The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-03-03

About twenty have been received into
membership in the Baptist Church.-Sah-
dy I'M HeroH.
BAprIsM.-At the Baptist Church in
this village, on Sunday last, the ordnance
Of Baptism was administered by Rev. Lee
land Howard to thirteen persons aud on
the 9TH inst, nineteen persons were bap- |
TIED and six were admitted by letter AL |
so. nine persons we're baptized by Elder
Miles Grant, on Sunday last. - Rmland
Herald.
LIQUOR LAw.--Catharine Dillon, who
has figured before our Courts for long
time ms an inveterate rum seller was ar
ragned lately before Justice Bradley and
on a jury trial was found guilty of Eleven
offenses of selling and furnishing intoxica.
ting drinks Fine and cost amounted to
about $250.-She was also sentenced to
Four months imprisonment.--S -Wans
Messenger.
NEW PA1ENT.-Letters patent have re.
Gently been granted to +. B. Carpenter,
of Brattleboro. and Z n. Merriam, of
East Poultney, for improvements in the
manufacture Of melodeons BY means of
single series of diagonal levers placed
between the Keys and reeds, any given
tone together with its octave, octave and
fifth, octave and tenth, or octave fifth and
tenth, may be sounded at the same time.
Thus the whole common chord, or part
of it, may be played by the depression of
single key. This arrangement is said to
produce as much variety and volume of
tone with single set of reeds, as is usual
ly obtained by the use of two or three and
at much less expense. These improve
ments can also be upplied to organs
Phonia
The grocery of Mr.. Peterson was en-
tered on Saturday night last, by breaking
side light, and some hundred dollars
worth of articles of provision taken. The
rogues in decamping left the doors wide
open.-Sentinei
In Pittsburgh, the other day, Susan
nah f. Churchill obtained a verdict of
$4,000 damages against John Horton, for
breach of promise of marriage.
Some three months ago, Mrs. Nan
cy Wood, of Port jarvis, Orange county
n. Y, a woman having husband and
family, goaded to desperation by a man
named Jonathan Eldridge, who boosted
that he was her paramour publicly, shot
him with a pistol, the bullet knocking Out
some of the fellows teeth and inhicting O
severe wound. Mrs Wood was indicted
for an assault with intent to kill, and tried
at the Orange County Court last week
the jury after an hours absence, returned
with verdict Of acquital which was re-
ceived with great applause by the audi
ence.
EAST BErHEL.-As Mr.. Billings wa.
engaged chopping one day last week, 6
tree fell upon him, breaking his skull. HI
! died after three days Of extreme suffering
The. Chair Factory, tools and ma
chinery, owned by Daniel Sawin, at Ind
9 low, was entirely consumed by Gre Of
Sunday morning February 90
Sc. SAD AND FATAL AcorpENT.--O Friday
the 18th Mr.. Samuel Paddleford, o
Hartland, was instantly killed at tn
crossing ON the Vermont Central Rail
road between North Hartland and Hart
. land Three Corners, by the down passen
ger train from Montpelier. Mr.. Paddle
ford, who was somewhat deaf, drove upol
the crossing at the moment the train CAM
along, and the engine struck the rear par
of the sleigh, throwing him upon the tract
and msngliug him in q shocking manner
: His head was taken of at the eyes, bot
legs we're taken of, one of them LITERAL,
Q ground up, and one arm broken. 1t wa
: with difficulty that he was recognized b.
E. his most familiar acquaintance. Tn
E crossing isa very unsafe one; the dow
y train cannot possibly be seen by perso
passing from the west side until quite up
. on the track. Mr. Paddleford was sixty
. six years of age.
!. Jesse G.. Lindell, who has amassed
y fortune of 81 100000, died in st. LOU
!, on Tuesday.
!, -Messrs. Ledd i Howard, Bankers
formerly of Vergennes and Chazy. j.
a Preston of Vergennes, and G B. Wrigt
A 4 Co., of Bridport d Orwell, we're heav
!. losers by the fire at Downieville, Califol
p mia.
i. The bill that passed the KaDss
n dOuSc Vi Representative, huahbS ~ Pui
/, ishable with death to attempt the enforce
q ment of the Lecompton Constitution, We
rejected in the Council. The Council
however, adopted resolution declarin
n that they should accept the passage Of th
Lecompton Constitution by Congress as
declaration of war, not only against Kal
!. sas, but against the free people of th
x whole Union.
re 1t is reported in Augusta that tn
agent of two OF the South Carolina bank
at Memphis, Tenn, had disappeared ,lea'
e. ing $4,000 Of cash unaccounted for, an
e 100000 in bills of exchange Of yer
doubtful character taken for their a,
a count-every part of which that has fal
s. en- due has been protested.
1t The Ogdensburgh Journal learr
l. there is prospect that the large magn
j. fcent steamers Canada and America, wi
m go to that port the approaching seasol
Y. The Collingwood line has engaged the SCI
lie vices of the most splendid steamers of tn
D Upper Lakes to form the Western con
1t municatiop. and il is not unlikely tbs