Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-11-27
Sf4fE NEWS.
1t was below zero at Richford Nov.

I1uN III ID. DOuRt, 70, IL veteran TdllTOdu
engineer died at Rutland Nov. 81.
Four thousand acres of timber land in
Bolton has been sold to the Coe Brass
Co., of Conn.
The epidemic of diphtheria and scarlet
fever at Brattleboro is so alarming that
the schools have been closed.
William p. Kane of Waterbury was
fatally injured at Roxbury, Nov. 10,
while stealing ride on freight trains
Mabel Tuck of Rutland caused the
arrest of her father on the charge of
gross cruelty and he was fined 5000.
Saturday
Olney Cowen, Royalton boy fell in
to the river while crossing on his way to
school and received chill from which
he died week later.
Baxter Bros. will increase their can
ming business at Brattleboro, Bellows
Falls and Windsor. Next year they will
pay S14 per ton for corn, and want 600
more acres planted.
The store of w. R. Worthington in
North Bennington was entered by bur-
glars Tuesday night. Jewelry, clothing
and money to the value of $3.50 were
taken. Entrance was made through
rear window.
The Cooperative creamery at Randolph
paid "a cents net for butter fat during
the month of September, made 2S,4O0
pounds of butter and paid patrons S6204. |
The Brigham creamery paid 22t cents
net for butter fat during the same month.
B. F. Kicker of Randolph shipped to
Boston 80 cattle, 1875 hogs, 1875 calves and
$50 sheep, last week George S. Hatch
shipped cattle, 8 calves and 3 hogs.
Four cents pound was paid for hogs
and from to cents pound for calves.
During the past season $500 trout
have been stripped and 100000 eggs have
been taken at the U. S. fish hatchery
at Lake Mansfield. Mr.. Merrill, who
has been in charge of the hatchery, pro
nounces Lake Mansfield a very favorable
place for the business.
The Ri. Rev. Charles II. Fowler, of
Buffalo, N. Y, will preside at the Goth
annual session of the Vermont Methodist
Conference to be held in Montpelier, be-
ginning March 30, 1904. Bishop Fowler
presided at the session of the conference
held In Barre six years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert b. Comstock of
South Burlington celebrated their golden
wedding Tuesday. In the afternoon and
evening 175 people were entertained,
inc,uulng SIX chliuTen, 10 grahuchllaTeh
anu one great giahuGiiiio. MI ana MIS-
CoiilSV0ck danced the ilrsI uahce WIN
Iheir chiioreh ana grahuchlioren.
-Four cottages were burned at Queen
City Park. Nov. IS. They were owned
| by ID. w. G. Clapp, Mrs. Nichols, George
Fowler, of Lynn, Mass, and Don ii.
| Chapman, of Cambridge. The loss will
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suIaice' Az an atteihPo was maze 10
see IRE 10 the cottages apout year ago,
lasV h'ght hre Is lhought 10 nave peeh
the work OF an lhcehdiary'
The farm buildings and stock belong
ing to Dewitt Greene of Waterbury were
Mr.. and Mrs Greene had barely time to
get out of the house before it was in
flames. The property consumed was one
double tenement. four large barns, one
shed and one large silo. All the live
stock was burned. including II head of
cattle and nine hogs. The cause of the
fire is unknown. Insurance $4,000.
Leon Chapman, of Ira. was arrested
and taken to Rutland Nov. 10Th charged
with committing rape on Mrs Alice
Richardson, who worked for Chapman's
father, Joseph Chapman. He was given
a hearing before Justice of the Peace
Wayne Bailey in Rutland and held in
$4,000 bail for appearance at county
court. His father became his bondsman.
The young man is about "a years old and
Mrs. Richardson's also that age. Chap
man is charged with knocking the
woman senseless with club when she
went to the pig pen and then assaulting
her.
The stockholders of the New Novelty
Works company at Bristol held meeting
last week and organized by electing T.
r. Dickerman, clerk, and r. F. Hatch,
chairman. 1t was voted to call the new
organization the Bristol Novelty COM
pany, that the capital stock be $50 600,
divided into shares OF $25 each. The
| following board OF directors was elected:
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