Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-04-04
STATE NEWS.

In 1912 Vermont paid $40 904 so for
bounties for bears, lynx and hedgehogs
Washington county led with total of
$5,340.30, while Waterbury was the
banner hedgehog town.
Mrs. Lucy B. Adams of Barre, pos
sesses Seth Thomas clock which is at
least $50 years old and is still in good
running order. 1t is of the style in.
vented by Ely Terry and was made and
sold in Plymouth, Conn. The clock for
merly belonged to the the parents of Mr..
Adams.
Daniel Smith, over so years of age,
and in poor health, attempted suicide
Tuesday morning by cutting his throat
with razor, supposedly while temper
arily deranged. Owing to weakness, he
did not cut deep enough to intiict seri
GUS cash, and is expected to recover.
Frank F. Riggs, jr., who recently came
to Rutland from Trenton, N j., and be-.
came associated with E. l.. Jangraw in n
plumbing business, was arrested Tuesday
on an indictment of a grand jury at
Trenton charging him with perjury.
The specific charge is that in giving IA
tax inventory Riggs concealed So 0C0
James Logan of West Rutland, IS
years old, has been sentenced to the
state industrial school, Vergenne4. for
the remainder of his minority. He war
convicted in the juvenile court at Rut
land of robbing a store at West Rutland.
1t was the first case to be disposed OF 10y
the probate judge, instead of being
heard in criminal urt as heretofore.
The steamer Ticonderoga made her
first regular trip of the season Tuesday
She left Burlington for Pattsburg =
tween 8 and 10 O'Clock and returned
about 80 in the afternoon. On account
OF the high water there may be some
irregularlty in the service for the first
week, and some of the usual ports may
not be touched. + G.. White is captain
! of the steamer, and John Rushow fiji 1t
pilot.
w. o. Spear of the firm of Spear Bros. e,
| Burlington, and b. G.. Thomas, also OF
that city, carpenter, are recovering
! from injuries sustained IN a ia of %
feet with scaffoding at the plant of the
| Shepherd d Morse Lumber Co. SATURDAY
night, and the condition of both men l.
not as serious as was at first supposed
Mr.. Thomas broke both bones in one
ankle but, SO far as can be learned, Mr..
Spear escaped with only shaking up
and many bruises.
After hanging three days and three
nights from the limb of IA tree, the body
of Bert Davenport, aged SO, who lived
with Bernie l.. Gleason in West Wind
ham, was found in the woods about a
quarter of mile from Mr.. Gleason :
home 1t was suspended by short rope
and the feet nearly touched the q ouud
Forest Jennison came upon the body
hanging from tree. Around the neck
was tied a handkerchief to which was
attached rope about three feet long
thrown over the limb.
The building of the Blodgett Hard
ware Co., Burlington, suffered $l3, O0C
fire Saturday morning. The loss to the
stock is mostly by water The fire was
discovered by woman living over the
Boston store, who saw column of
smoke pouring out of the rear windows
of the Blodgett block. She did not real
ize what was happening and failed &c
send in an alarm. 1t was nearly half al
hour later before an inmate of the block
awakened by the smoke, telephoned al
alarm. The flames had made consider
able progress in the interior of the build
ing when the department arrived but the
loss was confined to the interior. The
loss is covered by insurance.
"A severe WlDu anu tltClTlCdl SlOIlll Vi
only few minutes duration, passing
over ST. Johnsbury Monday afternoon
conferred its violence upon the stock farm
5 of George G. Cary. widely known as I
maple sugar dealer The chimney o
the cottage was blown off, limbs of shad
. trees were hurled through the window
sashes, and shade tree standing few
e feet from the house was split its entir
o length by lightning. Other shade tree
were blown down, as well as severa
= large naples in the sugar bush. Door
were blown from the barn, and car
e was carried out of it by the wind All
p swept many rods across field.
The body of Charles Gallagher,
years old, formerly of Milton, Mass
= who was an engineer on one of tn
n steam shovels on the Boston and Main
l. construction job in Hinsdale, N. Ii
was found Monday in depression on IN
! Smith meadow which had been over
G flowed since Wednesday. The body
e which was discovered by w. G. Shaffnel
was taken to the undertaking rooms 4
j. NJ. Lamb in Hinsdale. Mr.. Gallage
}, disappeared about dark Wednesda
;. evening. 1t is thought that he tried I
r. follow a short cut from camp No. l, o
the job, to Hinsdale, which was sui