Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-10-08
STATE NEWS.

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has accepted a call to occupy the pulpit
of the congregational church at Benson
during the coming months.
The Rev. Gustav Wiman. who has been
pastor # the Swedish Congregational
chapel in Proctor for some five years has
accepted call from the Swedish Congre-
gational church at Waltham, Mass.
A certificate of increase of tho capitol
stock of the Baldwin Refrigerator Co.
has been filed in the flee Of the Burling-
ton city clerk. The stock of the compa-
ny is increased from S75 900 to Sl50, 900.
divided into l 800 shares of 800 each.
John l. Van Orman, aged 70 years died
recently at Springfield Mr.. Van Orman
was shoemaker and enlisted at Mont
pelier in Company l, 18th VT Regt. for
service in the Civil War. OF the 1906
men who went out in that company. 70
are dead and six have died since August,
1908.
The mail carriers of st. Johnsbury held
a jubilee Thursday evening to celebrate
the twentieth anniversary of the free
delivery service in town. Henry Holder
the only surviving carrier of the original
thirteen employed, who started the SER
vice in st. Johnsburv, was presented
with briar pipe by his former EN-
ployees.
The Methodist church of Bennington,
through its pastor. the Rev. w. w. Brunk
has issued an appeal to all residents of
that town, regardless of religious denom-
ination, to aid in raising a fund with
which to complete its new church. The
work on the church was begun three
years ago but has been at a standstill for
several months on account of lack of
funds Fully $4,000 is needed to COM
plete the structure.
The Rutland police are mystified by
the disappearance of Special Officer An
tonic Nalente as the trial of Daniel Jones
for intoxication, in which he is a witness,
is being held up thereby. Valente made
the arrest and Immediately after disap-
peared. There is a suspicion that he
may have been frightened away bv the
threats of suit for false arrest while
others hold the opinion that his absence
is due to ignorance of his duties.
There were Is deaths in the city of
Rutland during the month of September
according to the report of the health
officer, DR.. C. F. Ball, and % cases of
contagious diseases were reported in the
same time. There were Is cases of ty-
phoid fever during the month. Three
cases of measles, four of diphtheria, and
one of scarlet fever complies the list of
contagious diseases.
The Rev. II. E. Hinckley, of Weston.
Mass, who recently accepted call to
the federated Baptist and Methodist
churches of Randolph, is Baptist cler-
gyman and since his graduation from
college he has preached in Maine, Brews-
ter, Everett, and Weston, Macs. He was
five years in his last pastorate and the
church at Weston had a remarkable
growth in membership. largely through
his personal efforts.
Judge James L. Martin of the federal
court has approved the decision Of w. n.
Theriaut, of Montpelier, referee in bank
ruptcy, refusing to discharge Thomas
Brady, formerly of Brattleboro from
bankruptcy. Brady's liabilities we're
S12, 900 and the grounds of the denial of
the discharge are alleged irregularity in
book keeping, failure to keep proper ac-
counts of money received, and because
the petitioners had compromised with
creditors within six years.
Stephen R. Colby, the veteran passen
ger conductor on the Barre and Williams
town branch of the Central Vermont
railway, celebrated Saturday the twenty
fifth anniversary of his continual service
In that capacity. During that long
period of service not a passenger has
been injured or trains of which Mr.
Colby was in charge. although in recent
years he has received serious injuries
himself, once in the Richmond disaster
several years ago, when he was passen-
ger and once on a Wiliamstown branch
when baggage car in which he was
riding went over an embankment.
Norris ID. Blake. who for several years
has been principal of the Vermont Bust
ness College ut Burln gton, has gone to
Worcester, Mass, where he will teach
this winter. For some time Mrs. Blake
has had throat trouble which seemed to
be aggravated by the winter near Lake
Champlain, and it has been decided to
try season under different surround
ings with hope of greater physical
comfort. Mr. Blake will remain indenti-
fled with the business college as a stock
holder and president of the managing
board. His place as principal of the
college will be taken by Irving V. Cob
leigh
A Poultney Italian called Mike Perry,
and another man of the same nationality
whose name is unknown, are under arrest
charged with assault with intent to kill.
Charles Streeter, of North Poultney, fired
revolver shot at dog belonging to
Perry, the animal having an annoying
habit of chasing teams. Immediately
after Perry is alleged to have set out
after Streeter on bicycle and fired at
him with a shotgun, some of the shots
striking him in the back. Soon after
Streeter was fired on while passing
through piece of woods in the evening
On this occasion heavy sheepskln lined
hunting jacket impeded the charge of
buckshot so he was not seriously in iured.
BRIDFORT.