The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-10-25
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.


braled family of singers are to visit our
village on Wednesday evening, Nov. /,
and will give one Of their concerts in the
Court Room. The mere announcement
OF their coming is sufficient to insure a
full house. Their songs are full of life
and progressive patriotism. They intend
soon to make melody in Dixies Land.
go. We learn, with pleasure, that
Zen. Stannard who was, by an oversight
OF the Secretary Of war, mustered out Of
the service, has been reinstated by the
President, on the personal recommendation
Of Lieut.. Gen Grant. Few have suf-
fered more for their country than Cen
eral STANDARD, and far fewer deserve
more from it.
.... An employee of the Rutland g.
Burlington railroad by the name of Dyke
was killed Saturday on the eastern section
of the road. He was intending to repair
a bridge, and having missed the passen-
ger train, he got upon the top of freight
car, and was knocked off by bridge.
80. The money-drawer in the Office
of the Central House, Burlington, was
robbed Thursday evening of about SO.
Several parties were arrested upon sus-.
picion, and one of the arrested was in
generated in Jail to wait flu ther examin--
alton and investigation.
ANNIvERsAGY OF TIE VERMONT BIBLE.
SoCTLTY.-The Vermont Bible Society
held It's anniversary at the Congregational
Church in Montpelier on Wednesday
evening, Oct. 18th, the President, Gov.
Dillingham;, IN the chair. After singing
and other introductory and devotional ex-
ercises. the Treasurer's Report was read
by the Secretary Mr.. Lord, in the alb
sence Of the Treasurer, Mn Page; from,
which it appeared thai the amount col
lected during the year was over five
thousand dollars, of which SO, 800 has
ben given to the American Bible Socic-
ty The lcgacies sent from this State to
the Parent Society increase the amount
credited TO the Vermont Society to So
26l, 10. An interesting Secretarys re-
port was next read, and after singing.
by the choir the Rev. DR.: Tutte one OF
the Secretaries Of the American Bible So
cicIy, delivered an address from which it
appeared that the bible has been transla-
ted into nearly fifty different tongues
the latest being the Spanish and Arabian.
During the war, the Society has distrib-
u,cd about 100000 copses OF the Scrip
lures among our own army, and about
800. 00D i'll the rebel army
....We learn from Walton's journal
that the Key. Mr.. Atwater OF Nergenncs
Mas assaulted on Wednesday evening last
in the street at Montpelier an 4 knocked
''N"' UNI t"'' ''h9 H"'"So 'onpihieh'
r,. ,.ooatio-S pail for hi- ,,l4so-ei aser-
. ~ ia Wholesale liqlo' -tia>y, recently
mrir.
.... X Kcynoiis. of UmkrhlI, shot
., ierr "a line two wear OLD hnck) that
w,1-nei 1870 ppunl, un Thursday. 1t
= Il. b. a..
into his moving near his house.
.... \ Mr. EIwen, of Arlington, a
few days since sold II valuable horse in
payment of which the pure aser paid
; him 5000, in the shape of two 500
counterfeit greenbacks. The rascal has
not yet been caught.
Dr. PHELPS. 1t is stated that Dr. f.
f. Phelps, of Windsor. has accepted a
profcsSorship in the Medical Depart
partmrnt of the University OF Vermont
Whether he is TO fill the place made va
cant by the death Of DR.. Conant, we are
not informed; hut such are his eminent
attainments in the science of his profess
, sion, his experience rs lecturer in the
, Medical Department at Hanover, and his
long and extensive practice as a physician
and surgeon in the army, that we con-
graduate the University on its good for
tune in securing his services IN any lie
partment which he Is willing to fill We
are also glad that his services are secured
in the State.-Jf. Chronicle.
49, On THURSDAY last, Messrs. n. l.
Davis, VIM. i. Thrall and L. T. Dur
kee, of Rutland shot at large, twenty
six rods distant, and out Of forty shots
put tv'ensy-four inside circle of one
foot diameter. Ten bullets went inside
of nine inches in diameter, and none
more than two feet from the centre Of the
target.
80. w. C. Dunton OF Rutland. has
been appointed Judge of Probate for
Rutland District, vice A. L. Brown, de-
ceased.
1.-The Vergennes Vermonter gives