Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-01
A GLANCE OVER THE STATE.
Happenings ofa Week Among the Citizens
of the Green Mountain state.

of the Green Mountain state.
Notices of an assessment of 100 per
cent upon the stockholders of the looted
Merchants National bank of Rutland
have been sent out by Receiver ID. ID.
Muir upon instructions from the comp
troller of currency. If it is all paid it
will add 100000 to the assets Of the
bank, this being the capital stock. 1t
is estimated by those competent in such
matters that probably $4,000 to $4,000
will be released on this assessment. The
amount is called for June >.
Castleton people are much Interested
over the recent discovery on the ground
of jeremiah Mulvey some two miles
north of the village of a valuable deposit
of slate. A syndicate of operators has
recently tested it and so well were they
satisfied that the firm of Mathews Com
pany. the well known dealers of slate in
Boston and Maine has leased the farm
for three years with the option of buy
Ing 1t at the end of that time at a price to
be agreed upon.
Rev. c. y. Thomas, pastor of the
Congregational church at Bristol. was
robbed of so and several valuable pa
pers Friday morning at Essex Junction
by pickpockets. AS he alighted from
the train at Essex Junction he was rude
ly pus he'd by three men and when he
entered the car later he discovered that
his book was missing. He had, aside
from the money taken, about SO on his
person.
The grave of the late Bishop De Goes
BRAND, who died last November and
was buried in the yard in front of the
| Episcopal residence on Cherry street, is
being laid out in the form of an attrac-
| tive flower bed. The grave has pre-
viously been unmarked, excepting with
sodded mound. The remains will some
time be eXhumed and placed in the
cathedral.
Judge Taft has granted the application
of Bishop Michaud of Burlington. act
| ing as the head of the Catholic diocese of
Vermont, restraining Father Pagan of
East Boston, Hulihan Bros. of Center
| Rutland, eft ais. from the erection of a
Sl200 monument over the grave of the
late Father Thomas Lynch of Fair
Havan.
w. II. II. Mead of Richford, ST years
old and a cripple. is in Jail at st. Alhans
charged with burning the house of l.. l..
ingalls,, a neighbOr at Richford. ingalls,
had orded Mead off his premises and had
beset him and beaten him, at which the
old man threatened TO burn his build
ings. A little later they were burned
down.
At st. Johnsbury fire Saturday de-
stroved property amounting to S23. 900
broke out IN the three story brick block
of Michael Haynes and quickly leaped
across the Boston e Maine railroad tracks
to the two elevators of the Mcleod Mill
ing company. all of these buildings be-
ing destroyed. The insurance was
$4,000.
Caucuses were held in Chittenden
county Saturday night at Essex and
South Burlington. Al the former place
four delegates we're elected who will vote
for d. j. Foster in the district convention
to nominate a congressman and at the
latter place two delegates fav ring c 5.
Page were selected by close vote.
Ward Blandn and Ernest Morse OF
st. Johnsbury returned from Caspian
Lake with two lake trout weighing two
pounds. two weighing two and one hall
pounds, one weighing eight and one
half pounds, and one weighing tel
pounds.
The census bureau at Washington has
, appointed Fred b. Thomas of MOntpe
, ler special agent to take statistics OF
the manufacturing and mechanical in
dustrles in Montpelier, Barre and North
} field.
A pear tree growing on A. B. Jaquith'
, grounds, at Woodstock, which was SCI
out one year ago. has 43 punches OF
buds, which, if all mature, will yield p.
pears. The tree is about six feet high
At the Republican caucus held in Burl
ington last Friday evening, only two
tickets were presented. The result was
1878 for the ticket headed by d. j. Foster
for congress and Gl9 for the Page ticket.
, Mrs. Margaret Gorden, an elderly
Brattleboro lady, was seriously burned
Friday night in fire caused by the over.
turning of kerosene lamp.
The Mount Mansheld Electric railroad
has raised the fare from Waterbury tC
Stowe from 25 to 30 cents, the charge tC
go into effect June !.
Mrs. Rudyard Kipling is expected tC
spend some time during the summer al
Naulahka, the Kipling summer home at
West Brattleboro.
Correction.
EDITOR REGISTER We don't know
who is authority for an article or state
ment which appeared in recent issue OF
: the Orwell Citizen regarding Judge Hub
g bard's candidacy for assistant Judge, bu
we conclude the writer therof has al
acute attack of assumption. He guessed
right, however, in regard to Mr.. Hub
bard's sickness. Judge Hubbard knew
. ha bad haan Siak but did NOT lynoty "a.