Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-04-22
STATE NEWS.

John Devine, who claims to live in
New Hampshire, was arrested at Bur
lington Thursday morning of last week,
charged with assaulting Mrs. Daniel
Lewis. Mrs. Lewis was followed by a
strange man Wednesday evening and
suddenly turned and asked him "What
are you following me for?' The man
threw his arms about her, causing her
false teeth to fall out. She screamed
loudly for help and the assailant ran
away. 1t is presumed that he was after
her purse, which she held in one hand.
1t is expected that Albert DONNA,
charged at Burlington on an information
with assaulting Jacob Pecor of Westford,
will try to prove an abb, claiming that
he was at his home at Lakeside when the
alleged assault ACQUIRED the night of Dec
ember "a, 1909 The case is now before
Chittenden County court.
Considerable complaint is heard of
illegal fishing in Willoughby lake, where,
it is said, salmon trout are being caught
at the dock. No move has vet been
made to punish the poachers.
The amount of settlement in the case
of John s. Shearer, a lineman, against
the Vermont Telegraph and Telephone
company and the Consolidated Lighting
company, for injuries sustained while
working for the former company at
Montpelier, is understood to be $780,
The Towle Maple Products company of
st. Paul Mimi, with a capital stock of
$500, 900, has been granted certificate
allowing it to do business in Vermont.
The Vermont Office will be at st. Johns
bury, with John Rickaby in charge
This company is organized to buy, sell,
manufacture and deal in sugars, syrup,
molasses, jellies, temperance beverages,
and corrections.
Ella, the six-year-old daughter of f
nj. Knight of Wolcott, visited neighbours
house recently and while there complain
ed of her head aching, One of the child
rem ran and gota what he thought was
one of his fathers headache tablets and
gave one to the suffering child. 1t proved
to be strychnine tablet and 1t made the
little girl violently ill., For a time her
life was in danger, but prompt action
and skillful treatment probably saved
her life.
The Rev. Z. S. Dutton, of Wrightsville,
celebrated his Goth birthday anniversary
Thursday. He is a native of Hardwick
and passed the active years of his life in
that town. MIR. Dutton is in excellent
health and a graf reader.
1t was learned Friday in Montpelier
that w. B. Hard, night editor of The
Montpelier Morning Journal, and Miss
Bessie E. Cannon, of Barre, were mar
ried January at the home of the bride
in Barre. So well has the secret been
kept that no one suspected it until MIR.
and Mrs Hard went to Montreal Friday
for postponed wedding trip.
Tho an,onpfo of oolIoot;o-a o-I IL
mestic and export duties for the district
of Vermont for the month of March, as
given out by c. H. Darling, collector,
show that the collections amounted to
$l15, 549.5S, compared with 500, 360.83 for
the corresponding month of the previous
year. The domestic exports amounted
to $572 ,1l9, compared with $500 1891, for
March of 1909, and the foreign exports
were $245, 63S, compared with $l09, $50
for the corresponding month of the pre-.
vious year.
David Hazen of White River Junction,
an aged man, was seriously injured Fri
day. horse that he was driving took
fright and ran into rig driven by
woman. Mr.. Hazen was thrown violent.
ly to the road and was badly injured
about the head.
Old timers in Rutland remember when
the old marble sewer, which has done
duty for 70 years, was fine trout brook.
1t is now being replaced and excavations
for that purpose reveal traces of the old
brick road about two feet below the sur.
face.
The horse driven by DIR. L. A. Heidel
of Rutland became frightened while de-
scending steep Chittenden hill Friday
night. The animal kicked the dashboard
and cross bar away, grazing the doctors
cheek with his heels, then ran at terrific
rate into the city. The doctor was thrown
out and sustained minor injuries.
Mayor H. o. Carpenter of Rutland
narrowly escaped death last week. While
driving with his wife, daughter and sister
a live wire fell, striking the team. Mr..
Carpenter grasped the wire with his
gloved hand and threw it aside. his wrist
begin eighty burned. Electricians state
that the party was saved only by the
rubber tires on the vehicle.
George w. Adams, who left Fowler
for Kansas over year ago, has wired
from Memphis, Tenn. to the secretary
of the American Order of Foresters at
Pittsford for $50 to pay his expenses back
to Vermont. He states that he has been
robbed of money, ticket and all else of
value that he carried.
The Rutland railroad through an
attorney has proposed to build an engine
house on its property facing River street
in Bennington.