Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-13
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


H"nted-C"rio"S Case OF Tei'pa'hS-
Verdict Against Central Vermont.
Jacob Ide. father of Judge Henry G..
Ide, a member of the Philippine commits
sina, died at his home in st. JOhnsbury
last Thursday, aged % years. lie was
an early settler in the town of Barnet and
was for years miller and was one of the
most prominent men in the town. Judge
ide was to have started for San Francisco
on Friday en- route for the Philippines,
but because Of the death of his father he
will not leave until Saturday. Jacob
Ide's wife died in 1892. after the celebra-
tion of their GO-h Wedding anniversary
/ He Is survived by two sons, Judge I'nry
/ c. lde and f. 7. lde The funeral took
place Naturd Y forenoon.
\ curious instance of tclepathy has
cone 10 light. John II. Grimm of Rut-
land, who f"w days ago had both of his
thumbs cut off in a machine at the G. II.
Grimm Il Go. factory. has received let
ter from sister in Cleveland. o., in
which She asks If anything has hefallen
him. She had not heard from him for
some time and said She dreamed of him
ti liAii WIN iii0 ilfAi'i7 w A'ii'N ~
cloth as if they had been burned or In
iured The date of the letter shows that
rhr night which she had thi, dream must
have been very c.ose to the day of Mr..
Grimm accident.
The large planning mills and wooden
block adjoining known a. the Stewart
property ia Bennington. were burned
March 2l lNJ1. entailug "a net loss of
over $40 GOO. Everything went to show
thar the fire was of iocendlarY origin. but
evidence was lacking which would war
rant an arrest. Interest in the matter
h been revived by the reOpening of the
Investigation by states Attorney Bates,
some new and. it is said, important evil
dence having come to ligh'. The case
viii probably go before the grand Jury at
us session III June
The jury in the Washington county
court at Montpelier in the case of Dan
iel McGovern against G. VI. Hays and
+. {. Smith. receivers of the Central
Vermont railroad. returned a verdict
W., sdav awarding the plaintiii $1,000.
The paintitt was struck by freight
train at crossing in Bolton in January
lN91. and badly injured. The case was
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lhe supreme court mas appolh'eu non
seneca tiaselfoh OF burlihgt"h' ORION VI
Barber ol Arlington anu Altred T. "at
son OF ltdTfIOTu commissioners III lIlt
, case OF the futIahd hallr"ad company
q w. 'ho nr''o"H rams "n" 'nN.o"9 NV.
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! ''A"9 a. ''ei'o"9 ans
), Ihe En'iah rallroaoN new paNSehge
. ehgintS' Nos. -" ana III nave pee
leased to the Ne" >"rk central raIIroa
unIil the wooden bridges along me IN
n OF the bennington ~ hu'lahu rd'iroa
:. can hr Suehg'heheu' ne ENGINES Wer
y thought too heaVy Tor thtse o'd hrluSe
ana 'he raliroan people III" no, WISH
. use mem on snort runs lh'E VIII
= eNehtuaIV run ne'Weeh burllng'oH am
+, troy
y, The ice in the Connecticut river a
Bellows Falls has broken up ten day
later than in the average season. IN
warm weather Tor the lew days preVlou
raised the river rapidly ana 7" the mort
At the snow in the woods Is YET very deer
r \ warm rain would undoubtedly nav
y caused much damage to the l"wland
d The big zee IAN formed has broken ava
p gradually ana all danger i now passe'
IT The annual meeting of the Ncfmoi
y Democratic club will he held iu Buriu!
IN ton on the afternoon and evening
Sc May 3. lhe business meeting Will
e. held ia the afternoon at the city hall AZ
ne the banquet at Hotel Buringto
ne Owing &C. the proximity of The nation
lp Ieautatru tIprp "A. in he up sneakers frb