Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-11-29
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

New Paper Company at Bellows Fails
Addresses of vermonters In the Philip
pines-Body of Man Drowned last Spring
Recovered-Other Items.
At the trustees sale of the property of
the Westminster Pulp and Paper com
pany, at Bellows Falls, DR.. o. M. George
and Charles M. Blake did some lively
bidding for the paper mill, aud it was
sold to the latter for $4,000. Doctor
George bought the building lots near the
Boston and Maine tracks for $500,
and the "Forest" water privilege and
land was sold to G. NJ. Blake for $500.
The tenament house owned by the COM
pany was bought by George II. Babbtt
for $3.50. In all, the proceeds of the
sale Will amount to nearly 100000, or
about S25,000 more than the mortgages
covering the property. 1t Is understood
that the new owner of the mill will begin
at once the manufacture of paper, and
operate to its full capacity the plant
which has been standing idle ever since
last spring.
Mason $. Stone, writing from the
Philippines, where he is division super
intendent of education for the island of
Negros, gives the location of the Ver-
mont teachers who have gone to the
islands. They are all in Negros except
w. A. Buck of st. Adams, at San Mi
quail, Panay. At Ayungan is G. E.
Conant, Chicago, ILL.,, formerly of Nor
risvlIe: Tanhay, F. j. Bailey, Wells
River; Amblan, B. L. Stafford, Tin
mouth; Ayuquitan, J. B. Kirkpatrick,
Haverhill, Mass, formerly of the uni
versity; Sbulan, E. II. Buttles, Bran
don; Dumaguete, Miss Emily G.. Parker,
West Rutland; Bacong, G. w. FELTON,,
Burlington; Daun, E. E. Webster, Bar
ton; Electromagnetic, F. l.. Hayford, st.
Johnsbury; Slaton, A. j. McKellow,
Burlington.
The body of Purley 1. Blanchard, aged
% years, has been found in the Connecti-
cut river at East Putney. The young
man disappeared last March while suffer-
ing from melancholy. The river was
searched on both banks as far as Spring
field, Mass, during the summer, but no
trace was found of the body. The at
tention of Mr.. Phillips, duck hunter,
was attracted Saturday by an object in
the river near where Blanchard disappear
ed. Examination showed that it was
Blanchard's body, held in an upright
position by stump. Blanchard was
a promising young man, and was employ
ed by j. C. Day & Co., Bellows Falls.
Bellows Falls officers are looking for
man named Fred White on a charge of
horse stealing. White said he was plan
ming to start livery stable at North
Walpole, n. H., Just across the river, and
got possession of two horses, a wagon
and aprobes belonging to several parties
in town. He left the place Saturday and
is said to have been see n at Proctorsville
Saturday night with the team. White
was about 30 years old, short and
smooth-faced. The horses are bays and
weigh about 800 or 900 pounds each.
Warrants have been issued for the
arrest of Fred ID, Beckley and Fred A.
Slayton, stockholders and directors of
the Barre Spring and Fountain Water
company. The charge is larceny of
water from the city system. Some
weeks ago water connection was found
in the basement of Mr.. Slayton's house
through which the spring water system,
was receiving aid from the city system
and Messrs. Beckley and Slayton are
alleged to be the ones who made the con.
necton.
George Sherwin, aged IS years, son of
Herbert 5. Sherwin of the firm of Rock
well q Sherwin of Brattleboro, is i'll
with smallpox. He came home from the
Albany Business college to attend the
funeral of his grandfather in Grafton.
Symptoms of Illness developed two days
later and on Sunday the physicians pro-
nounced the disease smallpox in modi-
fled form, similar to the cases which
existed In Hardwick and other towns
year ago.