Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-11-06
STATE NEWS

the weather bureau station at Norwich
University, Mortified, will he completed
by July next.
Braltleboro has All ice famine and il
obliged to import the product from
Springfield. The usual ice cutting sea-
son at Brattleboro begins anywhere from
December Is to 20.
Col. and Mrs. Henry o. Clark of East
Orange, N. j., have announced the mar
rage engagement of their daughter, Miss
Lois Clark, TO Edward S. Isham, a well
known Burlington banker.
Rutland has had an epidemic of chick
en-pox the past month. Nine cases were
reported, five of them in a bunch. Deaths
from all causes in October were twelve,
the same as in September. In August
the deaths numbered %.
Charles Greenough of White River
Junction, sold dog to a Roxbury man
who took him home by train. The next
day the dog was on the doorstep of the
CIR enough home, having made his way
overland. Mr.. Greenough says the sale
is off.
Lecturers elected at Norwich Univer-
sity, Mortified, are Congressman elect
Frank E. Plumley on international law;
County Senator Ernest w. Gibson of
Brattleboro, on constitutional and COM
mercial law; and Gen. o. o. Howard of
Burlington, U. S. A., retired, on military
history.
w. b. Shaul, supervisor of music in
the public schools of Burlington fer the
past two months, has resigned because
of ill health and will leave Immediately
for a warmer climate. He will be sue
ceeded by Guy N. Hull, choirmaster of
st. Paufs church, Burlington, who will
enter on his new duties at once.
The retail coal dealers of Vermont will
hold a meeting at the Berwick hotel in
Rutland November II. Although the
dealers are not organized, it is expected
that there will be several prominent
speakers from among the officers of the
retail coal dealers associations of New
| England and central New York.
The Rutland hospital is crowded to its
utmost capacity. At the present time
there are twenty patients at the hospital,
and there are regular accommodations
for only sixteen. OF the twenty cases
under treatment, fourteen are surgical
and the other six are medical cases.
| The only room vacant at the present
time is the operating room.
In Essex county court at Guildhall.
which adjourned last Friday morning,
one criminal case was tried by Jury, 4
plea of guilty of grand larceny was re
ceived, three criminal cases were mol
pressed, seven divorce cases wire tried
IN all of which bills were granted. and
there were two civil issues bv Jury, twn
law cases by the court, and two chancerv
cases by the court of chancery, Judge a.
A. Hall of ST. Adams presided
The loss by the fire ut Thursday night
which destroyed large house used for
storage purposes and as sleeping quarters
for about 1875 men, situated near the site
of the new dam of the Connecticut River
Power Co., at Vernon, is estimated at
50, 900. At one time the plant of the E.
l.. Farnum Co., constructing engineers of
the dam, was threatened. The building
was total loss, as was the personal eff.
fects of the men who lived in it.
Rutland Oct. 2S.-Franklin L. John
son of this city was arrested today at the
depot while he was getting his shoes
shlned preparatory to taking a train, on
the charge of burglarizng the store of
Lyston 81 Carney at Castleton Monday
night and stealing dozen rings and
other jewelry. He later confessed that
he and another man, whose name has
not been disclosed by the officers, broke
INTO the store. He claimed that he was
drunk at the time. johnson will have a
hearing tomorrow
Carl Reed, aged "a years, owner of
confectionery store on Main street, Mont
peler, was found dead in bed by his
mother at 3 o'clock Sunday morning,
when she went to the room to give him
some medicine. Reed was taken i'll
while attending the theater Friday even.
ing. He managed vii difficulty to walk
home. Death was due to neuralgia of
the heart Reed was not married.
The pump which is now in operation
between the two ponds in Berlin from
hich Montpelier receives its water sup
ply has capacity Of 1000 900 gallons
every "A hours. This, with the rain,
which began falling Monday evening,
NiIl Danish all fears of IA water famine IN
that city and the water can again be used
Tor commercial purposes.
Articles of association have been filed
with the secretary of state at Mont
peller for the following corporations:
The Miller Automobile company of
White River junction, capital stock,
$1,000; the Enos Adams company of
Bennington. capital stock, S20,O00; the
Boltonvlle Telephone company of New
bury, capital stock, $500; the Liberty
Hill Granite company of Pittstield, CAPT
tai stock. $1,000; the Federal Ammuni-
ton company of Swanton, capital stock.
$500, 900. The Vermont conference of
Seven Day Adventists of Burlington, has
also filed articles of association.
When United States Senator Carroll S.
Page returned home from Washington,
his fellow citizens were given their first
opportunity to congratulate him upon
his election by the Vermont legislators.
The Morrisyille band headed the delega-
ton from that place and others came
from Gilmore, Eden, and johnson while
Hyde Park turned out in force Il. w.
Hulburd brought the senator out and
happily introduced him from the veran-
da as no longer 1.-THE governor" Mr..
Page replied with characteristic speech
and Frederick q. Fleetwood of Morris
vile, spoke in behalf of the crowd. He
said that Lamoille county appreciated