Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-02-28
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years, has left town with his wife, leav.
ing creditors to the amount of about
$1,000.
The Grand Army pests OF Rutland
county are planning to organize a veter-
ans association. \ meeting for organi-
cation will be held IN Fair uavcn on the
Fourth of July.
The stockholders of the White River
Agricultural society have voted to close
up the affairs of the association, and will
sell their property at auction on their
grounds February %.
The jury in the Holloway murder trial
in Orleans county on Saturday rendered
verdict Of guilty of manslaughter
against William Chase, charged with
having poisoned John Holloway.
Antoine Chatelainc of Rutland has re-
ccived news of the death Of his father,
who died near Curran, Ont, at the age
of l0G. \ wife. who is over 80, survives.
The couple had been married over 20
years aud it is estimated that there are
fully 275 descendants.
There was an audible smile in church
at Woodbury. the coolest Sunday this
winter. when the pastor very feelingly
announced that very soon The cOngre-
cation would all he where it would not
require so tlnuch effort to keep warm.
He had reference to the occupancy Of
the new church.
The Valley House at West Dummers-
ton, about five miles from Brattleboro,
was burned FRIDAY morning after a
leap-year dance which lasted till 3
o'clock. The house was occupied by
Ralph Carpenter and G.. B. Field, and
was owned by Mrs. Lucy Stratton of
Keene, y. II. Part of the furniture was
saved.
The receipts of the water department
of Montpelier for tine past year have
been Sl3,Sc0; expenses of the same, in
GLIDING interest on the funded debt ,
$4,000. leaving net balance to apply on
reduction of debt of $500. The total
expenses OF the city have been about
$4,000 and the bonded debt has been
reduced about 81 900.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
society of Colonial Wars was held at the
the Van Ness House in Burlington,
Saturday. The speakers at the banquet
included GOV. Woodbury., II. a. Iuse
of Montpelier and others. At the cleo
ton DR.. Webb was chosen governor,
Gov. Woodbury. deputy governor and E.
c. Smith of St. Adams lieutenant COVER
nor.
The,house, barn and outbuildings. to-
gether with cattle, "A horse aud swine,
owned by Warren Carleton at Corinth
Centre, were destroyed by fire the Goth
inst, and Mr.. Carleton, 70,and his grand
sOn,;4. were burned to death. They
lived in the house alone, and the build
ings were some distance from any other
dwelling. The cause of the fire is not
known. The loss by the fire is $500.
The town of Westminster will receive
at least 100000 to be expended in erect
ing and maintaining a library building
twenty-five years ago Isaac Buttertield
died lin Boston, leaving property on
Haymarket square valued at $4,000 in
the hands of the trustees. the income to
be used for the benefit of his wife and
two sons, and at their decease to revert
to the town of Westminster and DE de
voted to library purposes.
The citizens of Chelsea take great in
terest in and are proud of the oldest in
habitant, Mrs. lydia Folsom Hood, who
is bright, active and interesting kns-
woman of the present mistress of the
White house. and who last week Monday
celebrated the 99th anniversary of her
birth. She was born in the adjoining
town of Tunbridge, and was the third of
II children of Deacon Jacob and Mary
Fitield Folsom. early settlers. Deacon
Folsom was the oldest, and Asa. the
great-grandfather of Mrs. Cleveland,
was the youngest of family of six
children.
The Brattleboro Reformer is authority
for the statement that suit is 10 be
brought against the town of Bratteboro
by direction of GOV. Woodbury. and State
Auditor Hale for the liquor agency
profits for the year ending Feb. /, 1895,
which the town declined to pay on the
ground that the law which vas passed
by the legislature of 1894 and went into
effect Feb. |, 1893, required towns to
pay to the State all the profits above 10
per cent on the liquor business not only
in the future, but for the fiscal year
ending on the day it went into effect.
The RefOrmer says that the argument
against the power of the State to make
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