Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-16
State l7ews.

The midsummer meeting of the Vermont
Fish and Game League will he held at
] sic La Motto July -. Invitation IS eX-
|ended to all.
A tramp while attempting to board
! he way freight from Richmond to Island
Pond at SherbroOke, Wednesday after
boon, was thrown under the cars and
Instantly killed.
No American incident connected with
he Jubilee has made greater impression
|lpon English appreciation than the APP.
bearance of the Vermont troops in the
Montreal procession. y brief account of
Il was cabled to one of the London
bapers. and from that taken up by the
|ountry journals.
The Vermont congressional delegation
III Washington agreed unanimously to
SIX for the appointment of Olin Merrill
.Df Fnosburgh as collector for the west
I'm and Gopher l.. Mansur of Brighton
or the eastern district of Vermont, with
Fred 4. Field of Rutland as marshal and
ames l.. Martin of BrattlebOro as dis
+ riot attorney.
Arrangements are being perfected for
, he placing of a granite marker on the
trouud i'm Peru where Gen. John Stark
.ncamped when on his way from New
HAMPSHIRE to take command of the
American forces previous to the battle of
1t is also proposed to
mark the site of the house in Dorset,
wned by Cephas Kent, in which the
rst constitution of Vermont was drawn
+ u and the first declaration of the inde
sendence of Vermont was published.
II. A. and NJ. w. Lyons of Bennington
ave been prospecting at Sunderland for
everal weeks for manganese ore. An
.bclined well six feet high and three and
.ne-half feet wide was dug in the noun
+ ain 20 feet. They found large amount
i f rich ore. They have a small force of
hen at work and will soon ship carload
3 f ore to Troy to be used in manufacture
# steel. If their hopes are realized Sun
erland will have an important industry.
. he elder Lyons was for many wears
lanager of a manganese mine at South
|vallingford, which was closed.
{ Great activity prevails among the slate
uarries and slate producers i'm Western
ermont. The men are working 10
. ours a day and new help is being put
n. Orders for slate continue to come
rapidly, and shipments are being
lshed with all possible dispatch. y
Healthy syndicate said to be from Bos-
/ ,n, is purchasing all of the red slate
rritory it is possible to secure at North
ranville and Pawlet. The past week
as notable one in the production of
ate. The weather was propitious for
he work, and there was no little strife
etween the gangs of men at the differ
'uarries to see who could turn out the
ost.
a big lump of sweetness was found in
e Cady house at MorrisVille few days
20. 1t was discovered that honey was
)zing from ceiling and walls and drop
ng on a bed in a ground floor corner
edroom. About year ago swarm of
hes alighted on the side and corner of
e house, found their way in ard as lat
developments have shown have been
Prv industrious in their work. Seeing
at lot of bees and honey were his to
tal with, Mr.. Cady made proposition
st week to a couple of local bee raisers
Il town, asking them to remove the bees
ID have the swarm and the honey for
cir labor. y staging was put up, a
t of corner castings and clapboards tax
i off and forty or more pounds of honey
cured. a new hive was left on the
hgng and the bees are now slowly en-
ring it,