Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-17

toms indicated severe poisoning and
was wet, it had generated gas, which
being liberated by the rapidly revolving
cylinder of the machine, was inhaled b,
the men, producing an effect similar t.
that of poisonous fungus or toadstools Of
coal gas. The men tainted and physi
clan was called. They have now recov
cred, though some were i'll nearly {
week
Thomas Coburn who resides on what
is known as Coburn hill, Craftsbury
shot and killed himself October at his
home. No cause is given'f for the act.
Mrs. Hannah ,Slayton) Holt who died
September 80 at the home of her grand.
daughter. Carrie Waite, in Woodstock
was 100 years, six months, and Is days
old.
The loss by fire which broke out in
the transfer sheds # the Boston q
Maine railroad at Newport will probably
amount to sos 900. Thirteen cars were
burned 10 the running gear. They were
estimated to be worth, with their con-
tents, about SIS, 900. All of the property
is fully covered by insurance. Among
the cars destroyed was one which con.
So 600.
The postoffice at Post Mills lin Thet-
ford) was destroyed by fire during We'd
nesday night All the stamps, postal
funds and letters were destroyed, while
considerable part of second class matter
was damaged. Postmaster E. S. Knight
has established temporary office and
the business of the department is being
anr cd dol,
Mrs William E. Duggan of Burlington
is at the Fanny Allen hospital in "a
critical condition after swallowing a
tablet of bichloride of mercury, taken
instead of headache tablet. She did
not discover her mistake for five hours
In an adjoining room lies her daughter.
Miss Josephine Duggan. recovering
from an operation for appendicitis, per
formed a few days ago. She does not
know of her mothers condition.
Counterfeit half dollars have made
their appearance in Barre and the hasty
spende:, who carelessly pockets his
change without exercising the recount
privilege is very likely to get feather
weight coin unless he redoubes his vigi
lance. The bogus coin is an exact like
ness of the real one so far as appearances
go, 1t is said, but it has greasy feeling
that helps to confirm suspicious of its
spuriousness once it is weighed.
While Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. White of
Townline, were in Vergennes, called
there by an accident to their niece their
barn and Toulouse caught fire and were
DESTROYED, with Is pigs two weeks old,
sllo, all the farming tools, and large
quantity of hay. The loss is 81 800,
with $500 insurance.
Judge E. l.. Bates of Bennington, who
has been in Washington for the past 10
days, has been i'll since his arrival at the
national capital. A severe cold, followed
by an attack of acute indigestion, has
confined him to his hotel under the care
of trained nurse. The latest word re.
ceived from him was that he was re-
covering
Petitions IN bankruptcy have been
filed by Margaret l.. Hassam and Flor
ence M, Borah of Burlington, doing a
grocery business under the firm name of
Hassam & Borah, who claim to have
liabilities of 81, l05 Ga and assets of
81 ,230 with sos claimed exempt; and by
Henry Crawford, of Putney, a farmer,
who gives his liabilities as Sl35l00S
and his assets as 1885. of which $500 is
cAeilpl.
Walter Beach of Shrewsbury, had a
narrow escape when the 45-foot bridge
which crosses Cold river broke throwing
him, three horses and about 100 feet of
hemlock boards into the stream. Mr..
Beach was on his way to Clarendon and
was half way across the bridge when the
structure collapsed. He jumped when
the crash came and the load of lumber
turning over hit him on one shoulder.
The horses were unhurt.
Homer Howard, an employe at the
Corona marble quarry, was badly in
jured Tuesday morning of last week
while moving blocks of marble. Two
slabs tipped over, catching one of his
legs and cutting it nearly in two be-
tween the knee and ankle, He was
taken to the Proctor hospital by DR.. j.
w. Estabrook, and it will probably be
necessary to amputate the limb. Mr..
Howard is about 80 years old.