Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-11-08

promises TO be an unusually brilliant
affair." The principal address of the
evening will be on the Battle OF Ben
nlngton', by Col. Olin Scott OF Benning-
ton.
large collection Of Indian relics, ar
row heads. axes and spears, was found
on Sunday by Eugene Goron on the lake
shore at st. Adams between IOunger's
store and the Point farm. The water is
nearly three feet lower than ever before,
and for this reason the relics have re-
manned hidden.
ROadmaster A. G.. Conner of the Ben
nington and Rutland railroad has con-
fessed to msapproprating the funds of
the company to an amount exceeding
$50, 900. Conner has been i'm the employ
of the company twenty-five years and is
60 years old. He has, it is said, turned
over to the road property enough to
make the loss good
A Montpelier special to the Rutland
Herald of yesterday says: proceedings
against Ira Allen of Far Haven, grow
ing out of the recent trial of the case of
the State against John w. Titcomb, will
be instituted in Washington county
court tomorrow morning. Every wit
ness in the Titcomb case was summoned
and all of them arrived this evening""
The trial in the Washington comfy
court last week of John w. Titcomb of
st. Johnsbury for violating the prohibi-
tory law resulted in disagreement of
the jury. Mr.. Titcomb and &. c. War
rem of Waterbury We're indicted by the
last grand jury for giving away liquor at
the time of the visit at the RoXbury fish
hatchery of tie members of the legisa-
ture Oct. 24 1894.
Fred Pike, who halls from st. Adams,
WAS arrested in Boston last week for eN-
trnsive hen-thieving. During the tv o
years he has been following this. the
police say, he has stolen 10000 hens and
chickens. He did business systematic
ally, taking orders at very low prices
and delivering the goods next day
meantime in the night visiting hen
roosts in towns few miles out of Bos-
ton.
The long continued drought is being
severely felt by the farmers in Benning-
ton county. springs that have always
been considered unfailing are dry, as are
many of the meadow brooks. In Ben
nington village large number OF wells
are dry and IN number of cases out
side the village water for domestic uses
is carried from springs a quarter of a
mile or more away. Stock have to be
driven quite a distance for water.
In the Washington county court We'd
nesdav George Williamson of Warren
who had pleaded guilty to 10 first Of
lenses of selling Intoxicating liquor, wa,
sentenced by Judge Thompson to pay d
fine of $50 for each oilenSe. total Of
$500. If not paid within ~ hours he
was sentenced to 1900 days at hard labor
in the mouse of correction at Rutland
the sentence not to exceed three wears il
all. The respondent is but l. years Ole
and has no means.
Manchester has a new library building
nearly completed which will rank with tn,
Baxter memorial library in Rutland, tn,
Billings in Burlington and the Fair
banks in st. Johnsbury. This library
building and contents will be gift t
the town by Mrs. Frances Skinner VIII
ling, "a daughter of the late Judge Mari
Skinner and IA granddaughter of eX-Gov
ernOr Richard Skinner, also eX-iustice o
the supreme court. 1t Is to be called tn,
Skinner library. The total cost of tn,
building alone will be about SO. 900
The donor will supply it with books
and probably leave it "A sum with whicl
to keep it in operation.