Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-07-11
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Edward Ekerston of Barre fell under a
moving car July and lost his right foot.
j. X. Batchelder of Arlington has
found gold in large quantities in Sears
burg.
Sam Wah's laundry at st. Johnsbury
was wrecked the Fourth with giant
crackers.
Hiram Levin of Bennington had one
finger blown of the Fourth by a giant
fire-cracker.
Drinking pans for dogs have been
placed on the streets of Burlington by
the Humane society.
Daily Mccarthy, an old lady of Waits
field was burned to death last week. She
was alone 10 the house.
viii Foley, %, of Putney, was run
over and killed by the cars while walk
ing on the track July 6.
Charles St. Clair, 80, of Bennington
has been arrested, charged with criminal
assault on two young girls.
The station at Sheldon was burglarized
the night of July >, and cents and a
few cucumbers were stolen.
Severed boat houses and K. p. Wood
bury's naptha launch were destroyed by
fire last week at Burlington.
Peter Bianchi, 10, of Barre, held a giant
cracker in his right hand the fourth and
fired it off. His hand is missing.
Henry Bellrose of Burlington stole a
marked bill from Abraham's store and
will serve term in states prison.
Clyde Joslyn, young boy of North
field, had one hand badly injured while
firing giant firecracker the Fourth.
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held this year from Monday, August II ,
until the Monday morning following.
The strike at Barre between the car
penters and contractors was settled
last week and another started at Bur-
lington.
a state golf league has been formed
with George Worthington of Bennington
as president and W. II. Dunno of Rutland
4 as secretary.
Carl, the l0-year-old son of Alexander
Mcmillan, a granite manufacture of
Montpelier. was drowned July 6, In the
Winooski river.
John Hallenbeck, II, of South Barre,
thought 1t would be cunning to explode
a giant cracker in a glass bottle. The
doctors hope to save his eyes.
The Lakeside Shoe Co.'s plant, part of
Lang & Goodhue's works, school house,
ETC., at Burlington were burned July Z,
Loss 100000, partially insured.
William Cooley, once a prominent
business man of Waterbury, and the
inventor of the Cooley creamery. became
violently insane last week and was con
fined In the asylum.
Editor Belknap of the Bellows Falls
Times was unlucky enough to have an
eye seriously injured, if he does not lose
it entirely. by cannon cracker the
evening of July 3.
Patrons delivering milk to the Harring-
ton creamery, Bethel, during the month
of May, received "a cts. per pound for
butter fat. Those delivering cream
received 20 cts. per POUND for butter fat
Thomas Fitzgerald. aged 30 years, OF
Rutland, committed suicide at Worces.
ter, Mass, July by shooting himself
in the heart. His body was found by
boys in a freight car. III health is said
to be the cause.
n. d. Stanley's machine shop at Essex
Junction was destroyed by fire July 1
Loss $1,000, insured for $500. j. W.
TruaX, maker of the Eagle mill pick
lost all his tools, stock, etc. +. ii
Stanley, a carriage maker, lost $50.
The directors of the International But
tonhoe Machine Company, in which ST,
Johnsbury is largely interested, have
declared a dividend of per cent and the
directors Of the Reece company, divi
dend of per cent. Both are payable
July Is.
A. Leslie Sweet, who was graduated
from Philadelphia dental college May
|, died at Bennington Friday. of con
sumption. He had taken high honors If
a class of 100 members. He had been il
the mountains for two weeks hoping t
improve his health.
Kathryn Hutchinson, Montpelier
girl. the prima donna of the "Show Girl
in New York city, is passing this weeI
in the Catskill mountains, where she i:
recuperating from her recent illness
prior to the appearance of the company
at Manhattan beach, beginning Monday
The nine-year-old son of Chief of Polio,
Brown of Barre, was badly burned il
the face the Fourth by the explosion of
large cannon cracker, The little fellow
had lighted the cracker and it did no
explode, He went to pick it up witt
the result that it exploded in his hands
Only two losses were reported to tn,
pOiito III buliuRtOH Tic Il oullu.
woman from Westport, y. Y, lost
purse with 81 and a return ticket. Tn
property was found. A Swanton woman
lost purse containing few dollars anC
1t has not been found. In neither cas-
was the woman robbed.
Mrs. Cass of Rochester, an industriou
lady % years of age, has just completed
piece of old-fashioned fancy work de
signed to serve more useful end tina
the Battenburg achievements of the pres
sent fashion. The article in question j
a bedquilt, of nobody knows how many
thousand pieces, and it is now the prop
erty of her granddaughter, Mrs. f.
: Hatch of Randolph.
The American Horse Breeder of Jun
10 says the following concerning pace
. sired by a stallion owned by III. +. Bul
, CESS of Bennington. "There Is an eigf
year old PAGER at the Grasse Pointe trac
by George st. Clair and of a mare b
AlbatToss that Is about as sweet a goin