The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-07-14
Burlington For High BailiG, Harminus
Hubert, OF Wostford.

CONVENTION TOT orange county was nciu at
Chelsea on Wednesc ay of last week. The
nominations were as follows:
For SenatorS-Moses X. Chamberlin,
OF Bradford, and Ariel Burnham, of Brook
fold
county Judge5-Hubbard Fellows, Of
Corinth, and Jonathan LOWS, Of Villains
town.
States AttoyHsy-C. w. Clarke Of
Chelsea.
Sher!6-William Cram, Of West Rau-
dolph.
High Baii,6-Jonsa W. Clarke, Of
Corinth.
Judgcs Of ProJatc--C. b. Leslie,
Bradford District Alvin Smith. Ran
dolph District.
The Republican County Convention,
held at Castleton, on Wednesday last,
made the following nominations; For
Senators. Chauncey S. Rumsey, Martin
G. Everts, David Z. Nicholson Judges,
Rollin G. Hunter, Morris H. Cook; States
Attorney, VIM. T. Nichols Sheriff, ia
cob Edgerton High Bailiff, Benjamin
Markham Judges of Probate, Harvey
| Button, Rutland District, 4 lmon Warner,
Fairhaven District
The Bennington Republican Con-
vention occurred on the 9th inst, when
the following nominations were made
For Senators, Jas. L. Stark, Jr., of
Bennington, William Billings, of Airing
ton Fer Assistant Judges, Stephen @.
Willard, of Stanford, Thomas s. Bebee,
of Rupert; For Sheriff, Gardon H.
Smith, of Manchester For States At
torney, Alanson P Lyman, of Benning-
ton For High Bailiff, Lewis s. Sprague,
of Winhall; For Judges of Probate,
Samuel H. Blackmer, Bennington Dis
trict; Israel N. Sykes, Manchester Dis
trict.
The Secretary of the Navy has sent
to the Pacific an expedition, under the d.
rection Of Lieut.. Brooke, for the purpose
of surveying route between Sanfrancisco
and the seas Of Japan and China. The
charts now in existence are very imperfect,
which is the occasion Of numerous disas-
tiers. Lieut. Brooke is the inventor of the
deep sea sounding lead, which has been
servicable to the Atlantic Telegraph enter
prise, and it is expected that under his d.
rection complete survey of those waters
will be made which will be of great service
to the increasing commerce with our wes
tern coast.
The Rutland Courier says:
The Congregational Society who own
the large brick church in the north part
of our village, and which is one of the
best in the State, are about to pull down
the same,and erect splendid new church
within gun shot distance of their present
place Of worship, to cost the handsome
sum Of tiOenty thousand dollars.
The Sunday School Picnic at Lake
Dunmore, on the Sd inst, came off finely
There was a good turn out and everything
passed off to the satisfaction and gratifi
cation of all parties. Rev. b. NJ. Hall
of Middlebury, was present together witt
some Of his excellent parishione rs) ant
gave us pleasant speech.-Advocate.
We learn that an freshman employe,
on the Central Railroad at or near Whit
junction, drank quart or more of wei
water on Saturday last, and died With
fifteen minutes.
Mr.. James Feeter's son Willie, wa
drowned in the Missisquoi, in Sheldon
last Friday, aged about II years.
Two young men in jail at Mancheste
cut a hole through the wall with jack
knife last Monday, but were secured befor
they had made their escape.
In Bennington June Goth, a painter
named Artemas Hill, fell down stairs an
fractured his skull so that he died tn
dext day. He was alone in the hous
. and it is not known what caused his fal
as he spoke but one word from the tim
he was discovered until his death.
STRUCK. BY LIGHrNINa-The barn
) Joseph Ide, ESQ, of st. Johnsbury Cent
, was struck by Lightning the night of Jur
r %, aud set on fire, but the rain soou el
tinguished the flames.
WIN. P Badger, formerly of Mon
, pelier, has been appointed and con6rme
as Indian Agent in Kansas, for the Kicl
: apoo Indians.
s The store of Mr.. A Collins, Of oil
a village, was burgariously entered, on Il
night of the 9th inst, and as nearly as "
can ascertain, goods to the amount of 50
Il and 800 in cash were stolen. The villa
3" or villains is not yet detected.-B Bra
don Advocate.
o An "extra " of the Huntington r
e marker, dated July 4th, comes to US wit
d the following:
: UNPARALLELED AND DESTRUCTIVE FLoo
Our town has just been made the seer
= and sufferer of the most extraordinary an
y destructive freshet ever known in this SC
. ton of the country. 1t commenced raj
;. ing yesterday about five o'clock P. NJ
= and continued to pour down in ono III
u, ceasing shower for upwards Of two hour
y in consequence of which the water in II
river began to rise, and by 10 in the eve
- ing had attained the unexampled heigI
. of s or 8 feet, flowing the low fiat
le sweeping away mill dams and bridges,