Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-08-21
STATE NEWS

r. S. Page, who is still confined to the
house by mild attack of fever.
Edward j. Hall OF Bennington and
Clarence Daley of Schenectady, N. Y.
were convicted in municipal court Sat
urday of.having short trout in their pos
session and were fined with costs Sl514
each.
Warm maple syrup, served upon real
snow Tuesday afternoon in the Akeley
Memorial building by the Old Home
Week association, was a unique feature
of Old Home week Fully 100 persons
enjoyed the delcacv. The snow was
furnished by II. E. Jenney and was
obtained in the cave on Mount Mans
field
Kendall Benson, the 14-year.old son
of Earl Benson of Manchester, who was
visiting an uncle in Bondville, was
drowned Saturday afternoon in the Liv.
ermore mill pond Younger boys. who
were with him, summoned help and the
body was recovered. DR.. A. w. Thomas
of Jamaica was soon on the scene but
his efforts to restore life were unavail-
ing. The victim leaves his parents. two
sisters and one brother.
Frederick Mason of st Adams. ire
man on the night switching locomotive
in the freight yard at New London,
Conn. was decaptated and his body
horribly mutilated about o clock Satur
day evening when he was caught in a
sideswipe collision Just north of Union
passenger station. Mason evidently in
tended to jump. but he was literally
jammed to death as he fell between
locomotive and car and his body crushed
and scalded. Mr.. Mason leaves wife in
New London.
Adelbert Chayer committed suicide bv
taking carboIic acid Saturday night in
field in Waterbury where merry 60
round was playing, because, it is said,
his sweetheart with whom he had quar-
relied refused to accept tickets to ride on
carousal. He lived only 10 minutes af
ter being found. He was 81 years old
and was cook for a Central Vermont
railroad construction crew. His home is
in White River Junction, where the
body was taken by his parents
The Central block on the north side of
the business square in Mortified was
visited by fire saturday morning and
loss of $40, 600 was sustained The prin-
cipa store losses Were bv c. :. Rich
mond and f. :. Dyk-, and the chief
damage to the building was in the base
ment and first floor of the Odd Fellows
half of the block. The cause of the fire
- Il III Slel L he lltIlltc HiOudDlN OIIE-
mated near the basement partition sepa-
rating the Richmond and Dyke stores
There was another cave-n Saturday
at the Mullin quarry in West Rutland,
belonging to the Vermont Marble COM
pany, where several weeks ago thousands
of tons of rock slid into the pit, causing
considerable damage but no loss of life.
In Saturdays slide one large scale
tumbled to the bottom of the quarry,
smashing the trestle of the incline rail-
road which was ir course of repairs. 1t
did no other damage.
Leroy Duel q years old, was the VIC
tim of a serious accident recently at the
plant of the Rutland Fire Clay company,
in Rutland, when his right leg and the
index finger on his right hand were seri
ously bruised by the wheels of a car
loaded with about 1000 pounds of clay,
which passed over him. Mr.. Duel
started to run around the load of clay
and slipped falling in front of the NOV
ing car. The front wheel rolled over
him, the car being stopped as the rear
wheel reached his body. He was taken
to his home and DR.. F. H. Gebhardt was
called and dressed his wound.
The old Italian marble quarry situated
on the Mott d. Warner farm north of
Brandon will be opened Immediately.
The property which is owned by the
Shuttleworth corporation of New York
city, has been idle for some years
About % hands will be employed. The
reason for opening the abandoned quarry
Is said to be the shortage of the corpora
tion receipts from Italy due to the war
in Europe and danger of transportation
During an electrical storm which oc-
Cured in the vicinity of Burlington
about 7:30 o'clock Saturday evening a
high northwest wind dashed the lake into
what is thought to have been the rough.
est weather this season. The storm, as
is often the case on the lake, came with
almost no warning and the high rollers
were very "chOppy, making the worst
kind of weather for small craft, which
scurried to the shore from all direc-
tiOns. One row boat was smashed to
kinding at Red Rocks. 1t is thought
70 have been a tender from some power
boat.
The Rev. Charles Elmer Beals, a. NJ.
B. D., pastor of the Brandon COngrega.
tional church, has rendered his resgna-
ton as pastor to take effect October
He has been pastor of the church two
years, succeeding the Rev. William v
Berg, now of Philadelphia, Mr. Beals is
graduate af Dartmouth college and
Bangor Theological seminary and has
served churches at Randolph, NorthpOrt
Me-, and Brandon. He formerly taught
in Bangor Theological seminary, and
will probably again enter the educa
tional field. His pastorate in Brandon
has been most prosperous and his depar
ture will be regretted.