Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-11-19

$4,000 memorial tablet for the World
War veterans. More than that sum wa,
raised,
To Start Boosting
The Rutland Chamber of Commerce
which in its intensive campaign of one
week completed a total membership 81
800 is to start boosting the city's pro.
gress.
Building Hospital
The walls of the new hospital to be
built at Springfield are rising on the
site given by the late H J. Whtcomb
The entire building will be ll2 seet
long
Dogs Chase Sheep, Killed
Two thoroughbred dogs owned by
Dr. +, r. Lynch of Brattleboro which
chased and killed sheep belonging to
Danna Stafford were caught and shot
by Mr. Stafford The dogs had killed
several sheep and bitten others
Arrest Trio
Three men were arrested at St. AL
| bans last Thursday charged with steal
! ing an automobile from DR.. Keefe of
Springfield, Mass The men were Ray
mond Field, Leslie Thomas and Ray
mond R. Sweeney, the latter being a
former St Adams man They have
been taken back to Springfield
Nonagenarian Couple Vote
Mr. and Mrs. Clark King of Mont
pelier, who are past 80 years of age,
and who a short time ago celebrated
their Goth wedding anniversary, were
the oldest couple in Montpelier AMI
probably IN the State to vote Novem-
Der 2 They cast their ballots for
Harding and Coolidge
Bail Clairvoyant
Charles Nash alleged clairvovaut,
arrested two weeks ago at Albany, N.
Y, on the request of Rutland officers,
has pleaded not guilty in Rutland ci,y
court to grand larceny and released en-
bail of 500 He will be tried at coun-
ty court on the charge of fleeing
Mount Holly man by Ponzi methods.
To Eliminate tuberculosis
Sidney H. Katz, chemist of the Uni
ted States Bureau of Mines, at Pitts
burg, is making a study of the air
found in the granite plants of Barre
with a view of determining the amount
of dust particles in the air. The re-
search work is part of the investiga-
ton for the elimination of tuberculo-
sis in mineral industries
Fine for Drunken Motorist
E. W. Kittridge of Bethel, who was
arrested several weeks ago on the
charge of operating an automobile
while intoxicated, was fined i'll Mont
pelier City Court Monday 5000 and
costs, which he paid Kittridge was i'll
jured when an automobile tipped over
on the Mortified road one Saturday
night following a dance in Montpelier
Memorial for c. E. Putney
The alumni of St. Tohnsbury Acad.
envy are compiling a memorial to the
late Charles E. Putney of BURLINGTON,
who was for Is years the principal of
the academy The book will be pub
lished before the holidays 1t contains
tributes of former pupils both in the
st. Tohsbury Academy and the Bur
lington school.
Fine Rutland Trio
Fines aggregating 500 were imposed
on three Rutland men in Keene, n H.,
municipal court the other day, having
been found guilty of transporting
liquor. The men are Joseph H. Shep- |
hard, John Lawlor. and Paul Tetreault. |
When arrested they had PIG bottles of
booze in their automobile
Auto Accident goliath
The report of the automobile acct
dent in which Donald Staples hit a
carriage driven by Mr. Knapp in
Montpelier on November 8 was re-
ceived by the secretary of State. This
made the 20l4th accident report made
to the automobile department this
season and in spite of the cold wealth
er several reports reach the Office each .
day.
Nears Coast on Horseback
News has been received of the safe
arrival in Elke. New, of Miss Billie
Lempie, on her long horseback ride
from St. Adams to San Francisco.
Miss Lempie. left St Adams last June
&c. Up to the present time she writes
that she has had splendid success and
expects to reach her goal in about
three weeks. Miss Lempie is enjoy
ing perfect health and her mount,
Salem" which many people thought
would never stand the trip, is in fine
Damage for Spark Destruction
In the case of Mary A. Chase and
Sarah R. Place VS.. Linford o. Nye,
-ort, St. Albans, a verdict was return
I'd in Franklin County Court Satur-
lay morning for the defendant, who is
% recover his taxable costs. This is
he second time the case has been
ried, resulting the first time in a YER
lict for the plaintiffs The plaintiffs
,laimed that the destruction of their
house and barn at Highgate was
,aused by sparks from the foundry of
he defendant.
Sleepy Officials in St. George
The secretary of State has received
rom St George further information
elative to the general election held in
hat town recently which in a way
XDla MS. DerhaDS. the reason for the