Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-10-26
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Fish and Game League Meeting to BE
at South RoyaIton- Italian Laborer stab
! bed In "a Row-Other Items.
The annual meeting of the Fish and
Game League of Vermont will be held at
Montpelier Wednesday evening, Novem-
Der II The president of the league,
John w. Titcomb of st. Johnsbury, has
appointed the following executive CON-
mittee to assist in making general ar
engagements for the banquet. j. NJ.
Boutwell,, Joseph G.. Brown, G. F. Lowe,
C. F. Ferrir, j. w. Brock. Lester II.
Greene, Il. b. Denny, w. G. Berry, o.
d. Clark and ii. j. NJ. Jones, all of
Montpelier.
l.. G. Diekerman, general merchant of
South RoyaltOn, in his store Friday even
ing noticed a gasoline lamp acting badly
and reached up to take it down. It was
overturned and covered him with burn
ing gasoline. He dropped the lamp to
the floor and the flames spread in every
direction, goods and woodwork to the
ceiling taking fire. The fire was
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Mr.. Dickerman was seriously burned.
The animal meeting of the Vermont
society of the Sons of the American Rev
olution will be held at the state house,
Montpelier, Nov. II. The business to
come before the meeting will be the ele c.
ton of officers and delegates, the pre-.
sentation of the reports of the several
officers, the consideration of the matter
of the PUBLICATION of "year book" and
other business that may be presented.
An Italian named Prudent, a laborer
on the Rutand-C Canadian railway near
Colchester Point, was brought to the
Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington, last
Saturday evening. In an aflray at the
laborer's camp he was stabbed in the
back below the shoulder blade. If the
lung does not become involved the
wound is not likely to prove serious.
A reunion of the surviving members of
the 18th Vermont regiment, the "Baby
18th, will be held at Montpelier on Tues
day, Oct 30. The last annual meeting
wrs held In Rutland. Edwin L. Wells
of Lyndonville Is president, James Pol
lard of Ludlow vice president and Den
mis- f. May of st. Johnsbury secretary
and treasurer of the association.
The yacht Valhalla, which the unfor.
tunate Allen Kingsland of Burlington
was sailing on Lake Champlan when he
was drowned in the fearful storm on the
evening of Aug. 6. has been found. 1t
was discovered in 40 feet of water some
400 feet out from Bluff Point and pos
sibly 100 feet to the south.
The total receipts from the belt line
trolley car run by women conductors in
| Rutland for the benefit of the home for
old ladies were SCI .02 in cash and 1923
in tickets. After paying S25 for the car
the home will have Sl7.3l net. The net
receipts last year were only S26 GS.
Elk Governor and Mrs. f. G. Smith
and family and Mrs. j. Gregory Smith
and Miss Smith of ST. Adams, sail on
Nov. 10 for Florence, Italy, to spend the
winter. On Thursday evening they gave
german to 200 guests at their barn in
St. Adams as "a farewell party.
Acting under the Instructions of the
city council, Street Commissioner Rob-
! 'Cllc VI AhohiHVlltl :
down 30 or more maple and elm trees
within the city limits, which were killed
by the ravages of the worms year ago
Homer A. Lyons cut down bass wood
tree in front of his residence in Benning.
ton, recently. A colony of bees had
hived in the tree for some time and he
took out of it 80 pounds of fine honey.
The osteopathlsts in Vermont met al
Montpelier last week t. perfect state
organization. There are now II parcti
TONERS of this school in the state, located
at seven different points.
Announcement is made by the interior
department of the appointment of Dr.
George d. Parkhurst as a pension ex-
aiming surgeon at Fair Haven.
While hunting on the Green Mountains
Wednesday, Guy Bentley of Bennington
killed grey eagle that measured five
feet from tip to tip.
Roswell NJ. Field of Chicago, brother
the late Eugene Field, has been visiting
friends in Brattleboro and vicinity the
past week.
During the past 10 years the receip',
at the Mortified postoflice have In
creased oyer 200 per cent.