Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-05-24
STATE NEWS.

Mrs. NJ r. Brown. an invalid for four
years, of Rutland. attempted suicide the
18th inst, by swallowing strychnihe tab
lets. She had been in the habit of TAX
ing sleeping potion. and a few weeks
ago the laudanum was taken away ,strych-
nine being substituted Soon these tab
let's disappeared and could not be found.
1t is supposed that Mrs. Brown hid them.
The condition of the woman, who is the
wife of the superintendent of the Rut
land Marble Co., is critical. Chester
Brown son, committed suicide several
years ago.
Caroline Judson, aged five years and
eleven months. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. w. JudsoH. of Burlington. died in
Underhill last week from the effects of
severe burns suffered while playing
around a bonfire with her brother, who
is nine years old Mrs Judson and chill
dren had but recently gone to Underhill
from Burlington and were to remain in
town until the family removed to Massa-
chusetts later. Mr.. Judson was hurried
" summoned from Boston but the little
girl died before his arrival. Mr. Judson
is the veteran mail clerk from Burling-
ton to Boston.
Barre, May 10 -Requerio Archie, aged
his hold and fell under the wheels of a
shifting locomotive in the Central Yer.
mont Yard here yesterday afternoon,
while stealing a ride. Both his legs
were cut off. He died in few hours.
The Montpelier & Wells River railroad
lost two locomotives costing $4,000 III a
fire which destroyed the round house at
Woodsville, N. H., last Tuesday night.
Margaret, the sixteen-year-old daugh-
ter of Timothy Murphy, of Rutland,
came near ending her life the other
night by accidently taking large dose
of aconite. She went to the pantry to
take dose of cough medicine, and in
the dark took large dose of poison in
stead. The mistake was discovered at
once and a physician was summoned.
The girl will probably recover.
Notices which will be posted in all of
the mills controlled by the Arnold print
works in North Adams, Mass. and, it is
understood, in those in Williamstown
and North Pownal, controlled by the
same concern. of a wage increase, which
is to go into effect May 81. will mean 10
per cent. increase in the wages of each
employee. This will affect about $500
hands, and makes the total increase in
wages about 90 per cent. within the
year.
At the closing session of the Vermont
Dental Society, held in Burlington this
week, the following were appointed del
egates to the National Dental Association
convention to be held at Minneapolis,
July 30 to August 9: C.. w. Steel, of
Barre, George o. Mitchell, of st. Adams,
H. F. Hamilton, of Newport. Grace l..
Bosworth of Rutland, David Manson, of
Burlington, j. III. jackson. of Burling-
ton. j, A. Pearsons, of Barton, X. L.
Cleaves. of Montpelier. G. f. Meacham
of Bellows Falls, and l.. K. Mellen, of
Middlebury.
Barre, May 1S.-After a trial lasting
all of yesterday afternoon and into the
evening, jury in city court found Rose
Brassaw guilty of keeping house of i'll
fame, and she was sentenced to not less
than one or more than two years i'm
prisonment in the house of correction al
Rutland. An appeal was taken to Wash
ington county court. Being unable tC
furnish bail in the sum of $500, the re.
spondeat was tax an to the county Jail at
Montpelier, to await the September term
of county court.
Rutland May 1S,-Harry Arthur, aged
20 years, who disappeared from his home
here last August. and long since supposed
to be dead, has been located in West
Sulloway, N. H., where he is working.
He has written a letter to his sister say,
ing he went from Rutland to Providence
R. /. No reason is given for his strange
action. The family claim that there is
no estrangement.
A plumber named Leslie, of Barton
recently, lost $500 on stocks, returned
home, and lost $1,000 more. BY griev
ing over his financial straits he became
insane and it was necessary to take him
to the state hospital for the insane al
Waterbury.