Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-16
State l7ems.

EDWARD severance OIL ltluesDuIRn has
invented potato digger which does
good work.
Bears are committing depredations in
Westiield. Homer Burnham of that
town has lost If sheep this summer,
which were killed and eaten.
Robert Danuatt a Windsor man, while
hunting deer in New Hampshire was
shot in the left arm bya companion,
who mistook him for deer
DR.. A. II. Campbell, formerly princi-
pal of the State normal school of John
son, has beeu elected principal of the
Plymouth, y. H., State normal school
The Lamoile river is to be dredged
from the mouth to the lower falls, so
that large boats can ascend to the new
mills of the Glens Falls Pulp company.
\ Westfed despatch of Sunday says:
There was a snowfall here Wednesday
and Thursday The snow was eight
inches deep on the mountains and five
inches deep in the open on the hills.
This followed nine days steady rain.
+. w. Sherburne of Barre rode 100
miles over the course between Burling-
ton and Montpelier last week in six
hours, 40 minutes and 20 seconds This
is without doubt the fastest 100 miles
ever liutltu u al ' VI lliblltl blN NliNA VII
the road.
Charles Taylor, the veteran hOrseman,
who will be 30 years old next June,
broke the track record at the Springfield
fair Thursday bv driving Robert b. the
last heat of the free .for.all in 2:2l4. The
best time heretofore made on that track
was :219.
4 fine specimen of a black bear was
1,r,u,rbt In popt,inrrtf,p Mpp1ax- pirht
by Isaac Pratt. The bear weighed about
$50 pounds and his coat was unusually
long and heavy. Pratt Is veteran bear
hunter, this being the 9th he has cap
turrd. and the fourth one this season.
w. T. Dewey, brother-in-law of E. d..
Blackwell, the missing secretary and
treasurer of the Montpelier Consolidated
Light company, has returned from Bos-
ton, where he was unable to OBTAIN any
detinite clew to the missing man. His
disappearance is still clOuded in mys-
terry.
Charles Chiott of Burlington is the
pOssessor of a novel craft. The boat is
racing shell and has Just been com
pleted by ChOtt and his father. Capt.
Chiott. 1t is 33 feet in length, weighs
but 30 pounds and is in no place over -
inches in width. An iron framework
makes support for the seat and oar
locks. The shell is built of thin cedar.
William Noyes of Rutland was found
the other morning stealing oats out of a
bin belonging to Ed. Bowman. 1t is al .
legged that Moves had been stealing oats
from Bowman at different times for over
wear. but Bowman did not succeed in
catching the thief until now. Moves is
painter and has been regarded as a
reputable citizen until this matter came
up.
The buildings on the Welcome Under
wood farm at. Jamaica were DESTROYED
by fire a few evenings since. Tru-
man Cobb, an aged man living at
the house, was 50 badly burned that
he died the next day. He had gone to
bed, hut got out of the house all right,
and went back for something and was
badly burned before he could effect a
second retreat
Judge Rowell is bound to see the
liquor dealers of Rutland through to the
end. In order to clear up the liquor
docket. he has ordered recess of the
county court until November 10. This
was done in order to give the States
attorney time TO obtain evidence and
prepare the cases for trial. Judge
Rowell said he thought that it was re-
markable that so many cases came up
from the lower courts with little or no
evidence behind him.
There was wholesale liquor raid in
St. Adams Monday. Thirteen places
were raded, comprising the Weldon.
American, the Park View, st. Albaus
House. Exchange. Grand Central, Elm
Tree House, James Sheeheys, the Park
cafe, Prior's restaurant, and Flynn