Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-11-02
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Big Bear Hunting at woodstock-ver-
mont Bar Association Meets-A PouI-
they Slate Man Killed in His own
Quarry-Other Items of Interest.
Last week bear weighing 100 pounds,
and cub, shot by Wallace Washburn
of Springfield. son of w. +. Washburn
of Woodstock, were brought to Wood
stock from West Hill near Bridgewater
and Sherburne line, where they were
killed Tuesday. Washburn and Hutchin-
son were hunting deer when the former
met an old bear and cubs, killing the
mother and one of the cubs with three
bullets. The shots startled male bear
further up the mountain, and as he came
rushing down shot from Hutchinson's
rifle wounded him, but he escaped.
The Vermont Bar association at
Montpelier last week elected the follow
ing committee on membership, one from
each county: f. II. Button, Middle.
bury; f. G. Gilinan, Bennington; L. p.
Stach ST. Johnsbury; f. G. Mower,
| Burlington; Porter H. Dale. Brighton:
f. II. Ashland, St Adams Jed p. Ladd,
Alburg; F. G.. Fleetwood, Morrisville;
G.. S. Emery, Chelsea; John w. Red
mond, Newport; Frank ID. White, Rut-
land; f. NJ. Goddard, Montpelier; c. G.
Fitz, Brattleboro; John G.. Sargent,
Ludlow.
Richard w. Jones of South Poultney
was almost instantly killed last week
Monday morning at the Buckeye slate
quarry, South Poultney, which is owned
by him. Several men, superintendent by
Jones, were drilling an overhanglng
ledge of rock preparatory to blasting,
when the rock suddenly broke off, fall
ling upon Mr.. Jones, who was sitting at
the time. The other men were able to
get out of the way.
A telephone war threatens st. Johns
bury. The Peoples company is fast
completing Its line and will soon be get
ting the instruments located. There are
over POO subscribers at a yearly rate of
SIS, and the Bell people will have to
meet this rate and improve their service
to hold their subscribers. 1t is bound to
be an interesting fight for the public. as
it will lower the rates and better the
service.
Amherst "aggles' defeated the Uni
versity of Vermont at foot ball Satur-
day at Burlington 10 to >. In the first
half Vermont was advancing the ball
when on a tumble an Amherst man
picked it up behind the scrimmage and
made touchdown. On the kickoff af-
ter touchback an Amherst man cleared
the field for touchdown. Vermont
scored on line buckng in the second
half.
Dean Gochey, a young railroad en-
ploye of Newport, met with an accident
Saturday which deprives him of por-
ton of his right leg. While assisting ia
shunting cars in the Canadian Pacific
ward, he attempted to step upon car.
lost his footing and slipped to the track,
still hanging to the car with his hands.
however. His leg was run over Just
above the ankle.
Lucille Lockwood, age 3 years, of Bur-
| lington, who was poisoned early last
week by swallowing bi.chloride of mer-
curry, will probaly recover. She was
playing in bath room where she found
the bottle containing the poison and
took some of ii before any one knew.
She lay in a most critical condition for
, many hours and her life WAS despared of.
The jury in the case of Alex Carrow
VS.. Barre Railroad company in Washing
ton county court brought in verdict that
the plaintiff should recover 5000. MIR.
= Carrow, who lived in Barre. sued for
100000, the amount of damages which
= he considered his due for the loss of a
leg, caused by his being run into by one
of the respondents trains.
Sergeant Michael Mccormick. late of
: Company II. Eleventh United States in.
fantrv, has received an honorable dis
charge and has returned to his old home
in Rutland. Sargent Mccormick has
been in the service 30 years and had
lately been stationed at San Juan. Porto
Rico.
Rudyard kipling, it is said, has placed
his Vermont home at BrattleborO in the
hands of Boston real estate agent to be
sold. He has abandoned his former
plan of making Vermont his home and
will reside permanently in England.
Admiral Dewey was very much shock.
ed on receiving the news of the death of
his brother. Edward, in Montpelier. and
was much grieved to find it impossib!
to be present at the funeral.
Mrs. Julia c. X. Dorr of Rutland has a
poem in The November number of Serb.
ner's magazine, entitled "An After
thought"
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