Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-03
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Seized Seal Skins Sold at Huntington for
s33I1.25-Paper Money 100 Years Old
The Famous stallion Alexander Killed
Other State Items.
| A large number of dressed seal skins,
which had been seized by the customs
department in this district for violation
of the revenue laws, were sold at auction
Saturday morning at the customs house
in Burlington. There were 10Y skins in
all and they were knocked down by
Deputy United States Marshal l.. A..
Drew to the firm of Cottrell 81 Leonard
of Albany, n. Y, for S334l.25. The
skins were divided into three lots, the
first consisting of 45 skins, which were
sold at S34.75 each; the second of 40
skins, which were sold at $50 each and
the third of az skins, which were sold at
S26.25 There were a number of fur
dealers from different parts of the
country present, but at no time was the
bidding spirited. After the sale of the
skins lynx rug which had been seized
was sold by Gen. w. l.. Greenleaf to w.
F. Ferguson for $3.50.
p. j. Farrelly of Woodstock has a
curious old piece of money, in the shape
of a $40 bill issued by the state of Mas
sachusetts Bay about 100 years ago. The
bill is 2sx3a inches in size, printed upon
the ordinary rag paper of those times
and with an ordinary printing press, in
red and black inks. The bill promises
payment of twenty Spanish miled dol
lars by the 3lst day of December, l7S6,
with interest in like money at the rate of
per cent. per annum,
The valuable stallion Alexander, which
has been owned for the past Is years by
Chief of Police Brownell of Burlington
and which has been afflicted with a can
Ger, was chloroformed Saturday night by
DR.. G.. A. Miller. The animal was buried
at the foot of Pearl street, west of Bat
terry street, and in the grave were put all
the trappings. 1t is probable that q
combination watering trough and monu'
ment will be erected at the spot later.
The Rutland railroad depot at Sunder.
land was burned Friday of last week
The Sunderland post Office was located
in the depot, but it Is not known how
much the loss is. Probably the total los:
to the government would not exceed
5000. 1t is impossible to tell what the
loss of the Rutland load will be. This
is the second depot burned within three
months on the Rutland road.
Chamberlain & Lewis have sold thei
Piano sounding board business, machin
cry and stock of lumber to the Parker
Young Co. of Lisbon, n. H., who will
move the same to their branch at Barton
Landing. The consideration was abou
Sl2 ,OOO The buildings and water powe
were sold to II. B. Parker & Son o
North Troy.
Alex Cantall, employed at the Montpe
lier house at Montpelier, grasped liv
electric wire Monday morning, an,
burned one hard severity. The wire hat
to be pulled away from him. Create
injury was escaped by the fact that h
did not have hold of the wire with bot
hands.
1t took less than seven minutes for tn
voters of Colchester to exempt the Bur
lington, Winooski and Colchester mill
from taxation for five years, on cOnd
, ton that they be operated not less tina
, nine months in each year. EXtensiv
p improvements will be made in the mills
t Michael Dullahan, for twenty. min
t years an engineer at Cranes mill |
Burlington, lost his right arm In som
way Monday afternoon, it probabl
: having been caught in belt Tn
injured man was too weak to tell tn
story of the accident.
The last business in Bennington count
= court, which adjourned the other day afte
being in session twenty-five days, wa
q the ordering of about twenty temporsr
inunctions on the owners and occupant
of buildings, prohibiting the unlawfr
r sale of liquor.
q At Fort Ethan Allen Friday evenin
{ Gen. o. O. Howard of Burlington CAV
some highly interesting war remini
e cences.