Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-27
ROUND THE STATE.
|MS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


bIph-Judge Seaver of windsor Shot by
Morphine Eater-Other state Notes.
THAN Allen Hitchcock, of st. Louis,
bm President Mckinley has just APP
4hted minister to Russia, is lineal
cendant of old Ethan Allen and be-
rs to family long prominent in Bur-
kton. Samuel Hitchcock came to
Ellington from Massachusetts, in 1855,
med law office there and was first
les attorney for the county, repre-
tative of Burlington in the general
bmbly, first secretary of the univer-
and finally United States district
be. He married May 26, 1879, Lucy
.oline, second daughter of Ethan
In. and died in 1913, aged 4S. His
ow survived him many years, dying
HlS42, aged a. 70 this couple were
b three sons--Samuel. a bachelor and
cluse; Ethan Allen, West Pointer,
distinguished himself in the war for
Union and attained the rank of
DR. general; and Henry, who went to
bama in early manhood and finally
anne chief Justice of that state. He
j in 1899 His wife was of Tennes-
family named Erwin and she survived
many years. There were two sons,
whom the elder, Henry, is one of the
q t eminent lawyers of st. Louis. The
niger, Ethan Allen, is the newly APP.
tied minister to Russia.
EXTRACTOR johnson of Newbury, who
epairing a dam at Randolph, came
causing serious accident
. DAYS since. The workmen were
king near a plank embankment
n the weight of about dozen boys
two or three men caused it to caye.
workman ran as soon as possible
u. G. Dean of McIndoes was caught
Veen the planking of the dam and
E of the bank. The other workmen
iallv stopped the effect of the blow
grabbing hold of the the planks
n examination by a. c. Bailey it
found that Mr. Dean had a sprained
e, and badly bruised legs, and arms
hand. The boys and men who
d on the embankment were thrown
everything. Some of them must
4 been thrown over 100 feet. Samuel
man, who is over 20 years old, was
ne the number. He was turned end
. end, and when he landed he had
stuck into his hand, otherwise re-
ng no injuries.
n.IThomas c. Seaver, Judge of pro-
for Windsor county, was shot at
residence last Sunday morning by
liam w. Lawrence. The ball pene-
ID the right lung and lodged under
shoulder blade. Lawrence surren-
d himself after the shooting and was
ed in Jail to await the result of Judge
er's injuries. The trouble arose
the appointment of guardian in
by Judge Seaver of Lawrence's
Lawrence called at the house of
! he Seaver last Sunday morning and
red into hot discussion with him.
Judge ordered Lawrence to leave |
house and followed him to the door,
re Lawrence drew a revolver and !
E two shots, the first of which took |
{. At the Jail Lawrence was search !
I'D a small quantity of morphine was
d upon him, showing that he was |
ubtedly morphine eater, thus eX-
ing why he had at times appeared |
mentally unbalanced.
NJ. Shaw. who was nominated for |
rnor of Iowa by the Republicans
week, is NermOnter, and his father, |
Shaw, Is an old and respected resi-
of Morrisville. Mr.. Shaw went |
when a young man and worked his
through Cornell college in Iowa,
also graduated from the Iowa cOllege1
W. He has practiced law at Denis0h{
past 20 years. He is one of the |
hest lawyers of his state, and did |
tive work in the last campaign, |
Ing more than 60 speeches in Iowa.
said to have no superior as cam |
her in that state. He is one of the |
tors of the college from which he
uated, and was one of the fOremOs |
is in founding the Denlson Normal |
ge. He went to the state cOnven- |
with the solid support of his district,
won on the fourth ballot.
SIS Anna c. Park of Bennington |
#ght with her on her return from |
Hampshire. small bottle contain |
hree hundred and twenty-five but
eggs, of the order called bonn |
E lde. The other morning, glancing |
he vial, she discovered that many of |
Eggs had Matched and the bottle con-
d great number of little worms |
ling about looking for something to |
The problem what to feed them is
ling Miss Park and she would be |
f thankful indeed for any informa-
as to what they could be fed to save
lives.
Try creditable to Vermont horticul- |
is the first annual report of its state
ty, says the New England Home
The pamphlet is carefully edited |
he secretary, Prof. f. A. Waugh.
L is lots of zeal among fruit growers |
rmont and the industry in the GreeD1
ltain state is good deal bigger
i. the average farmer there imagines.
it needs is not only this society for
change Of experience in producing
but a strong business organization
Oh which commercial growers may
|erate to market their fruits to the
advantage.
|urance Agent Hayes of Bellows
reports IA fires in Vermont dur
he first half of the current year.
Ing loss of $3.50, 49,, as against
fires in the same period in 1896,
ng a loss of 1884 1875 In the IS
hs covered by Mr.. Hayes record
slrgest loss was 500 900 at the st.
ns fire in May, 1885; the next was
5l5 lumber yard fire at Burlington
arch of the same year, and next
two $4,000 fires-One at SwantOn
ne 1908 a nd tho otbor o. - Tohre