Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-04-28
STATE NEWS

A boat club has been organized by the
Proctor Y. M. G.. A. members.
Cambridge will hold a special meeting
May 3D. to see if the village will incor-
porate.
Winoosk has voted to own its water
system and will buy up the private sys-
tenn and enlarge it,
Principal Whitaker of the Brattle-
boro high school has accepted an offer
to go to Salem, Mass, high school.
Frank S. Williams. of Barre, picked
Wednesday morning a bunch of apple
blossoms from tree in his garden.
Margaret G.. Knox, housekeener of
Ryegate, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy with liabilities of S2,178. 70 and
no assets
w. F. Flanagan, who has conducted
the Morrisville Steam laundry several
years, has sold the same to A. j. Gauyin
of Morrlsville.
The mystery pertaining to the death
of two colts owned by Bert Wood. of
Georgia, is yet unsolved. The third one
ill is but just alive.
Recent army orders announce that
Maj. Timothy D. Kelleher, paymaster,
now at San Francisco, will proceed TO
Burlington for duty.
Miss Florence ID. Burt and Daniel Fitz-
gerald, both of North Pawlet. were
recently married. The groom is 20 wears
old and the bride is only II.
The Morristown selectmen have pur-
chased the Brooks farm on the Laporte
road, to be used as poor farm. 1t will
be ready for occupancy May 1.
H. G. Thomas of Stowe is busy filing
the annual reports from fish and game
wardens In the several towns in the state
lS2 reports having been received April
10.
Atty Gen. Clarke G.. Fits expects to
be able to resume the investigation of
the affairs of the state hospital for the
insane at Waterbury the second week
in May.
Patrick White, age 65 years of Ben
nington, died April 10 from a shock of
paralysis. Mr. White was born in Ire
land but had been resident of Benning-
ton 25 years
DR.. w. Seward Webb and family
have arrived in Shelburne and Shell
burne House is opened for the summer.
The doctor and all the family are in
excellent health.
The Syndicate Clothing Co., of Bur
lington, with a capital of $50, 600, and
the church of the First Born of Barre
have filed articles of association with
the secretary of state.
w. I. Dewey, of Montpelier. has COM
piled figures showing that since the or
ganization Of Montpelier as a town in
1891, there have been 3,107 marriages.
1890 births and 3,03S deaths.
Andrew Carnegie, the steel magnate,
has offered Bellows Falls a free public
library building to cost $4,000 provid-
ed it appropriates at least 81 500 year.
The town of Rockingham now places
81, 100 year at the disposal of the
library trustees, and it is probable that
MIR. Carnegie's offer will be accepted
The of case B. B. Blake of Eden VS.. the
New England Canadian Asbestos COM
pany is being tried at Morrisville before
Special Master w. H. Taylor of Hard
wick. The case grew out of a writ of
sequestration brought by Mr.. Blake, and
is said to be the only case of its particular
kind ever tried in Vermont.
A new scale of wholesale prices of
beef has gone into effect in Rutland the
price now being $1,000 a hundred
pounds. This means, locally. that con-
sumers will have to pay 20 cents a
pound for the best cuts. The price for
some time on this quality of beef has
been from % to 25 cents. The price of
lamb is higher, S13 hundred pounds
The growing demand for the beauti-
full verde antique green marble at Rox-
bury will lead to increased development
this season. A new derrick was added
to the plant last season and new boiler
will be installed this year. Thomas
Kelley, boss quarryman for the Barney
Marble Co., OF Swanton, will 90 down
next week with several men and begin
operations.
Hobart j. Stanley has assumed the
management of the f. l.. Lane & Co.'S
printing and book binding business at
Burlington, from which Mr.. Lane retres
to associate with the Burlington Chemi-
cal company. The firm in the future
will be known as the +. l.. Lane Co.,
with the following board of directors
Hobart j. Stanley, w. c. Isham. f. o.
Nlitiguy, p. +. McAuliffe and F. l.. Lane
The directors have organized with the
following officers President, Hobart j.
Stanley; vice president, f. L. Lane;
clerk and treasurer, +. o, Mitiguy. p.
G. Dodge has been engaged as foreman
of the printing office.