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

Happenings of a Week Among the Citizens
of the Green Mountain State.
Mrs. Homer Wright of Essex Junction
met with severe accident while attend
ing an excursion on the steamer YER
mont June rs. The boat had arrived at
the Point, where Mrs. Wright was to
leave the party, going from there to
Chimney Point In a row boat to visit
relatives. She was the only person to
leave the Vermont. She started down
to the lake to the smaller boat. The
way was rough and the rocks had been
made slippery by the rain and as Mrs.
Wright stepped on one of them she
slipped and fell. She was unable to rise
and could not speak, but was conscious.
1t was found that she had sustained
fracture of one of the ribs and severe
shock.
Quite serious accident happened last
week at house rebuilding in Bellows
Falls. A staging on the third story
broke and three men fell, going through
hatchway before they finally reached
firm foundation. One Of them. Bert
Williams of Luzerne, n. y, had three
ribs broken and an ankle spraned
besides being generally bruised and
shaken. At last accounts he was doing
as we'll as could be expected. The other
men were William Raleigh and George
Persons, who were both bruised, while
Mr.. Raleigh is suffering from a sprained
wrist.
Levi johnson was arrested June 20 in
Barre and confessed to setting fire to
barn belonging to Arthnr G.. Slack on
the Corwin farm, so called, in Chelsea.
The house was also burned. The build
ings consisted of a new two story house
and large barn built about four years
ago. The fire started in the barn and
was first discovered by Mrs. Slack. Mr.
Slack was away at the time. George
Young occupied portion of the house.
lie saved a portion of his household
goods. The loss is $4,000 and there is an
insurance of $1,000.
According to Col. NJ. a. Mcclure, de-
partment commander of the Vermont
Patriarchs Militant, there are in the
state 10 cantons with memberships as
follows: Burlington, 49, Montpelier,
42; Barre, 40; St. Albans. 27; St. Johns
bury 60; Woodstock, IS; Brattleboro,
p; Bennington, 20; Rutland, 30; Bel
lows Falls, 33. The total gain in mem
bership the past year is ~, while there is
at present between $1,000 and Sl2 900
invested in uniforms and equipments in
the various cantons about the state.
A special town meeting was held in
St. Johnsbury Saturday to get vote Of
the citizens to build viaduct and iron
bridge across the railroad tracks and the
Passumpsic river. The special commit
tee reported the cost ranging from $780,
900 to $4,000 and $4,000 for land dam
ages. The vote to build the bridge re-
suited in tie and Moderator Alexander
Dunnett voted against the scheme and
the motion to build the bridge was lost.
Joseph f. Almon of Montpelier has in
vented machine for saving moulding.
Under the old custom of things it has
been the practice to finish moulding by
hand with sand paper. One man could
finish 200 feet in day. This machine
will finish 80 feet minute. The impor-
tance of the machine is plainly evident.
Patents have been taken out in the
United States, England, Germany and
Canada.
James S. Morrill, son of the late Sena-
tor Morrill,, has refunded to the city of
Montpelier the amount it expended for
the funeral of the senator. The city
council protested against this repay
ment stating that Montpelier deemed 1t a
privilege to have been allowed to pay
this last tribute to the venerable senator.
But Mr.. Morrill, insisted that he should
be allowed to refund the expenditure.
James Mcdonald and William Leon
ard attempted to escape from Rutland
county jail Tuesday. They sawed their
way out and attacked the keeper. Leon
ard became frightened, but Mcdonald
escaped and was captured within twenty
four hours. Mcdonald was awaiting
trial for assault with intent to kill on the
watchman at the Vermont Marble CON-
pany's mill at West Rutland.
j. f. Cushman of Burlington is au-
thority for the statement that a rainbow
was visible from Starr Farm Beach on
Monday evening, shortly after lO
O'Clock. The moon was just rising and
there was light shower. The rainbow
did not, of course, show the usual colors,
but is reported by Mr.. Cushman to have
been plainly defined, although of a
hazy or smoky outline.
Morrisville is to have a new school
house, 6S by 80 feet in dimension. The
proposed structure will be a two-story
and basement affair, the basement being
devoted to commodious playrooms for
both boys and girls, and heating and
toilet purposes. The first and second
stories are divided by spacious Railways
into two equal parts, making four large
school rooms.
Hon. John Barrett, late L. 5. minister
to Siam, recently visited his native town
Grafton, and was warmly welcomed
Last week he attended the 10th reunion
of his class at Dartmouth. In '94 ht
was appointed minister to Siam and has