Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-07-03
State 17eus.

Harry owen of Fair Haven fell 40 feet
into slate quarry last week Tuesday,
but was not seriously injured
The Franklin county republicans on
Wednesday nominated II. NJ. Deal of ST.
Albans, A. f. Durlzee of Sheldon and
II. NJ. Stone of Swanton for senators.
A Rutland woman gave the correct
solution of the mystery story in the New
York journal, entitled 1.-THE Mill of ST.
lence," and won the first prize of $1,000
offered by that paper.
Mrs. Jay Gould, fifth wife of Jay Gould
of Fairfield, was buried Tuesday at
North Fairfield. The five wives and three
children are buried in one lot. The last
death was caused by sunstroke.
Tuesday evening at st. Adams the Jew
elrv store of MI. Perkins was entered by
a burglar and between $50 and $500
worth of iewelry, consisting largely of
diamond settings, ETC., was taken.
J. B. Holton of Charleston and w. E.
Curtis of Lowell have been nominated
for senator by the republicans of Or
leans county and Roger W. Hulburd by
the Lamolle county republicans.
The young child of Peter German,
farmer in Clarendon, was struck and in
stantly killed by passenger train Tues
day. The engineer did not see the child
until it was too late to stop the train.
The steamer Reindeer of Burlington
while out Monday struck reef and after
four and a half hours delay was pulled
off by the steamer Vermont She was
unhurt and there was no pane on board.
Mvron Lawrence of Rockingham, a
well-to-do farmer 30 years old, commit
ted suicide in Rockingham Monday by
hanging IN his barn. No cause is known
unless it was temporary insanity. lie
leaves a wife, but no children.
The Howe scale works of Rutland,
in which are employed about 400 men,
will close down for two weeks or more
after the 18th of July. The reason for
this action on the part of the company is
dull times.
Rev. William II. Rugg. aged so, a Bap-
tsr minister of Perkinsville, committed
suicide at his home Monday by hanging
in his barn. He had been in poor health
some years, but preached at Amsden on
Sunday, and attended funeral at Ascut-
NEVILLE on Saturday. lie was clerk of
the Woodstock Baptist association.
Mrs. Walter Goldecll, a weaver in the
Hartford wooden mills, was seen in the
river Wednesday afternoon by men
working near, who heard her scream.
They rescued her from watery grave
and after some hard work brought her
out of an unconscious state. She is
thought to have been driven insane by
the heat.
Frank Wakeman of North Troy was
badly bruised and narrowly escaped
serious injury in an encounter with
two-year-Old bull one day last week.
The animal knocked him down and
would have used him roughly if his dog
had not arrived on the scene of conflict
and called the attention of the animal to
other matters.
While workmen were engaged in paint
ing the chimney on the c. W. Bailey
house in Montpelier, Monday. a brick
became detached and fell, striking c.
{. Dudley, who was at work on the
ground below, on the head and fractur-
ing his skull in such way as to COM
press it upon the brain. His recovery is
doubtful.
At a session of the United States cir
cult court at Montpelier Monday in the
chancery cases of the Grand Trunk rail-
way company of Canada vs.. the Central |
Vermont railroad company, on motion |
VI tHC ISCCNclS vi lllc ldItcl Cuulpduy lIc
following orders were passed and entered :
That the receivers have leave to pay the /
interest on the bonds of the Consolidated |
railway company of Vermont to July |,
1896; also to pay the interest on the |
equipment bonds secured by mortgage
to DR.. w. Seward Webb. trustee, TO Ju-
ly l, 1896: also, further, to pay the in |
terest on the floating debt of the compa-
ny secured by collateral to September l, |
1896. These orders were assented to
by counsel for the American Loan and |
Trust company. c. NJ. Wilds and b. F. |
Fitield appeared for the receivers and f. |
B. Swaine for the Ogdensburg and Lake
Ohamplain bOndhOlders