Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-02
STATE NEWS.

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and Mrs. Fred Stevenson of Bellows
Falls, was drowned in cesspool on the
Robinson farm in Westford Sunday. The
family were visiting at the home of Mrs.
Robinson, sister of Mrs. Stevenson.
The boy while playing removed the cover
of the cesspool without attracting atten-
ton and fell in.
While searching for driftwood in the
shallow water below the Holden Leon
ard company's dam at Bennington, Mon
day Arthur Marceaux, a coal shcveler in
the employ of Loring & Co., found the
body of a male child. The authorities
took it in charge, but later stated that it
would be impossible to determine until
after an autopsy whether the child was
alive when thrown into the water.
The trial Of Francesca Gimmalaro for
the alleged murder of Guiseppi Cepepino
in Reading June 81, began in Windsor
county court Monday. In the absence
of an interpreter only the more formal
testimony was heard. the witnesses be-
ing Selectman B. NJ. Newton of Reading,
Constable Hawkins, who made the arrest
and DIR. B. H. Stone, pathologist of the
state laboratory of hygiene.
Alexander Bishop, road commissioner
Of the town of Searsburg, is in bed with
three broken ribs and bad cut on his
head as The result of quarrel with
| Andrew Whitcomb, an employe, over
wages. The Searsburg officials who have
made complaint to the states attorney.
said that Whitcomb hit Bishop with a
small hand drill, and stamped upon him
when he was down. 1t was at first
thought that Bishop was fatally injured.
Arthur McJarrett, Montpelier boy,
was struck by the team of II. G.. Strana-
han Monday and knocked down. Nc
Jarrett was playing with some children
on East State street and ran from that
street onto Main street. Just at that
moment Mr.. Stranahan drove along at a
fairly rapid pace. One of the forward
wheels struck the lad and knocked him
to one side SO that the wheels did not pass
over him. He WAS badly bruised.
State Tax Commissioner ]. E. Cushman
reports that the revenue from corpora
ton and collateral inheritance taxes for
the current year will amount to S970, 900.
The final tax figures show an increase OF
about $40 900 over last year and approxi
mately $4,000 more than was ever col
lected in two years time previous to Mr.
Graham's advent into Office in 1900. Ir
1899 the state taxes amounted to $415 49,
and in 1900 to S466,26 total for two
years of 1881 ,622.
Barre officers made raid at the house
of Joseph Blankli and found the house
full of people drinking beer, and in the
cellar there was found one barrel Of
cream ale and four barrels of Valentine
ale. The liquor was seized and Blank
placed under arrest. The respondent
appeared in the city court on charge Of
keeping Intoxicating liquor with inten
to sell and at his own request the hearing
was continued. He was released on $55(
bail, which was furnished by his brother
For extreme cruelty to animals, Albert
French, manager of the Retreat Dairy
Farm at the Brattleboro retreat was fineC
1924 in the Brattleboro municipal cour
Monday by Judge E. w. Gibson. French
was engaged i'll taking two cows to tn,
retreat through the main streets of tn,
town. One COW refused to be led or t.
go, tying a rope around its neck, French
dragged the animal through the streets
until it fell exhausted across the electri,
car tracks. The COW was revived ant
several men made a complaint agains
French for cruelty. He was arrested b,
Officer Herbert E. Harris. He pleaded
guilty.
John Shearer fell twenty-five feet t,
the concrete sidewalk at Montpelier Sat
urday with his clothes on fire and hi
left leg burned by an electric light wir
which had held him until the flesh wa
roasted to the bone. He was carried t,
Heaton hospital, where his condition
was pronounced critical 1t is possibl
that he may have to suffer the amputa
ton of one leg. The man had been EN-
ployed by the company for about tw,
weeks. having previously worked in New
Jersey. In company with G. B. McAllis
ter he was changing wires for the Yer
mont Telephone Co., when one climbe
slipped down until it connected with
ground wire and at the same time on
hand hit the electric wires of the Consol
idated Lighting Co. There he hung I'm
til his muscles relaxed The voltage O
the electric wire was $500. McAllsteI
who was above him on the pole, suffere
a slight shock, enough to burn his cloth
. ing while he was getting to the ground.
WHITING