Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-27


II. F. Barrett has been appointed
postmaster at Griffith, Mt. Tabor
West Burke held successful lecture
course this year and cleared SlO.6S.
Hiram S. Smith of Montpelier COM
mtted suicide by hanging, March 10.
John II. Paddock, prominent citizen
of st. Johnsbury, died March 10, aged 80.
DR.. J. A. Mead and f. C. futile of
Rutland, are in Europe ON an extended
tour.
Twenty applications for licenses were
received by the Montpelier commits
sioners.
Denman Thompson will give 1.-The
Old Homestead at st. Johnsbury,
April 20.
The laws of the last legislature have
been engrossed and will be signed,
April IA.
Mrs. A. A. Hall of Rutland, picked
snowdrops and pansies in her garden,
March 10.
The Orange county creamery at
Chelsea paid % cents per Id, for Feb
ruary butter.
Louis Bosquet of Montpelier, fell from
an electric light pole, March 10, and had
an arm broken.
Arthur Boardman of East Montpelier
stole two brides and sold them and was
fined $50. and costs.
Milo Hall of Richford is under arrest
for smuggling hides into the United
States from Canada.
George H. Bennett, II, of Barre
who raised a check from 1886 to $l0.S5;
WAS arrested and confessed.
The farm buildings of Mrs. Mary
Centerbar at Enosburg Center were
destroyed by fire, March 20.
w. B. Howe, the veteran hotel man of
st. Johnsbury, has purchased the
Putnam house at Bennington.
William n. Gray, one of the Oldest
and most respected citizens of Middle
town Springs died March IS.
Edward Meigs of Montpelier was one
of the successful contestants in a recent
tobacco company's prize award.
The O. L. Kinds Co. of Richford vol
unfairly put its factory on the eight
hour day plan beginning last week.
Judge Henry c. Ide, now on his way
home from the Philippines, will be
Memorial day orator at st, Johnsbury.
The tub shop of II. A. Harding & Co.
at Barton, was burned March IS. Loss
$500. Over forty men are out of work
Rev. w. A, Davidson of Burlington
state Sunday school superintendent o.
the Baptist churches, is ill with the grip
Mrs Estelle j. Norton, formerly of
Barre is one of the editors of the Cam
bridge, (Mass.) Press, a paper run wholly
by women.
One bankrupt estate, that of Michae
Valley of Barre settled with the credi
tors in full and had balance of $40
left after paying all expenses.
Hiram b. Wedge, the Montpelie
liquor agent, has purchased the old cit.
agency building, stock. etc, and vii
take out second class license.
F. n. Whitney of the Mortified New
will issue daily paper at Mortified
during the Methodist conference whicI
is to open in that place April s.
Martin Hanlon, 3S, fell from a tele
phone pole at Northtield March 10, an
was instantly killed. He was vetera
, of the Spanish war and leaves family
One man, Polander, was killed an
another seriously injured by an eA
plosion in the Vermont Marble Con
panies' quarry at West Rutland, Marc
10.
West Berlin creamery patrons receive
81 cents for butter fat for February milk
surplus, 10 1-3 per cent The Middlese
cooperative creamery paid 274 cents TO
butter fat for the month.
The annual meeting of theAgents' A
sociation of the National Life Insuranc
company is to be held at the home otfic
in Montpelier Wednesday, Thursday an
Friday, August 10, 20 and 2l.
There are twenty-three application
for the privilege of selling liquor in tn
city of Barre and there are eight license
to be distributed among the twenty
three. The number does not includ
druggists.
The commissioners of the new Penn
sylvania $40 ,0000 900 capitol building IA
1 Harrisburg, Pa, were i'll Barre to loo
I over the granite quarries with view
j using Barre granite in the structure
last week.
The Brigham creamery at Randolp
paid 30 cents pound for butter fat dun
ing February. The Cooperative cream
cry paid 2S!c a pound, made 20, "A
=, pounds of butter, and the patrons n
u ceived S63S4.
!, Mason S. Stone, Vermont's formt
- state superintendent of education, no
n assistant superintendent of schools
u Philippines, is about to give up his pc
q ition there and will return to the Unite
Z States about the middle of June.
John W. Peck who was recently r.
elected chief engineer of the Montpeli'
fire department by the city council, h;
{ resigned He has held the position SCI
4 eral years and has been connected wit
IL the fire deparement fifteen or twent
years.
The lumber mill belonging to Julil
Whitney in West Rochester, was burne
March ID. Mr.. Whitney has been pa
ticularly unfortunate, having lost h
= mill last summer by fire. There is su