The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-04-01
News of the Week.

affair is represented as having been par.
ticularly brilliant and successful.
The stage across the Lake from
Port Kent to Burlington, broke through
the ice, on Saturday week. The passen-
gers escaped, but two horses were
drowned.
Suicide has become a mania in
our little State Scarcely week pass
es without the occurrence of one or more
cases. Mrs. Levi Boydcn, aged sixty
five years, committed suicide at Gull.
ford last week. 1t is stated she was la.
boring under arrangement.
Tho Phocni1 relates the story of
a COW having been lost sometime 10 DC.
tobcr last, and found again this Spricg,
in wood where she bad pleasantly pas.
sed the winter. 1t was supposed sho
had boen stolen, but an examination
showed she had burrowcd all through
tho sovcre wiutor by 'hc sils Of an up.
loo,cd true, heading from the tree were
several welktrodden paths to brook
near by. She had subsisted on the un.
dcrbrush in the vicinity, and is reported
in good order.
MIR. i l.. Tilden has resigned
his office as cashier of the Bank of Roy.
alton.
-" Young Morgan" of Barre, was
recently sold to parties 10 Manchester,
N. H., for $500.
THE CakeEonian reports the mys
FERROUS disappearance of a Mr.. Russell
from St. Johnsbury, for week or more.
He left bis home for the Plains and has
not since been heard from.
Tho Firemen of St. Johnsbury
are out on sugar party to-day.
We regret to learn Of the Death
Of Mr.. D. A. BowE, formerly Of this
place, but for sone time editor of the
Coos Republican. He died at hancas.
ter, N. II on Sunday week.
The Woodstock Gas Works are
turning out to DO a poor investment
The Standard says the Company have
suspended operations for the present.. At
their last meeting q resolution to assess
ei0 on share was laid on tho table.
We are sorry TO soc so valuable on i'm
provement fail of success
Mr.. j. ] Randall has been up,
pointed Superintendent of Construction
for the Court House at Rutland.
~ servant of j. NJ Mott, at AL.
burgh, lately broke into desk, in the
absence of the family from home, and
apptoprating sl25, dccamped.
EDlToR IN LUCK. The Bellows Falls
Argus has been appointed Postmaster.
He has stood by his colors during tho
battle, and is richly entitled to the
spolls.
-Wo are sorry to say, On tho au.
thority of the WatcAman, that the
$4,000 Post Office appropriation for
Montpelier, is telegraphic blundcr.
The Phocnix chronicles the exc.
dus from BratslebOro of a large number
of young men, bound for Minnesota and
the West.
The New York papers having
completely exhausted all tho horrors Of
tho Burdell Murder in all its forms OF
Coroner's inquest. indictment by Grand
Jury and proceedings before the Pro.
bate Court, to establish tho marriage of
Mrs. Cunningham, and having in vain
attempted solution of the mystery,
have finally sought relief In solemn
FARGO Of another character. A young
woman twenty two years old daughter
of a wealthy liquor doalor in the city,
took it into her heal to marry her faith.
el's coachman who is represented to be a
jolly sort Of gontcel Irishman. The
marriage was secret. and when it came
to the ears of the father. no tried sever.
al legal oxpodionts to save his daughter,
but without succcss. Tho daughter, was
adjudged to DO tho lawful wife of the
ooachman, and all Of New York which
lives in the streets, we're highly delight.
ed with the exploit. In another column
will be found view of the subject by
tho slow old fogy, who presidcs over the
Providence Journal
WASHINGTON ITEMS. After week
of doubt, it is now said to bo certain,
that Mr.. Robert j. Walker, has been
appointed aud has accepted the Office of
Governor of Kansas Mr.. Walker has
been heretofore Unidentified with the ultra
southern wing of his party but as he is