Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-30
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

The electric road in Swanton is COM
pleted
DR.. w. d. Buchanan of Cambridge,
died May %.
Two undoubted cases of smallpox in
Rutland last week.
Horse racing at Granite City Park,
Montpelier, Memorial Day.
DIR. William V. Chase, veteran of the
war, died at Chester May 10 aged y
years.
William d. Sanborn, for many years a
resident of Barre, died in East Orange,
May p, aged So years.
Ii. ID. Mcdonald, of Burlington, has
been appointed fourth assistant ex-
aminer in the patent office, Washing
ton.
Al Fabyan, the well-known hotel
proprietor, and for eight years land
lord of the Trotter House, Bradford,
died May 18th at Lancaster, n. II.
Mrs. Mary G.. Maynard, widow of
Charles G.. Maynard, died at Walpole,
May IS. aged 10 years. Her late husband
was proprietor of the Wentworth House.
Mary L. Wright, teacher at Gageville
died May 10, of pneumonia. She was
educated in the public schools of Bellows
Falls, and was in the twentieth year of
her age.
Morgan p. Brook, a native of Walpole,
but later of New Haven, Conn.,, and a
highly esteemed young business man,
died of consumption in Southern Cali
fornia, May s.
Mrs. George II. Stone, of st. Johns
bury, died at Brghtlcok Hospital Tues
day, of last week. She was born in
Barnet, in 1871. but had lived in St.
Johnsbury for II years.
Mrs. Lois +. Manchester. relict of
Levi Manchester, died May Il at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. W. II.
Billings, of West Haven. The cause was
a stroke of paralysis She was buried
by the side of her usband at Sciota.
The farmers of Chttenden county are
agtating the matter of submitting the
tuberculosis question to the county
CONVEX ton and delegates will be instru-
cted to bring the matter up in the con-
vention for some expression of opinion.
Owing to i'll health the veteran town
clerk of Lyndonville. I. w. Sanborn,
has resigned and Chales L. Stuart
has been appointed as his successor.
Mr.. Sanborn was the oldest town
clerk in the State of Vermont, having
held that office forty years.
II. w. Brooks. membership secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. a., of Rutland, was fool
ing with his revolver last week and acct
IDENTIFY shot Frank II. Earle in the leg.
| is queer thing for the Y. NJ. G. A.
folks to go around with loaded guns.
Earle was not seriously injured.
The grand list of the town of North
field for 1902 has been completed and
is Sl2,OSG 40, as against S1l,G5G -
last year. The number of polls this
years 10, an increase of 81 over last
year. This shows a substantial gain
in both property and population of the
town during the past year.
Daniel Suter, Jr., of Swanton, died in
that place last Sunday morning. He
was only 81 years of age, aud had lived
in Swanton since he was child, his
birthplace being Brooklyn, y. Y. He
was in the dry goods business, and was
very successful. His widow and four
children survive him.
The painting of Sherldan's Ride, by
c. ii. Andrews, was sold at auction in
Burlington recently for $50, the pur.
chaser being +. II. Lewis of St. Adams
1t was valued in the bankrupt schedule
of the artist at $1,000, and the canvas
alone cost 1929, photographs of the
scenery $500, and paints as much more
The centennial of the organization OF
Wes' field, March 30 1902, will be OBJ
served July 4th, with appropriate
exercises. The officers and committee
elected are president, l.. 5. Woodward
vice presidents, j. ID. johnson, NJ. D.
Gilman, w. w. Wakefield; secretary
Edwin Boynton; treasurer, II. o. Miller
Charles Chase Lee, of Lincoln, died
May II, 1902, after an illness of one year
lie was a highly respected citizen, who