Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-15
State l1eps.


calf without eyes BORN at a farm in East
Charleston.
Ex.Gov. L. X. Fuller has been criti-
cally i'll with heart disease in Philadel-
phla, but is better. He was on his way
from Florida to Spring Lake, N. j.,
when he was stricken.
II. II. Hurlburt's house at Bennington
was considerably damaged on recent
Sunday morning by a fire that originated
in the explosion of a kerosene oil lamp
that was under chicken brooder.
DR.. }. a. Mead of Rutland has bought
2S foot steam cabin launch, which he
Will run for private purposes on Lake
Bomoseen this summer. The launch has
a guaranteed speed of 10 knots an hour.
Quimby Backus of Philadelphia has
bought the Carlos Smith place north of
Brandon village. He will at once begin
making extensive repairs on the house
and will fit it up with modern con-
veniences.
Despite the fact that there have been
thousands of young trout placed in the
brooks In the last few years, the fisher
men of Vermont say they have met with
no great success so tar since the open
season began.
Beatty Balestier, brother-in-law of
Rudyard Kipling of Brattleboro, the
dollar word man, and author of those
creepy stories of Indian life. has threat
ened Kipling with death, and Kiping
had him arrested the other day for
threatening his life.
A special election will be held in the
city of Rutland May 81 for the purpose
of deciding whether bonds amounting
to S25, 900 shall be issued for refunding
the standing Indebtedness of the city.
If the bonds are issued, the total debt of
Rutland Will be S437 ,000
Herbert S. Crowell, u years old, the
son of George f. Crowell, a prominent
Brattleboro man, and former publisher
of the Household. shot himself through
the heart Thursday evening at Moody
school, Mt. Hermon. Mass. and instantly
expired. 1t is thought that the act was
committed because of temporary in
sanity.
Mrs. Lydia Folsom Hood, relative of
Mrs. Cleveland and for many wears a
resident of Chelsea, is dead. aged 90
years. two months. Mrs. Hood was a
native of Tunbridge, this State, and was
married to Nathaniel Hood in 1922. She
leaves three grandchildren and eight
great grandchildren.
The 9th annual reunion of the Army
of the Potomac will be held at Burling
ton on the 10th and 18th of September.
The change from June is due to the
multiplicity of conventions, commence
ments ETC., in that month, which have
seriously interfered with the attendance
The orator will be General Orland Smith
of the 18th corps and the poet Capt
Jack Crawford.
The largest electric power in the State
is being developed at Pittsford. The
water is brought from Chittenden. a
40-inch steel tube or pen-stOck is to be
laid. bringing the power to the mills
near Pittsford, where two wheels will
furnish two thousand horse power and
power to run the electric roads of Rut.
land and for a new road from Rutland
to Pittsford and possibly Brandon.
:,
meeting decided by vote of - to 42l
not to buy the Golden Fleece building al
cost of 800 for a city hall. The
city council was instructed to employ
an architect to draw plans for "A new
city hall to be erected on IIaymarke
square. owned by the city, with esti
mates of cost, the same to be submitted
to the voters for their approval within
60 days.
The Vermont State Insane asylum
authorized under an act of the legislator,
of 1883 is nearly all completed at Water
bury and will be occupied during thi
month. The BratteborO asylum is
private Institution, the state having
had arrangements for caring for tn,
States poor insane. In the future al
such will be cared for at Waterbury
The Waterbury asylum was first used il
1891, but has been greatly enlarged ant
will now contain nearly $50 patients.
The friends of Col. W. G. Veazey o
Rutland, the Vermont member of tn
interstate commerce commission, will re
greet to learn that he has not yet re
covered his health, says an exchange
His visit to the Isle of Shoals last yea
seemed to improve him for a while, Blu
there was no permanent gain. He i
now at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Ill
has made arrangements for trip t,
Europe and will start very soon. 1t i