Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-09
GENERAL TENS.

ihc heV. % a. bOfH8OnnAuH. OF OF.
job nsbury, wss ordained TO the priest
hood OF the Roman Catholic Church at
st. Valentine. Que, 80 years ago, Novem-
ber II. Three years later lie came to
Vermont, locating as priest of the new
congregation at Rutland. He went TO
st. Johnsbury in 1874 and has since had
charge Of the parish.
According to news just received, Harry
Chase, of Bennington, will receive s., 900
from an uncle who recently died in Wis.
consin. The letter comes from brother
who is executor Of the estate. Mr.. Chase
is printer and for several years has been
employed in the various offices in Ben
niDgton. This is the second bequest OF
the kind within few years, the other
being from his father and larger sum.
Col. Albert s. Cummins has been pro.
NOTED to the grade OF Lieutenant colonel
of the artillery corps, United States
army. Since Col, Cummins' graduation
from the United States Military Academy
at West Point in the summer Of 1878, he
has been continually in the service, dur
ing which time he served on two differ.
ent occasions as professor Of military
science and tactics at the University of
Vermont, Huntington.
Edward Beauvier was fined $1S.79
| including costs, for shooting game on
Sunday. He had the alternative of 80
days in Jail.
A lady correspondent claims she has
raised a wagon load of winter squashes
by digging hills around the waste places
in her garden end then training the
vines to run along the fence. All have
the privilege OF trying it.
Among the speakers at the twenty
first annual state convention Of the
Christian Endeavor Society to be held
in Bennington October 1924, is DIR.
Francis E. Clark, the Christian Endea-
vor founder. 1t is announced that the
plans for entertainment at Bennington
are as usual, and all who can attend
should send their names to Lester II.
Nichols, Bennington.
Benjamin Frank Southwick. secretary
and treasurer of the Boston fruit pro-
duce exchange, died suddenly from
heart disease at his Office in the Fanuel
Hall market. He was a native of Yer
mont, aged 70. He formerly served in
both branches of the Massachusetts legis-
lature.
A terribly destructive snow storm has
been raging from Buffalo to the Pacific
ocean, from four to nine feet OF snow
having fallen in Colorado and vicinity
Many cattle have persisted and railroad
trains are delayed.
The legislature of Vermont was able
to do with the corporations what it took
an injunction of the court to do with the
state auditor-open the books.
Mrs. jefferson Davis, widow of the
former president of the confederates
died at the Hotel Majestic in New York
at 1045 o'clock Tuesday night, aged
eighty years. Death was due to pneu.
monia, induced by severe cold which
Mrs. Davis contracted upon her return
from resort where she had spent the
summer months
Stowe, Oct 31.-State Fish and Game
Commissioner II. G.. Thomas has received
up to date the reports of so deer being
killed during the open season last week.
Eugene H. Kennedy was seriously in
iured Wednesday morning, being caught
in the machinery of a gasoline engine
which he had just started in his wheel.
wright shop and cider mill at Chelsea.
A deep cash was cut in his head, and
nearly all his clothing was torn off No
bones We're broken but he is badly bruised.
Unless there is a serious spinal injury, it
is probable that he will recover, although
his condition is critical and the outcome
will not be known for some time.