Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-06-06
STATE NEWS.

Miss Daisy Davidson of Barre has paid
a line of $500. Her house was raided
week ago and she was originally sem
fenced TO six months at the house of cor
rection for selling liquor illegally.
Congressman Frank l.. Green was one
of the congressional delegation to attend
the funeral of Congressman Forrest
Goodwin at Skawhegan, Me-, Saturday.
The Baptist church of Groton this
week observed its Tooth anniversary.
Services in its commemoration began
Sunday and will be concluded Monday.
Rev. s. II. Myers is pastor of the church.
1t was announced at a special meeting
OF the Montpelier City Council Monday
night that arrangements had been made
with the Central Vermont railway for
leasing Langdon meadow for use as an
athletic field by the boys and girls of the
city.
Norwich university is on the list of
those colleges and universities whose
honor graduates will be appointed to
second lieutenancy in the United States
army without examination other than
physical. Secretary of War Garrison has
but recently signed the order.
Jesse Griffith of Waitsfied was found
about 3 o'clock Saturday morning, lying
unconscious in the road to North Fays-
ton, near Mrs. Fred Wilder's. His throat
was badly cut and 10 stitches were
necessary The matter has been put into
the hands of the authorities.
The June term of Lamoille county
court opened Tuesday morning with
Judge Fish presiding. The term will be
short one, there being no civil cases
| Tor trial, the three set for trial having
been settled. There will be one of two
state cases, which with divorce cases
and other court matters will occupy the
attention of court the remainder of the
week
Ray Goodale's automobile ran back
ward across the sidewalk on Main street
hill at Brattleboro Saturday and into a
machine shop. Mancini the proprietor,
saw the automobile and started to get
out of the way His ankle was caught
between the doorway and machine,
hut not seriously injured. The brake on
the automobile failed to hold when
chains were being adjusted.
Ugo Ceragiol was arrested by officer
George Horton about three o'clock Sat
urday night. as he was driving load
of Is kegs Of beer up Union street in
Winooski. The beer was seized and
taken to the police office, and the young
man placed in the lookup. Ceragoil
claims he did not know what he had in
the light express wagon, saying that the
owner asked him to get on and ride.
The kegs were fastened about the back
board of the wagon and were covered
with hay. At the hill, Officer Horton,
who was on Malletts Bay avenue, no.
ticed that the horse made hard work of
Il it,fy hn ha lot olx
investigated Ugo is held as witness
to clear up the case in court.
: An unusually large number of first
offenders were tried on charges of in.
! toxication last month in Burlington City
court and 81 answered to this call out OF
, the Al cases tried. OF the remaining 2S
} nine were cases of intoxication against
old offenders and majority of these
) were sent to the asylum at Waterbury
The others were: Keeping a theater
without license, one; selling cigarettes
; to minors, one; illegal sale of intoxicat
ing liquor, four; breach of the peace
four; illegal fishing, one; petit larceny
two; assault with intent to kill, one
The last was nole pressed and the case
taken care of in county court.
While Mrs George NJ. Jones of Waits
field accompanied by her daughter
Marion, and Henry Miner of Montpelier
were returning from the exercises OF
Memorial day, they met an automobile
, driven by John Mclaughlin. Owing tC
= the rough road, Mr.. Mclaughlin il
T.. alleged to have been on the wrong side
Mrs. Jones horse became frightened ant
, leaped over the bank, upsetting the car
, riage and the occupants upon the
, ground. Mrs. Jones sustained severe in
juries, breaking her left arm near the
elbow in such "a way that all three bones
were badly split. DR.. Bidwell of Water
a bury set the bones, but it was necessary
to administer ether. AT Npresent Mrs
I Jones is as comfortable as could be eX
! pected.
2 Harry F. Baldwin of Barre, employed
by Reynolds e. Son as a salesman anC
proprietor of the Baldwin correspond
+ ence school, is at the Barre City hOspita
in grave condition as the result of tax
ing bichloride of mercury tablet by
mistake. it is said, for headache potion
at his apartments in the Morse blocl
Monday forenoon at o'clock. Drs. V
c. Goodrich and P. E. Duffy who were
: called at $3.50 o'clock, worked over tn,
=. man until near noon. when he was re
/ moved to the hospital. Monday after
o noon it was stated that the patients con
dition was serious, although everything
{ known to medical science had been APP
= piled in his behalf The bottle contain
S ing the bichloride tablets was plainl,
= labeled on the outside with the drug
;. gist's poison warning also printed on thu
t sticker. Across each tablet the wore
poison appeared in raised letters. Bald
e win told the doctors that he purchased
a the bottle in st. Johnsbury. He tool
@ one of the little tablets, thinking it to b
E a headache aleviator, he said. Their
i were II of the mercury tablets left il
II the bottle.