Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

on the Rutland nd-Canadian-AB Big Sugar
Find at Bellows Falls.
The Rutland Railroad company has
let contracts to the Edger Moor Bridge
Works for the building of II new steel
bridges on the Rutland, Rutland Cana
dian and Ogdensburg and Lake Cham
plain railroads. This contract was for
$1,000 and there were five other com
panies after the bid. There will be one
fixed bridge and three draw bridges on
the Rutland Canadian, six fixed bridges
on the Rutland and two on the Ogdens-
burg road. The bridges on the Rutland
road will be at North Ferrisburg, one
south Of Proctor, one between Pittsford
and Brandon, one at Bartonsville, one on
the Addison branch and one between
East Wallngford and the Summit.
a Rutland company has just received
an order from A. y. Low of New York,
brother OF President Seth Low of
Columbia University, for a full outfit of
supplies for the manufacture of maple
sugar. Mr.. Lows sugar orchard is
located at Horse Shoe pond among the
Adirondacks and consists of nearly
1000 trees, being one of the largest sugar
orchards in the country
Mrs. Leonard GOodnon of Bellows
Falls recently saw the body of man
floating in the river and gave the alarm,
but the body disappeared and could not
be found. 1t is thought to have been
that of Owen Doyle. who mysteriously
disappeared about that time.
There has been considerable trouble
in Bennington caused by the choking up
of the sewers in Main street. Several
cellars were flooded, and it became ueces
sary to get out the steam fire engines
and pump them out.
Charles Hoyt, the noted playwright,
who was recently reported total wreck
mentally and physically by the yellow
journals, is at st. Augustine, Fla, and
rapidly improving in health.
Miss Lena Aubry of Norwich was
terribly burned while crossing the
kitchen with pail of hot lard Feb. %.
She fell in fit and the lard was spilled
over her face and neck.
Mrs. George Aitkin of Woodstock
has received a gift of two beautiful
swans from her former home in Scot
land; also a pair of English pheasants
from her uncle there.
c. NJ. Darling of Lyndonville has
purchased the fast Newport trotter,
"Red Elm" The horse has already
earned $1,000 in purses and has a record
of ,: :l6 II.
Work on the White River electric
road from Bethel 10 Rochester will be
begun about May ] with a force of
300 men and pushed as ropidly as pos
sible.
IL. l. Franklin, an inmate of the Ben
nington Soldiers home, has begun the
compilation of a list of all Vermont sol
diers who deserted during the civil war.
Since the Randolph free town library
was opened in November, 1896, over
Il $50 books have been taken out. The
library now contains 2544 volumes.
Randolph paid Sl5G9.GS to support
its poor last year. The liquor agency
sold S5020 lG at net profit of Sll5. 90.
There are lS3 dogs in town.
The following Vermont postmasters
have been commissioned Frank Il.
Taylor of Hardwick, George l.. Clark
of West Halifax.
rupts are Frank l.. Vaughan, Rutland :;
7. F. Hall, Montpelier; d. A. Badger,
Barton Landing.
Three Wardsboro boys have recently
paid S36, in fines and costs, for the
fun of ringing bell and disturbing
the public.
George Tiedman of Newport, aged
paris green. lie was temporily un-
balanced.
Ten gallons of whiskey was con-
fiscated at the Bethel depot. The owner
of the goods did not appear to claim his
freight.
The New England Telephone company
will build direct line from White
River junction to Rutland this spring.
1t cost Hartford $3.50 9G to support
its poor last year. The liquor agency
sold Sl703.9j at a profit of S2097l.
L. ii. Martin & Son of Williams
town recently sold "a yoke of oxen for
$50 that weighed 3l00 pounds.
States Attorney Sargent of Windsor
county is enforcing the prohibitory law
to the letter In that country.
Judge Wheeler manufactured 100
American citizens at Montpelier March
! ,, many of Italian stock.
Maurice johnson, Bethel hotel
keeper, has been sent to Rutland for 80
days for liquor selling.
| Eleven marriage licenses were issued
In Burlington during February, and
all but one used.
There were Al births, 26 deaths, and
IL marriages in Wiliamstown in 1898.
There were Is births, 10 deaths, and
two marriages in Braintree in 1898.
The town of Ludlow made a profit of
$500 on its liquor agency last year.