Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-10-31

William Brown. a brakeman employed
by the Rutland Railroad company, was
badly injured by falling between two
cars in the Rutland railroad yard on
Saturday morning. Mr.. Browns right
hip bone was fractured and he was
otherwise bruised.
Mrs. Mary Rogers ard Miss Stella
Bates, charged with the murder of Mar
Gus Rogers, have been removed from the
Bennington Jail to the Rutland House of
Correction, where they will be kept until
their cases come up before the grand
jury in June next.
In the death of George p. Felt at Man
chester in his S4th year, New England
loses one of her oldest stage drivers.
and the death of his wife in her SD
year within twenty-four houts, after 81
years of happy married life. is in many
ways remarkable.
The Demerritt & Palmer Packing com
pany of Water bury have finished canning
corn, having put up about half a crop.
| The company now have their men en-
/ ploye ed in the clotheapin factory and have
sufficient orders ahead for steady employ
ment.
Mrs. Julia W, IIowes, last surviving
daughter of the Rev. Chester Wright,
died recently in Montpelier, aged -
years. Mrs. Howes was the widow of
Joseph w. Howes, a well known mer-
chant of Montpelier generation ago.
Charles Rowe, of Randolph, while
shingling on barn, fell over the end,
a distance of % feet, to the ground. He
was badly bruised but no bones were
broken. Though confined to the house
since, he will soon be As well as ever
Miss Leonora f. Rich. formerly of Rut-
land, died in a Springfield, Mass, hos
pital a few days ago from the result of Il
criminal operation said to have been per-
formed by Chicopee physician. Re-
mains were buried in Rutland.
1t has been decided to hold the meeting
and banquet of the Fish and Game League
in Montpelier about November -, the
meeting to be held at the Pavilion and the
banquet in Armory hail. \ caterer
from Boston will have charge.
The house and barn on the Temple
place in Hartland, occupied by George
Stillson, and an adjoining house and barn
owned by Park Waters were burned
October %. Nearly everything was lost
at the Stillson place.
State Auditor O. ". Barber, shows in
his annual report that the expense OF
running the soldiers home for the two
years ending June 30, 1902, was about
$4,000 less than the two years previous
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the well.
known woman suifragist, died few
days since at her home at West Ninty
fourth street in New York city. Old
age was given as the cause of her death
G. p. Aud, son of Joseph Aud, editor
and publisher of The Burlington News
passed the examination for a commission
in the navy at the head of the list, with
all average of 9S out of possible 100
/, Charles F. Ranney, the veteran st
j. Il l.. G. road conductor, accompanied
by Mrs. Ranney, is taking a trip to the
Pacific coast Mr.. Ranney completed
36 years of railroading last week.
a spike horn buck, weighing PSI
pounds. was shot in Fairfield Wednesday
night by George X. Marsh and Roya
Hazard This is the first deer of the
season killed in that vicinity.
: Frank Nimbett, of Bristol, has beer
sentenced TO serve lib days in the Rut
; land House of Correction for public in
tOXlcatiOn. This was his third offence.
ii. ). Isham, of St. George, has
natural curiosity in the shape of an elm
root 40 feet long and less than one incl
in diameter at the large end
Burlington claims in Mrs. Toby Ros
enberg resident. lOl yeras old.