Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-22
GLANCE OVER THE STATE.

The contract for fireworks for Dewey
Day at Montpelier have been awarded to
Masten & Wells Fireworks Mfg. COM
bany of Boston, Mass, a S2500 display.
The contract for decorations was awarded
o the U. S. Flag and Decorating COM
bany of Boston, TO cost about $4,000.
The state house will be decorated with
lags and bunting for the day, and with
Electric lights at night, 1900 to 2000
lights to be used. The state house
grounds and streets are to be decorated
or both day and evening with bunting,
lags and colored lights. The above
barty has contracted for decorating a
humber of public and private buildings
n Montpelier.
Goddard seminary is to receive $4,000,
he income to be applied to its support
lccording to the terms of the will of
Mrs. Mary Il. Goddard, which was filed
It East Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. God
ard was the widow of the late Thomas
\. Goddard of Newton, Mass, for
whom Goddard seminary was named,
nd while no promises had been definite
y given it was hoped with considerable
confidence that she would remember the
Institution in her Will. Mrs. Goddard
by her will gave away 100000 to
Jniversalist educational institutions,
churches and charitable institutions.
Of this sum Tufts college gets 100000.
The two Spanish guns taken from the
battleship Castillo in Manila bay and
hipped from Mare Island navy yard,
california to Gov. Smith, to be mounted
n the state house yard, have arrived at
Montpelier They are savage imple-
nents of war, Is feet long, with COM
bned weight of q ,435 pounds. They
ire perpetually loaned to the state of
Vermont by the government. These
runs will be at once mounted in the
tate house yard, and will thunder a
Welcome to the admiral when he sets
oot in his native town.
Four barns and other out buildings on
he farm owned by F. A. Gale of Lowell,
Mass. situated between East Barre and
Washington, early Friday morning were
truck by lightning and burned, together
With 100 tons of hay and grain. Mr..
summer residence. The loss is S2500
with small insurance. The storm was
very severe in that vicinity and the
lightning struck in many other places.
Harry, the 16 year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Jacobs of Montpelier, was
drowned Monday afternoon, while bath
ng with two other boys in Dog river
near Montpelier Junction. The Jacobs
boy could not swim and the others but
title. After playing in the water some
ime, Jacobs stood on rock where the
water was knee deep. He slipped and
fell into deeper water where he could
not reach bottom and drowned.
The annual convention of the
NVoman's Christian Temperance union of
Vermont was held at Barre Wednes-
lay and Thursday, Sept 20 and 81.
Among the speakers were Mrs. Sander
BON, provincial president of the w. G. L.
y. of Quebec, and treasurer of the
worlds w. C. I. IT,, DR.. Frances Hall of
New York, Mrs. II. A. Nelson of
Dutchess county, n. Y, G. w. Morrow
and DR.. Emerson of Boston.
Hon. Warren c. French and wife of
Woodstock celebrated the 50th anniver.
sary of their marriage Tuesday with a
reception at their residence, which has
been their home since about 40 years
ago. Mr.. French is now past so years
and is probably the Oldest member of the
Windsor county bar. They were mar.
red IN Sharon, Mrs. French being the
daughter of Judge Steele of that town.
The 30th annual meeting of the Yer
mont Dairymen's association will bt
held in BratteborO during the secont
week in January, in response to the in
vitations from the citizens of Brattle
boro through the board of trade. from
Protection grange and from the Brattle
bOro Creamery association. The meet
ing will bring together several hundred
of the leading dairymen of the state.
John NJ. Cosgrove of Burlington, sin
gle and about 80 years of age, met
horrible death at Juniper Island las
week by walking off precipice abou
80 feet high. He was dead when found
1t is thought by his relatives that tn
affair was not suicide, but pure acci
dent, their suppositon being that h
was walking about the cliff; in an aimles
wav and walked off.
The Vermont Marble company a
Proctor is about to put in sand carry
ing apparatus of mammoth proportions
1t will consist of continuous cable wit
buckets at intervals to carry sand iron
the immense sand deposits on Chene
hill to their mills. The distance
about two miles and the apparatus wi
represent an investment of at leas
$4,000.
The residents of Hartwellville ar
greatly agitated over an elopement whic
occurred In that village short tim
since. The groom is an old man over I
years of age, while his child wife is onl
just in her teens, being about IA yeal
old. The groom, Oscar w: Cutler, ws
placed under arrest, and was tried befol
a court at Readsb boro. Bail was fixed