Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-07-29
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Private Delbert II. Leach of Co. B.,
Vermont volunteers, died Monday in
camp at Chckamauga. Leach had been
sick for some time with typhoid fever.
but his condition was not considered
critical until an early hour Monday
morning, when there was a sudden
change for the worse, and at ) O'Clock
he breathed his last. He was a native of
Fairfield, Vt. Leach enlisted as private
in Co. b, May l6, 1898. a wife and
one child of two years survive him.
Private Place of the same company still
remains in a critical condition. His
father. E. G.. Place of st. Adams, who
arrived at the park Monday evening, will
remain with his son until he is out of
danger.
The copper mines at Ely were at one
time the third largest in the United
States. The rich veins of ore recently
opened in the Elizabeth mine, at South
STAFFORD, proved that this lead is capable
of profitable development. The Eliza
beth mine is owned by the Tysons of
Baltimore, men of large experience i'm
mining. They have Just refused 100000
for the property. Rich veins have also
been found in Royalton. The Boston
and Montana experts who have visited
these mines say that if the properties
were located in the copper regions of the
west they would be booming. All cop
per experts agree that with modern
machinery and methods of smelling the
Vermont copper mines can be made great
dividend producers.
one day last week Kate Hughes. an
estimable young woman of Granville. y.
y, had an alteration with her mother
and leaving home went to Rutland and
registered at the Central House under an
assumed name. While there she took
carbolc acid and chloroform in an at
tempt to commit suicide. From letters
in her pocket it was found where she
was from and her mother being sent for
arrived at the city hospital where she
had been taken, and as soon as possible
had Kate taken home. Sunday the Girl
made another attempt that was success
full. for after several hours suffering She
died at her home. She was y years of
age and it is understood that a love
affair is at the bottom of the case.
/. l.. Northrup of Bellows Falls had
decidedly unpleasant experience recently.
and one he will not care to repeat. While
sitting near the electric light on his
piazza large-sized bug flew into his ear.
1t was over half an inch long. with
hard shell and exceedingly sharp toes.
1t completely filled the orifce and quick |
ly scratched its way in as far as the ear
drum, decorating that as well as the inner
ear in its endeavors to turn around. A
surgeon was summoned and the painful |
visitor removed. Mr.. Northrup has his |
captive now preserved in alcohol, and he |
exhibits it to the boys who try to 'put
a flea in his ear, as a memento of a half |
hours acute suffering.
The State railroad commission has
fixed the responsibility for the locomo-
tive boiler explosion near Readsboro on
May 81, on the Hoosac Tunnel and Will
mington railroad company. Zephron
Douglas, the engineer, and E L. Faulk-
ner, the fireman, both of whom resided
at Readsboro, were killed. The com
mission finds that the engineer was in no
way to blame for the accident, but that
the boiler was in bad condition. and that
there are no adequate facilities at Reads.
boro for repairing or inspecting locomo.
tives.
John Morey, freight conductor on
the Central Vermont railroad, was the
victim of painful accident at Milton.
While attempting to board the caboose
on the rear end of the train one end of
the rod of the ladder which he grasped
came out, letting him back and carving
his foot under the wheels, badly mang-
ling and cutting one side of It, Had he
not, with wonderful courage, hung on
with his left hand to the rod above. he
would have rolled under the wheels and
been fatally Injured. He was taken TO
st. Adams. where his foot was,dressed.
George Gauthier, the trimmer for the
Consolidated Lighting company in Mont
pelier, should have some credit for a
scheme for killing the caterpillar moths
which flock nightly to the arc lights.
He closed the holes on the arc light Fri
day, and gathered peck bag of the
moths when he had made his rounds {
Mr.. Gauthier says the scheme
was original with himself. 1t doesn't
make much difference where the credit he 3
longs as every one of the moths could be
killed before they get at the occupation t
Of depositing their eggs. d.
Sergeant-at-arms II. G. Phinney is /
making needed repairs at the state house !
10 Montpelier in anticipation of the com t
ng legislature. The paint on the large i
front doors has all been burned of and a
will be redressed. The paint on the {
ioors has never before been renewed '
simply being repaired when OCCASION le- -
luired, consequently the paint has ac- "
TO a thickness of about a six
zenith of an inch, and completely filling b
he scroll work. The desk in represent !
atives' hall will also be dressed over. {
\ 4-year-old son of George Jepson. O
of the Valentine knitting y
mill at Bennington, had quite serious \
lccident Saturday afternoon. The little 4