Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-12-13
STATE NEWS

Mrs. Charles s. Stacey of Brattleboro
broke one of her legs on recent even
ing by stepping off a drop in the plat
form IN the fire escape while rehearsing
for play.
CT ester d. Huffmire, who has con.
fessed to several thefts in Rutland. tried
to conceal 50 in shoe when being taken
10 the state industrial school at Yer
gennes.
While attempting to pull drill out of
"A hole Iii Penevitch of Brattehoro fell
down an embankment. the drill giving
way suddenly, and his right wrist and
two ribs were broken.
chase & Hartman, Inc, of Boston.
have uuired The Bellows Falls Canal
Fall Mountain Electric Light & Power
Co., involving an amount around the
million dollar mark
William Douglas, aged 10 years. Of
Newfane is held under 5000 bail charged
with wi'fully and maliciously killing
two heifers, the property of Bert E..
shot the animals.
Mrs. Eliza Morse is the oldest resident
of Brattleboro, being in her 9th year
She smokes pipe regularly and says
that tobacco and good reading cure
dependency. She knits dozens Of pairs
of mems socks every year.
The health department account of
Barre has been overdrawn and the
board of aldermen has started an extra
appropriation Of 500. The manager of
the opera house has asked the board
for the abatement of his rent during the
five weeks of quarantine for smallpox.
Morris Carey, the young son of Willard
Carey of Stowe, has admitted being
implicated in the attempt to blackmail
H. c. Mcmahon by placing threatening
letter under the door of the Miles,
Mcmahon & Sons store. The boy is
young and not forward mentally and it
is thought he must have had help in
planning the scheme.
Thirty.si children were born in Bur-
lington during the month of November
according TO statistics received at the
city clerks Office up to Saturday. There
were 1S girls and IS boys. The oldest
mother was 40 years old and her last
arrival was number 10, while the young
est mother was II. Eight mothers were
in their teens, % in their twenties, four
in their thirties, and one was 40.
AS Ernest Chamberlin was returning
from Derby Line to the home of Mrs.
Walter Judd, in East Holland, where he
was staying, he was thrown from his
wagon at the foot of hill a half mile
from the house, and was not found till
the next morning, when the horses were
found by Mrs. Judd's people. He never
regained consciousness. but died the
following Monday. The body was
t,,1rA no.
Coatcooke, Que.
Harrison NJ. Villas of Burlington,
father of Martin S. Villas, was 05 years
old Saturday. He enjoys excellent
health and has had no serious illness in
70 years and during only one short
period in that time has he been unable
to be dressed and around each day. Mr..
Villas was Wing in politics in the old
days and cast his first vote for Harrison
and Tyler in 1870 He voted for Free
mont and Dayton, the first presidential
candidates of the Republican party in
1856.
II. B. Shaw, Sheriff j. H. Allen and
Chief of Police p. j. Russell returned to
Burlington Saturday night from SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, where they went to get
Frank Poirier, who was extradited with
out trouble from New York state on a
charge of breaking into freight cars. On
the return trip, at Rutland, the party
gathered in George Hooper, who was
| arrested for completely in the robberies,
and soon after the party arrived in Bur
lingtoh, Jonas Howe, Dennis Fargo and
William Vradenburgh were arrested on
suspicion OF being connected with the
stealing.