Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

] Holmes-Other Items.
Martin Cronin, who fled from South
/ Poultney several months ago to escape
arrest for maltreatng his family, re-
turned last week. He went to the place
where his family was and ordered them
to Join him, threatening to kill them
with large knife which he drew out of
his pocket if they refused. Mrs. Cronin
escaped through the back door with her
children to a neighbOr's house, and sew
eral men set out to catch Cronin. He
was overpowered after a struggle, and
the knife was taken from him. He was
taken later to the house of correction at
Rutland to await trial in January. He is
over 60 years old. He has never sup
ported his family and has hard name.
The will of Alfred B. Bowling, late
proprietor of the Fifth Avenue hotel,
New York city, which has been offered
for probate in the probate court at East
Cambridge Mass. is of interest to YER
monters. The sum of $4,000 is left to
the trustees of the st. Johnsbury acad
emy. The land and buildings now occu-
pied by the Congregational society at
East Burke are bequeathed to that soci-
ety. and in addition. $4,000 is given for
the support of the pastorate. The sum
of 81, 800 is given to the Lyndon Literary
and Biblical society of Lyndon to be used
for scholarships, to be known as the AL
fred DOwihg scholarships.
The largest fire in Windsor for several
years occurred at an early hour Monday
morning. The large hardware establish
ment of Stone, Penniman q Payson was
nearly destroyed. The fire was discov-
cred by the hOstler of the Windsor house
stables. and he rang in the alarm. Chief
5. a. Read succeeded in keeping the fire
inside the block in which it started. The
gross loss will exceed 10000. The block
is owned by D. TuXbury & Son, who
were about to move to neighboring
block. The building was erected l6
years ago, and was occupied by the
above mentioned firm on three floors in
the south half.
II. L. Stillson of Bennington, well
known Masonic writer, has received a
special invitation, written by the vener-
, able Archdeacon Stevens, p. G. c., of
: London, to accompany party of English
NIasons on a trip to the Holy Land and
Egypt. The party will leave London
Jan. 2l, and will start on its return
gency will be held in "SOlOmOn's quar-
rles,' near Jerusalem. Among those
who will compose the party are: Sir
, Arthur Arnold, vice chancellor of Cam
bridge University; Sir Lionel Playfair
and others.
The Bennington and Rutland railroad
are transporting a car load of iron ore
= weekly to Troy, y. Y. G. W. Bradley
who has a lease of some mineral property
Y about three-quarters of a mile north OF
South Wallngford. is in this way getting
n to market about l20 tons of manganese
@ ore a week. About 20 hands are now
= employed in tunnelng this ore. Year;
: ago this mine was worked slightly, ant
V it is said that the first steel ever made II
n this country was produced from ore
e taken from this mine.
c Miss Alice Hoag of Burlington wa
e one who escaped the clutches of murdere
e Holmes, who was hung in Philadelphia
a for wholesale numbering. Miss Hoal
e was engaged by Holmes to do short
u hand work and one evening he told he
r she was not well and asked to make al
!, examination. He claimed to be docto
e and she consented to an examination pro
n viding her mother was present. She dit
e not tell her mother and furthermore Mis-
d HOag stunned Holmes from that time on
/ Archie Rice, with brother and TIVE
i companions, were out hunting nea
l. SALISBURY Saturday, when Rice and on,
e of the others became separated from tn,
o rest. While walking along a partridg,
e flew up between them. and the cOmpan
ion turned part way round and raising
J. his gun, loaded with birdshot, fired Il
= the bird. The larger part of the charg
e struck Rice in the face. twenty-five
II shot were removed. His wounds are no
Al considered serious.
Ned Bronson of West Derby was ar
u rested at Newport last Wednesday an,
., lodged in Jail to answer the charge 0
~ stabbing his wife in the face and breas
81 the previous Monday. Bronson's fathe
Is died a few days before, from an overdos
III of morphine, so his widow says, bu
It Bronson's wife says that he poisoned hi
a father, and for this, she says, Bronso
lie assaulted her. Bronson says he chastise
e. her because she refused to get up an
,,1 get breakfast.
!, j. E. Calhorn of North Troy has fo
no some time missed some of his privat
Of stock of tobacco which he kept in tn
a. office of his mill He stated the othC
day in the presence of man whom L
suspected that he knew who the thiC
was, and that unless the stealing wa
,r. stopped there would be loads of troub
ne for the thief. The next morning h
I'd found eight one pound cans of smokin
n, tobacco on his desk and eight pieces
er chewing.
r. The Ayershire Breeders associate
re will hold its 23d annual meeting at Il
ID, Fifth Avenue hotel in New York on ia
re 2G. An important item of business is