Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-06-19
STATE NEWS.

Cambridge has an epidemic of scarlet
fever
Charles IL. Briggs of Brattleboro is
dead, aged 81.
Barre has decided to pave Main street
with granite blocks.
Ex-Postma,ter George ". Beclwith
of burlington is dead, aged Il.
Work has been resumed on the
Buriin .ton q IInesburg railroad.
4 Two COWS and valuable colt were
killed by lightning at Plainheld, June y.
! The Orleans county veterans Reunion
was held at Newport Wednesday, June
/ H.
Dandy il to have a $4,000 public
! library building and library. the gift of
Hon. 5. l.. Griffith.
As a result Of the rum riots at Bethel
one of the liquor commissioners, \. p.
/ Huntoon, has resigned.
The first arrest for intoXication in
Pownal in 10 years was last week
Usual fine and cost SOLO.
Barres grand list is 81 1866. 66 an in
crease of $4,000 over last year. There
are ESQ polls, an increase of 40S.
! Hardwick will take measures to in
crease its water supply to keep pace
with the rapid growth of the village.
Burlington at a city meeting, June II.
voted to bond the city for the sum of
$l5O,O0O to establish a municipal cleo
trio lighting plant.
The contract for building the new
10000 ton batteship Vermont has been
awarded to the Fore River Ship q En-
CINE Co. Quincy. Mass.
John y. Riley. Rutland railroad
conductor was struck by an engine
while crossing the track at Rutland last
week and badly injured.
Vermont will receive S7l76 from the
war department at Washington towards
equipplng the state militia to correspond
with the regular army.
Warren Nye and wife of East Barre
We're run into by a drunken man while
returning home Saturday night and both
carriages smashed. No arrests.
The sheriff department Of Washington
county and the police Of Montpelier are
at logerheals over the arrest of a man
for INVESTIGATION. Both claim the fees
Shelburne has small pox scare.
Fred Ranney OF st. Adams arrived there
June 10 all broke ont with small poX and
proceeded to look the town over, expos
lnS many people
Harry VI. Still, lmeman in Burling-
ton was electrocuted last week while
working on an arc light connected with
a live wire and was instantly killed
\ unique little booklet setting forth
the many attractions and resources of
the enterprising village of Hardwick.
has Just been issued from the Gazette
press.
twenty-five people in Cnderhill were
poisoned by eating ice cream last week.
An investigation 10y the state disclosed
the fact that the milk came from a dis
ea~ed COW.
Randolph had row over the high
school commencement printing and the
school committee resigned, because a
bah was advertised on the program
The school tax is - cents ON the dollar
The total valuation of Burlington is
Sl3,525, 315, including the polls. Of which
there is the odd number of I HI There
is a gain of S295,9lO, over the list of
q last year. and the polls have increased
by 80.
Frank f. Cutler of Orange. aged %
years committed suicide last week by
firing "A bullet into his head. The man
was addicted to liquor and was dis
couraged. Two Of Cutters brothers
committed suicide.
The grand jury of Caledonia county
has indicted Mrs Jennie Aldrch of
East Hardwick for murder The
children of two families had trouble and
in the row that followed, Mrs. Aldrch
so severely injured Mrs. Mary Mossey,
that the latter died.
The Mt. Mansfield Trout club had its
annual meeting and dinner at the club
house in Stowe, June 10. Senator
Proctor was a guest and fell from a
boat and was ducled in the pond. The
president elect is o. K. Luce; secretary
ii. G.. Thomas, both of Stowe
I, There was a reign of terror in Wi
nooskl Saturday owing to the coDjunct-
ION OF pay day at Fort Ethan Allen and
the Winooski Wooden Mills and the
liquor saloons 1t took detachment
= from the fort and the sheriffs of the