Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-01-15
State l1eps.


There was $4,000 fire in Danville,
Monday, which destroyed three build
8ngs.
Ex-Gov. Farnham is said to he can
lidate for the postmastership at Brad
ford.
The mills of the Eureka Slate company
bit Fair Haven were burned Wednesday,
causing a loss of $4,000.
The store of A. c. Bates & Son, large
dealers in hardware at Rutland, has
been closed by the sheriff.
The next term of the Castleton normal
school will begin the 18th inst, with the
same corps of instructors as last term.
George Idle of Lyndonville, Judge r.
5. Taft of Burlington and Gen. w. w.
Henry of Burlington are the only sur
vivors of the State senate of 1865.
st. Adams has voted to accept the
charter granted them by the legislature,
and is now a full fedged city. Bonds
are to be issued to the amount of $4,000
10 pay of certain Indebtedness.
1t has recently been discovered that
he first patent ever granted by the pen
sion office was issued to Samuel Hop
Sins of Vermont, July 81, 1850, for his
Mr.. Swan of North Shrewsbury has in
his possession a pair of ice tOngs and
slice" said to have been made by
Ethan Allen while among the British
md compelled to work at blacksmith ing
The knit goods mills of Bennington
are beginning to feel the depressed con-
dition of affairs. Unless orders come in
faster and cease to fluctuate, the mills
-, 4 lnf s,ifa
period.
The Jury in the Wales arson case, on
trial last week at Montpelier, brought in
verdict of not guilty. The young man
was charged with having tried to blow
up Goddard seminary at Barre with
dynamite.
E Vermont hickory will be used as
handle bars for bicycles j. Y. Hildreth
of Brattleboro has an order from a firm
to make $4,000 of them by June. Ten
men are working night and day to
fll the order.
There were two Richford farmers who
tapped several trees week ago last Sun
day and gathered quite a bit of sap.
This beats the record in Vermont. The
oldest inhabitant never before saw such
a balmy day in January.
Harrison Dingman, imperial potentate
of the Mystic Shrine for North America,
will make an official visit to Mount sinai
temple, at Montpelier, Friday evening,
January -, at which time a large class
of candidates will be initiated.
Bradley Newell, the healer, has since
year ago last August earned about
SIC, 600. lie says that he has paid off a
mortgage of 5000 on his Jacksonville
property, and has about $1,000 left His
travelling expenses have been about
US5000
Massachusetts capitalists are endeavor-
ing to float stock for a proposed COM
pany to build railroad from Bethel to
|ptOckbridge Common, to connect at the
after point with the proposed Rutland
and Montpelier railway. 1t is under
TODD that the parties behind the new
Zeal are also interested in the tale mines
nd gold mines on the upper White
River valley.
The Vermont Jersey Cattle Climb held
IS annual meeting in Montpelier Friday.
The old board of officers was reelected
ps follows: President, NJ. w. Vail of
. 'omfret; vice president, j. O. Sanford of
Stamford; secretary, F. G. Bronson of
Iardwick; treasurer, n. l.. DoydeD of
randolph; executive committee. F. l..
Davis of Pomfort, Clement Smith of
Nlorrisvlle and George Aitken of Wood
took. 1t was voted to issue IN pamphlet
orm the names of the Jersey breeders
the State, with statement as to the
un. Der and character of their stock.
a case of nerve was displayed by a
ramp one day last week at Bellows
Falls. He called at the house of Mrs.
=. j. Royce, walked in, sat down to the
able aud ordered his dinner, all in the
post unconcerned way, attempted to
ondle one of the children, who objected
eriously, and finally walked into the
larlor aud was making himself at home
here when Mr. Royce arrived on the
Gene, having been telephoned for by
lrs. Royce, and the tramp was arrested
nd sentenced TO 60 days in the house of
~ correction.