Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-01-23

Perley Hubbell, IS years old, of South
Hero is under arrest for robbing the mail
box of w. ID. Rood, on a rural delivery
route, extracting a letter containing Il
check for 81 40. Burlington police also
want young HubDell for illegally passing
a check.
Lamoille county temperance men held
an enthusiastic meeting at Hyde Park,
January 10, and organized TO get out a
big No vote February 3. Over $3.50 was
raised on the spot. Lamoille county will
give oyer 900 majority No.
Montpelier and Burlington are on the
eve of grain famine. The big dealers
cago and the West, but railroads are
short of engines to haul the freight.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed
by Charles w. Mclaughlin, laborer of
Wheelock. He has liabilities of SGi9
and assets of So, all of which are
claimed exempt.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
ii led by Cortez GOnyea, farmer of East
Alburg. He has Liabilities of S42l and
assets of 1925, of which S245 are claimed
exempt.
Hon. Frank Kenfield of Morrisville is
! Tie Ouly Cduuluulc YET udllltu lOl uc-
partment commander of the G.. A. X.
The annual meeting is February % and
26 at Rutland.
There was 81 900 fire in the basement
of the Warner block Burlington January
10. The damage was mainly to the
stock of j. G.. Belrose, druggist.
The Roswell p. Flower library at
Watertown, n. Y. will be built of Yer
I l., u.
secured the contract for S15, 900.
Oliver Ellison of Bellows Falls, an
engineer on the b. & NJ, was killed Jan
uary - in collision between three en-
gines near Cold River, n. IL.
w. &. White of Williamstown has been
appointed by Judge Wheeler referee IN
bankruptcy for Orange county to sue
coed Gov. Farnham, deceased.
Rev. O. r. Miller, of Holyoke, Mass.
who has spoken throughout the state
against the License Act, says it will be
: defeated by 10000 majority.
The steam saw mill of C. Il. Swift al
Garfield was burned January II with hi:
house adjoining. The loss was heavy
+ and the insurance small.
, There were l26 prosecutions in the city
2 court of Burlington in 1902 out of which
were secured l0i convictions and fines Of
81 ,066.33.
1 Gov. Mccullough has appointed vii
son S. Lowell, of Springfield sheriff Of
A Windsor county to succeed ID. G. Jones
| deceased.
: There are lis prisoners in the House OF
Correction at Rutland, 1874 men and q
women, a net gain of 10 over this tim,
q last year.
There was big advance in RUTLAND
= Railway preferred stock last week oil
5 rumors of lease of the system to tn
r ID. q ii.
S Mrs. Mabel Reed, of South Mortified
n 20 years old, fell January 10, Will
L putting out her washing, and broke on
ankle.
d William f. Putnam of Springfield ha
Y gone to Birmingham, Ala, to superiu
z tend building about $50 miles of railroa
l. bed.
Burlington voted unanimously las
v week to bond for $50, 900 to get the head
II quarters of the Rutland Railroad system
Prof. and Mrs. w. +. Howard of Mic
e dlebury, who are travelling in the Oh
a World for year, are now in Rome.
i Chief Judge J.W. Rowell of Randolph
i who has been Ill, is considerably better
!, but he is still unable to be out.
A negro comedian was knocke
down and robbed on the streets of Ru
u land one night last week.
"a The "hello" girls and their male assis
"a ants held reunion and banquet
" Montpelier last week.
ID Ludlow has voted % 900 more for II
town hall.