Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-04
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

MOntpelier-Other Items.
The assignment of Judges has been
changed somewhat since the recess was
taken for the session of Supreme court.
Chief Judge Ross took the court at
Woodstock on Tuesday, Judge Tyler at
Orleans county on Tuesday and Judge
Thompson goes back to Caledonia
county. Judge Start will reopen Addi-
son county court on Feb. s, when the
Dayis-Cushman case will be taken up; it
is expected that this case will take at
least three weeks to try. The first case
to come up at Woodstock was that of
State VS.. William Lawrence, the indict-
ment being assault with intent to kill
and murder Judge Saver. Hon. Frank
Plumley of Mortified is defending
and Hon. Levant NJ. Read of Bellows
Falls assisting the state in the prose-
cution.
Upon application of Hosea Mann, in
spector of finance of Vermont, the Brad
ford Savings Bank and Trust company
was on Tuesday enioined by the court of
chancery from further transacting busi-
ness and James b. Hale of Newbury has
been appointed receiver. The report of
the committee which has been examining
the condition of the institution was to
have been made that afternoon. The
bank has within few days suffered an
additional loss of several thousand dol
lars on milling property in Nebraska,
which caused the action of the inspector
of finance.
ho nd n1~
ers' association that was organized at the
recent meeting of the State Darymen's
association at st. Albans, will hold its
first meeting at Armory hall in Mont
peier March 6 and T. J. j. Jackson of
East Montpelier is the president of the
organization. This association is not a
rival of the State Darymen's association,
and is not designed to weaken that or
ganization, but its purpose is to promote
the profitable development of factory
butter.
A handsome doe without fear of man
wandered about the north part of Rut-
land Monday morning, but finally found
its way toward Cedar swamp. The ami
NAL had race with a belt line car on
one of the early morning trips and kept
ahead until it reached the Baxter estate
on Grove street. where it remained for
some time. Two bucks and doe were
seen at Mendon City on Sunday, they
apparently having been chased from the
mountains by dogs.
! Newbury has the remarkable record
of having on Jan. forty-one octogen-
arians. The oldest is Moses Morton, an
inmate of the poor farm, VINO was born
In Bath, n. H., Oct. 2l, 1906. Newbury
has also a list of sixteen couples who
have enjoyed married bliss for fifty
years and upwards. The oldest married
couple are David Eastman and wife,
both in good health, who were united
Nov. 10, 1885.
Samuel Geno's famous wrestling mas
tiff, Nero, left his masters home In Rut-
land the other day to make visit to
Proctor, as he had done number of
times before. The dog travelled on the
railroad track, and was overtaken by a
train. The locomotive struck him and
knocked him some 30 feet. Nero lay
motionless for over half an hour, but
managed to get on his feet and struggle
home. No bones were broken.
II is generally considered unusual to
have four generations of family living
at the same time, but in the family of L.
l.. Whitney of Brattleboro there are five
generations living, Mrs. Betsey Carpen-
ter, aged 93, living in Dover, her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Clarlssa Whitney, -, L. l..
Whitney and r. l.. Whitney and Mrs.
Newell and their children of Brattle-
borO.
Fred Du Buc, the lS-years old son of
John Du Buc of Shelburne, was run into
by an engine sent out to the relief of the
mail train stalled below Shelburne station
, about noon of Tuesday and one limb was
terribly crused. Du Buc was riding on
= engine 22G, in charge of Engineer Dodge
and got between the engine and cars
= The boy died at o'clock that night.
Charles Miner of Brattleboro had q
lamb born at his farm with eight legs
and one head, which was really pair OF
eve lambs grown together. The lamt
lived only about five minutes, but Mr.
= Miner believes that but for an accident
in birth he could have raised it, He i.
. going to have the skin stuffed.
;, A building belonging to the estate o.
j. w. Bliss and occupied by w. A. Per
? kins was partially destroyed by fire a
=, Bradford on Sunday. The flremen had
S hard struggle of two hours in a tempera
? ture of eight degrees below zero. Tn,
0 loss was $1,000. The fire caught from al
overheated chimney.
= A Brandon physician refused to re
e port case of typhoid fever to the healtl
Il officer, whom he did not happen to like
Y Result, $l7.Sl, fine and costs. Anothe
l. doctor was assessed $2S3.50 and cost
/. for talking about brother physician
l. whom he did not like.
: The season for ice boating has begun
a The first ice boat has ventured out insid
# the breakwater at Burlington. Some ic
d races are in process of arrangement b,