Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-12-12
THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Two Chinese, apparently much abused
mortals, were set at liberty by United
States Judge II. ii. Wheeler of Brattle-
boro after an interesting trial and have
returned to their home. the men having
been confined in the Rutland Jail since
October 10, apparently for no crime
whatsoever. They were arrested for |
being in this country unlawfuly, bailed |
out, ordered deported for nonappear-
ance at court, rearrested and taken to |
Rutland for trial. when it was cOnclusl- |
vely proven that one had been a resident
of New York city and Waterbury, Conn.,,
for 10 years. and the other of Lawrence,
Mass, for 10 years,
The December term of Windsor county
court opened at Windsor December, 2.
Judge Rowell presiding. The business
was concluded with charge to the
grand Jury, the calling of the docket
taking good part of the session. On
the Jury calendar cases are left for
trial, II being disposed of by settlement
or contit uance. OF the Al state cases on
the docket, II are continued and num-
Der of others will net come to trial this
term, so the length of the session of
court will depend somewhat on the
number of indictments and informations
to come latter. 1t is thought the term
will be short one.
The Catholic diocese of Burlington
contemplates golden Jubilee next year,
marking the 50th year since it was made
diocese, with the late RI Rev. Louis
DeGoesbriand as its first bishop. Bishop
ID Goesbriand was elected bishop July %,
1858. and consecrated at Boston, October
80 of the same year. Which of these
dates will be chosen for that of the cele-
dration has not yet been decided. While
the 50th anniversary will be kept
throughout the state, Burlington as the
center and seat of the bishop, will OBJ
! serve the event in special manner.
The money which was stolen from the
store of NJ. V. Williams of Walingford
has been found in the wood shed of the
house formerly occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilbert Reynolds, who are now
confined in the house of correction
charged with the theft Mrs. Reynolds,
who disclosed the hiding place of the
money also told the officers that the
Jack knives, harmonicas and the other
articles which were taken at the
same time had been burned. Upon
sitting the ashes in the stove this
was found to be true.
Mrs. f. c. Stevens of Rutland has
been taken to her home from West
Cornwall, where she was so seriously
injured by falling down stairs about ten
days ago, while visiting her aunt, Mrs.
M. l.. Sheldon. Mrs. Stevens, who is
a years old, was walking in her sleep
at the time the accident occurred and 1t
is thought she fell the full length of the
stairs, striking on her head. When
discovered she was lying unconscious
in pool of blood and she had broken
~ ha1l
internal injuries.
p. c. Dodge, of Burlington, has sold
his printing office TO corporation made
up of w. V. Balm, F. l.. Lane, Elizabeth
Pearce, Ferdinand, Matte and Joseph
st. German, who will also absorb the
printing business of F. L. Lane & Co.
and the Balm & Pearce bndery. The
new concern will be called the Burlng-
ton Printing and Bookbindng company
and is capitalized at $1,000. Mr.. Dodge
will continue his newspaper work as
heretofore.
The Vermont Marble Co., Proctor,
has Just secured the contract for the eX-
terror marble work of the National Say
: ings Bank building at Albany. n. Y, in
the best grade of white building marble.
The price for this work will be in the
neighborhood of $25 900. This company
also has the contract for furnishing the
marble work for the swimming pool at
the Aston courts, so called, at Rhinebeck,
y. Y.
The Union cheese factory at South
Wallingford. has issued dividends and
statements for the month of October as
follows: Seventy thousand eight hun
dred and fifty pounds of milk received,
of which 19l0 pounds was used in making
chn Of -n1
q S97S.5l; paid patrons, 1914 %; net value
e per 100 pounds of milk. Sl234; number
pounds of milk per pound of cheese s 80
Col. A. b. Chandler of Randolph, who
has winter residence at $50 Clinton
: Ave. Brooklyn n. Y. had plucky fight
. with fire one morning last week. The
|. fire caught from an Overheated furnace
and the basement was full of smoke
when he commenced his fight. He stood
his ground TIL the fremen came. The
/ damage was $500.
Miss. Katherine A. Hagar of Burling
ton, president of the Howard Relief so
, ciety, fell Wednesday afternoon of las
week and broke her left hip. Miss Hagal
was standing IN chair in the dining
room when the accident happened. The
> patient is doing as well as could be eX
pected.
Col. and Mrs. Myron n. Parker, o
n Washington, d. c., have issued Invita-
ions for the marriage OF their daughter
to Representative Blackburn, of Norti
Carolina, at the family home Decembe
, is. Colonel Parker was formerly o
Cambridge.
George Harvey, formerly of Peacham
}, and editor of the CALIFORNIAN, now tn,
president of Harper & Bros. and owne
of the North American Review. has jus
q nurchasnd the Metrnnnlitan Mauazin