Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-07-13
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Annual Inspection of state Railways Be
gun - Vermont soldier in Philippines
Breaks Down Permanent Iniunctions
Served Against Rutland Liquor Dealers.
d. j. Foster of Burlington and j. d.
Miller of Wallingford, of the state board
Of railroad commissioners, met in Bur-
lington Saturday at the Office of Mr..
Foster to lay out the plan of work for
the annual inspection of railroads In the
state. Wednesday the board began the
inspection of the Rutland railroad which
will take three weeks to complete. The
board has to report on the condition of
the road beds, on the condition of the
wood and iron bridges and how many
have been erected and also upon the
condition of the various stations. This
report will be the last submitted by the
present board.
A letter has been received in Chester
from the Philippines telling of the i'll
ness of Lieut.. w. n. Batchelder. 1t is
said that his trouble, which is both ply
sical and mental, was brought on by
over exertion and the heat. Mr.. Batchel-
der was put aboard the same transport
which brought the letter, but his where
abouts is as vet unknown to his relatives
in Chester. 1t is thought by them, how
ever. that he Is in San Francisco. Mr..
Batchelder was member of the Forty
sixth regiment.
Sheriff D. p Peabody of Rutland has
served notices of the permanent iniunc-
tions granted by Chancellor Rowell
during the last term of court as a result
of the nuisance proceedings instigated
some time before by States Attorney
Rice against several persons in Rutland
for selling liquor contrary to law. Those
on whom the notices were served are NJ.
II. Dugan, John Mexican, Edward Walsh,
James Walsh, F. II. Richardson, 4. j.
/ 8ovnton and Charles Lalor.
\ friend of the Burr and Burton SEMI
nary, at Manchester. has offered to give
5000 year for three years in scholar
ships to assist needy students, giving
one scholarship of 500 each year to each
of the nine towns in the northern part
of Bennington county, or two scholar
shi Of $50. as NAV be deemed best.
After hree yeais if the plan works well,
he proposes 70 give $4,000 to the semi
nary to make the scholarships perma-
neut.
General orders. No. 3. issued under
date Of July 6. from the adiutant generals
Office of the Vermont National Guard.
announces the place and dates of the an
nua encampment of the First regiment
to he at the state camp ground near Fort
Ethan Allen from Saturday, Aug. II, to
Wednesday. Aug. 10, 1900. inclusive.
additional parades Of the regiment will
be held at the same place Aug. l6 to Is
inclusive
One of the oldest cemeteries in Ben
nington county. and one that has bren
abandoned for years, is located in the
town of Woodford. The oldest inscrip-
ton to be found in 1t is as follows: SIN
memory of Mr. OTIS Eddy, who died
October -. l79t. in the 22d year of his
age. Death like an overlooking stream,
Sweeps us away. Our life dream"
Nathan Stowe. the l0-year old son of
Julian Stowe of Ludlow, was killed
Saturday evening. He was riding his
bicycle down Main street, when he col
lded with horse and carriage. He was
knocked down and trampled upon and
died before medical aid arrived. The
boy was grandson of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathan Smith of Cuttingsville.
The Rutland. Canadian steamer, Mir.
vana, broke her shaft sunday night Just
as she was rounding Cumberland Head
and if there had been a wind she would
certainly have been wrecked on the rocks
but as it was perfectly calm she escaped
danger. About 3 a. m. the Wave went
out and towed her into port at Platts
burg
During a thunder shower early Satur-
day morning lightning struck the barn OF
Edward Gale in Stowe and killed a span
, of valuable horses. Mr.. Gale stood in
| horses and was slightly shocked, but
! soon recovered. Fortunately the barr
: was not set on fire.
At Northfield, within the last month
there have been three deaths and in eacf
! case the person was oyer so years Of
age; one was 50, another SO and II
months and another So. Thirty-thret
7 deaths there since the first of January
! are recorded.
y The tally-ho which is run In connec
, tion with the Montvert house at Middle
town Springs was overturned Monday
afternoon in Rutland. Two of the pas
; sengers were injured and the remainder