Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-02-05
STATE NEWS.

j. p. Grover, 80, Burlington sales
man, died Jan. 30, of pneumonia.
The house of David Lunsden, of Gro
ton, was destroyed by fire recently.
Editor Metcalf, of the Era, has been
appointed post master at Fair Haven.
A movement for pure athletics has
been started in Barre and Montpelier.
Mrs. II. c. Allen, of st. Adams, fell
down stairs Jan. 2S, and was seriously
injured.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Agricultural society will be held at
Montpelier, Feb. 5.
Enos Billiard, 80, the oldest graduate
of Burr and Burton Seminary, Man
chester, died last week.
Valuable mills and power rights at
Richfcrd have been sold to the Sweat
Comings Co for $4,000.
| Over S125, 200 has been raised toward
the million dollar endowment fund of
the University of Vermont.
Paul Dillingham;, son of Senator Dill
llngham, will be married Feb 10 to Miss
Florence Huff, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. H. o. Perkins, of Rutland, died
Jan. %, aged 81. She was the mother
OF Editor Perkins of the Windsor Jour-
nal.
Mrs. j. S. Wilkins narrowly escaped
fatal burning at Montpelier one night
last week. Alcohol set fire to her cloth
ing.
Mrs. A. G. Lapoint, of Barre, was
severely burned last week by the sleeve
OF her dress catching on fire from a
lamp.
White River Junction is stirred to its
depths over the numerous cases of small
pox at west Lebanon, Just across the
river.
The police of Montpelier are looking
Tor =. Il. Miller who bought a horse,
carriage and harness on the installment
plan and then disappeared.
The family of William Bouplon, of
North Bennington, were nearly asphyxi-
ated by coal gas one night last week.
1t was several hours before they re-
covered.
The Central Vermont's bad luck is still
following it. Friday two Of the new
passenger engines We're disabled by the
breaking of a spring hanger, one at Mid
diesex and the other at Royalton.
F. A. Richardson, of Burlington.
lnIGTDatlOnHl
Quarterly, has sold the magazine to the
Scott Thaw Publishing company of New
York, who will continue to publish it at
Burlington.
John McVicker, charged with having
set flre to barn at Williston, is held in
bail of 81 1000 for trial in Chittenden
county court. He claims the fire caught
from his pipe and after vainly trying to
eXtinguish it he ran away.
Miss Grace Williams, of Bellows Falls,
recently came into possession of two
interesting ancient deeds. They convey
land IN Ashburnham, Mass. One is
dated October ~, 1913, Gin the thirteenth
year of the reign of George the Third
King etc The other is dated 1881.
Both are in a good state of preserva-
ton.
During 1908 the city of Rutland suf-
fered loss by fire of $34 AL 81. The
flre department answered 80 fire alarms
during the year, 30 bell alarms, 10 tele-
phone alarms, thermostat alarms and
0 false alarms. The expense of main
tanning the fire department during 1903
was 50, 23l.25. This was $22S.S2 in ex-
cess of the recipes.
Adelbert Martin, for whom all the
NOio VI w dsillHSlOl county ana
northern Vermont were hunting during
the last of September and the first of
October, has been lodged in Jail at Mont
peller. lie was captured near Manches-
ter, n. H., where he had been chopping
wood. Martin is under indictment for
felonious assault on Mrs. Stephen Twom-
bly,, of Mortified, on Sept. 90 last.
In binding snow storm at Highgate
wapl<
old boy was found leading a horse. The
boy was nearly frozen and the horse
could hardly stand. The humane society
ordered it placed in the barn and not to
be used as it was half fed and thin. The
boy claims that he was made to 90 on
the trip by the owner of the horse.
Much indignation is manifested and the
humane society will bring charges
against the party for cruelty to the boy
and animal.
Ulie Davis, employed on the Gilden
farm IN DummerstOn, was so badly
crushed in the left leg by a tree January
27, that amputation of the leg was
necessary. One tree, a small one, be-
came entangled in another in falling,
and was swung around in such a way
as to pin Davis under it. Davis being
unable to get out of the way because of
the deep snow. The right leg was badly
hurt, but was not broken. Davis is 80
years old and has a wife and three
children. His home is in Chesterfield.
Dyspepsia-bane of human existence.
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