Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-23
State l1eps.

Fifty-five tenements are now in pro-
IS of construction i'm Bellows Fails.
A reward of 500 has been offered for
@ recovery of the body Of James lnglis,
Q seven year old son of George lnglis,
'ho was drowned in the river at Barre
st Wednesday.
Essex junction is putting on metro
blitan airs and proposes to outstrip
erv town in her class. She will soon
I've printing establishment, and the
so home papers will hereafter be issued
the spot. We wish her success.
Orrin Green of Topsham, aged 81,
lmmitted suicide Sunday by taking
udanum. A doctor was called but was
lable TO save his life. He died II hours
ter taking the dose. Dependency was
F @ cause. His wife was dead and the
.ildren had grown up and left home.
The midsummer meeting of the Yer
ont Fish and Game League, called for
f lly p, has been postponed until
|ugust 6, word having been received
+. om Senator Proctor that President
cKinley will attend, together with sew
+ al cabinet officers. y programme in
f II will be given later.
. 1t is regarded as settled that another
nit goods industry is 10 be established
Bennington. About $50, 900 has al
adv been subscribed for the enterprise,
ostly by out of town people, and
.ecial town meeting will soon be held
consider proposition to exempt Il e
sw company from taxation for term
years.
1 f. d. RedingtOn, one of the three
|awlv elected jury commissioners OF
'hicago. is a st. Johnsbury boy. lie
|bw resides in Evanston, and is spe-
al agent for the Provident Life and
rust company of Philadelphia. He was
major in the union army during the
4 tie war, and was at one time paymaster
the army.
The town of StOckbridge has Just re-
/ lived the first 81 900 of SlO,OOO bequest
/, fl bv the late William Belcher, OF san
francisco, but native OF StOckbrldge.
" the terms of the bequest the income
|llv is to be used for the current expenses
| a town library. \ corporation has
Zen chartered for the purpose Of manag-
4 q the fund and the library.
The annual tournament of the st. Al
Inns tennis association began at st.
|lbans on Tuesday, July 20. At this
|urnament the silver cup presented by
'ol. +. G. Smith was again put up for
bmpetition. The cup becomes the
|roperty of any one winning 1T three
BARS. The association will also award
prize to the winner of the tournament.
The stone dam Of j. T. Shepley at
heldon Springs, Vt, was partly carried
|vay by the great freshet last week and
loss to Mr.. Shepley of about SSOOO
b dam alone. This dam is about 800 feet
Ing. built of stone, and was one of the
bst in the state. Mr.. Shepley had his
lii nearly completed and would have
|arted up Aug. l, and the damage to
i'm in loss of business is very great
Poison or dynamite has ruined the fish
|g in Cooks pond at Weatherstield. Up
b this season 1T has been the Mecca OF
h pout fishing within reach but this
bason thousands of dead fish have been
|ashed up on the shores and 1t is impos-
BILE to catch anything but frogs, and
Lev croak mournfully from the lily
hds. The indications are that an ex-
Iosive of some sort or coculus lndicus
las used, but the motive is beyond eX-
|anation.
The Weldon hotel at st. Adams was
|lrned early Saturday morning. The
re caught in the kitchen and rapidly
bread to the rest of the building. The
remen were unable to check its pro-
ress. Most of the furniture and the
ersonal effects of the boarders were
lved. The Weldon bank and pOstoflice
ere completely destroyed, but the con-
Ants of both were saved. The hotel was
lsured for So 600, which will practical
I cover the loss on the building.
VIM. Connors of Bellows Falls met
Path in singular way last week. He
bid a friend we're thrown out of a team
nd he was killed by a beer bottle which
e had in his inside pocket. The fatal
FOUND was in the throat, beginning near
be apple and extending some two inches
ltO the right lung; it was ragged and
Fide enough to lay two fingers in. The
ottle found near the body was beer
ottle and had about an inch broken
rom the neck, leaving it sharp.
Horace Kenfeld of Morrisville, who de-
otes the major part of his time to Guilt
ating beans, showed enterprising bust
ess sagacity by purchasing a quantity
4 powder and fuse and sulphur, with
Fhich explosives he purposes to blow up
r. suflocate the troublesome wocdchucks.
lis plan might have proven success,
ut he thought only to stop up one exit
/ a time, while the woodchucks nimbly
alloped away to other burrows. Horace
ad the satisfaction of hearing only one
neeze, which got poisoned in the eyes
nth ivy.
Word was received at Burlington sun
ay of the death at New \ ork of William
Ware Peck, brother of +. w. Peck of
burlington, who is the only surviving
MEMBER of the family, with the exception
f an elder brother in California. The
cath of Judge Peck took place at his
lew York residence on Sunday. He was
orn at Burlington Feb. l., 1921, and
ias a graduate of the University of Yer
lont. He studied law at Harvard and
eceived the degree of Ii. b. in 1914.
lie was well and favOrably known at
The next governor of Vermont has
zone to Europe, informs the Boston
record. His name is w. 5. Webb, and
e married one of the Vanderbilt girls.
or number of years the New York
have kept a pretty close hold
n tho Pboda leland offiaac apd pour