Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

The Checker Championship of Vermont
Stays in acknowledgements Case
In supreme Court Shocking Case of
Cruelty to Animals.
By playing three games of checkers at
Barre, each of which resulted in draw,
NJ. A. Bailey of Rutland succeeded In
retaining the championship of Vermont
from the aspiring grasp of Thomas Mich
OILS of Barre. The match was won by
Mr.. Bailey by score of to /. OF the
other twenty-six games fifteen were
drawn and the twentieth was not played,
as It's result would not have changed the
winner. The openings of the three
games drawn were the "Wilther,"
BLACK Doctor" and "Lalrd and Lady"
1t is announced that because of the
failure of the defendant in the famous
suit brought by Editor Livingston
against ex.Gov. G. s. Page to furnish the
supreme court with the evidence for his
side, as given at the trial in Bennington
last month, the case, which was appealed
by the plaintiff, will not be heard at the
coming term of the supreme court
judges. There are many people who do
not believe that the case will ever reach
that body.
A shocking case of cruelty to animals
was recently brought to light in Cabot.
The barn stable had evidently not been
cleaned out for several days, four or five
head of cattle stood there moaning for
food, with the barn about them in such
tumble-down condition that the wintry
weather got at them without hindrance.
On wall of the barn calf lay dead,
and in the stable lay horse, also dead,
while another stood by suffering from
lack of food and water.
There are at present more prisoners at
the house of correction In Rutland than
have ever before been quartered there in
the history of that institution, and others
are arriving daily. The number of pris-
oners has now reached 202 and it has
been necessary to place 81 of those in the
hospital department, as the regular penal
accommodations are not ample enough.
The report of the health officer of
Burlington, DR.. II. r. Watkins, is COM
pleted. The report shows a slight in
crease in the number of deaths and births
ONtI lllc DIcNIOuS year. Hc uCHluS WCIt
343, and are counterbalanced by births
to the number of 400. Taking the popu-
lation of Burlington as 1860, the per-
centage of deaths is l7.43 to the thousand.
1t is probable that the hearing on the
discharge of the bankrupt firm of Knott
e Closson will be resumed next week
Thursday at the customs house in Bur-
lington. 1t is expected that the object
ing creditors examination, conducted by
Attorney Fits, will occupy about two
) days, after which Knott & Blossoms at.
7 torneys will examine the witnesses.
United States District Judge Hoyt II
Wheeler, who has been holding court in
New York city, had his headquarters in
] the hurry Hill hotel, which was wrecked
2 Monday by an explosion of dynamite
At the time of the explosion Judge
1 Wheeler was in the court room and sc
escaped injury.
Dogs have been seen chasing deer
quite often of late near Bennington anC
last week buck was run down and sc
badly injured by dog that it wa:
necessary to kill the former. The dog;
, are seldom caught, and, as general
thing, no one ever knows who they be-
long to.
A south bound freight train Saturday
struck a sleigh containing George NJ.
Park of Lyndon and his twelve-year- old
daughter, Sarah. at blind crossing Just
north of St. Johnsbury Center. Mr.
, Park escaped with slight injuries, but
the girls leg was broken.
f. X. Howe of Glover has COW which
he has MIXED twice daily for four years
, four months and twenty-four days, and
=. during that time has made an aver.
age of five hundred pounds of butter
each year.
There is yet much indecision concern
? ing the site of the new Carnegie library
, for Burlington. Public sentiment seems
to favor resembling the action of the
board of aldermen In selecting the ole
q city market grounds.
III. ID. Morse of Concord, on going t
E the barn one morning recently, founC
q one of his geese minus head. He set
trap and the next night caught horned
owl that measured five feet six inche,
from tip to tip, and weighed II pounds
Iidhs lor Tue eiecuioh VI hu cihooIdte
y new summer hotel in Wilmington are
a being carefully carried out by Maj. f
w. Childs. 1t is expected that grount
will be broken for the new building a.
. soon as the weather permits next spring
!. Morrisville will endeavor to secure tn,
/. next convention of the State Sunday
Q school association.