Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-30
STATE BRIEFS.
kaleidoscope of Happenings within the
Borders OF Vermont.

Borders OF Vermont.
1t is reported that Adit Gen. w. H,
Gilmore is ill, threatened with pneu-
monia at his home in Fairlee.
The total grand list for the town of
Lyndon this year is $l4, 1862 which is
about 5000 less than last year.
David Farnum. of East Dover cee-
brated his Goth birthday anniversary
June 10. At the table were seated four
generations.
Prof. G. II. Perkins, state geologist,
of Burlington, has gone on a trip to
the Hawaiian islands, intending to be
absent until September.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached Sunday of last week in Dewey
hall, Norwich university, by Rev. George
B. Lawson of Brattleboro.
Capt. G.. p. Colvocoresses, U. S. N,
well known Vermonter, has been as
signed to the United States Naval
Academy, Annapolis, as commandant
of midshipmen.
Several of the former residents of
Vermont who now reside in South Pasa-
dena, Cal, met recently and organized
a society known as the Vermont Society
of South Pasadena.
The engagement of Miss Frederick
T. Webb, only daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
w. Seward Webb, and Ralph Pulitzer,
son of Joseph Pulitzer of the New York
World, is announced.
Joseph Gauthier of st. Johnsbury,
has been granted patent for hold
back. He is having the article manu-
featured in Boston and has already had
a chance to sell his interest in the
patent.
Special Commissioner G.. Z. Rain
boots of Ottawa and Commissioner J.
B. Baylor of Washington are in Alburg
re-surveying the boundary line between
Vermont and Canada this week. Iron
monuments will be replaced by granite.
At a special meeting of the Burling-
ton board of aldermen, held last week
the tax rate for the year was fixed at
$3.50 on the dollar of the grand list.
Mayor Burke was of the opinion that
it would take over that rate to run the
city.
At the commencement banquet of
Montpelier Seminary June 81, Princi-
pal E. A. Bishop announced the APP
preaching availability of a fund of
100000 for the institution, the details
of which could not be given out at
that time,
Prof. George E. Howes has resigned
his professorship in the Greek depart
ment of the University of Vermont,
Burlington, to accept a call to the
Garfield professorship of ancient Ian
guages at Williams College, Williams
town, Mass
Sergeant Clarence Tenney of Brattle-
boro won the gold medal from a field
of II contestants at the annual prize
shooting of the Norwich university
cadets last week. The medal was won
the two previous years by Lieut. Hugh
Betterley, but he was unable to defend
his title this year.
Daniel Keough, who was formerly a
soldier in Troop D. 2nd Cav. at Fort
Ethan Allen and who married Mary
O'Donnell of Winooski, in that village
about two years ago, suddenly left his
home and wife two weeks ago last
Friday and no word has since been re-
ceived from him.
The French Canadians of Swanton
celebrated the feast of st. Jean Baptiste
this year. Saturday June "a, was the
day, but the celebration was held or
Sunday and Monday. The celebration
of solemn high mass with a special SER
mon ny rev. fatner rOulllet were 1ea'
lures of the event.
Congressman Kittredge Haskins, Of
Brattleboro, has just been notified by
the war department that he is entitled
to nominate one principal and two alter
mates as candidates for cadets at the
United States Military Academy, West
Point. The candidates must not be
under II or over % years old.
Reports given by the Grand Lodge
of Masons show that the total number
of members in the state is ,135; the
losses by death during the year uum
bered 100; the net increase amounts tc
232. The number of lodges owning
buildings is thirty-four, valued at 800,
500; the total value Of property being
$156, POS.