Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-10-09
STATE NEWS.

Thomas Corey of Montpelier thinks he |
has found gold mine in Berlin.
William Lane of Waterbury has been
arrested charged with forgery.
H. d. Hopkins, prominent business
man of Montpelier, died Sept. 30.
Howard Hartwell of Montpelier got
drunk three times in three days and will
now stay in Jail.
The five-year-old daughter of Frank
Buckford of Waterbury was bitten by
mad dog Sept. 80.
The Jumpers, derrick men and boxers
at Hardwick struck Oct. for more pay
and shorter hours.
The Presbyterian church at Barre has
been given $500 by the state association
to help raise its debt.
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
has been filed by George Baker of Barnett
liabilities S474.S5 assets 500, exempt.
DR.. w. Seward Webb has sold his
Fitchburg railroad stock and his name
has been dropped from the board of
directors.
The football team of the University of
Vermont, Burlington, won the first game
of the season by defeating Montpelier
Seminary at Burlington by the score of
81 to 0.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed
by Ralph l.. Hyde, Burlington carpen-
ter, who has liabilities of S3,6S2 go, and
assets of S2350, of which 1886 are claimed
exempt.
Everett, the young son of MIR. and Mrs.
=. S. Mattison of South SALISBURY, fell
on broken bottle Oct. 1 and the glass
severed his jugular vein. He died in a
short time.
An important meeting of the head
quarters committee of the state Anti
Saloon league was held at Burlington
Thursday. Plans for the coming cam
paign against the license law were dis
cussed.
News has been received at Bennington
of the sudden death on ferry boat in
New York harbor of Rev. DIR. r. NJ.
Luther, pastor of the Baptist church
there for nine years and well known in
| Vermont.
"Aland," the celebrated stallion, 2:264,
owned by DR.. Eben NJ. Wilson of Barn
ard. died in the stable at the fair grounds
at Woodstock Friday evening. The
horse had been sick for several days.
He was valued at $4,000.
Owing to low water and a leakage in
the dam, Enosburg Falls has been with
out water. The electric lights have not
been running for about three weeks.
Several wells from which families OBJ
tanned water have run dry.
II. " Partridge of Norwich, has sent
to Norwich University, Mortified, two
military coats, which his father, Capt
Alden Partridge, wore at West Point
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Mortified they will be sent to St. Louis
to be on exhibition at the fair in 1904.
Within few days the inmates of the
almshouse on Shelburne road, Burling-
ton, will be transferred to the commo-
dious new building on North avenue,
which has Just been erected by the city
at cost of approximately $4,000. The
new house is surrounded by about 10
acres of land and will he a model place
for such an institution.
1t is understood that Lord Il Carleton
of Montpelier counsel for Mildred
Brewster. who six years ago shot and
killed Anna Wheeler and who has since
been confined in the state hospital for
the insane at Waterbury, are to ask
sometime during the present term of
Washington county court that she be
released. 1t is said that at present Miss
Brewster shows no signs of insanity.
Fire started in a shed Oct. in West
Charleston, and store, tenement, black
smith shop of f. f. Goodwin, store and
tenement of j. D. I1olton and residence
of Mrs. Reagan were totally destroyed.
Maurice Sickle, who lived over the
Holton store barely escaped with his
life. Nothing from the buildings was
saved. The insurance on Holton's store
was $4,000, and there was a small insur-
ance on the other buildings.
Silas Beckwth, a native and lifelong
resident of West Burke, was almost
instantly killed while removing "A partit-
ion from stall in his barn. In stepping
backward he fell through hole in the
floor and dropped across "A board partition
that separated pen from the rest of the
cellar. He struck on his head and back
in such a manner as to cause death al
most instantly. Mrs. Beckwith. who
was in another part of the barn, heard
her husband cry out, and after becoming
aware of the situation she hurried foI
assistance. Mr.. Beckwith was 10 years
/ old.
5 The largest express package ever re-
ceived at the Mortified station arrived
Saturday evening. 1t was granite
monument weighing loOU POUNDS anu
was consigned to Cross Bros. 1t was
necessary that certain work be done upon
it Immediately and that it be rushed
forward to be set in time specified in a
, contract 1t arrived from Barre and was
; carried through by the afternoon express
to White River junction and returned in
5 the same car in the evening. 1t was
understood the afternoon express could
not be delayed for unloading the ship
ment.
The Improvements in the railroad
yards at Bellows Falls are now wei
under way. Many of the old barns
= sheds and warehouses which have st
, long disfgured the island on the lef
bank of the canal have been removed
Extensive repairs and additions to the
freight-houses and offices of the Boston
r & Maine road are being made, and mucl
$ grading is being done relative to thu