Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-02-26
STATE NEWS.

Wtto uduldStu ~ IRE L eD. 10.
Joseph Lane, a prominent citizen of
Plainfield, is dead, aged 81 years.
DIR. j. D. Hanrahan has withdrawn
as candidate for mayor in Rutland
There is case of small pox in the
family of Mrs. 5. i. Brown at Swan
ton.
Many towns in the State report a coal
famine owing to the unusually severe
winter.
DIR. r. G. Downing, who died at Mid
dletown, Conn, last week, was grad
uate of the u. V. NJ.
The docket Of the United States cir
cult court to be held at Burlington Feb
ruary %, contains 130 cases.
c. II. Cross of Montpelier, the veteran
cracker man, celebrated his 92nd birth
day anniversary Saturday.
Daniel Virgins OF Fair Haven and two
women were fined for INVESTIGATION in the
Rutland city court Feb. 18TH.
Six candidates took the examinations
at Rutland Feb 18th for appointment to
the naval academy at Annapolis.
Rev. w. O, EIigley of Rochester, n.
Y, has been called to become pastor of
John, &c, and Eunice, Il, Campbell
husband and wife, died Feb. II, of pneu
monia at Pownal, after a brief illness.
Malcolm Moody for "a years assistant
treasurer of the Brattleboro savings
bank, died at Pasadena, Cal, last week
The jury in the case of b. Genovesi VS..
the ID. q II. railroad, disagreed in the
U. S. Circuit court at Rutland Feb. 10.
John Kennedy, 70, of Rutland
veteran of the civil war, was frozen to
death in vacant lot at Rutland. Feb.
70.
Ri Rev. Bishop A. G. A. Hall was
thrown from his sleigh at Burlington
Thursday but escaped without serious in
jury.
Edmund Wiggin, of Washington, D.
c.. AN experienced hotel man, is nego-
tiating for the Brooks House, Brattle-
boro.
The Washington county court docket
for the March term contains 461 civil
cases, 40 state cases and 10 chancery
cases.
Miss Catherine A. Atkins, eldest
daughter of the late Hiram Atkins of
Montpelier, died in Burlington Feb. 10.
aged As.
Edward Langlois of Burlington was
held for the county court Feb. -, on
charge of stealing from the Strong Hard
ware Co.
The funeral of the Graves sisters,
Miss Susan and Miss Rosaline, II and 76
was held at Lyndonville
February 6.
There are a camps and $50 members
of the Vermont Sons of Veterans in good
standing. There is. balance of S124.S4
in the treasury.
Montpelier has a beef and meat famine
no western freight having been received
for three weeks, owing to the snow
blockade in Canada.
State Superintendent of Education
Ranger leaves next Saturday for
Atlanta, Ga, to attend a great national
meeting.
The American house, st. Adams, mar
rowly escaped destruction by fire last
week. 1t caught over the furnace and
ran up in the partitions.
William Barclay, the anti-license can
didate, for mayor was nominated at the
citizens caucus at Barre February 10 by
a majority of almost 100.
The option on 10000 acres of wood.
land in Bennington and Windham coun-
ties to syndicate for 1900, 900 expired
Feb. |, and the sale is off.
DR.. w. Seward Webb and family have
gone to Cuba where they will be enter
tanned by Sir William Van Horne. They
will return the middle of March.
A board of trade will be organized at
Waterbury in March when a meeting
will be held, followed by a banquet.
Prominent speakers will be present.
The outlook for building in Burlington
is reported poor. Very few care to build
with all materials SO high and carpen-
tiers demanding $3.50 for hour day.
A Central Vermont train narrowly
escaped being wrecked on the Harlow
high bridge near Mortified, Feb. IS,
by the breaking of brake beam on the
tender.
Fred B. Mudgett, who was defeated
in the citizens caucus at Barre has
filed papers as IA boiling candidate. He
is license man. a red hot fight is on
in Barre.
Both branches of Congress have passed
the bill to pay Vermont about a quarter
of a million dollars for money expended
in equipping troops in the war of the
rebellion.
Petitions in favor of the Brownlow
bill appropriating S24,00O,OO0 for per-
manent roads. of which S240.000 would
come to Vermont, are being circulated
in this State.
Bellows Falls is moving to secure a
new free bridge to connect it with North
Walpole. The bridge will cost SAG, 800.
but would be of great benefit to Bellows
Falls merchants.
Stiles McMullen was ill at Swanton
last week, having gone there from st.
Adams Bay. He claims that he is over
100 years old and that he was a soldier
in the war of 1912.
Miss Mildred Virgins, aged 81 years,
died Feb. IA. at Brattleboro, after an i'll
ness of two weeks with blood poisoning.
Two weeks ago she received slight
scratch on one hand.
John b. Golf of Waterbury was ar
rested Feb. ID for intoxication and dis
turbing the peace. He made fierce at