Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-02-19
STATE NEWS.


The CIV. water train was wrecked
near Swanton Feb. 9TH by the breaking
of a wheel.
l.. Is. Brooks, a well-known grocer of
Montpelier will contest with Mayor f.
NJ. Cory the nomination.
The clerk of Brattleboro finds there are
$50 children of school age in the village
district, "A gain of 81 over last year.
a petition in voluntary bankruptcy
has been filed by Miles q Murphy. gran
lite dealers of Barre. Liabilities $90S.20,
assets Sl4l5, exempt S213.
The Creamery Trust has failed to make
the Franklin Creamery pay and has sold
it to syndicate of ST Adams business
men headed by E. C. Smith.
Mayor James E. Burke, of Burlington,
was unanimously renomnated for
second term Thursday evening by the
Democratic party at "A caucus.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed
by Richard II. Simpson, of Brattleboro.
He has liabilities of $306 32 and assets
$75, all of which are claimed exempt.
Chandler Burnham of Cabot, who
died January 81, was 80 years old, the
oldest man in town. During all his life
he had never been sixty miles from
home.
A son, weighing ten and one half
pounds, was born February to Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Reynolds of Hartwelville
The mother, who is ID years old, and the
child are doing well.
The Rev. Lewis Grout of West Brattle-
boro, the veteran missionary to South
Africa, where he labored 10 years. cele-
brated his seth birthday anniversary last
week. Mr. Grout is the author of sew
eral interesting books, and during the
last war in South Africa was a strong
defender of the Beers.
/ The manufacturing industries of North
/ field are to have electric power, as it
has been determined to furnish such
power from newly erected plant on the
Mad River in Moretown. says a cores
pondent to the Boston Transcript. A
proposition has also been made to furn-
ish street lights for the village and the
/ trustees are now considering it. The
poles for the line from the plant to North
field are already being strung
Chief of Police Mcmahon of Mont
pelier filed his report, giving as the total
receipts from all sources S30S4 6S. The
sum received from city and justice
] courts LOT the ear WIS SJ0N. 10 leaving
a balance of S2021 80 to come from
other sources. The total number of
arrests during the year was 2l1: 1856 city
cases and 10 state cases. OF these 100
were for intoXication. ~ for breach of
the peace, 10 larceny, five for furnishing,
four non support, two assault and one
each for cruelty to animals, abandoning
child and cruelty to child.
The new street railroad and highway
toll bridge between Woodsville and
Wells River was opened to public travel
Feb. 9th and the blockade of business
between the New Hampshire and Yer
mont villages, which in many respects
are one community, which has existed
for the past four months, is ended The
bridge, which cost upward of $50 900, is
the finest on the Connecticut river, and
is one of the most notable of the railroad
bridges in New England.
The Hon. Walter E. Ranger, State
superintendent of education, has sent a
circular letter to every health officer in
the State asking their cooperation in the
better observance of act No 1902 of the
laws of 1896 relating to school sanitation.
In 1908, 50 towns in the State reported
to the State superintendent of education
as required by this law. ~ towns made
no reply to his inquiries and the remain
der reported that they had given no at
tention to the matter. The superintend-
ent says that the annual reports of health
boards include treatment of the follow
ing subjects: % location, (2) drainage,
C3) water supply, (4 lighting % heating
and ventilation. and co. water closets and
outhouses of rural schools.
Philip Blanchard. the Swanton brute
who nearly killed his wife by pounding
her with a chair, was brought before
Justice Gates and pleaded guilty to first
offence of intoXication and was fined s.
and costs. He had no money so was
taken to st. Adams to serve 10 days in
the county Jail. States Attorney Lock
in prosecuted. Just why Blanchard was
allowed to plead guilty to first offence
when officer Medor had in his pocket at
the time of the hearing mittimus
against him for an offence of intoXica
ton committed last fall is not clear tC
, The Courier if the facts are as stated. II
is understood that more serious charges
will be brought against Blanchard a:
soon as his wife is able to appear il
court against him.-Courier