Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-02
State 11erps.

a city charter from the legislature TINS
fall.
A Woodstock lady has sunnower ten
and half feet high, bearing over 50
blossoms.
Edward Shaw's dwelling, a mile south
east of Rutland, was burned Saturday
morning loss, $1,000.
The Vermont Farm Machine company
received AN order Monday for five sep
arators and some other dairy machinery
to go to South Africa.
Carrie Hurlbert has been sentenced by
the Franklin county court to three years
at hard labor in State prison FOR setting
fire to the Sheldon poor house, OF which
she was an inmate.
Information has been received by the
Superintendent of the st. Adams federal
building, F. w. McGettrick, that work
will be commenced soon upon the ruins
of the former structure.
The grand lodge of knights of Py-
thias, domain of Vermont, and the first
cunclave of the uniformed rank of the
order will hold their eight annual SEES
sion at St. Adams October IA and To-
Mrs. Frank jenkins of Newport, who,
with her husband, had been stopping for
the past few weeks with friends in Mont
DHIleT. dlltIlDltu SulNiuS ny ONhihS
the other day because she could not get
work.
The brattleboro Jelly company has
been reOrganized into a stock company
with a capital of $4,000 1t is proposed
to enlarge the business and establish
agencies in other sections of the State.
The 22d annual convention of the Yer
mont w. e. Il. L. will be held in st.
Johnsbury October % %. Miss Agnes
Slack of London, the worlds correspond
ing secretary, and other prominent temp
erance workers will be present.
The building marble department of the
Vermont Marble company's works at
Proctor has just finished and shipped to
La Libertad, San Salvador, marble
burial vault of large dimensions and
beautiful design. 1t is mostly made of
Sutherland Falls marble, with elaborate
iron and glass accessories. The weight
of it is 100000 pounds.
Mount Zion commandery, No. o,
Knights Tempar, of Montpelier, has is
sued a circular letter which will be for
warded to every grand commander in
the world describing the missing Ed
ward d. Blackwell of that city, who
was last seen In Boston September O..
There is no clue to his whereabouts.
Miss Lucy, daughter of w. B. Vial of
Randolph, sustained a severe injury re-
Gently as the result of "A peculiar acct
dent. Miss Vial was curling her hair
with the aid OF a curling iron, when in
some manner it slipped from her hand
and the iron came in direct contact with
the eveball. burning it seriously. 1t is
hoped the eye may be saYed.
The Mount Klburn Wheel club of
Dol1n1Uc L'o hn 1,rnt,nrod a pirpnlnr LOT
ter which will be sent to each member of
the state legislature, asking their support
for bill which will be introduced this fall
providing for the free transportation of
bicycles as baggage on all railroads in
the State. The bill to be presented is
similar to the New York law.
Edison Keith, wealthy wholesale
milliner of Chicago, committed suicide
last week by drowning. He was "A ma
tive NermOnter of the well-known
Keith family of Barre. His mental aber-
ration is attributed by his friends to
sletplessness aggravated by dyspepsia
and groundless fear of possible troubles
to result from the coming presidential
election.
Col A. A. Hall of St. Adams is still
i'll in New York, where he was myster-
iously injured on Monday of last week.
Ut appears that he fell upon the sidewalk
in fainting fit. His wound was dress
ed at a hospital and he recovered suffic-
iently to walk to his stopping-place, but
soon after reaching there became un.
conscious. He was in critical con-
dition at last accounts.
Austin Phillips of Vershire. a lunatic,
gave the people of South Royalton some
excitement one day last week. He es-
capped from his keepers at O'Clock
Thursday morning, by making rope OF
his bed clothes and lowering himself
from an upper window while they were
asleep. He was first seen by the driver
of the Chelsea stage, and was captured
by Sheriff Jones and party of villagers
who found him secreted in the bushes Oh
the river bank. after an exciting chase.
A valuable gray horse, two blankets
and harness belonging to Alderman
Noyes of Rutland and buggy owned
by Michael Kelly of the same city were
stolen some time between midnight and
daylight Saturday morning. Another
horse belonging to the Forentine Marble
company at Florence and a covered car.
riage belonging to Henry Stevens OF
Pittsford were also stolen some time
Friday night or towards daybreak Sat
urday morning. There is no clue to the
thieves.
A verdict of $4,000 has been awarded
in the Windsor county court against the
Employees Liability Assurance corpora
ton to Mrs. Helen b. Clark, widow o.
Berna A. Clark, one of the most prOmi
nent men of Brattleboro, who wa
found dead by the roadside near hi
team about a year ago. Mr. Clarl
carried accident insurance policies Il
the amount of S26, 1000. The question
was whether or not he was killed b,
being thrown from his wagon, and tn
corporation refused to settle, claiming
that death was due to apoplexy.
DR.. B. c. Sexton of Rutland ha
secured a divorce from his wife in tn
Rutland county court. DR.. Senton hat
no sooner finished putting in his evi