Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-03-27
State l1eips.

Charles Pettihone of Pownal has quite
a curiosity. 1t is calf without eyes or
tail, and it is smart aud doing we'll.
Charles II. Darling of Bennington has
been appointed member of the Repuoli-
can State committee in place of Martin
IL. Deming, deceased.
The fines collected and paid to the
State treasury for the past II months
from the State cases in the Burlington
city court amounted to SS.9l3.0S.
Miss Grace Bosworth of Rutland has
been admitted to membership in the
Vermont State Dental society. She is
the first woman to practice the pro-
fession in this State.
The Readsboro Chair company are
making many foreign shipments at pres
ent. a large amount goes to England
and several shipments are being made to
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Joseph S. Wheeler of Waterbury drop
ped dead of apOpleXy in the court house
at Montpelier Thursday night. lie was
one of the jurors from Waterbury and
was foreman of jury that had been out
unable to agree on verdict.
A part of the early morning express
north was thrown from the track at
Shelburne Sunday by a snow drift. The
train consisted of eight cars, and the
engine and first five cars were derailed
and the forward trucks of the sixth car
also left the iron. Fortunately no one
was injured
Frank Murdoch of Norwich, seven
teen years old, accidentally shot him
self last Sunday with revolver he was
cleaning. The ball entered the abdomen,
and his recovery is doubtful. He is
son of Joseph Murdoch, who committed
suicide few months ago, and whose
body was stolen from its grave and
taken to Hanover, n. II.
One of Vermont's largest granite firms,
it is reported, is soon to change from its
present location to Hardwick. If it does
there must be an expenditure of from
SIS 900 to $4,000 before the firm can do
any work. The railroad to the quarries
is to be finished as soon as the snow is
gone and the works of the new company
are to be ready by June |.
c. NJ. Winslow of Brandon and DR.. f.
A. Rich of Burlington, representing the
State board of agriculture, the other day
made a test at 1t. Adams of the Warner
Brothers herd of 20 cattle for tubercu-
losis. Fifty-one head were found to be
affected and were condemned, while
there are several questionable cases to be
decided later The condemned cattle
were killed.
Governor Woodbury. has received
word from Washington that Vermont's
claim against the government for eX-
penses incurred in raising troops in the
war for the union that were never mus
tered into the service has been adjusted
at $40, 543.73. This allowance has been
reported to congress and i, now under
consideration by the senate committee on
military affairs.
Charles II. Allen, cashier of the Allen
national bank of FAIR Haven. has in his
possession Bible which has been an
heirloom in the Allen family for the
past six or seven generations The
Bible (Old and New restament is
5x2! inches IN size and is q inches thick.
1t was printed in old English type at
Edinburgh, Scotland, by the heirs and
successors of Andrew Anderson, printer
l.,
Dom. 1908.
Charles Wales of South Barre, stu
dent at Goddard seminary, Barre, was
arrested Saturday on suspicion of an at
tempt to fire the school and wreck 1t
with dynamite. Flames were discoyerd
last Friday noon issuing from the sec
ond story of the building. The fire was
S soon subdued and the charred material
was carried out of the room soon after.
1t was during this investigation that the
peoples suspicious became aroused 1t
was found that Wales had bought dyna
mite at Montpelier store for the osten-
sible purpose of splitting wood, and
sticks of the stuff were found in the re-
mains of the fire.
About half mile to the east of the
Fitchburg depot at North Pnwnal is q
high ridge of rock of limestone forma
ton. On declYity of this bluff is pie
tured young girl, apparently about l;
years of age. On her head is a broad
Arimmed straw hat, and from under II
eeps profusIon of curls, which fal
cefully over the shoulders. He
81. are clasped in her lap, and one foo
,ssed over the other. The attitude il
bf repose. Above is seen a man o