Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-04-30
STATE NEWS.

son, who was w years OLD, was nelu al
Lyndonville Saturday.
Beckley & Co., hardware dealers and
plumbers at Mortified, have discontin-
ued business pending settlement of liza
bilities with their creditors.
r. w. Bishop, patent attorney, of
Washington, d. c., reports the issue of a
patent on corn planter to II. II. Miller
of Lyndonville.
The fire loss on the Douglass house.
Brandon, has been adjusted, and the
sum agreed upon by the three disinter-
ested parties is $1,000.
The new board of trade at Barre starts
with rs members and the determination
to have the new federal building built of
Barre granite.
The bodies of Mrs. w. Hawley and
her baby were buried in the same casket
at Hubbardton Saturday. The young
mother and child were burned to death
at Mill Village in Rutland.
| State Bank Commissioner F. G. Will
iiams of Newport states that he finds the
savings banks in Vermont in even bet
Der condition than year ago owing to
noticeable increase in the amount of
deposits.
George II. Stiles. for eight years fore
man in the Office of The Springfield Re-
porter while it was managed by his
father, Frank w. Stiles, and Miss Eliza
beth L. Dean, also employed in the same
office for the past six years, were married
April 1S
Burglars forced an entrance to the
general store of G. A. Terrill, of Under
hill, some time Thursday night, of last
week, and about So in small change and
watches and jewellery to the value of
5000 was taken. There is no clue to the
robbers,
Edward Gorham, aged so years, who
died Thursday of last week at his home
in Addison, was the last of the Gorham
family who were among the early set
tiers of the town. He represented the
town in the Legislature of 1875. For
many years, also, he held the Office of
deputy sheriff.
Major Chauncey NJ. Wiley of Barre
has been elected colonel of the Vermont
regiment of the Uniform Rank. the
Knights of Pythias, vice c. NJ. Brownell
of Burlington whose commission had ex-
pired. Colonel Wiley had been in com.
mand for two years during the illness OF
Colonel Brownell.
Mrs. Bertha Bensch of New York city
woman of means, fatally wounded
herself last week at her summer resi-
dence Ia log cabin near Newfane, wher
she put bullet through her head from
temple to temple. Mrs. Bensch haC
been respondent since the suicide of hel
husband, H. P. Bensch at the Massasoi
House at Springfield, Mass, two years
ago. She was 65 years old and leaves
five children.
The Central Vermont passenger trair
No. ], which left st. Adams northwarC
bound, at 06 Wednesday morning wal
deraled at Highgate Springs, six car
being thrown off the iron. The express
messenger, James A. Graham, was tn,
only person injured aud his injuries ar,
confined to bruises from being thrown
about his car. The cause of the derail
ment is not known.
Alice, the only child of Mr. and Mrs
Charles Choate of West Barnet wa
dr. wned Monday night. A brook nea
the house was swollen by the recen
rains to stream of considerable size
The little girl had not been absent NOR
than ten minutes when she was missed
She was tracked through the barn var,
to the bank of the brook An hour o
rods down the stream, caught in a wir
fence.
The trial calendar of the May term q
, supreme court which will convene i
Montpelier. Tuesday, May 4, contains a
follows; Wlndham, 8; Orleans, Essex
f Windsor, Addison, each; Orange
Washington, Rutland, Chittenden,
each; Franklin. 5; Bennington, 2; La
, noble, /; Caledonia, 8. Among tn
cases of state interest to be argued
State Board of Health VS.. Trustees G
the village of st. Johnsbury; State V,
Antonio Valente, murder; State vs.
Francisco Crociata, conspiracy, and f. j
Libby VS.. the Canadian Pacific Railwa
Co.
Amos Wing of Mendon has been hel
in $500 bail to await a hearing in Rut
land on the charge of poisoning tw
cows valued at $75 belonging to Mrs. N
: l.. Perkett, "a nelghbor. States Attorne
, j. c. Jones, who investigated the cas-,
found Paris green mixed with meal i
the woman's barnyard Trouble is alel
ed to have arisen over a spring of waite
on Wings land which flowed across Mr.
I Perkett's farm and was used for dOmei
tic purposes. The COWS lived one da
: after becoming i'll.
Some huge dimensions are given 4
those of mammoth block of grant
moved by +. L. Smith q Co., at Barr
e last week. The length is POO feet, tn
width about so feet and the depth "a fee
Two charges of powder had to be use
to make the break. The weight of tn
huge mass is approximately 69,l2O, 0O
pounds and it would make 1,72S carload
, providing the cars were of 40, 900 pound
capacity The firm commenced work o
this chann two years ago last January
$ going down "a feet.
r A government building will be erecte
5 in Mortified this year for the Unite
States weather bureau and the probi
bilities are that a bank building will ais
; 90 up during the season with the poss
bility of one or two other buildings {
r some importance as well as "A number q
dwelling houses. Bids for the construt
ton of the weather bureau will be opeT
ed May 10 by the agricultural depar
: ment at Washington. The plans call fo
r a substantial brick building with grant
, trimmings. The bank which may b