Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
STATE NEWS.

prison at Windsor, 81 women and POI
men. The number is the largest ever
confined at the prison. Last year the
high mark was reached in February with
219 convicts.
While directing the moving of furni-
ture Monday at Sharon, Mass, Harry
Smith, aged as, slipped at the top of the
stairs, fell headlong to the landing be-
low, and was instantly killed. HE wife
was in the rooms above. One six-year-
old child survives. Mr.. Smith was a
native of Guilford.
Thawing out steam pipes with gaso.
line lamp A. III. Fassola accidentally set
fire to the woodwork of the draughting
room at the Excelsior Granite Co. 3 plant
at Montpelier Thursday. The prompt
work of a bucket brigade prevented
serious damage.
Harold Sulham, a Worthwhile boy, aged
about 10 years, was arrested Friday,
charged with taking $50 from the coat
pocket of his teacher, Miss Ruth Gordon.
The boy confessed, returning all but 81
which he had used. He was placed in
charge of the probation officer.
The New Englnad association of Gene
terry Superintendent has accepted the in
vitation to hold its summer meeting at
Barre next summer, come time in June.
The outing to be held in Barre is the out
come of campaign which the quarry
owners, manufacturers and board of
trade at Barre have engaged in for sew
eral weeks.
Ground will be broken in few weeks
for large building which is to house
the Rutland foundry & Machine com
pany. anew concern to be incorporated
for the purpose of doing general machine
work. 1t will be managed by Charles
E. Davis of Rutland. The Rutland Bust
ness Mems association was instrumental
in bringing the company to Rutland.
Charles NJ. Tiernan of Rutland, who
has been treasurer of the Green Noun.
tain Marble company of Rutland has be-
come manager of the Misssquoi Marble
Co. at Phillipsburg.
The interment of the body of the Rev.
II. NJ. Douglass, former pastor of the
Baptistst church at West Haven. took
place at that place Sunday morning. He
served the West Haven church for II
years, but for three years had been pas
tor at Bernardstown, Mass. where he
died after brief illness. Mr.. Douglass
was well known in Baptist circles and
was a graduate of Colgate university. In
order that he might render himself more
useful to the pee pie he acquired a con-
versational use of the French, German,
Italian, Spanish and Swedish languages.
The rapidity with which he mastered
foreign language was phenomenal.
Lafayette Houston met with a serious
accident while chopping wood, when he
cut cash on the right leg just below
the knee, severing an artery. Mr..
Houston lived alone at Stowe forks in
house across the river, belonging to his
brother, James E. Houston. By good
fortune he was able by shouting to at
tract the attention of the people at his
brothers house, where he taken as soon
blood and it was feared he would die
before the bleeding could be stopped. In
the afternoon the wound began bleeding
again and again it was feared he would
die. Excepting great weakness Mr..
Houston is comfortable now.
Fire at Brattleboro Monday afternoon
destroyed Il combination mail, baggage,
and smoking car and contente, which
included an accumulation of three days
snow bound mail to the extent of some
900 letters in rs sacks. The car was
standing in the yard at Brattleboro and
it took the firemen long time to reach
it. Two box cars were also burned.
How the fire started has not been deter
mined. The combination car was one in
use on the West River branch of the
Central Vermont railway and no attempt
had been made Monday to run train.
The letters were destined to Vermont
points
K. E. Mosher, Brattleboro liveryman,
came near losing pair of horses on a
recent night. A man, who gave his
name as Pratt, hired the team to go to
Halifax, saying he would return the
next morning. Instead of going to Hall
fax he went to Greenfield Mass, where
he tried at several places to sell the
horses, which led Chief of Police Man
ming of Greenfield to use the telephone.
Mr.. Mosher Immediately recognized the
horses from their description and the
Greenfield chief of police, with an auto,
soon overlook Pratt ard took him into
custody.
Gerald Carter, of Montreal, who was
passing Sunday with his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. H. II. Carter of st. Adams
point. narrowly escaped serious injury
at 10 80 o'clock Sunday morning when
he was kicked by horse. AS it was he
suffered bad shaking up and a lame
shoulder. Mr.. Carter had unhitched
horse and as he was leading it by another
horse in a stall he was kicked directly
under the left arm and had 1t not been
for heavy fur coat that he was wear
ing he might have suffered fractured
ribs.
Physicians attending Officer George
X. earle of the Barre police force, who
was found in a half frozen condition last
Thursday morning, have decided that
amputation must be made in the near
future if the mans life is to be saved.
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the ankles and each hand must be am
putated at the wrist. The patient is
still in critical condition, but the doc
| tors say he has q chance for racnuprv if