Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-10-30
STATE NEWS.

The water supply in Stowe is steadily
falling although it is now thou ht that
the danger limit will not be reached for
another two weeks Two men employed
by the fire department patrol the streets
nightly to guard againts fire.
Between January and Februerv 1
the Canadian government will require
that all immigrants from Vermont have
minimum amount of $50 in addition to
their tickets before they will be admitted
to the Dominion. After the last named
date, S25 will be enough.
Fred Gennette of Shrewsbury, who was
charged with slashing Hugh Moloney
with knife during quarrel October Z,
pleaded guilty to a simple assault Satur-
day and was sentenced in Rutland coun-
ty court to not more than five nor less
than three years in the House of Cor
rection.
One of the nearby towns to use the
power developed by the Harvesting of
the Black river by the dam at Cavendsh
gorge will be Chester. Its water and
light company has contracted with the
Claremont Electric Power company and
it is expected that January will see the
transmission line completed.
At special meeting Saturday after
noon, the town of Rockingham voted to
build cement bridge across the canal in
Bellows Falls to replace the iron bridge
that has been condemned. The cost is
not to exceed $l2 900 and work will be
begun at once. After heated discus
sion, the town voted to pay L. S. Hayes
S355.S3 for work on the town history.
A sealed verdict awarding So, 500 to the
plaintiff in the suit of George w. Kelley
of South Wallingford VS.. the Rutland
Railroad company was returned in Rut-
land county court Saturday. At the re.
quest of counsel for the defense, the
judgment will not kbe entered until this
afternoon when the railroad will state
whether it wishes to take an appeal.
Kelley sued to recover $4,000 for the
burning of his marble mill, alleging that
"A spark from a locomotive set it on fire.
The case has been through the supreme
court the former verdict of $4,000 hav-
ing been reversed. Mondays News.
The first reverse in the construction of
the new dam across the Connecticut
river at Bellows Falls Oct. II, occurred
at 1880 Saturday morning when at a
depth of 30 feet on the site of the old
sluice way a section of the Golfer dam
sprung a leak. The water had been
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to the tremendous back pressure and
partly by the vibration of the hydraulic
pump above, the strain was too great and
the 4-inch planking could not withstand
such pressure. Work was at once begun
to repair the break and divers from the
j. E. Nickerson company of Boston were
secured. All Saturday and Sunday a
gang placed at the bottom of the outer
side of the Golfer dam large bags O sand,
bound in bundles of hay. Over five tons
of hay were used. Sunday morning a
diver began to give directions for the
removal of the strained planks and later
in the day two more divers arrived. All
day Sunday crowds of men and women
occupied every point of vantage to wit
ness the diver at work. During the con
struction of the dam, many articles OF
historical interest were unearthed from
the debris of the old DAM such as a sin
gle-barrelled pistol of old and odd design,
marked american Bull Dog" curious
shaped ak and buzz-saw of old fashion
ed make.