Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-05-25
A GLANCE OVER THE STATE.
Happenings ofa Week Among the Citizens
of the Green Mountain state.

At a meeting of the directors of the
! Bennington & Rutland railroad in New
York city Gen. J. G.. Mccullough resign
ed as president and 5 b. Hall as treas
urer. Perciva w. Clement was then
elected president of the road and II. G.
Smith treasurer. Since the burning of
the Bennington & Rutland railroad
engine house the engines of that road
have been kept in the Rutland railroad
roundhouses. Most of the Bennington
& Rutland repair work is now being
done in the Rutland shops.
A syndicate of operators in slate. who
have been thoroughly testing the depos-
It's on the farm of Jeremiah Mulvey, half
II mile north of Castleton, are so well sat
sfied with the outlook that Mr.. Mathews.
on behalf of the Boston Slate company,
has leased the quarry for three years
with an option on the farm at a price
agreed on at the expiration of that time.
Steam power is being put in and opera
tiOns on practical basis will commence
a once.
Ex-Cashiers Mussey of Rutland and
! Farrar of Waterbury each pleaded guilty
as charged before the United States court
at Rutland Wednesday. The former was
sentenced to seven years in the house of
correction at Rutland the latter to six
years in the same place. Mcclure, who
was charged with abetting Mussey.
pleaded not guilty and time of trial was
fixed for October, bail being placed at
$4,000.
Mrs. OTIS Stearns of Perkinsville re-
Gently committed suicide. She had been
in poor health for some time. She was
found hanging from the ceiling of the
CitahnD hXy q hnoly MrG a
tempted the same act about 10 years ago.
She then spent some time in the asylum
at Brnttleboro and was discharged cured.
No symptoms Of returning insanity had
appeared since then until the last.
\ Montpelier colt, which broke its
hind leg in a runaway and continued
running on the stumps, caused a great
deal of trouble in being killed. a shot
between the eyes started it of again :;
another shot behind the ear had no
effect; three blows on the head with an
Ak was without apparent result and the
poor animal finally was put out of its
pain by having its throat cut.
George Brown Of Troy was drowned
Saturday while running logs on the Mis-
sisquoi river for the Troy Mil company.
When near bridge in Westtield. the raft
he was riding rolled over, carrying him
under. His body became entangled in a
chain on the raft aud he was borne down.
The body was recovered later. He was
-" wears of age and leaves a wife and
lily.
Homer l.. Hoag of Rutland has Just
bought tract of 1900 acres of land in
Chttenden. The land is situated along
the banks of East Creek and includes
what is known as the Chittenden
meadows, a famous resort for local trout
fishermen. 4 dam will be built on the
stream, about half mile above Con-
dOn's mill, large enough to flood.
While Leander Bertrand of Barre was
working at A. 4. Carroll's one day
recently he got his hand caught
between two stones and three fingers
who dressed the wound. He will lose
the first Joint of the second finger, but
the other two may be fixed so that he
will have the use of them.
Mrs. Fred Blake of Chelsea has "A gera-
mum that would be desirable plant for
those who are in need of shade trees right
away TO obtain few and set out. She
calls it a peppermint geranium. II was
slipped last September and placed in "A
quart can and now stands - inches high
aud 30 inches across. Some of the leaves
measure inches wide.
Sandgate, a small village in the west
ern part of Bennington county. furnished
a sensation Saturday. Two bows were
cleaning under "A manure box looking for
worms, and had partly removed the
refuse when they struck something soft.
They investigated and found the body Of
a male child that had apparently been
there for several days.
"Johny" Tower. a well-known charac-
ter of Bennington. celebrated his sixty
first birthday Friday. He was born in
Corain. Mass. is dwarf f. inches high
and weighs less than ninety pounds.
Years ago he travelled with the p. I.
Barnum shows and was known as the
smallest man in this country.
A lightning rod did not save the
church at Fairlce from being struck
during the first thunderstorm of the
season Tuesday night, but the fire was
checked before it had done much
damage. Charles +. Rushber. the
ianitor, was injured by the shock, but he
recovered later.
Burlington merchants are considering
the advisibilty of giving "A street fair.
the coming summer. These entertain
ments have been very successful in the
West. Exhibits are made ON the side.
walks under canvas, and entertainments
are provided of various natures to amusc
the populace.
John \. Clapp, for several years the
proprietor of shirt factory in Burling-
ton, attempted to commit suicide in d
lodging house in New York Sunday
morning by shooting himself lie was
removed to hospital where it was said
that his wounds would prove fatal.