Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-04-24
State l1eps.

bury was struck by lightning Friday.
Hattie +. Fessenden, aged 10, the
daughter of Warren Fessenden, com
mitted suicide at Brattleboro Sunday.
The Burlington News began this week
the issue of Sunday edition and SINH
lar sheet was put out by the Clipper
office.
f. IL. Chapman of Rutland has re-
ceved 10000 trout fry to distribute in
brooks in that vicinity and expects
10000 more from the State hatchery
soon.
Rev. j. f. Bowen of West Enosburgh
has Just completed an uninterrupted SER
vice of 80 years as a Methodist pastor.
He now proposes to remove to West
port, N. Y.
A large manufacturing concern at
Manchester. \. H., talks of removing
its plant to Waterbury. Power to oper-
ate the machinery will be conveyed
from Bolton Falls by electricity
Leon Batchelder of Brooktield at
tempted suicide the other day at Ran
dolph by cutting his throat with
razor. He is in critical condition. A
love affair is said to have been the
cause.
John johnson of Montpelier, through
jealousy of his wife, tried to end his
life by taking 10 grains of strychnine
the other morning. The dose was too
much, however, and simple antidOte
relieved him.
The Bradford Opinion has been sold to
the Opinion Publishing company. cor
poration with capital of $4,000, SlO.-
600 of which has been paid in, and Harry
+. Parker has been elected manager of
the corporation.
At recent meeting of the municipal
board i'm st. Johnsbury a resolution was
unanimously adopted recommending to
the voters that they apply to the next
legislature for a city charter, to include
the whole town.
Camp No. 60 of Manchester Depot
will entertain the fourteenth annual en-
campmcnt of the Vermont division Sons
of Veterans ut Manchester Centre, July
l and ,. 1t is intended TO make this the
best encampment ever held.
Gov Woodbury. has appointed Fred
Arnold of Bethel Frank kentied of
Morrsville DR.. \. 4. Dean of Bristol,
II. :. Bingham of Bennington and John
II. Rich of SWantOu commissioners To
inv, stgatc the normal schools of the
State in accordance with The provisions
of Joint resolution No. BAG of the lcgi-la-
ture of 1891
At the Republican caucus in Brattlc-
boro Friday evening an informal ballot
was taken to show the sentiment of the
meeting as to the leading presidential
candidates and resulted: Mckinley, 80;
Reed, -; Allison, ]. II is understood
that eacn delegation stands 6 to 3 for
Mckinley. They were instructed to use
all honorable means to secure the elec
ton of Dr. II. -. lIolton as delegate at
large.
Frank Plume of Willston and Burton
Ross went to Shelburne pond Friday to
shoot pickerel. Plume tried to pull the
guns out of the wagon by their muzzles,
when one of them, loaded with buck
shot, caught and was Discharged the
charge lodging in Plume ; shoulder ana
ear. He was taken home unconscious,
and later to the hospital in Burlington,
where his death is momentarily eX-
pected
Charles w. Slack of South Royalton
met with a terrible death last week
Monday. He was drawing gravel in
dump cart to repair roads. He had just
dumped load and was at the rear of the
team, when tine horses started slowly.
He managed to get the reins from the
seat before they made much speed, but
was unable to hold them. He was
thrown down before they crossed the
railroad and run over, and his ribs were
crushed. He died three hours later.
Sir Charles Rivers Wilson of London.
president of the Grand Trunk railway Of
Canada, will sail for America on the
25th inst. lie comes to be present at the
next meeting of the shareholders. when
there are several important financial
measures to discuss, the most impOr-
tant being the receivership of the Cen
trial Vermont railway. now under the
control of the Grand Trunk. This mat
ter, Sir Charles says, will receive the
most careful attention, as the Central
Vermont is vital part of the Grand
Trunk railway ystem.
Central Vermont matters continue to
Interest citizens along the line of the
Rutland division. Nearly all locomo-
tives and crews of men. except enough
to man a few local trains have been
transferred to the Central division. The
receivers of the Central Vermont road
have ordered all traffic diverted from
the Rutland railroad. sending the same
via White River Junction if destined to
points north OF Essex Junction. This
lcdNcS llc Iodu OulY local business.
The Central Vermont pays the Rutland
road $1,000 day rental, and it is thought
it will give the road up. There Is talk
of the Delaware IL Hudson or Fitch
burg road operating it,.
Clinton l.. Sherwood of Rutland was
arrested Sunday night on a charge of
bigamy. He married Mrs. NJ. +. Bar
ney of Rutland April s. They got back
from their wedding trip last Thursday.
The rest of the story Is told by the
Herald as follows. ION Friday a woman
calling herself Mrs. Clinton l.. Sherwood
of Newport, n. H., arrived in this city
and went to 20 Nichols street, where
she had friends. 1t appears from her
story that she married Sherwood August
%, 1891. at Montpelier. She afterwards
learned that his real name was not
Sherwood, but William II. Strickland,