Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-02-10
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

don-The Rutland Road Takes Possess
sion of the o. & l.. C.
What was probably one of the cheap
est sales of property that ever took place
in Vermont occurred last week when
What is known as the property of the
Green Mountain Summer home COM
pany near Bennington was disposed of
at auction by order of chancery. The
property consisted of about 100 acres of
forest land, much of which had been
improved by the addition of trout ponds,
roads and walks. Included In the sale
was parcel known as Camp Comfort,
consisting of GO acres, on which were
hotel, IL cottages, a clubhouse and other
buildings. This had for several years
been noted summer resort, but had
gone into decay since the property got
into litigation. Two parcels of the land
have a high elevation, and on one of
them is mountain peak over 5000 feet
high. 1t is estimated that not less than
100000 had been expended upon the
property within about eight years, and it
sold for about $1,000. Many of the
building upon it are in good condition.
Brandon has a little over three thous-
and inhabitants and the average number
of deaths per year for several years has
been about sixty; but in January, 1899,
there were q deaths and nine burial per-
mits for former residents whose bodies
were brought back. Grip and pneumo-
mia has been the prevailing and leading
diseases; but there were some deaths
from typhoid fever and measles. There
are now three cases of scarlet fever, all
convalescing and all have been confined
to one house and family. Brandon has
about one-fourth as many inhabitants as
Rutland; but the deaths In Rutland in
Brandon, 81.
The Rutland railroad took possession
of the Ogdensburgh & Lake Champlain
railroad last week. The price paid for
the road was over $4,000, 900. p. w.
Clement assumed charge of the Og-
densburg g. Lake Champlain on Mon
day as president. The following direct
ors were elected of the latter in New
York city w. Seward Webb, John w.
Stewart, George II. Ball, George Bird,
d. V. w. ROssiter, w. G. Clement, Ed
gard Harding, Percival w. Clement,
Charles Parsons, Waldo Clement and
Frank w. Rollins. The directors or
ganized with the election of Percival w.
Clement president and II. G. Smith
treasurer.
The 10 cent fare business in Montpe
lier will be tested by the courts. w. A.
Shay and E. NJ. Harvey went to Barre
Co I'd nd IN than
five cents fare and demanded transfers
for use on the second section of the trip
as stipulated by the city charter the road
should furnish. The two men were al
lowed to go to Barre but on the return
trip the conductor refused TO give the
transfers and at the car barn Supt.
Smith entered the car and pulled the
men off. A suit for $500 damages was
brought against Supt. Smith by w. A.
Shay.
A doe, which was thought to have
been killed by one of the seepers over
the Remington & Rutland railroad, was
taken to Rutland. The deer was dis
covered lying beside the track between
Wallngford and Clarendon by the
engineer on the train which leaves Rut.
land at 6 :52 o'clock. The railroad Of
ficials shipped the deer to John w.
TitcOmb of st. Johnsbury, state fish and
game commissioner, on the sleeper. The
doe was not mutilated, but was bruised
on the head and side. She weighed 10
pounds.
County Judge Jaynes B. Wheeler of
Walworth county. Wis, has resigned his
position on the surrogate bench and will
come to Rutland with his family March
] to engage in business with his brother,
NJ f. Wheeler. Judge Wheeler was born
in Pawlet Feb. IS, 1853 He went to
Wisconsin in 1876, Immediately after
graduating from the Albany Law school.
In 1879 he was elected district attorney.
In 1885 he was elected county Judge and
has been regularly re elected to that
office since that time.
Heman A. Buck, postmaster at Troy,
VT, was brought before United States
Commissioner John Young, for embez-
zling postoflice funds at that place by
issuing money orders to the amount of
nearly 500, and having no money on
hand to meet the orders. The money
back into the treasury of the United
States. Mr.. Buck waived examination
and was bound over in the sum of $500
for his appearance at the next term of
court,
The stockholders of the Queen City
Cotton company, most of whom live in
Massachusetts and are members of or
associated with the Draper family OF
Holyoke, are considering the project of
enlarging the company's print cloth mill
in Burlington. The mill now runs 81 900
spindles and $50 looms, employing about
300 hands. 1t is proposed to practically
double the size Of the mill by erecting a
new building to the northward of the
present mill.
J.. w. Sylvester of Woodstock dis
played an owl on the street which he
had in fran ha 10