The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-10-29
News of the Week.

son,of Eastman Stcars, accidentally shot
himself. Returning from hunting, be
leaned upon his gun which discharged its
loading into the head of the unfortunate
boy, and caused his death.
The Bellows Falls Argus rejoices
in the fact that after one more issue tho
Presidential contest will be over and he
shall be relieved of political matters.
We should think the consideration would
BIO q great comfort to an honest fellow
on his side of the question.
- The Montpelier Democrats fred
one hundred guns and burnt a heap of
tar, to testify their relief on learning
that Pennsylvania had gone democratic.
- The Vermont Patriot is anxious
"to keep it before the people, that peace
and good order are restored in Kansas"
\ In view of the fact that, last week, $50
men women and children, peacefully en-
igraiing were arrested aud detained
there as prisoners of war, we should say
that in order to keep" it long, the Pa
triot will have to be uncommonly active.
- The town fair In Nottingham Oct.
7. was successful $50 pairs of oxen
and ste ers were exhibited. The show of
horses sheep and swine was good
- The PhGnt1 says that George
Campbell of Westminster took one hun.
dred and fifty dollars in premiums on
Spanish aud Siesian Sheep, at the Ma.
tional Fair in Philadelphia.
- The Fair at Bradford came of as
per advertisement Thirty acres of
ground were inclosed. Two hundred
horses were on exhibition,-m0:tly
mares, colts aud FLIES In cattle there
was nothing of special interest except
the general good quality Of the working
oxon. The usual exercise Of the horse s
occupied portion Of the time. A horse
of Rice of Putney having Messenger
blood, trotted milo in 2;43 A per-
formanco Of ladies on horseback was a
great "attrac,ion." An accident proven
ted tie balloon ascension, but Mr. Marsh
succeeded admirably with his address.
The Temperance Standard detected
but one drunken man among the crowd.
THE ELEcTIoNs.-I is now nscer.
tanned beyond doubt that immense
frauds have been perpctrated by the
democrats in Indiana and Pennsy \vania.
| Tho increase of the demo cratic votes in
| the former state ii is said, indicates an
increase of population at the rate of one
qua'ter IF million in two years. The
democratic majority official, in Pcpnsyl.
vania, is between three and four thou.
sand. The Congressional Election in
Ohio, results in the choice of eight dem
ocrats and thirteen republicans. The
seat of Mr.. Lewis D Campbell is to be
contested. The Republican majority in
the State over the demo Gratis is about
10000 In Florida the democrats have
succeeded by 400 msjority.
- Keitt of South Carolina has been
dissolving the Union, during the past
week, behind the Barnwell Court House,
in one of the back counties of that patri.
otto state He seems, from tho papers,
to have had a pleasant little job of it,
and hope he made it pay.
- Some letters have recently come to
light, by which it fully appears that Ex-
Gov. Shannon, during the time he mis-.
ruled Kansas, and Whitfield the dole
gate to Congress were involved in a plot
to foist Slavery into the Territory.
"A man by the name Of Hunting.
ton, who has been 4 broker on Wall
Street New York, fast man, and fash.
ionable, has been arrested and is now In
the Tombs, for committing extensive
forgeries. The amount is said to sx.
coed three hundred thousand dollars.
- The Union Electoral Ticket in
Psnnsy lvania was ratified at Lancaster,
with great enthusiasm by = largo Fill.
more meeting on the 25th inst.
- Ex-Presidcnt Van Buren, aud his
son Smith, were thrown with great vic.
lepcs from a carriage at ysla,ia, on