Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Program oil the Anhuai fhcampheh' W.
A. II. at MontreaI-worl< on the Grand
Isle Extension RutIand-Canadian-Ho
rible Accident at BetheI-Items.
Department Commander Harris of the
G.. A. II. of Vermont has issued a general
order concerning the next anuua! en-
campment, which is to be held at
Montreal June 2l and -, coincding
with the date of the celebration of the
feast of st. John the Baptist. Advan-
tageous rates have been secured and
desirable side trips in connection with
the trip have been arranged. Head
quarters of the department will be at the
Windsor hotel. The annual encampment
will be called to order at 10 a. m. June
81. AT the election of officers will be
held and the campfire will begin at s, at
which Governor f. c. Smith and Lord
Minto, governor-general of Canada, will
be present. There will be a parade June
22 in which the G.. A. r. and the St.
John the Baptist National association
will participate.
Ground was broken last week near the
center of Grand Isle and building has
been erected to accommodate about %
men, employed in the construction of the
Rutland Canadian road. A force of 80
men will be put on in a few days, with
two steam drills and a steam shovel.
Sixty feet of trestle have been built at
Tromps Point ready for the dump. The
companys boat passed down the lake on
Thursday with an engine and 20 dump
10 ot Dali D,.in ~
steam yacht Nervana brought John
O'Brien. the contractor, from Platts-
burgh Wednesday night.
Miss Nancy Lille of Bethel Lympus
lost her life in a horrible accident last
| Wednesday. She was burning worms
| from the apple trees in her orchard when
in some way her clothing caught fire.
She was living alone at the time and
! there was no one to come to her assist
anae. \ neighbOr living some distance
away finally heard her cries, but when
he reached her she was dead her cloth
ing being almost entirely burned from
her and her body blistered. Miss Lille
was about 60 years old and lived on the
old homestead.
William Clogston of Springfield Mass,
former Strafiord boy. while in Wood
stock last week recalled little incident
in connection with the late Senator
Morrill,. When small boy he took a
basket of eggs to the store Mr.. Morrill,
kept before his entrance into political
life and when Mr.. Morrill, paid him, a
stick of striped candy accompanied the
money. Mr.. Clogston says that he has
forgotten many things of greater i'm
portance, but the gift from Mr.. Morrill,
has been held steadily in remembrance.
The steam Yacht Mayita, which has
been chartered by DR.. w. S. Webb for
use on Lake Champain this summer,
has arrived at Shelburne farms. The
Mayita is S5 feet long, has speed of l6
knots per hour, aud will carry - people.
The yacht formerly owned by DR.. Webb,
under the name of Elfrida, was given to
the United States government as a dis
patch boat during the late war. a new
Yacht is now being designed for him,
and is expected to be ready for use in
1900.
G. p. Beach, formerly railway post
al clerk between New London and
Brattleboro, was fined S400 and costs at
Hartford, Conn, for opening letter
addressed to Dwight L. Moody. and re-
moving a check for 500. 1t was charged
that Beach receipted for this money and
sent the money for evangelistc work.
thanking her for the gift, and stating
that the money would be expended
according to her wishes.
Maj. F. w. Childs of Brattleboro is in
possession of a handsome souvenir of the
Spanish American war, which he values
very highly. 1t is walking-stick made
from the wood which was a part of the
prison in which Lieut.. Hobson was con-
fined in Santiago after his daring exploit
in attempting to block the channel of
Santiago bay. The stick was presented
to Major Childs in Washington recently
by niece of the late Ex-Governor Green
halge of Massachusetts.
The place where Gen. John Stark and
his army encamped in the town of
Peru, the night of Aug G, l177. when on
their way from Charleston, n. H., to
Bennington, is to be marked by a granite
htl. WlllCu IL IL lultuutu 10 nave
ready TO erect on the next anniversary of
the day. The marker is to be of Wood
bury granite, the expense for the same
being met by private contributions or by
subscriptions.
A. A. Halliday of Bellows Falls has
Just completed setting out 5000 more
plum trees, which added to his already
large orchard give him the largest plum
orchard in the state. He already has
/; the largest cherry orchard in the state
if not in New England, and the promise
of an abundant crop of all fruits, in
, Guiding plums, pears, cherries, currants
: Strawberries and raspberries, is very
, promising.
f. L. Bates, Judge advocate general o.
Vermont, raised Saturday afternoon tn,
. finest flagstaff in Bennington county. Il
. stands 81 feet out of the ground, is l,
inches through at the butt, we'll proper
nd Oh tr<hf "a