Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-05-10
STATE NEWS.

ing broke Wnlle lie was snlngllnE udrn |
on the farm of John Peck in Fairhaven.
He was baought in an ambulance to his |
boarding place, where his condition is
considered critical. internal injuries
being feared. Lornadea struck on his |
back and was terribly bruised. He is |
about 2S years of age and came to Fair !
Haven from Glens Falls, n. Y about six
months ago.
United State Senator William 2.
Dillingham;. who was recently chozen
chairman of the congressional committee
to investigate and report on the immi-
grafton problem with view to the enact.
ment of more neutrality-suspicious. law,
is spending a few days in Montpelier
prior to leaving for European train. On
May IS Senator Dillingham; will sail for
Europe for three months stay
DIR. H. II. Hunter of West Brattleboro
has a new automobile runabout and is
somewhat of a novice in its management.
Making a professional call the other day,
he alighted briskly and forgot to shut off
the power. The result was the auto
started off at comfortable speed, ran
bang into the Swedish Church, doing that
edifice no good and badly damaging it.
self
Scarcity of coal is reported in Brattle-
! boro and a famine it mooted although
out of season. One coal dealer has re-
ceived but four cars the past month out
of 30 billed to him, and there is hardly
enough coal in town to fill present day
! demands.
Conductor Frank Corbett of the Cork
screw cannon ball express, Bennington,
says "the remodeled coach for the fast
freight between Bennington and Chat
ham has arrived. The coach which is up
to date in every respect is equipped with
Baker hot water heater. 1t was FORM
erly heated by hot air but after Connie
Keefe left the Chatham division and
went to work on the Bennington branch
it was found necessary to use some other
system to warm the car"
Travelling from Stowe to Morrisville by
stage. it is said singular roof adorn
ment is noted. 1t appears on an unpre-
tentious farm house occupied by a well
known clergyman. The latter out of the
kindness of his heart adopted bright
boy from the industrial school at Yer
gennes and to keep idle hands from mis-
chief gave the boy the job OF pa ching up
the roof. The lad used the bright new
shingles to good advantage and in letters
four feet high and extending nearly the
whole length of the house printed one
word, "hell.'
1t was Mt. Sinai Temple, Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine. that conducted 80 initiates
acsoss the hot and arid sands at st.
Johnsbury Thursday.
Just after the close of the morning
services at the churches Sunday spec
tacular runaway occurred at Brattleboro
in which Mr. and Mrs. Luke O. Morse of
Williamsville were seriously injured, Mrs.
Morse fatally. They We're driving down
a steep hill when the holdback strap
broke letting the wagon on the horse 5
heels. Down the hill he ran with
terrific speed and Mr.. and Mrs. Morse
were dashed against an iron fence.
Hundreds saw the accident and sympa-
thetic hands quickly lifted the uncon-
scious forms and bore them to the Memo
rial hospital. 1t was there found that
Mrs. Morse had received fractured
skull, a broken collar bone and internal
injuries. from which she can not recover
and that Mr.. Morse has broken col al
bone but is not fatally hurt. Mr.. anC
Mrs. Morse are between so and 60 years
of age.
The village of Manchester is to,have {
new postoffice, located about $50 fee
from the present one and off the prin
cipal street. 1t will be larger and much
better equipped.
Thirty-five business men of Morrisvillt
have petitoned Congressman ID. j. Foster
! in opposition to parcels post The petit
ton will be formally presented Mr.. Eos
. ter with many others at the opening O
Congress.
The State fair'project mrves at White
River junction, according to report. TIT
civil engineer to lay out the half-mil'
track is there, the horse sheds are to b.
recovered and the mile track put in SHAPE
\ for training.
At the Julia Spear prize reading whicl
took place in the Billings library, Bur
lington, Wednesday evening, the frs
prize was awarded to Gertrude Margare
Murphy, of West Rutland, second t
Mary Robinson. of Ferrlsburg, and thirC
to Mary Van Dyke Shetland, of Troy
N. Y.
Frank Martin, better known as "Glas
Eye" Martin, the man who held up
searching party at Swanton Friday wa
caught at st. Armand, p. O., an,
Y voluntarily surrendering himself wa
:, brought back. He was bound over t
II county court Monday and is out Of
bail for appearance at Franklin count,
D court.
e The petition of counsel for Mrs. E. c
Smith for an early trial of her case ha
been refused at Bennington and she mus
wait until the June term of court whic
meets in Manchester. The woman
charged with forgery and is held in tn
I House of Correction at Rutland, he
] husband having escaped from custody a
Bennington on New Years morning.
The license commissioners of Below
Falls have taken the same stand as las
year and will grant no licenses for tn
sale of bottled goods Four first class j
censes have been granted to the same holc
ers as last year the fee being 81 600. Thre
v druggists licenses have also been ISSUED
) The business men stand three TO on
e against second class licenses, althoug
Bellows Falls is entitled to two.