Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-11-17
tenden two, and Franklin, Lamoille and
Washington counties one each.

tenden two, and Franklin, LamOille and
Washington counties one each.
B. B. Batchelder of Plainfeld found
last week heifer, which was lost from
his pasture ten days ago, in spring
that had been dug in the field, where she
had been all that time without food.
When she was taken out she was strong
enough to run back to join the other
stock, apparently none the worse for the
long fast.
The largest receipts for one day in the
st. Albans custom house in several years
was recorded Monday when eight car
loads of wool on which the duties were
$13, ,437.72 were passed through from To-
ronto to Lawrence, Mass. The largest
days business on record was something
like five years ago when wool duty
amounting to $25 900 was collected.
Chester p. Brown, son of NJ. K. Brown
of Rutland, was recently found dead from
asphyxiatIon In his room in hotel In
South Framingham, Mass. The doors
and windows were tightly closed and the
gas was turned on full head. The young
man was a travelling salesman for the
Rutland Marble company.
In repairing the road last week in
Plainfield, Joseph Lane unearthed a hem
lock that had remained in the ground for
over 10 years, or ever since the road
was built. 1t was perfectly sound, and
when cut out gave out the characteristic
hemlock Odor.
Old hands of the Central Vermont rail-
road line longshoreman force, to the
number of $50. have returned to work at
New York. They accepted the terms of
the company for Sl2 week and 25 cents
an hour over time. The strike has not
yet been settled by the Maine steamship
line.
Work was begun Friday on the new
drill hall and cage at Norwich university.
The hall will be 40x100 with an earth
floor. 1t will be used for certain military
drills during the winter and also as
cage for base ball and basket ball prac-
tice 1t is located on the north side of
the university building.
G. ID. Whitman, who had charge of the
exhibit of the Brattleboro Jelly company
at the Worlds Fair in Chicago, has re-
ceived letter from George Tsuda, editor
of the Japanese Agriculturist, dated
Azabu, Toxic, Japan, Sept. IL, and ask
ing him to procure seeds of the sugar
maple and send them to Japan.
The attempt to locate the bullet in the
head of Mrs. S. Novelli, who recently
shot herself If in Barre, by the means of
the X-ray, proved a failure. Several
plates were made and developed but they
failed to show the presence of the bullet,
which is causing partial paralysis in the
patient.
The blue uniform of the 43d regiment
was conspicuous feature in the busi-
ness of the Burlington city court Satur-
day afternoon. Four soldiers who were
arrested by the police during Friday
afternoon and evening were fined for in
toXication.
The bankrupt petitions of the follow
ing men were filed in the district court
clerks office in Burlington Saturday
Israel Marquette of Enosburg, liabilities,
Bristol, liabilities, 1854.
The foundations were complete Satur.
day for the new factory of the Cereal
Food company in Burlington. The
building is to be of brick, three and a
half stories, with basement, the dimen-
sions being about GO by 1G0 feet.
The $4,000 to rebuild the furniture
factory, destroyed bv fire Oct. 10, has
been guaranteed by 6l citizens of Rich
ford Work on the new building will be
commenced at once and it is expected to
have it completed and running by Feb. l.
The citizens of Burlington voted
Friday to do away with the city liquor
agency. 1t took but few moments to
decide the question. The vote was taken
In the 'yea" and "nay" fashion.
Michael Collins of Burlington found IN
the woods near that city mushroom
which measured 20 inches across and
which is thought to be the largest one
ever found In the state.