Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-02-20
AROUND THE STATE
ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
c. II. Trask of Willlamstown dropped
dead Feb. 49,
Mrs. Betsy r. Pomerey of St. Adams
died Feb. ID, aged 81.
The house of F. A. Haire of Milton
was burned Feb. ID with all its contents.
The president has re-nonimated l..
Downer Hazen for postmaster at St.
JOhnsbury.
The Heaton Hospital at Montpelier is
not self supporting. The indebtedness
is 81 .6Sl.50.
p. Forth and family of Burlington
were poisoned last week by eating
diseased liver.
SwantOn has again voted not to sell
its electric light plant or water power at
Highgate Falls.
The income of the Montpelier water
system the past year was S9lS2.05 more
than the expenses.
Montpelier is the only city in the state
that has not been visited by smallpox
during the past year.
Miss Kate West for II years assistant
postmaster at Barre has resigned and is
succeeded by James Goodwin.
The February number of the National
Magazine contains full page portrait Of
Senator William p. Dillingham;.
Prof. Joseph Danforth of Goddard
Seminary. Barre, was recently married
to Miss Flora Chase of Swansea, Mass.
1t is expected that the March term Of
Chittenden county court will be long
one, large number of cases having been
filed.
John Marlboro of Saxton's River had
both hands sawed off while taking away
lumber from circular saw at Putney,
Feb. II.
A representative of Massachusetts
parties is in Bethel looking over the
chances for successfully installing a
brewery in that place.
Frank Moore, a tramp, assaulted Ray
Scribner, johnson farmer, Feb. l3 and
escaped with the farmers team. He was
arrested later at Stowe.
The Rev. +. w. Sharp of Mortified,
is making arrangements for the annual
Methodist conference to be held in that
place beginning April o.
The Mortified town liquor agency
sold the past year liqnors to the amount
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previous years by $255.6S.
st. Johnsbury invited President
Roosevelt to deliver the memorial
address there. The president declined
on accent of previous engagement.
The new Young Mems Christian
Association building, erected by the
Vermont Marble Co., at Proctor was
formally opened Saturday. evening,
February IA.
Owen Ellis of Poultney who has been
missing for some time, has been heard
from at Greensboro, N. Y, where he
has procured situation and will send
for his family.
Judge w. p. Stafford of st. Johnsbury
was one of the speakers at the 18th an
nual Lincoln's birthday dinner given by
the Republican club of New York at
the WaldOrf-AstOria.
The sales at the Montpelier LIQUOR
agency in 1902 were 1874 ,52S.5l. This is
$4,000 more than the previous year. The
profit to the city was $2,996.70. The
agency will be closed March 2.
Moses Parsons the oldest male resident
OF Williamstown, celebrated his 9lst
birthday anniversary February z. Mr..
Parsons retains In remarkable degree
his physical and mental powers.
F. l.. Cooley of Lincoln who has been
in serious condition since last fall as
the result of broken back has been
taken to the hospital at Burlington
where he will undergo an operation.
Rev. Geo. o. Howe of Randolph has
been appointed pastor of Saint Paul's M
K. church, Manchester, N. H., for the
remainder of the conference year by the