Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-12-05
STATE NEWS.

term of Caledonia county court charged
with assault with intent to kill her hus-
band, Roy Cheney.
Jerd Brothers of Randolph snapped
a nice plump gobbler for horse be-
longing to rural mail carrier and got
so cents to boot. The high price of
turkeys and the fact that the horse had
seen his best days made the trade pos
sible.
James Gilfllan, 80, and his wife. So,
live alone on their farm at Barnet and
do all the work. In 1854, with IL others
he sailed three-masted schooner for
San Francisco to search for gold, staying
for two years in camp on the Big Oregon
Bend.
Horton Sheldon, aged 81, a cylinder
pressman in the employ of E. L. Hill
dreth of Brattleboro, is at the Memorial
hospital in that town with severe con-
cussion of the brain and possible other
injuries He fell down the elevator
shaft. His physician thinks he will re-
cover.
Twenty-Five years ago F. E. Ray of
Orwell lost a silver hunting case watch,
a birthday gift from his father. The
watch was dropped in furrow while
day Mr.. Ray plowed up the watch. The
works are of course ruined but the cases
are in good condition,
Word reached st. Johnsbury Friday of
the death in Washington on Thanks
giving day of Eva Cobb Harris, wife of
John E. Harris, the former well-known
newspaperman now engaged in real
estate business in st. Johnsbury. Mrs
II la or hpr a
children, took 1900 mile carriage drive
from Danvlle to Washington.
James Palmer, aged %, of White
River Junction, was struck and thrown
almost on to the pilot of a big freight
locomotive at New Britain, Ct, Satur-
day. In some way he got on the tracks
and was hit by shifting locomotive.
Bruised by the shifter, he was not able
to get to his feet in time to prevent being
hit by the freight locomotive, which
tossed him near fence. He was terri
bly, shaken up and was taken to the gen.
eral hospital at New Britain.
AS result of the searches made in
houses on South Champlain street, Bur-
lington, Sunday afternoon, a number of
respondents appeared in City court
Monday, where bail was fixed. Four
were arraigned on charges of keeping
liquor on hand with intent to sell They
were Mrs. Josephine Stannard, John
Crowley, Charles STANDARD and Adolf
plus Mussey. In all cases bail was
fixed at $500 for selling and $50 in the
seizure cases.
At the state prison.at windsor Thurs
day 200 convicts were treated to a min
strel show given by 10 of their fellow
inmates. One of the convicts announced
that he wanted to start a prison paper
called The Monitor, similar to papers
now published in prisons in Ohio and
Minnesota. The idea has been endorsed
10y Supt. w. S. Lowell ana will be brought
soon to the attention of the. state board
of prison commissioners.
John H. Wrenn of Brattleboro, VT =,
sentenced to life imprisonment last July
for the murder of j. Stewart Hamilton,
in February last, has been denied new
trial. Attorneys for the prisoner had
petitioned for a retrial on the ground of
newly discovered evidence, which they
will carry to the supreme court Pend
ing a decision Wrenn will remain in Jail
in Keene, N. II. Wrenn fled to Nova
Scotia after the murder and was extra.
dited.
Charles Robertson, 10 years old, of
Barre, narrowly escaped serious injury
at Calais when his shotgun exploded,
tearing two large holes in his sweater,
his abdomen being grazed by the shot
while his face was badly cut. He was
standing on log the stock of the gun
resting on the ground, when the cart
ridge suddenly exploded, sending the
shot straight up in the air. Several
cartridges in belt about his waist also
exploded.
The woman whom Fred Turrill of
Shoreham shot in the station at White.
hall, N. Y, Tuesday in fit of jealousy
has given out statement that her cor
rect name is Mrs. Fred Lashua, and that
her home is in Richmond where she
married Mr.. Lashua in December, 1912,
and parted from him last May. She is
10 years of age. Although she has two
bullet wounds in her head, she is appar
emily recovering
Arthur Conley, aged 90, brakeman,
narrowly escaped death Friday evening
at White River Junction when he was
coupling cars. The train was started
without warning and he was thrown to
the tracks and rolled between the trans
fer platform and car for distance of
so feet before the train could be brought
to stop. Both of his arms were broken
and all the ribs on the left side of his
body fractured. 1t is not known whether
he received Internal injuries.
Mark II. Daniels died at the Barre
City hospital early Thursday morning
from injuries sustained by falling on a
circular saw Wednesday. He ret iined
consciousness to the last and directed
the disposition of his property. He
leaves his wife, five brothers, Senator
Harry Daniels of East Montpelier, George
Daniels of Calais, Pearl Daniels of War
rem, Fred Daniels of Fairfax and Leon
Daniels of Woodbury., and two sisters,
Mrs. Orlando Clark and Mrs. w. l..
Clark of East Montpelier.
The commission on revision of the
statute laws to make them conform with
the changes in the constitution has been
assigned rooms at the State House. where
1t has commenced its work. Senator
Hale K. Darling of Chelsea, Julius A.
Wilcox of Ludlow, assistant clerk of the
House OF Representatives, and Daniel A.
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