Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-03-14
STATE NEWS.

Barre. He came to Vermont from Scot
land in 1904.
A fire that caught from the chimney
awoke the family of II. B. Hutchins at
Brattleboro Sunday morning at two
o'clock. The cracking was heard in
time to save the house.
Phillip Ryan has brought suit in Rut-
land county CT urt against Joseph Gagnon
to recover 81 600 for alleged negligence.
Ryan's carriage was run down last No
vember by the defendants automobile.
1t is expected that an appropriation of
$40 900 will be needed to put the sewer
system of Bellows Falls into satisfactory
condition. A large part of the present
system has been outgrown.
Austin w. Roel, manager of the Brat
tleboro Retreat farm, has Just completed
80 years of service. Three years ago he
was placed in charge of the farm. For
80 years he was in charge of the garden.
Kirk Jennison, aged 80, of West Town
shend, had his first railroad ride Thurs
day, when he went on the West River
railroad to Brattleboro in connection
with lawsuit. 1t was also his first visit
to Brattleboro.
a Central Vermont engine, hauling a
passenger train from White River juno
ton to Evarts, blew out flue Friday,
badly injuring the fireman. Hot Goals
/ and gases were blown into the cab, burn
| ing the firemen's clothes from his body.
Albert c. BuiTa, the young smuggler
who was arrested after gettieg two
! Chinamen across the line, started Mon
day in care Of Deputy United States
Marshal E. S. Whitaker for the federal
/ prison at Atlanta, Ga, where he will
spend two years
! j. p. Galeher, Montpelier agent for
the Central Vermont Railway, was motif
! fled Saturday from headquarters at st.
A lbans that the company's station at
Richford was broken into some time
Friday night and robbed Among the
booty carried off by the robbers were 40
mileage books numbered from 145, 300
to 145, 339. The public is warned against
buying these books as they have been
cancelled by the company.
Arthur B. Shepard of st. Adams, a
Central Vermont brakeman, was serl-
ously injured Saturday evening about
eight o'clock, necessitating the amputa-
ton of his left leg below the knee. The
young man was engaged in shifting cars
at Swanton and in some way his left
foot and leg were run over, badly crush
ing them. He was brought to st. Alhans
on light engine and taken to the hOspi-
tai where he was attended by DR.. Alan
Davidson, the railway chmpany's sur
geon. Shepard is % years old.
James Harmon was crushed to death
Monday morning at s 80 o'clock when
slab of slate. weighing four or five tons,
toppled upon him. He was at work with
his brother, Matthew, in the pit of the
Consolidated Slate company. two miles
north of Poultney, prying at the big slab
of slate, 10 feet high. He turned to pick
up a thicker bar. when suddenly the slab
loosened and fell upon | i'm. Death was
instantaneous. The slab then broke and
struck Matthew, who received fracture
of the leg above the knee, three fractured
ribs near the backbone, and probably
internal mi uries. James is survived by
a wife and two sons Both of the
brothers lived at Hampton, n. Y.
"Babe" Brace, well-known figure in
st. Adams police courts, attempted sui
eide by drinking carbOlic acid Friday
afternoon while at the Franklin county
Jail awaiting removal to the Chittenden
county Jail at burlington. 1t is said
that Brace secured the poison in some
unknown way from a fellow prisoner.
DIR. 5. w. Paige and DIR. Arthur Morton
were summoned and although Brace was
badly burned it was thought that it
would be safe to take him to Burlington
Deputy Sheriff l.. w. Ravlin came to st.
Alban. to accompany Brace to that city.
Brace IL charged with the larceny of
fur coat from w. b. johnson of Essex
junction the night of November II.
Julius Wells was arrested Monday
evening SwantOp CHARGED with rho
murder of his young son, Lewis, the first
of two children of Mr.. and Mrs Wells to
die under suspicious circumstances. Mrs.
Wells is now awaiting trial for the
murder of her children. Mr.. Wells was
brought TO St. Adams to the county jail
he denies the charge and remains very
calm. Deputy Sheriffs H. b. Cross and
c. w. James made the arrest on a war
rant made out by States Attorney Gay
lord f. Ladd. r. E Brown of Burlington
W II assist the States attorney in the trial
of MIR. and Mrs. Wells, the latter having
been arrested some weeks ago charged
with poisoning the children.
Traffic of all kinds was tied up for
several hours Monday on the Boston q
Maine railroad between BrattieborO and
Bellows Falls on account of flames from
freight wreck which took place at 80
a. m. at East Putney. Fourteen cars and
( their contents were burned Two north
bound b. & NJ. freight trains crashed
into each other. The leading train was
standing still, and the engine crew of
the second jumped and escaped injuries
a tank car was broken open and the oil
ran down the road, six inches in depth,
burning as it went. The wiecking trains
were DELAYED several hours in clearing
the tracks by the bu rning of car of
soft coal.
Mountain Mills, a lumber hamlet about
two miles south of Wilmington, had
$25, 900 fire early Sunday morning which
is the third large blaze that has visited
that place in five years. The office
building containing the store and post
office, the boarding house that accom-
modated about 90 people and two dwell
ing houses were destroyed. The large
mill which stands only about hundred
feet from the burned buildings, was