Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-12
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Glasses and Value of Merchandise Entered
at the Port of st. Albans in October
Prominent Citizen of Bellows Falls Com
mits Suicide-Other Items.
The total value of merchandise entered
at the port of st. Albans in October was
S207,179, on which duty to the amount
of Sill ,592 "a was assessed. Among the
articles entered for consumption were s.
2ll bushels of potatoes, l2,043 bushels of
turnips, 30 horses, % sheep, 3,l69 lambs,
3 ESQ pounds of live poultry, |, 400 pounds
of chestnuts, 900 pounds of fish, 622
pounds of tin plate, 3,l00 pounds of al
izarine, $3.50 pounds of potash, 81 pounds
of phenacetine, 772.6 pounds of wood
pulp, 53, 100 pounds of raw hides, 200
pounds of wild rice, SOLO pounds of
cork bark, 90 tons of bran, 20 tons
of hay, 30 tons of straw, 300 tons
of wood ashes, 3G2, 200 feet OF rough
lumber, 243, ,405 feet of box shocks,
1887 thousand of shingles, l,156 thous-
and of pine lath, 275 cords of hemlock
bark, 5S pounds of pitch.
Mrs. Hanora Mccarthy, who is over
| 100 years old and resides with her son,
Dennis Mccarthy in North Bennington,
near a pond, met with an accident on
| Wednesday, which came very near
being fatal. She went to the pond for
pail of water and in stepping upon stone
slipped and slid into the water, feet
first. Fortunately her foot caught be-
tween some stones and prevented her
from going into very deep water, but
also prevented her from g ting out as
she was unable to eXtricate her foot.
| She called for help and her grand
daughter, Nellie Cummings, who resides
with them, hearing her, went to her as
sistance and found her submerged in the
water, being Just able to keep her head
out. She assisted her to the house. No
inconvenience was experienced except a
thorough wetting and fright.
Oscar o. Olcott, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Bellows Falls, COM
mitted suicide Saturday afternoon by
hanging himself in his barn. Sickness
and dependency are the causes. The
deceased had been in poor health for a
considerable period of time. The body
was discovered about 6 O'Clock in the
evening and the news of the sad event
spread rapidly and caused much excite
ment. Oscar O. Olcott was one of the
most prominent citizens of Bellows
Falls, where he had been a life long
resident. He was treasurer of the town
ceeding his father, Elias Olcott, In that
office. He was born in Rockingham
and was in his 50th year. He leaves a
widow but no children. The Ocott es-
tate is valued at from $4,000 to
100000.
Thomas Keefe, eX-United States con-
sui at st. Johns, and a Windsor man,
died at st. Johns Saturday of apOpleXy.
Mr.. keete was appointed consul under
President Clevelands second admins
tratiOn and was succeeded by Charles
Deal of Champlain, \. Y, about month
ago. Mr.. Kerfe was a well-known Yer
mont Democrat He was 6j years old
and was born in Richmond, VT. He was
employed as brakeman on the Central
Vermont railroad until he was injured in
an accident, when he was made station
agent at Windsor His title of Judge
was given by his service as one of the
side Judges of Windsor county. He
served as United States customs officer
during Cleveland's administration.
The early fall crop of new papers is
beginning to come in. In addition to the
new Daily Argus, Montpelier has another
3 sprightly new daily, the Record, which
shows a fine array of local advertise
ments-the life-bloOd of newspaper
Volume |, No. |, of the Rutland Star
a new Democratic weekly, made its bow
; last Sunday in neat dress and with lots
of news. And as If all these were moi
sufficient, last Tuesday morning tn,
PUutney Advertiser was brought into
being. 1t is five columns wide ana sil
columns long rather unusual comb
nation of proportions in newspaper.
An important meeting was held a
Trinity church, Montpelier, Monday even
ing, Nov. |. a Joint commission repre-
senting the Vermont Methodist confer
ence and the Burlington district met anC
made arrangements for state conven
tion of the EpwOrth League which will
be held in Burlington. June 2l to %
1898. Several of the leading speakers o
the Methodist church in this country ar,
expected, including both laymen anC
clergymen. The programme Will include
an excursion on lake Champlan.
The tenth annual report of the Yer
mont Experiment station has just beer
issued from the press. 1t contains D
pages upon agricultural topics. EacI
article is carefully summarized so thai
gst of the volume is boiled down into
small compass for the busy reader. The
report will be sent without charge to any
Vermont address upon application. 4
postal card addressed to 10 the Expert
ment Station, Burlington, Vermont, stat
ing desires, is sufficient.
Lofe Washburn, a popular young man
, of Milton, was called out of the old LadC
store one evening recently to receive a Sc
we're castigation from whip in the hand;
of Mrs. Johns ingalls,. She claimed thai
Washburn had been circulating stories
derogatory to her character and says tina
other young men are in danger of receiv
ing the same treatment. Washburn de
! nies that he has tried to iniure tn,
woman and there are intimations o