Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-05-01
AROUND THE STATE.

Capt. j. f. Eldridge of Randolph is
seriously i'll with eryspelas.
The ladies of Christ church Mont
peier made 800 from recent fair
There were 81 bir his. 42 deaths and 50 I
marriages in Swanton the past year
w. A. Whiting of Burlington has been
granted patent for steam regulator.
A chapter of the Eastern Star was or
ganized at Rutland last week with 30
charter members.
S. l.. Griffith of Dandy is building
fine carriage road from Manchester
depot to his mills in Stratton.
The directors of the Barre r. r. have
! declared dividend of 2 1-2 per cent,
payable May 1, 1903. They report the
business of the road as good.
A. d. Bristol, Burlington, ieweler
and optcian, has filed petition in vol
untary bankruptcy, liabilities SS506.61,
assets S3l9S. OF, exempt $500.
George Miller of Ludlow died last
week after an illness of about 10 days,
with typhoid fever from which blood
poisoning complications arose.
The Fort Dunmore farm buildings at
Brattleboro, owned by f. II. Putnam
were burned last week at loss of $4,000.
They were insured for $3.50. Most of
the live stock was saved.
The Travellers ms. Co. paid S50O0
in two policies, on the life of the late
Henry w. Tewksbury the noted Ran
dolph lecturer last week, although both
had lapsed by non payment of dues.
C. f. White. who rents the farm of
NJ. c. Rowell. Randolph, received from
the Brigham Creamery company
March check for S26S 30, showing
which would seem to Indicate that farm
ing pays.
f. g. Nutting of Bakersfield began his
forty-tirst year of staging between that
place and st. Adams Tuesday. He has
many interesting "reminiscences to tell of
the changes all around the line since he
first began his work.
A. j. Croft. Enosburgh Falls, secre-
tary of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers
association has been asked to act as
Judge in the sugar exhibit at the pro-
vincial exposition to be held at Ottawa,
Ont, in September.
Fred and George May aged 10 and 16
years of age, were arrested at Bolton
, April %, and taken to West Bolton for
trial on complaint entered against them
} for the shooting and killing of a deer
about two weeks ago.
Quite "A number of the farmers of
Randolph have signed an agreement to
raise sweet corn for the Mortified can
ming factory. About one hundred acres
of sweet corn will be planted. They are
paid IS per ton for ears of green corn.
The new building erected on the cor
ner of st. Paul and King streets, Bur
lington. bv the O. i. Kinds company
will be occupied this week. The office
of the company, which has been located
I at st. Adams was removed there Satur-
day.
= Judge Start has granted the injunction
against the Queen City Park association
;. as prayed for by majority of the stock
: holders, restraining them from further
= disposal of lands and funds of the as
:. sociatiOn. The hearing relative to the
; appointment of the receiver is set fol
= May 5.
G. ID. Palmer of Sheldon died of heart
trouble at the age of 50 years. He
leaves a wife and two sons. =. L. and G.
ID. Palmer. Mr.. Palmer was an ole
resident of Sheldon. having lived there
} 80 years. On March last Mr.. and Mrs
Palmer celebrated their Goth wedding
anniversary.
" What came near being "A fatal acciden
;. occurred to Mrs. G.. II. 3igelow of Wash
ington last week She was putting dir
from dust pan into stove and it is sup
+ posed that in the dirt was "A small quan
!. tty of powder. for it ignted and at ono
). her dress was all afire. She was badl,
II burned about the face and both hand
t. and arms.
d Frank Puffer, Richford farmer, 6
Y years of age, while drawing rails for
d fence, met with peculiar accident
II from the results of which he died in
er few hours The man was crushed undo
II the weight of the wagon, which wa
overturned upon him. a wheel passe
rs over his head. breaking the jaw in seN
id eral places. and inflicting other injurie,
W n. p Lowering, for 43 years gener'
20 passenger agent of the Pas
er umpsic, and division passenge
railroad, died at Lyndonville, April .:
r. aged II years. The deceased was
&c native of Boston and a grandson
Joseph Lowering, member of I'll
u Boston tea party. He is survived by
- widow.
in Two hand-to-hand scrimmages an
lots of excitement resulted April 81 fro,
the attempts of Louis Martel to eject /
. V. Griffin from the store at A Cent?
street, Rutland, known as the St;
pharmacy. Mr. Martel holds Il
disputed ground but the store
practically in a state of siege NJ
Martel wants to turn the store over
George G. Mccoy. who has secured
second class liquor license. Mr.. Griffi
was for many years "A popular passeng,
conductor on the Rutland and Centri
railroads.
nj Mark Cobb truckman of Stowe WI
!" killed April % ON Brush Hill. just o.
of Stowe village He was driving a on
horse team, loaded with wood, down Il
IL hill when the hold back strap broke le
II ting the loaded wagon on to the hors