Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-04-01
STATE NEWS.

Mrs. r. j. Kmball and daughters,
Misses Clara and Annie Kimball, of
Randolph, will sail from New York May
4 on European trip of five months.
Yelling F. Thatcher, of Bennington, is
one of the 10 candidates in training for
the freshmen eight Dared crew at Cor
nell University. The freshmen Oarsmen
and also the 20 candidates for the var
sity crew are already established at the
training table.
DR.. II. c.. Tinkham, dean of the medical
department of the University of Yer
mont has returned. from Baltimore,
where he attended meeting of the AS
sociation of American Medical Colleges.
Only those colleges having satisfactory
standing are admitted to membership in
this association and as the medical de-
partment of the University of Vermont
is of that standing it Is expected it will
be admitted next year.
Bertha Holman, who with Nellie Far
rell is under arrest at Nashua, n. H., for
horse stealing, is Montpelier woman
After sne was four years old she lived
in that city with her sister until abou t
ten years ago. Her career since she left
Montpelier has been checkered She
has been in a reformatory a: Nashua, N.
H., was arrested and served time in
Massachusetts, for picking pockets and
has been twice married.
The jury in the case Of F. P. Davis VS.
DIR. E. G. Stevens, of Orleans, in Orleans
county court, reported disagreement,
having been out all night. This is a
suit for damages to an oil wagon caused
by the alleged negligence of the defend
ant in leaving his automobile beside the
road after breakdown without any re-
gard to the travelling public. The plain
tiff claims that his horses were safe but
the defendant left his car in such a
position that covering which was blown
by the wind scared the horses
Congressman d. j. Foster has sold his
house In Burlington to f. G.. Ames, who
will soon move into his new home.
The jury in the case of Gertrude P
Danyew VS.. the estate of Juliana ID
Powers, her mother, awarded the plain
tiff a verdict of $50 in Rutland county
court. The plaintiff sued for 1000
claiming that she was entitled to tina
amount for caring for her mother during
the last few years of her life The CLAIM
was disallowed by the commissioners il
, probate court.
The conservation of the Rt. Rev
Joseph j. Rice, d. D. of Whitinsville
Mass. to be bishop of the Roman Cath
Ole diocese of Burlington, will TAX
place in the cathedral at Burlington
Thursday morning, April IA, according
to an announcement made at the Offic,
of Archbishop William H. O'Connell
The date set is the feast day of st. justin
the Martyr. The copsecrating prelatt
; will be Rt. Rev. Thomas D. Beaver, o
the Springfield diocese. This will maxi
the third bishop that the Springfield
( church dignitary has consecratsd, which
is an unusual honor
The cut of lumber in Stowe during thu
past winter is estimated as follows: C
E. and F. o. Burt, $780, 900 feet; P. d
Pike & Son, 100000 feet; F. E. Smith
900, 900 feet II. E. Shaw, 1000, 900; H
w. Billings, 100000 feet; O'Neil 6
Moody, 100000 feet; G. A. Simmons
$780, 900 feet; j. E. Houston, 1O0 900 feet
: O. B. Taylor, $4,000 feet, for custom
saving; Stowe Lumber Co., in Gilmore
; 800, 900 feet. The snow went off 81
, early that most of these companies have
been caught with part of their cut still
, in the woods. the Burts with 400, 900 Of
, 500, 900 feet; Pixies, AZ, 900 feet; Smith
Shaw among the number. but it is nearly
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Mark Harbour of Woodford placed
hot bricks in the carriage one cold morn
ing last week to keep his wife's feet
warm, as she started for drive to Ben.
nington. When but little way from
home Mrs. Harbour smelled something
burning. The robe WAS raised and the
bottom of her dress was ablaze. Quick
work extinguished the flames but the
dress was ruined
Peter Berini of Barre is dead as the
result of blood poisoning. About Il
days ago he injured finger on his left
hand, and at the time did not thinp
anything of it. A few days afterward
the finger began to swell, and the wound
panied him. AS it kept growing worse
he finally called physician who found
that bad case of blood poisoning haC
developed, and had gone so long without
treatment that it was too late to save the
mans life.