Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-07-24
State 11elps.

MRS. Henry Burt OF East Arlington
raised a strawberry this season that was
six inches in circumference.
A call has been issued for convention
of the Franklin county Christian Tenn
perance people to nominate county
ticket.
Harry S. Goodwin, aged Il, living at
Beverly, Mass, who disappeared on Sun
gay, July 5, has been located on farm
near Bradford.
Joseph Daignaults residence at st.
Adams was entered Monday night and
$3.50 in money stolen. There is no clue
to the thieves.
Candidate Bryan is coming to Yer
mont between now and September. He
will speak in Rutland and Burlington
and probably IN Montpelier.
The State fair is to be held at White
River Junction this year, Sept. s, 9 and
10. and successful event is in prospect.
The track purses aggregate $1,000.
The veterans of Rutland county will
meet at Fair Haven Aug. II to form
county veterans association. Senator
Proctor has been asked to preside.
Eugene Woodward of Barre was killed
in a railroad accident, in New Hampshire,
Friday. He was the engineer of a train
that was wrecked on logging railroad.
Louis Goodnature of Montpelier was
found dead in bed the 10th inst. He
was stone mason 5S years of age, and
his death was due to excessive use of
rum.
The general store of Dutton & Rich
mond and Andrew Denny's grocery at
Mortified were burglarized Monday
night, but the robbers got little for their
pains.
Col. X. G. Ingersoll will lecture at
Queen City park, Burlington, the 18th,
on "Some Reasons Why" and on the
following day Col. lngersoll will speak
Oh 1.-The Foundations of Faith"
A Hungarian was killed at West Paw
let, in the Rising & Nelson quarries,
Monday afternoon. The heavy rain had
loosened huge stone, which fell upon
him, killing him almost instantly.
George W. Dikeman, one of the best
known men of Hubbardton, died at his
home in that place Friday, aged 81 years
and six months. Mr.. Dikeman was a
wealthy and influential man in the COM
munity.
Hardwick village has voted to put in
100 incandescent street lights, for which
of lG-candle incandescent lights in
houses is $3.50 year. The plant is run
by water power.
Seth Pooler, the oldest native resident
of Rutland, died Friday of cancer,
race. His father died at the age of 80
years and his brother at 81 years. His
sister is now in her Dist year.
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two footpads while walking along the
railroad track between Howard and
Queen City parks. near Burlington, the
other evening. The would-be robbers,
who are thought to have been tramps,
escaped.
Department Commander Puffer an
nounces that the route of the Vermont
department, of the Grand Army to the
national cncampment at ST. Paul.
Mimi, will be by way of the Grand
Trunk and Chicago and Great Western
railroad.
An important case has Just been tried
at st. Johnsbur a Maine Central mile
age was let To lady by firm of ticket
brokers, but as her name was not written
in the book the conductor refused to ac-
cept it, hence the suit. The verdict was
against the railroad.
The United States postal route be-
tween Essex Junction and Boston has
been made a railway postoflice route by
the postollice department. The salaries
of the clerks in charge have been in
creased to $500 a year, and those of
paper clerks to Sll50 a year.
The nine-year-old son of Elmer Slo-
cum of South Burlington was playing in
the hay loft in stable the other after
noon. when the board upon which he
was standing slipped and sent the boy
down to the ground, distance OF II
feet. He died of his injuries two hours
later.
The race meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club of BrattleborO will be on
August Is. There will be exhibition
trials by some of the fastest riders in
America. The prize list aggregates
5000. The professionals will receive
cash ana the amateurs diamonds and
iewelry.
The Vermont and Massachusetts
boundary line commissioners will begin
work at once to locate the exact bound
airy line between the two States. The
commissioners for Vermont are Kit
tredge Haskins of BrattlebOro, Judge
Levant NJ. Read of BE- llows Falls and j .
X. Batchelder of Arlington.
George ID. Kidder of Plainfeld has a
remarkable cat. 1t fishes nearly every
day and catches enough suckers and
horn pOuts TO provide its own food, and
unlike other cats, 1t has little fear Of the
water. 1t is a common experience to
see the cat swimming across the river
with as little concern as a dog.
Vida Abee, a Bradford girl, was
thrown from her bicycle and quite Sc,
riously injured while riding home from
Lake MOrey last Saturday. Coming
down hill she lost control of the whee
and it ran into the bank, throwing her
upon a stone wall. She was uncon
scious nearly two days, but is slowly
recovering.
\ unique anniversary was celebrated
at Newport, Thursday-the 96th ami
Versarv of the birth of twin sisters. Mrs