Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-03-06
State Views.

graSshoppers on ms Iarm rev Gays
ago.
The bankers of the State will meet at
Montpelier the 18th inst to form "A State
organization
A Burlington negro who is often in
the courts for drunkenness bears the
name Charles rankard.
y chewing gum company is to be in
cOrpOraled with headquarters in Rutland
and capital of $4,000.
Paul NJ. Orvs of the Equinox House,
Manchester, has taken the general man
agership of the Plant system of hotels
in Florida.
During 1895 there were Is deaths in
Norwich. Zen of those who died were
more than - years old and five OF the
10 more than so years old.
O. VI. Barber, for several years in the
practice of law at Arlington, has formed
partnership with Judge G. H. Darling
of Bennington, to begin in April
There were admitted to the Mary
Fletcher hospital ut Burlington last year
G7S patients, OF whom 429 were charity
patients. The daily average of patients
was 80.
Fred Howe. aged %, of Brattlcboro. Il
brakeman, fell beneath the cars at Nor
"ich, Conn, Friday evening and his
left leg was so badly crushed that 1t had
to be amputated.
Persis, the four year-old daughter of
Joseph Butter of Johnson, was burned
to death Friday. She was playing with
matches while her mother was out few
moments and IN some way set fire to her
clothing.
Arthur l.. Kennedy, the supernten-
dent of the wooden mills at WinoOski,
has invented a process of making fabrics
perfectly waterproof and at the same
time AS soft and flexible as ordinary
cloth. He will patent his invention.
Mrs. Dwight Darling, whose husband
was recently killed at railway crossing
IN MiddleseX, is to sue the Central Yer
mont railroad company for damages, as,
it is claimed, the train was running
faster than the law allows through the
village.
1t is reported that the property of the
Green Mountain Summer Home COM
pauy, which includes Camp Comfort,
Big Pond and other property in Wood
ford, near Bennington, will be sold at
auction the 10Th inst. unless the interest
on the bonded debt is paid.
The will of Mrs. 5. W. Warner, an old
resident of SaXton's River, leaves prop
crty to the value of $1,000 IN trust for the
use Of the homes at Westminster. or
gained by Rev. Charles A. Dickinson of
Boston, aud consisting of "a boys nome,
"A girls home and working girls home
A. \. johnson of North Springfield
met with curious accident recently.
While attempting to split wood with an
iron wedge, the timber being frozen, the
wedge flew out, striking him in the face.
dcmol>hing set of false upper teeth
and cutting quite "A cash in his upper
jaw.
Frank Il. Smith. formerly station
agent at Ludlow, returned last Friday
night and was arrested on Il charge OF
, embezzlir funds of the Central Yer
- mont railroad company. He was held
> in $1,000 bail, which was furnished
Smith was surprised at his arrest and
claimed that he had made good the larger
part of the amount of his shortage anC
arranged for the payment of the balance
} a Bellows Falls dispatch of Friday
, says: An injunction was served .upOr
: the assignees of the Mountain Spring
) Brewing company by the Orwell ma
} tional bank, one of the heavy creditors
and prevented the auction sale today o
= the brewery property. The sale wal
} adjourned to April 10. The property i
H. valued at 100000, and is located ON,
mile from here in Walp>le, n. H., ant
u is being operated as usual.
b Ira II. Alien of Fair Haven has one o
il the finest collections of American gar
nets in the world, his collection con
talning many hundreds of cut stones
+ Among them are those comprising tn
worlds fair exhibit, made by Tiffany 4
Co. of New York, to whom Mr.. Ale
loaned the brilliant,. Mr.. Allen ais
q has furnished the Smithsonian insttu
i lion at Washington its best specimens
10 They were brought from Mr.. Alien
II mine near keysville, Va.
}. Abel Campbell of Morristown has a
u order for 1000 live skunks from pei
, son in Montreal. He made his frs
1t shipment of ten last week. For twent
wears Abel has made IA business of hun