Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-08-27
STATE NEWS.


John w. Titcomb of Washington, d.
c., il in camp with his family at Oar.
ling's pond, Groton. for the remainder
of the season.
! No less parsonage than Charles S.
Melen, president of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad, will be at
the state fair this year, the guest Of Max
wei! Evarts.
The st. Adams Street Railway COM
pany will reinforce two trestles on its
lines following an inspection Friday by
the State public service commission.
| The clerk of the commission Rufus |
Spear, announces that the railway will
not be closed.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ryder, of MARI |
boro, enjoyed sug II eat on snow Au-
gust 6. they found the snow under a
big pile of sawdNst in the woods near
their house.
Arthur l. Smith, of Craftsbury, a
manufacturer, has filed a petition in
bankruptcy. His liabilities are $3.50,
and bis assets amount to 81, S11.62, of
which 1921 is claimed to be exempt.
The T. j, Sands Manufacturing Co.. of
WnOoski has filed in the office of the
secretary of state articles Of incorpOra
ton for the manufacture of a smuggling
machine. especially, having capital
stock Of 81 900 divided into shares Of
500 each
Mason 5. Stone Of Montpelier state
superintendent of education, who has
been in the Maine woods for month,
. has returned home.
Mes,rs. Davis & Davis. Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant, this
week, of a patent to 5. II. Mills, of
r Montpelier, on polishing wheel for
stone.
The September term of Rutland county
! court which is to open in Rutland Sep
5 TENDER s, will be a grand jury term
t There are number of cases for this
body TO consider.
Petitions in bankruptcy have been
: filed by NJ. w. Abbott. of Dummerston,
t who has liabilities of S5,45L04. and as
a setts of 5 ,4Sj, of which S435 is exempt:
5 and 10y Il. II. Moore, of Burlington,
day laborer who has liabilities of 1921
and assets of $l2.
4 The storm at Lake Mansfield, Stowe,
i Friday is said to have been the hardest
: ever experienced there, and was accom-
s panied by hail that lay in windows on
2 the floor of the club house verandah.
: Mountain brooks that had been dry for
n some time were torrents at the close of
n the shower.
f Word has been received of the safe ar
Il rival of the Rev. Charles B. Carpenter
:, and his family who have been travelling
n in Europe since May /. Mr.. Carpenter
e and family will remain at Bedford Sta
g ton, n. Y, for a short time. returning
IS to their home in Brandon by Sep
:. TENDER !.
:, State treasurer Z. H. Deavitt sent out
the checks Saturday for the division of
u the money for the transportation of
y school children. The $50, 900 is divided
according to the amount of money ex-
II pended In each town over so per cent for
!, school purposes. Reckoning the amount
e for each town has been progressing sew
{ eral weeks, some towns being slow in
making returns and this interfered with
the work.
At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Vermont Association of
Local Fire Insurance Agents. it was de-
:, cided to hold the annual meeting Thurs
=. day, October 7, at the White River
% Tavt IN in Hartford. Morning and aft
y, ernoon sessions will be held the meeting
= closing with banquet in the evening.
> Eugene Cowles of Derby, the well
5, known opera basso, has been engaged by
d Lew Fields to play the role of the Gen
eral in the Victor Herbert opera The
le Rose of Algerian" next season. Van
IS Ness Harwood, formerly of The Rutland
e Herald and latterly with The New York
ST World, has become press representive of
of the New theater in New York.
a. A big missionary convention will be
'e held in Burlington Tuesday, Wednesday,
d. and Thursday, October 10, 90 and 81.
Is Ii is expected that at least 800 delegates
will be in the city for the convention
III and arrangements will be made to Sc.
is cure some distinguished speakers. The
le convention will be held under the di-
ei rection of the American Missionary
u Association whose work lies largely with
e, the negroes of the South along educa.
Vi tional lines.
40 ID. A. LOOMS, manager of the Cham
q plain Transportation Co., says that the
20 steamer service will be temporarily dis
f. continued at Adams landing. The water
No is very low at that place and as there are
many shoals nearby it is considered
dangerous for the steamers to make the
landing The water is only one incl
higher than it was last year at this time
and last year the water in the lake wa'
lower than it had been before in tn,
Mt memory of the oldest inhabitant.
on o. NJ. Barber, of Bennington, O. S
u Annis, of North Troy, and NJ. c. Web
Mt Der, of Rutland, conferred for the first
-, time at Montpelier Friday Afternoon
III upon the compilation of the digest Of
" the Vermont reports of supreme cour
er decisions. These men were appointed &
k committee to comply with act 204 of the
Acts of 1908 as r bert Roberts did not
e. fill his contract by having the dges
ch ready for delivery before July l. The
he committee has authority to compile di
tie gest giving all decisions to the date Of
OIL publication.
of In connection with two performance
cir adapted from Old English mystery plays
N. by Mrs. Hobart of the st. Agnes Mission
al New York, entitled, Lady Catchism
and The Little Pilgrims and the Boob
he Beloved -, given by the younger mem
81. beers of st. Philips parish, Wscasset
h. Ne. last week. The Ri. Rev. Arthur &