Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-31
State l7etps.
Burlington has temperance drug
store the city papers say.

store the city papers say.
There are in Barton Landing 80
widows, five who have been widows and
remarked, seven widOwers and lG who
have been widowers and have remarked.
Erastus Ilebard, prominent resident
of Randolph, died the 2lst inst, aged Of
years. He was the oldest eX-legislatOr
present at the legislative reunion III
Montpelier last fall.
Mayor sheldon of Rutland has APP
pointed X. H. llannum permanent chief
of the fire department. He has been
chief of the department since 1885 and
has been fireman 81 years.
David Walker of West Woodstock has
Pine Tree shilling with the date 1862,
which formerly belonged to his great
grandmother. lie was offered So for the
coin 30 years ago, but has always re-
fused to part with it.
Seymour Carey, a resident of Col
chester,'was struck by the north-bound
flyer at the crossing just below the rail-
road station at WinoosH Thursday
evening, and died OF his injuries the next
day.
Herbert Sias of Barre has sued the
Consolidated Electric Light company OF
Montpelier for $4,000 damages for in
iuries alleged to have been sustained
last fall by falling from pole belong
ing to the defendants.
John Purcell, a Bennington peddler,
has received word by a friend that an
uncle of Purcell, whom he had never
seen, had;died in the East Indies and
had lett "A fortune of $l50,000 to divide
between six heirs, of whom he was one.
George A. Boyden of BrattlebOro, ad-
mnistrator of the estates of Oliver Dau-
and Edward Rogers, who were killed at
POwnal slast July by a train on the
Fitchbuig railroad, has sued that COM
pany for $4,000 for each person killed.
a largely-attended mass meeting was
held in Burlington Friday night to devise
someEpan forl relieving the Armenians.
Resolutions were adopted urging con-
gress to do alli possible, and to indorse
all efforts by the president to secure the
safety of the Americans in the Turkish
dOminions.
The village of Swanton has just voted
to purchase an additional water privi-
ege. TO provided for its electric light
debt of $50, 600 itl has voted to issue
bonds in denomination of $1,000 each,
payable 20 years after date, with inter
est at the rate of r. per cent per annum
payable semi-annually.
Albert Townsley of Pownal and his
team had a narrow escape from going to
the bottom of the Hoosac river few
days agO.y He was coming from the
river with a load of ice, when his horses
began to break in. BY whipping them
he drove of Just as the ice went down.
The ice where he crossed was found to
be only two inches thick. The depth OF
the'water' at that point is about 10 feet.
Gold mining is making good progress
in the Statt.t Near Bridgewater village
five tons of rock yielded $50 pounds OF
concentrates, but whether the vein will
maintain that average is uncertain. 1t
is said that at the Ottaquechee mine a
lump of solid gold was secured weighing
two pounds and seven ounces, worth
5000. Another lump, less pure, was
worth $500.
Joseph Ryan, who works for Jane,
r. Murray at the kGreenough farm north
of Rutland, captured a fox in IA
peculiar manner few days ago Ryan
went into the farmhouse cellar shortly
after dinner to look over some potatoes
While looking into bin he heard a
noise behind him and turned Just in time
to see full-grown red fox come from
the hatchway into the cellar. RyaI
closed the hatchway door and after {
lively chase caught the fox. The ANNA
seemed bewildered and tired and CAV,
evidence Of having been bounded.