The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-09-02

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| George Newell, son Of A. G Newell, Of
| Charlotte, in this State, was killed on
one of the western Railroads on the 9Th
instant. near Milwaukee. in Wisconsin.
| Young Newell was about "a years of
age, and young man of sober and in.
dustrious habits, and of much promise.
--Sentinei.
LARGE SQuAsH.-C. G. Wright. of
Bradford. has in his garden Squash,
measuring four feet six inches one way,
and Two feet six inches tho Other. -
| Journal
FREAK OF THE WIND On Friday Of
last week, very singular phenomenon
occurred in Tinmouth 10 this State in
the shape of a whirlwind which passed
over the farm of Mrs. Esther Pratt. tax.
ing UP in as compact q form as when
rskcd some half dozen tumbes Of hay
carrying them up to the height of come
sixty or seventy feet above the tops of
the highest trees, when they were torn
into a thousand fragments, aud went
whirling upward till lost from sight. A
few scattering straws were left in the
| yard. but where the main part of said
hay went to remains a mystery, as moth.
ing has been heard from it since it took
its sudden Departure Wallingtord
Spy.
Mr.. F. c. Gilman of MONTPELIER.
has lately sold his fine Hambletonian
Black Hawk Stock Horse for $500.
He was one of the best horses in the
State, and is to be taken to Cuba Pa.
rot.
A FLORAL CuRiosiTY.-A correspou.
dent of the Caledonian makes mote" of
the following
There is something of curiosity
found in the gardsn of Miss Crandall.
Charlestown, last week. On common
rose bush was found pure white rose.
differing in all respects from the common
flower on the same bush and somewhat
larger and the stem, instead Of ending at
the flower, seems TO pass directly through
the centre Of it upwards some eight in
ohes Some four inches above t he rose
were five balsamine flowers in full blow.
and several others in the process of de.
vclopement. The stem was dissimlar to
that of the balsamine, being solid instead
of tubular as is usual. have mover
heard or read of any such freak of ma.
ture and supposing it worthy of notice,
have sent an account OIL TO you for pub
LEGATION There were no balsamlnes in
the garden save those found on that par.
ticulsr stem
MARBLE.-Some half dozen different
kinds Of marble are being used iu the
construction Of the Capitol. The OK.
ternal walls are of white marble. from
Lee, Massachusetts, In the interior
work are used the pure white Italian.
the varieeated Italian, variagated Ten.
ncssee, varigated Vermont or verd an
tiqne. and one or two other kinds in
small quantities. Previous to selecting
marble for the walls of the extension.
twelve different kinds were tested in
order to ascertain their strength The
four strongest samples were as follows.
A sample from East Chester, New York.
withsiood a pressure of 279l7 pounds
to the square inch Lee Massachusetts,.
22702; Hastings, New York, 2So4I;
Baltimore small crystal, 1851 All
the other samples went under 10000
pounds-Banner.
HoRsB THEiF.-Ta0enty fue Dollars
ReWard.-A man giving his namo as
Parker, who has been cleaning clocks and
watches from house to house. for several
weeks past 10 this vicinity-cnlline him
self Webster, from Lowell, Mass, where
he worked; sometimes pretending to hunt
pearls, sometimes that he hunted gold,
showing samples Of both, and sometimes
that he wanted to buv butter and wool,
and other property, &c., &c. hired
small bay bob tailed mare, ten years
old, stiff or lame forward. a black, Con
cord buggy wagon, light and old. and y
brest plate harness. of l. c & S Brown,
in Waterbury,. on Tuesday. Aug 18th.
for one day. and has not returned it.
The owners offer reward of twenty.
five dollars, and necessary expenses for
the team and man He was last seen
in Moretown, on Tuesday, at dark, near
the Mountain, inquiring for mountain
road to Roxbury.
Said Parker is middle aged man, a.
bout five feet. eight or ten inches in
height, dark or saliow complexion, with
long, heavy, black whlskers and had on
when he left, dark pants, light vest
black fur hat and dark coat;-Fleeman.
RAILROAD AcciDENT.--As the Yer
mont Central cattle train, on the Lowell
Railroad. was passing near Billerica on
Tuesday afternoon, an exletree broke
throwing seven oars from the track and
smashing them up badly. One man was
slightly injured, and narrowly escaped
death, as the car in which he was was
completely demolished Mono of the
cattle were killed, but some we're injured
more or less.
The Mexican government still con.
siders war with Spain inevitable, and
| proposes to raise the means of defense
from the sale of Territory, the confsca.
tiou of cLurch property, or forced loan
| AUGUSTA, Tuesday. Aug 25, 1857
Late intelligence from Florida is to the
effect that Capt Mickle7 aud the Flori
da Volunteers have captured five Semi.
| noles. The Indians had hoisted n white