Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-30
State 11eros.

i The klOndyke gOld-nuntlnR IeNer mas
ruck Burlington and party is expect
to leave there shortly for the new
bid fields.
The Montpelier Argus of the current
eek contains IL half-tOne reproductions
pictures now in the art gallery of that
wn. They make a fine display.
A. E. Wakefield of Hardwick has a
liver dollar dated 1893. 1t has l3 stars
each side, representative of the orig
al colonies, and the diverse side bears
e legend, "Iu God We Trust 1t is in
excellent state of preservation.
+ A deer was found in South Wallingford
st week with one leg broken. Two
bgs were pursuing it, and one of the
|bgs was shot by an unknown party.
he fish and game league people have
e matter in hand and will investigate
Carl, the young son of a. w. Morrill,
. West Danville, found some powder in
oking about the house in the absence
the rest of the family one day last
eek. and proceeded to have a belated
LIBERATION. lie had his face blown full
powder and his eyes somewhat in
red.
Prince Warmer. the valuable stallion
vned by f. A. Ingalls, Of st. Adams,
AS found choked to death in his stall
lturdav morning. Prince Warmer
las sired by an own brother of SunOl,
OS4. His dam was Sadie L., full sis
r to Nelson, 09. He was a very
'omising young horse.
The Weldon House. which burned
bwn at st. Adams last week, was said to
I'VE been the finest hosiery in the state,
lving cost originally 5000, 900. The
.oprietor of the property is reported as
wing that it will be rebuilt If he is
sured that the prOhibtOry law will
BIT interfere with him.
Mrs. Cora Sherman of West Rupert
lund two old coins in her cOrntield, the
he a Spanish silver shilling of l772, and
Ie other a United States penny of 1903.
/ he first Vermont coins were made by
e authority of the state at Rupert by
lillian Harmon. The mint was located
BIT far distant from Mrs. Sherman's field
here the coins were found.
1.-THE annual regatta of the Lake Cham
ain Yacht club will take place on the
cond Tuesday in August An unusu-
ly enthusiastic gathering of yachts
ZEN is expected this year, as yachting
S taken boom on Lake Champlain
is season. The fleet of yachts to be
resent at that date will probably be the
rgest in the history of the club.
Grave robbers tried to steal the body
Bennington woman. Mrs. Conrad
lultz died at Bennington and was buri-
at Troy, y. Y. Officers found the
bdy lying near the fence outside the
metery, in blanket ready to be carri-
away. The grave had been broken
to, probably by grave robbers, who
ere frightened away. The police are
vestigating.
/. Mayor John Gordon of Barre does not
ant to pay the 500 for the recovery of
lines Ingliss body. Alexander Cruick-
ank. who discovered the body, made APP
ication for the reward. Mayor Gordon
of the opinion that there is no law
hitch would admit of the paying of
oh reward by the city council, and in
j.. probability he will place the matter
i the call for some future city meeting
ID thus bring the subject before the
+ ters. This plan, he says. will relieve
e aldermen from any personal liability
" the matter.
\ Brandon dispatch says Abner
Pnt was arrested and locked up We'd
sday tvaning, July 2l, and Thomas
art was arrested at Florence and
bought here Thursday morning. Both
pung men were arrested for burglariz-
g the place by E. B. Hendry, last No
mber They were given a hearing
lursday afternoon. Hart turned states
idence and Kent was put in under $500
pnds. They carried away from Hem
VS. place about 60 bottles of beer, a
" of cigars and nearly s. in cash.
int was unable to procure bail
The Gospel Wagon which has OBJ
ined considerable religious fame in
ashington, d. c., for its evangelical
ork, is enroute from Saratoga Springs
Rutland. 1t is in charge of Rev. Hen
Traver. The party in the wagon are
noted divnes, Rev. DR.. Herrick
DhnsOn of Chicago, Rev. Clarence f.
Witt of Detroit and other prominent
nisters. The party will call on Rev.
Forge y. Boardman, ID. d., profes sol
the Chicago Theological seminary, at
: summer home in Pittsford. They
i'll then probably push on to Burling-
n.
The first missionary who went to the
lndWich islands was native OF Ben
ngton. He was Hiram Bingham
it'll an associate he went to those islands
Z. 1919, remaining there 20 years. His
andfather settled there from Charlie
ont, Mass, about l773, and took part
the battle of Bennington. While a
sident of the islands Mr., Bingham
lblished a history of them. He was
liged to leave there on account of the
health of his wife. a son, Hiram
ngham, Jr., is now IA missionary there
d two daughters were for years
achers in Honolulu.
During the early settlement of the
" WIN of POmfret a stranger came walk
g to the house of Mr.. HaZen, having q
ANY cane in his hand and begged food
RS. Hazen gave him generous mea
ID asked nothing. lie wished, how
er, to leave his cane, requesting then
set it down in the ground and in time
would make willow tree. This they
d, and as the result have now beauti
family tree measuring Is feet in cir
Inference and supporting a few fee
ON the ground four mammoth
-anches. quite large trees in themselves
ld casting shadow of 60 feet.
A reunion of former sons and daugh