Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
AROUND THE STATE.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Up-Another western Mortgage Com
pany Goes to the Wall-Other Items.
Charles II. McGinnis of Rutland was
struck by the south bound train on the
Bennington and Rutland railroad last
Thursday morning just beyond the Cold
river bridge. The engineer did not see
the man soon enough to slow down be-
fore the engine struck him and he was
thrown several feet into the ditch. The
train backed into Rutland with the
injured man and he was taken to a doc
tors office where an examination was
made. His head was found to be injured,
several ribs were fractured and his body
was severely bruised. His left thumb
was so badly crushed that it was ampu-
tated. After his wounds were dressed
he was taken to his home on Granger
street, where he died at about 10 o'clock.
The latest western mortgage company,
In which VermOnters are interested, to
go to the wall is the New England Loan
e Trust company, which went into the
hands of receiver at New York last
week 1t is stated that above $500, 900 of
mortgages and some Of the debenture
bonds and stock of the company are held
in Brattleboro alone. 1t is thought,
however. that the loss will be small, as
the mortgages are held to be first class
and will be subject to little, if any,
shrinkage. The application for a re-
ceivership was a surprise to the public,
as the company, having withstood the
demands of the panic for years, was sup
posed to be sound.
The time hOnored bluff of the hotel
keepers at st. Albans was "called." A
large number of the business men of the
city met to consider the closing of the
hotels. A. S. Richardson, representa-
tive-elect, presided and it was voted to
appoint a committee to invite the presence
of the hotel men. This committee re-
turned to the meeting with the pro
prietors and the matter was talked over
with them. After a full discussion,
partaken in by many of the business men
and the hotel men, the latter retired and
after short time returned and announ-
ced to the meeting that it was unani-
mously voted to recede from their form
eT position.
Medric Counters of Miles Pond, a
Frenchman, killed S. McKelvey Friday
evening. The weapon was cant dog
and the scene was the lumbermll of
} Russell & McKelvey at Miles Pond.
McKelvey was single, aged 20 years, and
a brother of Robert McKelvey of the
lumber firm. The cause of the trouble
, between the men was undue attention
, by the victim to Counters's wife. 1t is
, claimed that McKelvey was intoxicated
; and attacked Counters with knife and
! that the deed was committed in self
| defence. Counters was arrested and his
. examine tion will be held Tuesday.
; By the last will of DR.. Thomas Seton
Robertson, filed in New York last Thurs
day, the University of Vermont is to re-
ceive the proceeds of part of his estate,
to be devoted 70 the creation of a trust of
$1,000. Any surplus remaining after
this trust has been created the testator
leaves to the faculty and medical depart
ment of the university and directs that it
buy Immediately large cabinet OF
microscopes for the use of the students
In the medical department. Although
the testator left widow, no bequest to
her is made in the will.
William Campbell of Bennington, a
knit goods manufacturers, has completed
the purchase of the old Roberts pulp mill
= at Bennington Falls, three miles from
Bennington, and will convert it into a
yarn mill to supply his establishment in
: the village. Mr.. Campbell bargained foI
i the property some time ago, but certain
; legal steps had to be taken before the
: property could be decided. The new
+ yarn mill will employ considerable hell
t and add much life to that part of the
Z town.
: j. n. Madden, a manufacturer of chaiI
. stock, of West Bridgewater went to Bos
= ton last week and near the Union station
fell in with two affable young men. They
- started to show him the town and Will,
y, they we're going through a back stree
one of them seized him while the othe
struck him three times in the face. liz
suppOses that their motive was robbery
j. but broke away and did not wait to SCI
e the rest of the show.
n The Vermont state sanitary associa
e ton will hold its third annual meeting II
'e Montpelier Tuesday, Oct. %. Paper
n will be read and discussed by the lead
n ing physicians, health officers, and othe
e citizens of the state. EX-GOy. William
y p. Dillingham; will preside at the evenin,
'r session at which DR.. George NJ. Stern
ID berg, surgeon general U. S. A., will dc
IS liver an address on "Modern Health Re
lie gulations."
a When the Washington stage rolled int
u Barre Saturday morning it contained tn
ie carcass of the first deer of the season,
= fine two year old buck Weighing 10
~ pounds. 1t was shot in Orange early i
the morning by Walter Bugbee an
os Wallace Poor. They also wounde
an another deer, but the animal got away
at The carcass was left at a meat market I
It's be dressed.
IS, .TudUp Start has annointad Piohard