Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-05
State l1eos.

The average annual rainfall over the
whole OF Vermont is 80 inches.
The village of Barton is about to put
in new system Of electric lights.
James =. Cleveland of Randolph is
said to he the oldest Vermont Mason.
He is % years old and has been Mason
II years.
l.. =. Thaver, formerly owner of the
West Randolph Herald, who recently
purchased the st. Johnsbury Republican,
has now bought the bellows Falls
Times.
The city council of Montpelier have
contracted for lighting the streets the
coming wear on basis of % arc lights Tor
300 nights for $1,000.
The business of the Burlington post
office for the past four years was MS fol-
lows: 1891, $45,7S9.2l; 1892, $74,lS
10; 1893, $50 05S.9O; 1891. $07,I6O.95.
T. j. Cree of Wheelock, who recently
died. was member of the Wheelock
choir 40 years, and was not absent from
service half dozen times during the
period.
State Superintendent of Education
Stone has finished his tour of the State,
having held 16 meetings with the school
directors in different parts Of the State
and visited every county but Grand
Isle.
W. f. Hall, recently made postmaster
of Burlington, entered upon his duties
Monday. Charles +. Wheeler, whom
President Harrison appointed to succeed
Mr.. Beckwith, retired after serving his
full term of four years.
Six candidates passed the examination
1,..ld h,rf ho faf nf nho of
St. JOhnsbury last week and can start a
drug store at any time. The examina-
tiOns were both oral and written. Licenses
was granted to 325 druggists and their
clerks.
Thomas Donlo, Thomas German and
Walter Bracken of Burlington, who were
arrested on suspicion of having set the
recent disastrous fire in j. X. Booths
property. have been discharged for lack
OF evidence connecting them with the
crime.
Mrs. J. Z. Holloway of Glover has
BET II held for completely in the murder
of her husband, who died recently of
poison. One Chase, who is supposed to
have had an interest in putting Hol-
lowav out of the way, has fled the
country.
Four moose, the property of DR.. w.
Seward Webb, are detained at Ogdens-
burgh, \. Y, by the custom house Ofl-
cials. They were brought from the
Ottawa river region to be taken to DR..
Webbs park in the Adirondacks. The
custom house officials claim that the ami
mails are dutiable property.
The case of c. f. Alexander against
the Central Vermont railroad. to recover
800 for damage to four cars of apples
shipped from Brattleboro to Sioux Falls
and YauktOn, >. D., in November, 1892,
was tried in Windham county court last
week, and a verdict was rendered that
the railroad company was not liable.
Herbert c. Livingston, alias Herbert
c. Todd, had been in the employ of w.
IL. Upper of Windsor for several
months, but was discharged the other
day. A few nights after he went to the
house and attempted to shoot Mr.. Tup-
per. The pistol was taken away from
him and he ran, but was captured in
New Hampshire and brought back to
Windsor for examination.
A resident of Royalton recently ex-
hibted a bit of continental money and
the announcement of the fact led w. II.
Ward of ST. Johnsbury to show the
Caledonian some rare bills of his own.
The most valuable one is $40 bill,
dated 1919, which his grandfather
received from the paymaster when he
was discharged from the army after the
Revolutionary war. This bill has been
kept by the family ever since and is d
valuable heirloom.
A curious case--the Baptist society of
Townshend against man named Crane
was heard In the Windham county court
the other day. Crane was charged with
wifully disturbing the communion ser
wee of the church. He was formerly =
church member, but had been fired out
on account of drunkenness. He cOntin
ued to attend service with his wife, who
is a member in good standing. and wheI
the communion offerings were passed t,
his wife, Crane helped himself. In or
der to stop this proceeding the commu
Mon was not passed to Mrs. Crane
whereupon Mr.. Crane rushed forward
seized the communion plate and carried
it to his wife, helped himself and thel
returned the plate to the minister o
deacon. The jury found the defendan
not guilty.