Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

FHOM OOH
a Montpelier Man Loses "A Leg I'm a Rail-
way ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to BE RE
sumed Near Bennington-A Canoe Acct
dent on berlin ~Pond-Othe Items.
Alexander Carroll of Montpelier was
hit by the quarry train at Barre Monday
afternoon, and his left leg was com
pletely severed. He was crossing the
track in a two horse team when the
train struck him. He did not hear the
train coming and it was impossible to
see at the point when the accident
occurred. The two horses were thrown
across the tracks, the wagon was thrown
back minus the two front wheels and
Mr.. Carroll was cast under the first car.
The engineer stopped the slowly moving
train almost instantly and Mr.. Carroll
crawled out before assistance reached
him. He did not lose consciousness.
He was taken to his home in Montpelier.
Besides cutting his foot clear off, the
car wheels broke his leg near the knee.
He will probably have to lose his left
leg above the knee.
Herman j. Bugbee of Woodford, has
purchased a tract of woodland, COM
prlsing 1900 acres, lying In the town of
WoOdford and Stamford, about eight
miles from Bennington. Within the
tract of land is Lake Hancock, from
which a part of the water supply for
Bennington village is obtair ed, but this
was reserved as well as a considerable
holt of Iond contiouous tO tha wotnr
This property was the scene of much
activity at one time and large quantities
of chair stuff were tdrned out at a mill,
now going to ruin. There have been no
logging operations on the property in
10 years or more and a considerable part
of the timber is sizeable.
A young Montpellerite was sailing a
canoe on Berlin pond one night last
week. 1t was lark and a puff of wind
rolled the canoe over, leaving the Oc-
cupant in the frigid water. He remained
there some time before any n heard
his cries for help, when DR.. Huse, who
resides on the west bank of the pond,
heard him call and responded, launching
a boat and rowing some time before he
could be located. The Montpelierite was
in the water so long that when he was
put on shore he fell twice before he
could be taken to the Huse homestead.
Miss Mary Fitzgerald of Montpelier
has received some valuable relics from
her brother, who wa on the Maine at the
time of Its destruction. Among these
relics are reports and orders, one of them
bearing Capt. Sigsbee's signature, a but
ton off the Goa of the chief master-at-
bullet, some leg shackles which were us
ed on a Spanish prisoner, and a shred of
flag of the Colon, very dirty and faded.
One of the most interesting things il a
bulletin published for the benefit of the
sailors.
Mrs. George Dix, wife of a well TODD
farmer of Nottingham, shot herself yes
terday morning between s and II o'clock.
She first slung a double-barrelled shot
gun across a bed and discharged it by
pulling the trigger with a cord, after
which she sat down beside the bed and,
pulling the cord again, blew her brains
out. Mrs. Dix had been very des-
pendent because of a humorous growth
which threatened her husbands life.
Burglars visited T. C. Reyes store at
Newbury last Friday and stole S75, most.
ly silver, including a lot of punched
silver and some new Columbian half dol
lars. They also obtained some notes and
church orders, the payment of which has
been stopped. The loss and damage will
exceed 500.
st. Augustine's church, Montpelier, is
1.-THE TRANSPORTATION" Z. w. Wood
went to Rome to do the work and at his
request the pope blessed the picture, the
church in which it should hang est. Au-
gustine's) and the communicates of the
church.
Mrs. Orville A. Briggs of Wllliamstown
may be partially crippled for life in one
limb, as the result of the kick of a heifer
in her stable. This afflictiOn is more thar
matched by the similar accident that cost
the life of her husband, who was kicked
by a COW a few years ago.
The 3lst annual meeting of the YER
mont Press association will be held at
Montpelier on Monday, Oct. "a, 1898.
The business meeting will be held In the
afternoon, followed by dinner at the Pa
vilion at 6 O'Clock and an evening busi-
ness session.
The Goddard seminary football team
played Norwich university at Mortified,
Saturday. The Goddard team had things
their own way and at no time was their
goal threatened. Score, Goddard %, Nor
witch O..
Hon. Charles Dewey has presented to
the Thomas w. Wood art gallery at
Montpelier a life-size plaster bust of his
brother, Rear Admiral Dewey.
One hundred dollars conscience money
has been received at the Vermont Mu-
tual office, Montpelier, from some I'M
known person.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Coleman of East