Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-07-25
AROUND THE STATE.
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Ransom Buck, 81, was badly injured |
by stations recently.
Mrs. William Odel of Bloomington, at
tempted suicide July s by shooting.
Lyman Hutchinson of Randolph had |
II sheep killed by lightning last week.
F. o. Burt. one of the leading business
men of Stowe, died last week, aged SO.
Frank Jangran of Montpelier was
fined 1913 for catching trout under
size.
The Snowflake corn canning factory,
at Bratteboro, has declared ) per cent.
dividend.
The vital statistics of Bennington for
June show II marriages, births and 3
deaths.
John Roby, of Burlington, has yucca
plant u feet high which contains 100
buds and blossoms.
st. Adams is to have clock factory.
Sort of timely addition to her man
ufacturing industries.
During the month of June there were
30 births, Is male and II female and
s deaths in Barre.
The meeting of the State Teachers
association will be held in Bellows Falls
october %, "a and %.
st. Johnsbury has voted to educate
the high school pupils in the academy
at SIG per head per year.
John Webb of Gulldhall, who escaped
from the Waterbury asylum some time
ago has been recaptured.
The patrons of the Plainfield Creamery
company received 23i cents per pound
| (ol test for June butter.
The monthly pay roll of the Vermont
Marble company of Proctor, for the
month of June, was $4,000.
Robert Mells of Berlin fell from his
moving machine, July 10, and had his
right hand cut of by the knives.
Stock shipped from Randolph Monday
| included cattle to the number of four, II
calves &c. to 5c.) and l3 hogs (Gc. to
61-2)
Col. r. j. Kimball and family arrived
at Randolph Thursday for the summer.
They have just completed los days
tour in Europe.
S. c. Webster of Randolph fell twelve
feet to the ground while painting Char
les ThurstOn's house recently and was
seriously bruised.
The Brigham creamery, Randolph, paid
% G2 cents for June butter, less three
cents for making, and the Cooperative
2i cents for butter fat.
Albert Perkey railroad man of New
port is bankrupt. He has liabilities of
S3l3 II and assests of $50, of which
SlOS are claimed exempt.
Homer Duke of Marshfield, was ac-
cidently shot and killed with small
rifle, while at play with two other boys
about bis age, years, July Is.
The Republican state committee will
meet at the Van Ness house, Burlington.
this Friday evening, for the purpose of
considering plans for the state campaign.
The semi-annual statement of business
of the Winooski Saving bank. June 30,
1902 shows its deposits were S946. 9l6.34,
and its surplus, SOS, S50.lS; total, 81 ,005,-
1862.
John Murray of Plainfield, who was
stabbed by David Charhonneau while
latter was defending himself, has disap-
peared as warrent was out for his
arrest.
Gen, o. O. Howard of Burlington has
gone to Atlanta, Ga, to be present at
exercises incident to the unwilling of
statue erected In commemoration of the
battle of Atlanta.
Slavin st. Pierre of Brandon, while
olallLS a bdl II III ldSl Wtth lCll
from the staging and fractured his skull,
broke his collar bone, and two ribs. He
was taken TO the Rutland hospital in the
ambulance.
During heavy thunder storm July
Il, a large barn owned by Jesse Mathi-
son of Manchester, was struck by
lightning and, together with another
barn which stood near, was destroyed
by fire.
AT the regular monthly meeting of
the directors of the Mary Fletcher hos
pital Burlington, G. p. Smith was
elected treasurer to fill the vacancy
created by the death of Judge Torrey
+. Wales.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy c. ii.
Darling and family arrived in Benning-
ton last week. The family will remain
there until the first of September. Mr..
Darling will return to Washington the
first of August.
Winnfred, eight-year-old daughter of
Lemuel Lawrence of st. Johnsbury, was
seriously injured July II. She was open
ing bag of salt with a iackknfe which
| slipped, struck her right eye, cutting a
cash which destroyed the sight.
There are six cases of typhoid fever
in Waterbury. Samples of the village
water have been sent to Burlington for
analysis. Samples of milk used by
some of the families have also been
submitted for analysis.
a large balsam tree that has stood for
seventy years in the yard of A. Earring
ton at East Putney was struck by light
nlhg last week and reduced to splinters.
| The family was seated a short distance
away, but were not hurt. The tree lad
been struck three times before.
John Munroe at Rock Point Institute
has novelty in a bed of genuine Scotch
thlstles. He procured the seed from
near Glasgow, Scotland. These thlstles
have handsome spotted leaf, some of
which measure over three feet in length,
and are just about to bloom.
Arthur ID. Baker, machinist of
Springfield is bankrupt with liabilities
of S773 and asserts of $40, and Ed
| ward i (,OsE Urapifa nnttar Of ~