Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-02-05

While at work in the northern part of
Calais the other day Alfred Hastings
fell upon circular saw and lost one
finger and suffered injuries to his arm.
On the same day Theodore " God re-
celved an injury to foot while at work
in the Patch & Co., quarry, when
large stone crushed one toe and broke
some bones in the foot.
Surkin Yoon, native of Corea, and
Leon Narvieux, who claims Paris as
his residence, charged with smuggling
Cinnamon into this country, have been
held in 81, 900 bail to await the action of
the federal grand jury which meets in
Burlington the fourth Tuesday in Feb
ruary. The men, it is alleged, were en-
gagged in the same business, but were
not working together. Both were caught
at Island Pond after an exciting chase.
Sophie Salemi of Bennington has
brought suit against G. M. Leach of
Boston, the contractor who built the
new Bennington postoffice, claiming
damages fol injuries suffered while
working for him. Last May Halemi,
who was assisting in operating a der
rick, lost little finger and portion of
the hand. Salemi seeks $1,000.
At special meeting of the stock
holders of the E. & T. Fairbanks COM
pany Monday it was voted to issue
bonds for $3.50, 1000 to enable the COM
pany to fund its unsecured indebted
ness and provide for an increase of
working capital for the future extension
and development of the manufa curing
plant of st. Johnsbury.
Frank Shaw, native of Poland, after
Quitting himself with clothing and
jewelry by the simple process of rob-
bing man who had befriended him in
Brookline Tuesday night, is now spend
ing three months in the house of cor
rection at Rutland All of the stolen
property was recovered, but the SEN
tence was not imposed until after
Deputy Sheriff c. l. Knapp had put in
a busy time covering many hours and
numerous miles finding someone with
authority to impose a sentence.
The conservation of Coadjutor Bishop
George Y. Bliss, of Burlington, will
take place sometime in April. The
presiding bishop at the present time is
Bishop futile, of Missouri 1t is not
that he will delegate the Rt.
Rev. Arthur c. A. Hall the consecrating
bishop. The recent election Of Doctor
Bliss will have to be ratified by the
house of bishops and by the standing
committees, which will require several
weeks. Other formalities are the
acceptance of the Office of coadjutor
bishop by Doctor Bliss and his resigna-
nation as the rector of St. Pauls church.
Burlington. The conservation will not
take place until after the Lenten sea-
son.
Joseph Rochela of Rutland, an
italian marble worker employed by the
Vermont Marble company, was instantly
killed Monday morning by fall of 100
feet. While Rochela was getting some
boards from pile of debris with which
to make fire piece or wood snapped
and the force caused the man to lose
his balance and fall over the brink of
ledge to the floor Of the Patten quarry
Rochela was 26 years old and un-
married.
The Methodist church at Pittsfield |
was destroyed by fire Sunday after
noon at loss of "a, 600. The fire caught |
from furnace soon after the service. |
A large crowd of townspeople gathered |
and did good work in protecting neigh
boring houses. Nothing could be done
toward preventing the destruction of
the church because of the Roadway of
the flames. The church was enlarged
about Is years ago by the addition of a
chapel. During the present pastorate
of the Rev. Robert Heseltine the
church has been prosperous and an
effort to rebuild will probably be