Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-12-13
STATE NEWS.

The postoffice at South Walden will be
discontinued December 81, as rural free
delivery of mail to Hardwick will take its |
place.
George E. Cotton and A. w. Hagar, of |
Woodford have shot two bears, each |
weighing about 200 pounds during the |
past few days.
The number of deaths in Burlington
during the month of November was 80 of
which 8 were males and 81 females.
A Grange was organized in Bristol last
week with fifty-two charter members.
Truman G. Barney was elected master.
The ordinances of the city of Barre are
being thoroughly revised by the city
council assisted by the city attorney and
another lawyer. The original ordinances
were adopted in 1895 when Barre became
a city.
Boys are suspected as the offenders
who broke into the Proctor public libra
ran's desk Entrance was made in the
early evening through window. The
money was being saved for new books.
The gross earnings of the Rutland rail-
road for October, according to state
ment Just issued from the Office of the
vice-president, amounted to 1907, 1888.
This is an increase of SAC, 1891. 70 over the
corresponding month in 1905.
DIR. d. d. Grout, superintendent of the
state hospital for the insane at Water
bury, says there is no need to worry over
the one case of scarlet fever at the hospi-
tai. 1t is mild case and every precau-
ton against the spread of this disease has
been taken.
A man who gave his name as Short
sleeves narrowly escaped being burned to
death at the Banquet hotel, Rutland,
Tuesday evening, setting fire to the bed
clothes by smoking while in bed. When
aroused by the clerk, who had investi-
gated after detecting an odor of smoke,
Shortsleeves had suffered several bad
burns.
Charles W. Marlborough, whose ap.
pointment to the Office of appraiser of
merchandise at New York to succeed
Col. Charles S. Fowler, has just been an
nounced. is a native of Bennington, hav-
ing been born there about SO years ago.
He was the son of Henry Marlborough,
a conductor on the Rutland railroad.
Since April last DIR. E. G. Barrett of
Montpelier has administered the tubercu-
lin test to nearly 1900 cows and still has
applications to test numerous other herds
The disease was found most prevalent in
Calais, where in some instances half of a
mans herd would have tuberculosis.
Among twelve large herds in MIddlesex
Doctor Barrett condemned only one COW,
and out of 400 tested at Waterbury
less than half dozen were found dis
eased.
NJ. E. Wheeler, of Rutland. owner of a
hotel on Mount Killington which has
been closed for several years, offers to be
one of ten Rutland men TO repair the
hotel and the road leading to it. keeping
a place where one could entertain friends
and where transients could get cup of
coffee aud bite to eat if wanted To
the men who will do this Judge Wheel
er offers to give ten years lease of the
hotel and pay the taxes himself for the
sake of keeping the property from going
to ruin.
j. Burton Pike. of Marshfield, WASH
ington county game warden, has re-
Gently been collecting evidence against
four men in the county, who, 1t is al.
legged, have killed deer illegally; against
hunters who have killed partridges in
3 the close season; and is also investigat-
ing complaints made to him of dogs chas-
ing deer When the evidence in these
s cases is slfted and made more complete,
{ official action will be taken. Warden
D Pike has allowed A. f. Buck. of Berlin,
$50 for damage done to his crops by
7 deer.
: Mrs. Louisa Dunton entertained a
r number of her friends and neighbors
5 November % at the home of her daugh-
:, ter, Mrs. Harriet Burton, in Rutland, il
being the occasion of her ninetieth birth.
e day anniversary. She received num-
e Der of presents. Mrs. Dunton is in re
O markably good health for a person OF
her age.
Charles Smith, who had been a work
, man at Mountain Mills, Wilmington, for
n some time. was drowned at that place
S Tuesday night, November 26 He at
i tempted to cross the pond and walked in
to an opening where logs had been taken
', out and went to the bottom of the pond
. in about thirty feet of water. The body
;, was recovered and sent to Lincoln. n
d II where he resided.