Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-10-22
THE STATE.
TENS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

,Ials at Mount ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Acct
dents Throughout the state.
The Norwich public library and grad
ed school building was DESTROYED by fire
last week. It was three story brick
structure valued at $1,000 and was parti-
ally insured. The building was one of
the oldest historic structures in the sec
ton, having been erected in 1884 by Alden
Partridge, and for years used as
military school the famous Norwich uni
Eversity. Recently it had been used for
the graded schools of the town. 1t also
contained the hall of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics. The library
contained 5000 volumes, nearly all of
which, together with the furnishings,
were saved. The fire caught in an adj
joining shed and is supposed to have been
of incendiary origin.
Silas Grifith's fish breeding tank at
Mount Tabor has been poisoned with
Paris green by some miscreant and scores
of the trout have died. There were about
| , 800 taken out aud put in another pond
where most of them died. The reason
for such an outrage is not apparent
Except that Grillths, who lives in Dandy,
an adjoining town, was party to "A land
suit which was finished in the Rutland
court, after trial of three weeks. This
litigation has caused much excitement in
the mountain towns about Dandy. Mr.
Grfliths has the largest fish hatchery in
Vermont.
Randall w. Roberts of Bennington
Centre was found dead on the step of his
boarding house in Troy late Friday
evening. He was in the employ of the
Hadey Manufacturing company and
on account of business engagements
frequently remained over night at his
boarding house in Troy Mr.. Roberts
was prominent in church and Masonic
circles, he being past master of the
Mount Zion (Bennington) Lodge of Troy.
lie leaving Il wife and five children.
He was G3 years of age. Death was
caused by acute Brights disease.
Henry r. Knight, aged 81, a lawyer,
was arrested at Bratteboro by Sheriff
k. f. Gordon, who acted under instruc-
|tions from Sheriff John b. Nichols of
|Arrapahoe, Oklahoma, where it is said
that the charge was arson and that he
had requisition papers. Knight is grad
uate of the academy at West BrattleborO
and studied law, being admitted to the
bar several years ago. Knight says he is
not guilty of arson and believes that the
charge has been brought against him as
the result of political feeling.
The following Vermont postmasters
have been commissioned Fred \. Sheldon
of Rupert; William J. Wright of Mont
gomery Center, Carroll II. Warner of
East IIardwick, William X. Wright of
Sheldon. The following Nermonters
have been granted pensions: Original,
widows, Achsa r. Putnam of BoltOnville,
Rachel j. Roys of Amaden; increase,
Haskell f. BiXby; original, Amos II.
Noyes of St. JOhnsbury; reissue, John
Clark of Gouldsville.
Mrs. A. J. Barney of Swanton met
with a serious accident Tuesday while
she was walking on the street. Mr..
Barney's team had been left htched to a
|stone boat, standing in the barn, and Just
latter she got into the road, the horses
started and ran, jumping the fence, hit
Mrs. Barney who was on the sidewalk,
knocking her down and injuring her
quite severly. She is badly bruised, and
her shoulder hurt, but it is thought no
bones are broken.
Henry G.. Ide, ex-chef Justice of Sam
'oa, reached his home at st. JOhnsbury
Monday evening. He was met at the
station by delegation of prominent citi-
Zens and received hearty welcome. The
Judge is in perfect health and gained 30
pounds during his four years sojOurn at
Samoa. lie has no definite plans for
the future, but is likely to be recognized
by the administration for his disting-
uished service abroad
j. w. Hobart, for many years prom
inent in the management of the Central
Vermont railroad and its predecessors
and one of the most widely known rail-
road men of the state, died at st. Adams.
He had been out of health for some years,
but had seemed as we'll as usual this fall
until Friday. He went out driving
Friday morning, and in the afternoon
had sinking or fainting spell from wich
he never rallied.
The Barre granite syndicate is hanging
fire these days and Just what is going to
happen next nobody seems to know.
There was general opinion around town
that the Barre Quarry company was eX-
pected to begin operations on the 10Th.
1t did not and now the members of the
syndicate say that no definite time has
been fixed for the company to take
possession.
Resolutions were adopted at the recent
meeting of the state teachers association
supervision of schools and recommend
ing the adoption Of some plan of district
supervision with state aid by means of
which the benefit of skilled superintend-
ent may be secured for all parts of the
state.
Members of the Vermont Cavalry Re-
union association to the number of near
ly 100 met at Hyde Park Tuesday in an
nual meeting and to commemorate the
33d anniversary of the battle of Cedar
Creek in which the nth Vermont caval-
ry played such a conspicuous part.
A fire broke out in barn belonging
to Mrs. Phoebe Lyman at Bennington
Centre Tuesday evening. The barn was
unOccupied and quickly burned. The
flames communicated to the large barns
adjoining belonging to the Wallomsac
House, which were also burned.
Henry C. Mower, one of the oldest
locomotive engineers in New England,
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