Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-07-29
STATE NEWS.

The Caledonia county fair will be held
September 10, ii and TO-
The new Carnegie library at Burlington
will be dedicated Aug. II.
Leona NJ. Bicknell of Burlington, ten
years old, has written a book.
The BURBERRY crop is one of the larg-
est i'll recent years in Vermont.
Mrs. A. c. Wellman of Brookline has
raised a lemon weighing l3t OF.
James Butterfly, 60, of Rutland,
veteran of the Civil War, died July %.
An effort is being made to revive the
annual agricultural fair in Whining
ton.
Mrs. Margaret Portal of Middlesex
committed suicide Sunday by hang
| ing.
Joseph A. DeBoer of the National Life
ms. Co. is in the West on business
trip.
Brighton will vote July 30 to see if it
will establish a water system for Island
Pond.
Charles c. Manuel, a prominent bust
ness man of Richford Is dead, aged 81
years.
The Morris Slate company of Rutland
| Has SOlu ltS cullIc output AOl Din IiOuJllS
ahead.
Osborn Washburn of Queeche re-
Gently celebrated his 03 birthday ami
versary.
The Barney Marble Mill at Swanton is
to be enlarged to double its present
capacity.
j. Munroe Joslyn of Morrisville died
suddenly July 20, aged 10 He moved
there from Waitsfield.
The body of Harold Baker of Rutland,
who was drowned at Bolton, P. O., July
49, has been recovered.
Preparations are being made at Ben
nington to celebrate Battle Day Aug.
16 1t is State holiday.
The capacity of the Baxter canning
factory at Essex Junction is to be in
creased from $4,000 to 1851 cans pei
day.
J Adm Densmore, %, was drowned al
Springfield Sunday by the upsetting of I
canoe, while trying to rescue two young
ladies'
The Vermont militia will camp al
Brattleboro two or three days from
, September /, while on the way to Man
assas, Va.
Five sheep and five lambs owned by
Charles +. Button, Chelsea farmer
were killed by lightning during a thunder
| storm July -.
A Bible school will be held on the
camp grounds at Sheldon August 1921
under the direction of Presiding Eide
: Charles S. Nutter.
Since the closing of the railroad bridg,
between Bellows Falls and North Wal
pole to foot passengers there have beeI
no arrests for drunkenness in the former
place.
: Joseph Giard. who came to East Mont
pelier about two weeks ago from Man
chester, n H., to work in a saw mill, i;
i'll with small poX and II men are eX
posed
The men employed in the saw mills OF
the Deerfield Valley Co. at Wilmington
5 struck July 20. They claim they wer
obliged to work over 10 hours da,
without extra pay.
Recent navy orders announce that tn
) sick leave of Passed Assistant Paymaste
, G. P. Aud, son of Joseph Aud, edito
of the Burlington News. has been furthe
extended three months.
DR.. w Seward Webb, with a party o
26 visited Mt Mansfield in Stowe las
week and We're so delighted with tb
scenery that they remained at the Sum
r NIT house over Sunday.
AS Carolina Giana, a young Italia
boy, living with his parents at Cente
Rutland, was lighting firecracke
recently it exploded and three fingers o
his right hand were badly mangled
+, Lector p. Wallenstrom, d. D., tn
distinguished minister and statesman O
Sweden, will visit the United States tn
coming month and will speak at Rutlan
~ and Proctor where there are many Scan
dinavians.
: Henry Jarvis was arraigned befor
City Judge Lee S. Tillotson of st. Alban
recently ON a charge of intoXicatioi
a He pleaded guilty and was fined s. an
u costs. Oity Grand Juror A. IL. Georg
prosecuted.
II Fire Marshal James C. Dunn of Ru
4 land has notified 30 property owner
that they must build fire escapes With
60 days or action would be taken. Tn
includes school commissioners, VIII
a must build escapes on school houses.
Q B. F. Ricker's shipment last week wa
; 100 steers, $50 calves, 80 sheep, 1875 hos
and IL mich COWS. At Randolph i
: CARED 80 hogs and IS calves, paying fo
= the former from Al to cents poun,
and for the latter from 3 to cents
pound.
Rev. Charles E. Hayward. who r.
Gently resigned as pastor of the Congr
gational church in Putney, has move
with his family to Springfield, where
has position as general secretary of til
Young Mems Christian Union, recent
organized, which embraces young me
of all denominations.
George, the fourteen-year-old son
Harrison Powers, of Bethel, met with
bad accident July 10. He fell on
scythe, striking at the knee joint. I'll
tendons were completely cut and Ina
he been of heavier weight it is probab
that the leg would have been severe'
The bones were wired together and it
thought that the tendons will probabl
mite hut the Joint will alIUovG