Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-10
State l1erus.


stolen.
During the recent heavy winds the old
meeting house at "The Kingdom" in
Plymouth, Windsor county, was blown
down. This house was built in 1916,
aud had weathered the storms of nearly
80 winters, but no repairs had been made
on it for over 30 years, and 1t was so far
decayed that the gale felled it with a
crash.
The town hall committee of st. Adams
held II meet Saturday night, and on look
ing over the plans and bids it was dis
covered that no provision had been
made for plumbing, heating and lighting
fixtures, so it was voted to call a special
town meeting at an early date to raise
the $4,000 necessary to guarantee a com
plete building.
The students of the university of
Vermont ~numberk53 seniors, 30 juniors,
60 sophomores, 70 freshmen and two
graduate students, a total of 245 in the
academical department. OF this num-
Der, 81 are classical students, 81 literary
scientific, Is engineering, 1G chemical,
80 agricultural, Is special, 1s5 medical,
80 daily a grand total of $50.
A peculiar accident happened in the
kitchen of the congregational church
yesterday morning which made things
lively for a few moments. 1t seems that
ice had formed in the stOYepipe and
when a fire was built an explosion took
place and thei stove was scattered in
pieces. A stove cover was lifted to the
ceiling Rutland Herald, Monday.
F. r. Smith, for the past two years
Ludlow, left Sunday morning with a
large sum of money belonging to his
employers. Included was a check for
500 signed by NJ. y. Spaulding and pay
able to Smith as agent, on the national
bank of Chester. Smith had had a good
reputation. Fast company caused his
fall.
Warren Nichols of Dorset was killed
in a runaway accident Saturday. lie
was on his way to Manchester Center
with a load of wood, and while he was
going down "A hill not far from his home
the horses became frightened when the
load struck their heels, land ran, throw
ing Mr.. Nichols out. lie struck the
groundl with such force and in such a
manner that his neck was broken, and
some of the ribs on his right side smash
ed in.
The body of Charles Buflman of Dan
by, who mysteriously disappeared about
six weeks ago. was found Wednesday
afternoon in some bushes back of shat
is known "a the Barrett shanty."
Frank PaolO and Peter Dalto, who were
hunting, were the flinders. The body
was found in the route which the man
would naturally have taken en- his way
home from work. There are suspicious
of foul play, though no arrests have
been made.
NJ. II. Alexander. a ~well-knOWn young
lawyer of Burlington, has been arrested
and jailed on charges of ENLIGHTENMENT
He is alleged to have misappropriated
$1,000. This charge of enlightenment
and a dozen charges very similar have
long been In circulation in the cOmmuni.
ty, and measures were taken some time
ago to procure AleXander's disbarment.
At the last session of the supreme court
John Young of Newport, eN-Gov. Dill
lingham and Col. \. 4. Hall of st. Al
bans were appointed II committee TO in
vestigate and report. The hearing was
set for the ID inst. and witnesses wert
were present from various part. of the
State. Alexander. however, filed Il slip.
ulation conserving to his disbarment anC
the hearing thus became Unnecessary
one of the western range men who
worked Addison county last fall wa,
bound up TO keep the peace in Burling
ton the other day. The Daily New'
says: 1t appears that there is a small
tempest III this county over The action,
of the western statesmen. They are sell
ing "A range for $50 which their competi
tors, Reed 4 Co.. of I~lincshurgh, claim l.
not worth the money. TO warn th'
people of this county against the western
range Mr.. Cassidy of that firm has fol
lowed Brown about the county with ON,
or .wo of the ranges sold by Brown
short time ago. When Brown attempt.
to secure a customer Cassidy drives ul
and tells the prospective purchaser tina
the range is not first class and oilers t
sell him one at "A much less price. Thi
plan of campaign so angered Brown tina
his temper got the better Of HIM and Ia
made some rather lurid threats. \
somebody told Cassidy that Brown car
ried a revolver, Cassidy thought discre
tlon the better part, retired from tn.
ioht and bipd Brown before the law