Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-12
STATE NEWS.


nearly completed at Waterbury.
Two new r. F. r. routes will be estab-
lished from Brattleboro, September /.
The Binghamsville postoffce has been
discontinued owing to r. f. ID. route.
Lowell and Albany will have a tilt
over town lines in the next legislature.
Ellery Vance of Newport was struck |
and killed by the cars Aug. s. He was
very deaf.
Martin b. Holsen of West Derby is
dead of lockjaw, age 80 years He stepped
on a rusty nail July %.
Miss Nancy Bates of Richmond cele-
brated her 50 birthday July 2S by driving
nine miles to visit her son.
The Burlington Mirror and Plating Co.
is the name of new company chartered
last week with capital of $4,000.
John F. McGurik, Rutland business
man, has been sent to the House of Cor
rection for one year for viciousness.
In storm at Proctorsvile Tuesday
hailstones half an inch in diameter fell
greatly damaging vegetable gardens.
A. E. Woodward of Charlestown is
bankrupt. Assets S2,3S2, with S7l5
claimed exempt and liabilities of Sl904 as.
1t is proposed to sink artesian well at
Swanton for pure drinking water, the
present water system to be used for fire
protection
Driven, young son of Mr. and Mrs
Frank Nelson of Salisbury, was attacked
Sunday by large sheep He is in a seri-
Gus condition.
j. L. Marshall of Evansville who at
tempted suicide July 20, in fit of des-
pondency, by taking carbolic acid, is
still in critical condition.
The Baptist church at Enosburg Falls
has been presented another farm, the
gift this time being from Hiram Ladd.
This makes three farms owned by the
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Littleton of
Brooklyn are at Manchester for the
summer He is president of the Borough
of Brooklyn and nominated Judge
Parker at st. Louis.
Frank Merchant, age Sc years, of
Barre died Tuesday at the Waterbury
Insane hospital Mr. Merchant conducted
two stores at Barre and over-work caused
arrangement of his mind.
Ralph Warren, 81, of Stowe was
drowned while bathing at Lake Placid
N. Y, Friday night. He was junior in
the u. V. NJ. at Burlington and was
working bis way through college.
The democratic fusion ticket in Wash
ington county contains the names of G..
, E. Moody, Waterbury, rep, DR.. w. B.
Mayo, Mortified, DEM, and w. T.
Dewey, Montpelier, rep, for senators.
Mrs. Carrie Foster, who stole horse
and buggy from John Dervine of Rutland
June 81, was later captured in Platts-
burg, and plead guilty in city court, was
sentenced to three years at the States
prison at Windsor.
The labor party of Rutland county
Friday night nominated the following
ticket: For senators. a. J. Russell of the
town of Rutland. Z. II. Ellis of Fair
Haven, Henry Sabin of Wallingford,
George a. Smith of the city of Rutland;
/ for sheriff. Nelson A. Malgrem of Rut-
land; for assistant judges, w. II. Hub
bard, John a. Huffmire of Rutland.
A fusion ticket has been filed in Chit
. tenden county. 1t is the county Repub-
lican ticket with the exception of the
1 names of E. H. Horton, of Winooski,
= for sheriff, j.. w. Lavigne, of Winooski,
for assistant judge, and NJ. NJ. Leary, of
Richmond, for states attorney, all being
S Democrats.
e July saw bad enough police court
s record III Rutland, Out III was some I'M
e provement over the same month last year
-. under license. There were A arrests, OF
= which 90 were for drunkenness Is fol
e breach of peace and five for illegally sell
$ ling-a total af Al directly or indirectly
IS attributable to liquor. This is just Il
a less than the drunkenness cases in July
II 1903, when 81 such offenders were before
h the court.
u The midsummer meeting of the Yer
II mont Bar association was held las
n week at Burlington with large atten
IS dance. There were elected to the mem
l. berShip; o. P. Ray, c. E. Allen, E. NJ
II Horton, c. w. Cowles, c. r. Peck anC
II. B. Chittenden of Burlington, and
F. Fowler of Bennington. E. c. Move
OF Burlington was elected a member of tn
-, board of managers, to succeed Judge q
III NJ. Powers, resigned. Ex-senator q. +
:, Edmunds of Philadelphia spoke briefly
" Justice David j. Brewer of the Unite'
r State supreme court and II. NJ. Buckhan
of the University of Vermont We're mad
y honorary members. After the bushes
TT meeting the lawyers and the ladies wen
st to Fort Ethan Allen where the 18th cav
"a airy gave a dress parade. a reception
was given to Justice Brewer, at whicl
III he gave an address.