Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-05-19
AROUND THE STATE.
fEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

rary Guild of Montpelier Disbands.
The people of Nottingham are mani
sting considerable interest at the pros
ect of the building of an academy in
nat town the coming summer. 1t is
Practically assured that an academy will
built, but there seems to be question
to whether it will be located in the
tllage of Nottingham or the village of
jacksonville, in the same town. The
eople of Nottingham village have Of
pred building lot and $400 in money
an inducement to have the academy
bcated In that part of the town, and
bveral building lots have been offered
Jacksonville. Franklin E. Heald of
rattleboro, graduate of the Brattle-
orc high school and of Dartmouth
Dllege, is handling the matter.
Mortified was visited Sunday morn
bg by one of the worst fires in its
history, when the Mayo block was
urned. The occupants of the block
ere G. N. Whitmarsh, merchant; j. III.
abbot, merchant tailor; Kent & Dickey,
arness goods; S. w. Steele, stoves {;
bwn library; DR.. w. B. Mayo's office !;
L. Cardell, jeweler, who also had
wing rooms; William SPEEDING,
cycles; w. S. Woodbury., barber; E.
anorman, shoe shop. The armory hall
as on the second floor and company f
ad parlors, etc, the balance of this
oor and the third floor being occupied
college society and as halls for
raternal orders.
At the meeting of the Ladies' Library
uild of Montpelier, it was voted to
wide the money among the members
nd disband. This is another chapter
the library embroglio which has been
gitating the Montpelier public for sew
raj wears. 1t is believed that in the
eighborhood of $1,000 will 90 to the
ellogg Hubbard library and the re-
lainder to the Montpelier public library,
the members who receive the money
ill undoubtedly give it to the institu-
on which they favor.
Judge Thompson, as chancellor. has
issolyed the Injunction secured by the
,arre and Montpelier Traction COM
any, restraining Messrs Shay, Harvey,
vheelOck, Slayto and others from con-
nuing in their suits against the road.
hese suits had been brought by the
bove named on the ground of assault,
he plaintiffs having been thrown from
he electric cars after refusing to pay
lore than a five cent fare, which was
he real point at issue.
There is a prospect of a long and
luch looked for boom in Bethel. a
Gather manufacturing company of Leo
ninster, Mass, a well-known and pros
erous firm, proposes to transfer its
usiness to that town. 1t is at present
unning two plants, one in Watsontown
"a, and the other at Leominster, the
ne for tanning and the other for finish
hg the leather. Both plants will be
transferred to Bethel. The firm viii
mploy $50 hands and have weekly pay
oil of $1,000.
The st. Adams Driving Park assoca
ion have voted to disband. About hal
dozen prominent business men have or
Eanized the st. Adams Driving club ant
he plans of committee appointed tC
orange for Memorial day race meeting
we're accepted. The races May 30 viii
consist of one for the 2 80 class, purs'
bl00 and one for the 2:2S class, purs
bl50, and there will also be a handical
bicycle race with $40 in the purse.
A deed was filed at the city clerks of
Ice at Burlington last week transferring
he Burlington & Lamoille Valley rail
Dad to the Central Vermont In consider
ttion of $3.50, 900 four per cent golt
mortgage bonds. The Burlington
1amoile Valley extends from Burling
on to Cambridge, Vt. A clause of tn
Iced states that this covenant does no
efer to the route between Burlington
Ind Essex Junction.
II. G. Lane of Burlington recent,
launched novel craft on Lake Cham
Dlain, which consists of sawmll bull
)n flat-bottomed boat or scow, with a
upper story in which family will liv,
This novel combination of house-bOa
and floating sawmill naturally attract
no little attention wherever it goes
Mr.. Lane has taken his craft up tn
4amoille river, where he will saw som
ogs and later will visit various point
along the lake.
There was renewed excitement on tn
bridge at Swsnton last week when it wa
learned that the surgeons had arrived
The expert fisherman had been watcl
ng for them several days. Charles Sisc
caught the first one. 1t weighed abol
B0 pounds. Another was struck, but tn
inc broke and it got away 1t was est
mated to weigh over 100 pounds, an
large numbers were present watchin
the sport. The surgeons are there onl
two or three days when they go back il
to the lake.
A long mystery has just been solve
In the case of neighboring family
Williamstown. Some eight years ago
pitcher of milk disappeared strangel
and soon it was noticed that a cat In Il
family also had taken its departure. r
Gently drain at the house was open'
up, and in 1t was found the long 10
pitcher, in which was the skeleton of