Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-02-21
State l1erps.

brated his ODD birthday the other day.
A child was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Rudyard Kiping of Brattleboro on
Monday, February 10.
Rev. Theodore b. Foster of st. Paul's
Episcopal church, Pawtucket, II. l., has
resigned, to accept call to Rutland.
Calvin Flint of Williamstown, who was
IS years old in January last, has split 30
to 40 cords of tough wood this season.
\ man from Townshend drove his
horse 60 miles to Hartland one day re-
Gently. The next morning the horse
was dead.
The docket for the March term of the
Rutland county court contains 69l cases.
OF these 336 are civil 27l criminal aud
63 chancery cases.
At the poultry show recently held at
st. Johnsbury, A. a. Miles had on eX
hioition the two oldest geese in Vermont.
They were ut least 60 years old.
Elder l.. f. Baker of Rochester, n. Y,
has accepted the pastorate of the Brat
tleboro Advent Christian church and be-
gan his work there last Sunday.
Hon. Hamilton S. Peck, a former
Judge of the city court, was unanimously
nominated for mayor by the Republic
cans of Burlington Saturday night.
1t is estimated that taxable property
in the town of Island Pond has increased
to the amount of $500 since the es-
adjustment of the shirt factory in that
place.
The Fall Mountain Paper company of
Bellows Falls is cutting about 4, 100000
feet of spruce logs IN the upper White
River valley, which will be floated down
the White and Connecticut rivers in the
spring.
The Franklin County Chris tian Tenn
perance league has reserve fund of
Sll00 with which to conduct proseeu-
lions of liquor selling. Rev. George l..
Story of Bakersfield is the newly elected
prosecuting officer and agent.
Dwight Darling, landlord of Darling
hotel at Middlesex, was struck by a
train on the Central Vermont railroad
Monday evening and instantly killed.
Both legs were broken and his skull was
crushed.
George Marsh, IL Mortified farmer,
died TWO weeks ago of heart failure.
7 here are suspicious of foul play and on
complaint of relatives the States attor-
ney had an autopsy, the result of which
has not been announced.
Benjamin Kelly and Mrs. Anna Bailey
Kelly of Bradford, each 90 years old,
celebrated the Goth anniversary of their
marriage on the l4th. They have lived
On the same farm and in the same house
during their entire married life, and Mr.
Kelly was born there.
The Congregational church, at Sax
tens River has just been presented with
a deed Of a good parsonage building
valued at $1,000, Il legacy from Deacon
John II. Ramsey. who died few week:
5. w. Warner, an old member of the
church.
Franklin boasts of the latest boy il
5 New England. His name is Frank Gig
: nae and he was II years old the 9th day
of last November. He is five feet anC
three inches tall, and measures 81 inches
ba ist nd asil
, scales at 293 pounds. About 40 pounds
a has been gained during the past year.
The Vermont Spool and Bobbin com
pany, whose factory at Essex junction
was burned last week, is to be reorgan
lzed as Il stock company withla capita
, of $25, 900. The factory will be rehull
Y by S. A. & C. w. Browncll and about 81
f hands employed, with weekly pay rol
O of $500. The stock is held by Burling
+ tonians.
VIM. B. McCarty of Burlington ha
:, been held for trial on charge of assault
with intent to kill Patrick NJ. Meldon o
Rutland, recently. McCarty is tn
Z sdlOou hctpcI WIN was pdtuOucu lIot
the house Of correction by Gov. Wood
d bury. Meldon is Rutland lawyer. Tn
: assault grew out of a discussion over tn
governors libel suit against The Rutlan
Herald.
:. An incident of last week Thursday
:. rain in Southern Vermont was snow
slide at East Dummerston. 1t bega
# with little slide about ten feet wide
: but spread to at least 10 rods before
IS stopped. 1t cleaned everything off tn
J. ground in its course, including ston
II walls and fences and left the road impa'
sable. 1t went just north of Mr.. In
grams house, but its force was sue
that it would probably have taken tn
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