Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-09-14
COUNTY AND VICINITY,
News from Close by. Told in Brief "a
Smiley Barnpranbs

Spicy Paragraphs.
The number of boys enrolled in the
Proctor graded schools is 2lS and the
42G pupils.
G. II. Marshall of Addison has about
% Shropshire, Lincoln and Cheviot sheep,
on exhibition at the Plattsburg On. W
fair, now being held in that city.
II. w. Spooner of Vergennes, in a let
ter to the Burlington News, proposes
Howard II. White of Whiting as chap
lain of the next session of the state house
of representatives.
Five canal boats of coal from New
York arrived at Vergennes during the
past week for local dealers. Chestnut
and egg coal are selling a 50 per ton
other grades at $3.50
VIII Bullin of the firm of Avery e.
Bullin of Forestdsle, who had been sick
a short time with typhoid fever, died
Tuesday morning. A sad feature of the
death was that Mr.. Bullin was married
only about six weeks ago.
Brandon is to have free public library.
It will be started by public subscriptions.
Former Governor Ormsbee has offered to
donate 80 cents for each subscription at
81 received from other sources. About
$50 subscriptions thus far have been Sc
cured
Sheriffs T. NJ. Chapman of Middlebury,
s. b. Martin of Ferrisburg and Deputy
Sheriff Palmer of Monkton searched the
premises of j. Morrison and $. Yattaw
at Vergennes Saturday and found one
bottle of liquor in the stable attached to
tie City restaurant.
Paul Tierney of Ripton was arrested
Monday, charged with beating his wife,
small delicate woman. After his ar
rest Tierney begged for time, for an hour
and half to see his counsel, and got it..
The hour and half flew and so did
Tierney, who took the nearest course TO
New York state.
Saturday afternoon about o'clock Jo-
seph LeFlam of Ferrisburgh and his
brother-in-law by the name of Carpenter.
whose home is in Charlotte, upon their
return home from Nergennes went duck
huuting in Porter's lake. The boat cap
sized and both were thrown into the
water. Carpenter managed to escape TO
the shore, but LeFlam sank IN the mud
dy lake bottom and was drowned when
near the bank. The body was recovered.
William Sherman, president of the
,-Iemical National bank of New York
city, who has not visited Nergennes since
1855, was there last week Mr.. sherman
is native of Vcrgennes and is the son
of Jehazel Sherman, who was consul at
Prince Edward Island, under President
Buchanan. He is also nephew of
Capt. "Dick" Sherman, who was noted
steamboat captain on Lake Champlain at
an early day.
wild engine at Saranac Inn station
in the Adirondacks, Friday morning, ran
into train of nine cars, the first one
being the Grassmere. the private car of
Or. w. Seward Webb of Shelburne
Farms. The engine plowed Its way sew
eral feet into the car. but no one was Sc
riOuSlv injured, although two coored
porters had a narrow escape from death.
The windows of the car were all broken
and fire broke out, which. however, was
soon eXtinguished
The wind blew very hard along the
lake shore in the vicinity of Adams
Ferry and Basin Harbor ON Wednesday,
being the hardest known in years. Ii Is
reported that a schooner went down
south Of Adams Ferry with all on board.
\ man from down at the lake was in
Nergennes that night and said the wind
blew so hard that it took the water from
the New York state side and carried it to
the Vermont side in sheets. The waves
on the lake were from II to 20 feet high,
if this man is to be believed.
John f. Sperry of Cornwall was Sc.
ver' ly Injured by vicious bull, whose
stall he had entered for the purpose of
leading the animal to water. Without
any provicatiOn the bull turned upon
him. crowdng him with great force
against the wall. After struggle Mr..
Sperry succeeded in getting our of the
barn and to the house and a physician
was summoned. The injuries are inter
nal. Although he raised some blood and
suffered quite badly, it was found that
the injuries were not serious.
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