The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-02-09
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T. THE DISAGREEMENT AT BETmeL. Con
siderable excitement has been produced
in Bethel, by rather singiar circumstan-
ces.
1t appears that a MIR. Gannott came
to his death by breaking his neck in n
fall from scaffold in his barn-at least
it was so supposodat the time of his death.
However. four days after his death,
aud two days after the corpse was buried,
people who were familiar with the cir.
cumstances of his death, began to express
fears that all was not right, and that
the real cause of his death was from
violence, by other hands than his own.
A coroner's jury was summoned. and in
their presence the coffin was taken up.
and a 7,ost-mOrtcm examination made up
on the body by four physicians, and the
jury declared that the deceased came to
bis death by violent hands
1t appeared in the examination that
there were three or four severe wounds
in his face supposed to have been made
with pitch fork
A man by the name Of Horace Bug
bee neighbor of the deceased, with whom
he had formerly had some misunder-
standing, and who was the first upon the
ground to give information of the event,
was arrested on suspicion.
On the 18th ult, Mr.. Bugbec had a
partial examination. and was committed
to the care OF the Constable. He was.
however, permitted to 60 home unatteud-
ed, where he remained till the 22d.when
the officer took him to Woodstock.
where he was admitted to bail by Judge
Collamer in the sum of Sl000.-Pat-
riot
ARREST OF CoUNTERFElTERs - We
understand that several persons were ar
rested in the east part Of Orange coun-
ty, on Tuesday last, for lrssii Z coun.
terfet money. Over hundred dollars
of counterfeit bills of the Housatonic
Bank, Massachusetts was 20 md on tie per.
sons Of the accused. One person arrest
ed after his arrest endeavorcd to swallow
bunch of the bills amounting to S32 in
the presence Of tie High Sheriff, who
caught the scoundrel by the throat and
succeeded in getting the money. We
understand several of the bills were pass
ed at the Orange County Bank. which
led to the arrest Of those suspected. -
One of the accused by the name of Jon.
athan Jessup. tavern keeper in West
Fairleo, was bound over to the County
Court in the sum of $4,000, aud for
want Of bail committed to the Jail in
Chelsea Two others. Enos George OF
West Fahlce and Peter Bragg, 4th, of
Strafford, were bound over in the sum of
$500 each Bragg was enabled to get
bail, but George was committed Jcssup
lately removed from Manchester. n ii
to West Fairlec, and is known to be a
desperate fcllow.-G. Mt. Herald.
PRoF BITTINGEn AT Sr. JoaNsBrrY
The last Caledonian thus speaks of
Prof Bl1TiNGER's lecture at ST. Johns,
bury, on the LIST inst:
We had another charming lecture be-
fore the Institute Tuesday evening, by
Prof Bittingcr His subject was "thc
laborcr. the artisan and the artist" He
spoke of the dignity of labor" Ike a
sensible man. told what labor had done
in the past history of the whrld and what
it was destined hereafter to do. The
large audience listened to the lecture
with marked attention and delight
Gratifying PRosrERIrY The Wor-
cester Transcript states that Mcssrs
Charles L.. VIM. G and George w
Harding, three brothers. who carried on
a woolcn factory in Oxford from ls47
tn ls49. but failed in the latter year and
taking advantage Of the insolvency laws.
received full discharge from their cred
itors have within fw days paid them
the full amount ofthcir claims principal
and interest They have now sold their
mill and machinery in Oxford, for
$50, 900. aud purchased the Burlington,
Vt, woollen mill for $4,000
APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR -
William Skinner, of Roynlton, Inspect
tor of Hops.