Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-13
State l1elps.

Ten members-elect of the Massachu-
sets legislature are natives of Vermont.
The Dorset Mountain Marble Co. |
have in view the building of mill at
about $50 men.
Frank Thibeault of ST. Adams, %
years old, committed suicide the 5th by
blowing of one side of his head with
shotgun. He was drunk at the time.
Curtis II. Avery of Corinth met with
an odd accident the other day. He fell
from the shed chamber to the floor,
about j. feet and struck on an axe.
/ His scalp was cut open to the length of
seven inches.
c. w. Sargent OF Brattleboro found in
one of his fox traps last week skunk
which had not black hair on it and was
of smoke or dark cream color, save
only slight marking of white on the
head and neck.
The ground school house" of Broolllne
which has an interest for many New
fame teachers for its age and assOcia-
tons, was probably built - years ago.
1t is said that there is but one other
round school house in the State.
James G.. Howard, a prominent Brat
tleboro, farmer. was accidentally killed,
Sunday, i'm the woods while drawing
logs with his horse. The body was re-
covered about , o'c.ock at night with
his neck broken He leaves wife and
one sister.
Clinton 5. Kinsley, founder of the
Burlington Clipper, died last week in a
hospital at Buffalo. y. Y. Mr.. Kinsley
was born in Fletcher, VT, Sept. %, 1910
He leaves two sons a daughter. One of
the sons, c. j., is editor of the Granite
City Leader, Barre.
One hundred gold souvenir spoons
have been given by tn" national society
of the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton to daughters of Revolutionary
soldiers, and among the recipients are
Mrs. Emily Nichols, 50, of Brattleboro,
and Mrs. Laura Roberts, SO, of Putney.
Adeline Claim, aged four, Brook
field town child, was found dead Sun
TO- frozen about her neck and shoulders.
: She was climbing over fence, fell and
broke her leg. Her head stuck in the
, stream and she drowned in six inches of
tmn DAVIS hnfnrn shn u
discovered.
| Henry Brockway's little child and a
} child of viii Reed of West Hartford ate
quantity of paris green which they
found IN the woods one day last week
An emetic brought the Brockway baby
out all right in a short time, but the
, Reed baby has suffered from the effect:
| of The poison, though hopes are now en-
= tertained of its full recovery.
l Mrs. Mary Wetherbee of Manchester
has been arrested for drowning her two
S, months-old child in the Battenkill river
: AT Manchester Centre, November %. Mrs
-, Wetherbee, who was divorced from he
< husband last December, gave birth to the
/ child in hospital in Montreal. She lief
t there, went to Manchester Center anC
d threw the child into the river.
In the report of the directors OF thu
Y United States geological survey TO
2 1895 is an interesting account of TIN
, stone industry in 1895 by William c
J. Day. Vermont stands third in the lis
u of States arranged according to tn
value of stone production. The Stat
. produced 1898, 956 in granite, $65S, l67 il
y slate and 81, 800 .399 in marble. Yer
II mont heads the list in the output O
It marble, which, however, is the smalles
s. for several years.
:, The annual report of State Tax Com
u missioner ID. j. Foster of Burlingto
= shows large increase IN the taxes owe
those of the previous year. During In
N year taxes have been assessed TO tn
J. amount of S3G0,3l66S, an increase c
5 ST. .3S417 over 1894. The largest ia
d assessed was that of the Central Vernon
rt Railroad company, which rays tax {
70 $40, 1905, and the next in order is til
y Burlington Savings bank. which pay
i. the sum of $50, 545.Sl.
II n. j. Leach of Hghgate, chairman {
u the State Fish and Game leagues con
mittee for the introduction of new kline
of game into the State, has received
ar lot of Mongolian pheasants. The'
a game birds will be kept in cOnhnemel
1T and their eggs distributed to vario'
ne parts of the State, where the eggs wi
d be set under the ordinary domestic heI
nj and the young birds released to stot
forests. The committee has on the wa
" here lot of West Virginia quail, shar
H. tail grouse, etc.
10 A published statement saws that duriI
al the nine months ended Sept 80 the ii
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