IN all about
mazda nj Of II 6iifnrppt
varieties.
Fred Cressey and g. w. Pierce of
Brattleboro went out the other night
hunting cOons. just at the foot OF Wan
tastique mountain their dog freed what
was supposed to be two coonS. They
were successfully bagged, but proved to
be two large wildcats. One other cat
has been captured there.
Joseph Martin of North Hero is sup
posed to have been drowned last Friday.
lie started from Rouses Point, y. Y,
late in the afternoon with Il small boat
and large load of whiskey. A boat
resembling his, with a Jug of whiskey
tied to it, has been found washed up on
the shores of Isle La Motto.
Vermonts oldest veteran is Loren
Young of st. .Johnsbury. He enlisted
in 1861 at IS years of age, l3 years after
the government released all military
claims on him, but he insis ed on going,
drove an ambulance tour years in the
l0rh regiment, aud was discharged with
honor He is still vigorous.
The Central Vermont Railroad COM
pany is having built AT Wilmington,
Del, two steel boats Of 200O tons to ply
between New York and New London.
The new boats will be propellers of first
class construction, designed for both
freight and passenger traffic, and will
make the trip in five hours. They will
take the places of the Tilie and Doris
now in service.
a herd of five deer got on the Ben
nington aud Rutland railroad track be-
tween South Wallingford and Dandy
Yesterday morning and stayed there un-
til the train due in Rutland at %
o'clock came along and actually "SlOWed
up for them to get off. Finally the
animals Jumped over the fence in the
most easy and deliberate way and rau
off, Rutland Herald.
d.. A. NJ. Phelps of New York, "A
surgeon in the Fletcher hospital at Bur
lingtOn. has been sued for S30,O)O for
malpractice on Minnie Belle Ellis OF
Barre. The plaintiff claims to have
gone to the hospital to he treated for
that on June 2G her lctt hip was operated
upon and parts of the bone removed
The glrl is still in the hospital.
GOV. Woodbury. has appointed +. c
Smith of 81. Albans, Charles Dewey 81
Montpelier. Alou2o b. Valentine of Ben
ningtun. DR.. Henry d. llnltnn of Brnttle
bOro and j. \. Mead of Rutland Il com
mission to represent Vermont at tn,
MeXican exposition of industries ant
fine arts TO be held in the City of MeXi
co this winter
Mrs. c. 5. Warner of Windsor brok,
of about Il third of a fine cambria Leedl'
in one of her fingers, while washing, On'
day, 20 years ago. The other night sh
had Il prckly sensation in the bottom .
one of her feet, and upon examination a
to the cause felt the point of the need
with her finger. Soon afterwards tn
brOkcn needle was drawn from her foot
apparently rs bright as when il starte,
upon its strange journey so many year
ago.
In the Windham county court. Wed
nesday, Judge Tyler sentenced Charlie
Ellis to If years in State prison, Ilrr,
l.. Ellis 10 ten years i'm the RuIlan,
workhouse. and Perley Baker to - year
in the WOrkhOuSe. All are from PUNE
d and were convicted of telonous assault
Mrs. Mary Newton was sentenced T.
three years in the workhouSe, and Alex
ander Grounds to three years in Stat
prison for adultery AZ Bellows Falls; ia
Dor Coombs of Puney to four years i
the State prison for felonious assault.
A remarkable case has just been ende
at st, Adams. Ada Niles. who was az
cused of stealing S32 for one Mrs. Stun
geOn, was found not guilty by the ur
after an absence of 20 minutes. Las
June Ada was at work for her aunt, Mrs
Sturgeon, when Mrs. Surgeons so
John fell in love, proposed to Ada an
was rejected He threatened to XII
her and managed to keep her at hi
mothers home for a long time. I'll
girl finally escaped, only to be lured bac
after u time When John waved kitche
knife at her and swore he would do tel
rible things if she did not marry hin
She escaped again, and John was put /
the asylum for insanity. Mrs, Sturgao