The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-03-31

"Oh "eie alIesteu III ludt UOWn lot phso-
ing counterfeit money. II was brought
about by means Of telegram from Rou.
ses Point, describing their appearance in
that place and in Montreal, where they
had passed $4,000 in counterfeit, and al
tered bills on the Lyndon Bank, VT.
The Catholics in Burlington, have
had extra preaching of late One result
has been the abandonment by many of the
Irish rumselers, of the traffic The Bishop
is said to be very hostile to rumselling,
and hesitntes not to spill the liquor when
found in their houses, and soue iucorrigi-
BILE ones have been excommunicated
Joseph Archer and Hiram Vincent,
the persons committed to the Caledonan
County Jail for theft, have escaped. The
sheriff offers a reward of $50 for their
return to Jail before the first of Jan.
A. j. Shaw of Victory, was arrested
on the 10th inst, for forging the names
of his Uncle and Brother, on two notes
of $50, and S75. He claims that be
had liberty to use the names.
"A span of horses was sold in st.
Johnsbury, recently, for 500, Pretty
good for these times.
The house at Derby, known as the
Grain Stand, was destroyed by FIRE on the
night of Friday week.
Dumas Girard, of Burlington lost
his horse. on which he depended for the
support of his family, through the ice in
the harbor, last week Saturday.
The St. Adams authorities have had
in hand two liquor sellers, who were fined
respectively $50, and $40.
Seventy one of the business mon Of
Burlington, have signed pledge that
they will hereafter take Spanish coin ONLY
at rates reduced twenty to TWENTY-FIVE
per cent.
The Burlington Sentinel after speak.
ing OF the advancement of the United
States in all the elements that constitute
great and mighty nation under the AZ
cendaucy of Southern councils, reasons
from analogy, that the preponderance Of
the North must prove its utter downfall.
Mr.. Harris representative from Ill.,
is said to be far gone in consumption.
He has been removed to the house of Mr.
Douglas. He will be carried to the Hons.
to vote when necessary.
On Saturday evening Of last week
the bakery of Jonas Cutter, in Brattleboro.
was very much damaged by fire. It was
occasioned by warm oven being filed
with wood which took fire.
In the same place, on Sunday night
a house and barn, owned by Norman Tar
ris were burned. The fire was unquestion-
ably the work of an incendiary.
SAD AccrDENr.-On Tuesday of last
week, says the Windsor Journal of the
10Th young man named Paschal Waters
had the fore6nger of his left hand cut off,
and the thumb and remaining fingers bad.
y mutiated by a circular saw, in Mr..
Milton Blake's Clothes Pin mandatory
in Hartland. He had just commenced
work for Mr.. Blake, and had not been at
the saw more than ten minutes when the
accident occurred.
FORTUNATE EscApE.--Tuesday evening
about six o'clock, light wagon, con; ain.
ing Mrs Harris, wife of DR.. W. L. Har.
ris of this place, and child, with a young
man driving, was overturned at the cor
ner of Church and College streets, and all
10 it were thrown out violently into the
paved street. Mrs. Harris was taken up
insensible and carried into Mr.. L. NJ. Ha.
gar's store, where after about half an
hour she revived sufficiently to be carried
home in chair. The infant which she
was carrying in her arms and protected
with mothers instinct and disregard Of
of her own safety, was unhurt. Mira.
Harris injuries prove to be nothing more
serious than severe bruises. The horse.
which was u yonng and spirited animal,
belonging to Mr.. Charles Gray, ran vio-
lently, dashing the wagon to pieces, and
returning home with only portion Of his
harness attached to him. The. accident
was occasioned by the sudden parting Of
one of the reins, as they we're turning the
corner. The escape from loss of life or
limb, was a narrow one, for all concerned.
Fee Press.
AN IrEN.-In its issue of the 10th inst.
the Burlington Free Press made certain
statements, duplicating Mr.. Danforth, OF
the Burlington Sentinel, in the commits
sion of fraud upon the U. s. Government,
in using its funds to pay compositors in
the Sentinel Office. This charge Mr..
Danforth ,nd,gna0fly denies, and has
invited the editors of the Free Press to
prove their statements before q court Of
Justice Sentiasi.
AN IrrM.-To save our exchanges the
trouble of condensing the facts relating to
our libel case, we give them an item, as
thus
The Postmaster of Burlington, Vt,