Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-04
State l1eps.

The new city of ST. Adams has nearly |
1000 inhabitants,
st. Johnsbury denies that there is a
young ladies football team in that place
James B. Houghton, one of the lead
ing men in Bennington county, died at
stamford Monday morning at the age OF
"a years.
John NJ. Jones of Fair Haven, 20 years
old and deaf, was struck by train aud
fatally hurt while walking on the rail-
road Monday.
East Barre people are all excited over
the appearance of strange animal III
their section. 1t has been seen 10y sever
al people, who think it is panther.
Alonzo Spooner of Bethel reports IA
ahampion half acre of land that was ac'
curately measured and produced the past
season POO bushels of onions and 300
bushels of carrots.
Secretary Morton has issued an order
to allow cattle aud sheep from Canada to
We entered at st. AIbans in bond Tor
Portland. Me-, and Boston, Mass for
export from the two latter ports.
1t has lust been announced that the
town of litimore failed to hold meet
ING for the election of electors OF presl-
dent and vice president ana tnat none
was called by the town authorities
The State board of railroad commits
sioners. DIN Merrill of Eno'burgh Fails
Frank kcnfield of Worthwhile and Il +.
Stanton of RDXbury, met at Montpelier
Monday and reappointed Fuller {. Smith
of st. Albums clerk.
Jerry Lee of Burlington was arrested
Sunday. He had threatened TO Kill his
mother, whom he had attempted to
,.,;t Wnplgs nFpNIOnSlX.
and ne tried after his arrest to commit
suicide by drowning in the lake
The Skilings, Whitney & Barnes
Lumber company has decided to close
out its entire mil; interests at Burling-
ton, and remove ITS machines to Ogdens-
burg, n. Y, where the. company now
operates a large plant.
The engagement is announced of DR..
Theodore Durham of New York to Miss
Josephine Balestier of BrattlebOro,
Youngest daughter of Mrs. WoIcott
Balestier and sister of Mrs Rudyard
Kipling and of the late novelist, Wolcott
Balestier
Silas l.. Griffith, the we'll known lum-
herman and charcoal dealer of Dandy,
is having built in Mount Tabor one of
the finest fish hatcheries in the State.
lie already has a large number of trout
i'm the vats that are completed and in the
early spring he intends to add 10000 TO
the number.
4 gang of five petty thieves has been
caught in Rutland and each member
sentenced to the house of correction for
a term OF months. The sixth man is the
star. however. and he is missing. He is
called Jack the hugger" He dresses
in woman's clothes, and sometimes APP
pears with nothing on but an ulster.
Frank Wells OF Sheldon was the own
pr of a number of skunks some evil
disposed person or persons broke into
the enclosure where he kept them and
administered poison, which killed sever
II. and Mr.. Wells skinned them. He
had small cut on his hand, blood pois
onng set in and now he lies at the point
of death.
There was preliminary hearing at
Northtield, Saturday, IN the case of the
state against Rodger DOnahue and JOIN
and ROdger, ,Jr., his sons, charged will
granddaughter in causing the death o
Carlos Miller. The case was nolle
pressed and the respondents were re
arrested on the charge of murder. 4
further hearing will be held this month
Geo. S. Dowlev, a prominent Brattle
borO man, died Nov. -. By his will h
gave SOUOUO TO SCnOOl district NO
the Income to D4 expended for education
Al and scientific purposes in connection
with its schools; $4,000 to the Brattle
boru free library, the income to be use'
for the purchase of books; $4,000 to tn
Brattleboro retreat and $1,000 to tn
Prospect Hill Cemetery association.
Adam Heath. a l3-year-Old boy o
East Warren, committed suicide b
hanging last week. When found h
was on his knees and could easily hav
taken his head out of the line by whic
he was hung There was no apparer
cause for the act. His aunt sent him
get the eggs and he had been gone abou
half an hour when his uncle came hon
and found him hung by the neck in til
barn.
Alexander Martin went to Montpelit
Friday morning from Burlington
visit Miss Dora Chisholm, who reside
on Clay hill, who was his aflianced wifi
Upon calling at the house he found 81
was away from home at the time al
Friday evening when he met her
learned that she was false TO him al
also that her conduct was questionable
In a fit of grief and disappointment
struck her and was arrested by Gil
Sheriff Bancroft for assault. He pleadt
guilty in the court and was sentenced
serve two months In the house of CORE
ton In Rutland.