Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-10-17

ing held by some of the farmers for a
still higher price
The Burgesses Corps. the crack mill |
tary company of Albany, y. Y, paid a
visit to Burlington Friday. The visitors
were the guests of the city, and were
handsomely entertained by the local
authorities.
Petition has been circulated to test
public sentiment on the question of a
city charter for ST. Johns bury, and so
far as they have been seen the business
men and others are practically a unite in
favor of it.
Addison county's representatives In
the Legislature give their religious pref
erences as follows: Congregatonaist,
>; Methodist, I; Universallst, ,; Epis-
copal, 2; Baptist, ,; Friends, Unita-
rian, |.
Fred Rope of Randolph, custodian of
the funds of the Green Mountain band,
is missing, and an investigation of the
finances shows shortage of some $50
His wife and one child are left in Ran
dolph.
These young patriots have enlisted in
the L. ). service at St. JOhnsbury: Clar-
ence Walcott, Victor n. Mitchell, Robert
a. Cummings, Herbert Morris, Gilbert
III. Williams. George Hull and Albert H..
Woods.
The Rev. Grin Edison Croker of Rut-
land, has been chosen to preach the con-
vention sermon at the next annual meet
ing of Vermont Universalist churches to
be held at Lyndonvlle in October, 1903.
Mrs. Percival w. Clement of Brook
side, Center Rutland and her daughters,
the Misses Elizabeth w., Margaret O..
and Anna E. Clement and son, Robert,
| have sailed from New ork for London.
Two black bears were captured near
Mortified recently. One weighed over
200 pounds, the other was cub. The
captor, James p. Brooks, has seven
bears to his credit for the year thus far.
a petition in bankruptcy has been
| filed by Hosea b. Field, a dealer in hay
and grain at Vergennes. His liabilities
are S4.234.92 and his assets 81 400, of
which S272.25 are claimed exempt.
The body of a man recently found in
the river at Ausable Chasm has been
identified as that of Daniel O'Neil, of
Castleton. O'Nell was seen in the Vi
entity, and had been drinking heavily.
Deputy Sheriff J. Z. Reeves has taken
to Rutland Charles Duso, of Burlington,
who is to serve a sentence of Ill days in
the House of Correction for the non-sup-
port of his minor child.
G.. w. Clark, of Morrisville, has re-
ceived a fancy walking stick from Mason
y. Stone. eX-supeIintendent of edu
cation, who is now doing educational
work in the Philippines.
DR.. Lyman Allen has begun his three
months service as surgeon at the Fanny
Allen hospital, Burlington and DR.. f. +.
Clark is serving as physician for the
same period.
The annual meeting of the Society of
Colonial Danes will be held at Montpelier
on Wednesday, Oct. -, and of the Yer
mont Officers Reunion society on Thurs
day Oct. %.
Clayton Warner, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Luther Warner, of Huntington Falls,
was shot in the left leg Sunday morning
while shooting at target with four
other boys.
A consignment of 10 tanks of lake
trout were a few days since taken to
Brandon, where they will be used to
stock some of the streams in that
locality.
The carcass of dead moose was re-
Gently found near Barton. which had
probably died from the effects of a shot,
as a live specimen had been seen about
there.
ID. \. Sherman, the postmaster at
Sherman, has been held in $1,000 bonds
for trial for selling postage stamps for
merchandise and making false returns.
Charles w. Norton of South Walling-
ford has been bound over for trial for
using the mails for fraudulent purposes.
His bail was fixed at $1,000.
Deputy United States Marshal L. A.
Drew left Rutland few days since for
San Francisco with nine Cinnamon who
were ordered deported To China.
Mrs. Mary w. Burdick, who died at
Chester last week aged 9S, was real
daughter of the Revolution, as her father
fought at Bunker Hill.
Ira +. Russell has resigned from the
position of steward of Mary Fletcher
hospital, Burlington, after a service of
seventeen years.
At the masonic banquet at Waterbury
lately IL was announced that fifty new
members had been enrolled in the past
three months.
| |. c. Robinson, of Williamstown, has
lilac tree which has blossomed twice
| this season, being now covered with the
second crop.
The veneer works at Newport are TO
be greatly enlarged and made the largest
in the world. New York capitalists are
| interested.
William Harvey, of Barre, according
| to the Daily Times, was recently fined
SLIGO for cruelty beating his horse.
The A. Z. ellison hotel at North Lon
donderry was destroyed by fire a few
nights ago. Loss $500; insured
A post office has been established at
Fort Ethan Allen with Capt. w. IL.
Humphrey as postmaster.