Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-21
STATE NEWS


the show. Secretary Farnsworth re-
ceived quite lot of entries Tuesday
morning, including four from Shelburne
farms
A farm house at East Pownal occu-
pied by George Goodwin and family of
New York, as a summer residence. was
struck by lightning Monday night and
burned to the ground. The occupants
escaped with their night clothes, saving
none of their effects. The building was
an old-fashioned farm house and the loss
consisted largely in the contents.
The farm buildings of Osman Loomis
were burned Monday forenoon at Crafts
bury. The fire is said to have been
caused by oats heating in the barn.
These were modern farm buildings.
Some household furniture was saved.
The buildings were insured.
Last week was the best in the history
of the summer business at Manchester
in the Mountains. The hotels and board
ing cottages were filled to their capacity,
and nearly all the cottagers did much
entertaining. Indications are that the
present pace will continue well into
September.
Timothy Ives of Barre town, candidate
for Congress in the second district on
the Socialist ticket, has gone to the
State hospital for the insane at Water
bury for treatment for overwork. He
diagnosed his own case after extensive
reading of medical works and went of
his own accord He is quarry worker
and has lived in Graniteville thirteen
years.
Mrs. Nancy C. Bush, Charlotte's post
mistress, has been connected with the
service there since 1870. She is now n
years old She was appointed postmls-
tress by President Grant in 1915. AT
the time of her appointment the office
had two mails a day. Now there are
four mails and two rural routes and
station at East Charlotte. Mrs. Bushs
first husband, John Pope, was soldier
in the Civil War, dying in Virginia.
Alta meeting of the Colonial Danes in
Brattleboro, held to consider what to do
with the marker on the site of Fort
Dummer in view of the fact that the
land where the marker stands will be
flowed with water some of the time
after the Connecticut river dam is COM
pleted, a committee was appointed to
confer with the selectmen. The spot
where the marker stands was decided to
the town by the Colonial Danes. The
marker may be raised or it may be
moved to another location.
Theodore Griebel and Harry Becker,
of Brooklyn pleaded guilty in Brattle-
boro municipal court to the charge of
being tramps and were sent to Newfane
Jail for fifteen days. They were ar
rested on complaint of Station Agent
| o. j. Rowe, who was unable to make
them keep away from Central Vermont
freight trains. They were young men.
and gave good account of themselves,
Grebiel showing that he was a member
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men. Mr.. Rowe promised to give them
employment, after completing their SEN
| tence, so they could earn money enough
to take them to New York, and they
agreed to be on hand in fifteen days.
Chairman F. G. Williams has received
word from Chairman F. H. Hitchcock of
the Republican national committee that
definite arrangements have been made
that will bring Senator W. E. Borah of
Idaho into the Vermont campaign for a
full week, beginning August "a. Ar
rangements are also under way that
may result in Senator j. P. Deliver of
Iowa coming for the same week, or q
portion of it, and also it is not improb-
Indiana may come to Vermont.
Henry Nichols of West Brattleboro, a
fourteen-year-old boy, was arrested by
having confessed to the officer that he
| burglarized the houses of l.. III. Stellman
and Mrs. Catherine Evans in West Brat
tleboro on succeeding nights. The boy
lives with his parents on the Pettee
stock farm. At the Stellman house
$40 was taken from purse in Miss
Frances Stellman's handbag on the Sec
ond floor, and at Mrs. Evans's 81. so was
taken from purse belonging to Madam
Wood, who boards with Mrs. Evans.
Both families were away when the
burglaries were made.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Andrews and Mr..
and Mrs. G. l.. Slack of Mortified were
the victims of an accident in East Mont
pelier August l6, caused by a large
touring car from New York. The latter
was behind the smaller Mortified ma
chine and its occupants complained be-
cause the Vermonters did not hurry
faster and give room for them to pass.
AS soon as the road permitted, Mr.. An
drews started to turn out and then the
big car bumped in and threw the four
from their machine. Two were slightly
injured. AT st. Johnsbury an effort was
made to secure damages from the New
Workers, but without success, and the
road hogs proceeded to the White Noun
tains.
The Republicans and Democrats held
caucuses in Rutland Monday evening
to nominate candidates for representa-
tive and justices of the peace. The Re-
publicans nominated Earle s. Kinsley
for representative. He is the Rutland
county member of the Republican State
committee and colonel on the Gov
ernor's staff. He is in favor of revising
the city charter. The Democrats nom
mated Thomas w. Moloney. who is
opposed to the proposed charter revision.
Up to Monday afternoon it was expected
that P. M. Meldon, an attorney for the
Rutland railroad, would be the Demo-
cratic nominee, but at the 18th hour he
declined to run and Mr.. Moloney was
persuaded with some difficulty to take
the nomination.
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