Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28
A GLANCE OVER THE STATE.
Happenings of a Week Among the Citizens
of the Green Mountain State.

f. E. Langley, editor of the Barre
Daily Times, was assaulted Thursday
evening by Angelo Scampini, an Italian
merchant. Mr.. Langley was standing in
front of the steps leading to his office
when Scampini struck him a savage
blow, knocking him into the gutter.
Scampini was at once arrested. He was
taken before Justice A. G. Fay and bail
in the sum of $50 was furnished for his
appearance last Monday, when the case
was to have hearing. The assault
grew out of an article published in the
Times few days ago, in which it was
intimated that Scampini was receiving
commission for Italian help hired in Bos
ton to work on the Barre water-works.
U. S. Pension Agent Hugh Henry,
who is in Pennington to attend the
meeting of board of trustees of the
Soldiers Home, has given the following
facts about the pensions In his district,
which includes the states of New Hamp-
shire and Vermont. There are on the
rolls of his agency the names of $4,000
pensioners. There are 900 more pension
ers In Vermont than there are in New
Hampshire. The total amount paid out
by him during the year is in round
numbers S3,000,000. Every three months
he signs 10000 checks, which go into
every postoffice and hamlet in the two
states.
Vermont stockholders, who lost sew
eral hundred thousand dollars in the
collapse of the Northwestern Guaranty
Loan company of Minneapolis a few
years ago, have received notice from the
receiver to pay 100 per cent assessment,
in accordance with the laws of Minnesota.
The legality of the assessment has not
been tested in the Vermont courts, and
the eastern stockholders will probably
not pay Immediately. The largest stock
holder lives in st. Johns bury, and mnch
of the stock Is held there and in other
Caledonia county towns.
William Richie, who has been work
ing in Bellows Falls some time, dived
from the Boston e Maine iron bridge
into the Connecticut river last Wednes-
day night. Richie had a bet of s. that
he could do it and come out alive. So
about 10 80 Wednesday night, with John
Pickett to witness, he went to the
bridge, climbed up on the railing and
dived headlong into the whirlpool just
below the dam. Pickett felt sure that
he would strike rock, but a moment
later he heard Richie shout and went
down to meet him.
A suburban train for Barre over the
Montpelier & Wells River railroad met
with an accident Tuesday near Jackson's
crossing. The engine, Arthur Tandy',
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derailing it. One of the wheels flew of
and plunged into the liver, distance of
80 feet away. None of the passengers
or trainmen were injured. Transfer
trains were run from each side of the
derailed train and wrecking crew soon
had the road clear once more.
Daniel Bass, young man about %
years of age, narrowly escaped death
Sunday at Randolph, while bathing in
Ayers brook. He ventured beyond his
depth and not being swimmer realized
his danger and cried for help, but had
gone down for the third time before one
of his companions, Guy Spear, could
rescue him. He was quickly resus-
citated.
Prospective recruits for the Twenty
sixth regiment, being organized at
Plattsburgh, are arriving in Burlington
on nearly every train from all parts of
the state. From the number arrived
thus far and allowing for more who will
undoubtedly come later on, it may be
safely said that a complete regiment
could be raised out of these Vermonters
who are flOcking to Plattsburgh.
By the will of the late J.. E. Hubbard
Montpelier gets the following bequests /:
Kellogg Hubbard library. Sl25, 600; gate
at Green Mount cemetery, 900 !;
chapel and carriage porch at Green
Mount cemetery, SO 5,000; Hubbard pas
ture on Capital hill, about 100 acres, for
public park, (estlmated) S25 900; main
tanning park, $4,000; fitting up park,
$4,000.
The Peerless Manufacturing company
of Barton is now employing about 80
hands, an unusually large number. A
new hot air dryer has recently been
added to the equipment of the Harding
tub factory of the same place. Machine
ry for making butter boxes is soon to be
put in, giving employment to about
O. 10 men.
The statement made some time since
that Editor Arthur F. Stone of the St
Johnsbury Caledonian was contemplate
ing trip to Hawaii with the idea of To-
eating temporarily In Uncle Sans new
island possession is followed by the an
nouncement that the Caledonian is to
pass into the control of Joseph w. Sault
William Andrews, charged with com
miting rape upon school teacher IL
Springfield in June last, pleaded guilty
in Windsor county court last Wednesday
to an assault with an intent to commi
rape and was sentenced to not less thar
eight and not more than 10 years IL
states prison.
With 10000 people who crowded int,
Rarre on Friday at the unyeilinp of th,