The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-09-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

last man was cleaning out we'll, 50
feet der. When the wall caved 10 upvp
bun.
---lne house Of j. A. Hardy, Of Brad.
ford wac entered 10y burglars short time
s'n"c nd riicd Of all its eatables The
next night m unsuccessful attempt was
made upon tue house of Stebbins Andrus.
! The same night the door of the grist-mil
/ was broken in and S15 stolen.
"A new Military Company has been
formed ia Thettord
Last Friday week the ladies of Brad
, ford presented the Bradford Guards
banner The presentation was made with
! model speech ny Mia, Mary l.. -;tebbins.
A supper toasts. speeches, &c. followed.
Gov. SAKE was present an "a! d the
hail with good nature
The political convas 10 Ohio IS wax.
ing warm Public political discussions
between prominent men are quite
common. Chase and Pugh are the lead
ers, respectively, and will lie the eon,e.-
tants Tor the Seuatorship
1t is said that Presidenl bu hshaL
with tbs aid Of James Cor ion Bean9tt /.
preparing reply to Mr. Douglas usui.
festo on Squatter Sovereignty.
On the 25th ult. severe shocks Of
an earthquake were felt at Faysl.
"A side wheel Steamer of 10 tons,
from Irvington, on the Hudson River
lately passed through the ean'l into Lake
Champlain. This is the first side wheel
steamer that has ever navagaled the canal
Che was on u pleasure excursion.
There will be found j. another plac,
a record of some tall playing, done at the
the recent celebration at Plattsburgh. 1t
is hardlylprobable that the same number of
companies ever did as well at any cslebra.
ton.
"A destructive FIRE occurred in Con-
cord, N. Y, on the 10th inst.
"A great trotting match lately came
of near Liverpool, England, at which
several American horses we're entered.
The Americans we're beaten There we're
no Vermont horses there.
The royal income from the island of
Cuba for the present year, will exceed
800 100000 an increase of 81 100000,
overlast year. Certainly Spain could hard
~ afford to sell it for $l00,000,00O.
Tho Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says that advices re.
ceived from California by both admins.
tration and Douglas Democrats express
the opinion that tho administration party
there will be defeated 10 the coming cleo.
ton. On the other hand, the San Fran.
cisco correspondent of the New York
Times writes that Broderck is msmanag.
ing the campaign, and that the admins.
tration ticket will be triumphantly elected.
1t is said that, whatever may be tho
result of the election, Mr.. B. and his op.
ponent will have to fight duel, and that
nothing but the blood of one of the parties
can give satisfaction.
"A specia. session Of the Legislature
Of Massachusetts was convened on the 7tb
inst. The principal business will be the
revision Of the statutes.
The gas works in the village of St,
Adams are in successful operation The
gas is manufactured from rosin.
We learn from the Burlington Tunes
that Gen, Wool aud Hon. Joshua R.
Giddings will be present at the State
Fair.
In some parts of Wisconsin there has
been no rain for ten week.. and farmers
in some places have been obliged to feed
out of their barns to keep their stock alive.
The city of Erzeroun was wholly
destroyed by an earthquake on the 18th
ult.
The Republican and American Con.
ventions of New Jersey met in Trenton on
on the 7th inst Charles S. Oldin was by
each. nominated for governor, and there 10
no doubt that he will be elected.
--Ex.President Pierce has returned
from Europe, and was received home to
New Hampshire with Aattsring demon.
strations in some of the large places.
AN intoxicated man named Trumbull
had one of his legs cut off by the cars,
while lying on the railroad track at Ran.
dolph, on Tuesday week.
A HARD DAYS WORE. We are in.
formed that one of our practising phys.
icians who often ofhciates for absent cler.
gymen on the Sabbath, yesterday preached
three times attended funeral and per.
formed y marriage ceremony, besides
making ten professional visits aud pre-.
scribing for three or four Office patents.
To accomplish all he walked twelve miles
during the day. Beat this who can
N~ir Bedford %0adayd 5th.
The stor, ~ " + Howe in Dovar