The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-11-15
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.


lage, with the machinery pertaining
thereto, has been purchased by parties
from Massachusetts, who propose to set IL
TO work Immediately, and in the course of-
few months will probably put in ma
chinery 10 lis full capacity
1.-The Philomathesian Society of
Middlebury College holds its ANIMAL
Public Deba,e next week.
1--we are under obligations to Adi't
" ms General, =. 4. Washburn. for hi,
Annual Report for the year ending Oct,
lSi, 1860. a casual glance shows ia
mat 1t contains history of each repi.
ment and battery from the state SERVING
IN the late war, and the State Militia mr.
gained within the year
1.-The Congregational church If
Cornwall, we are told, is being repaired
and ornamented beautifully. The e,-
pense will not be less than seven or e;c,,
]
hundred dollars. Cornwall seems 70 ho
inliy up with the times in its general ap-
pearance of thrift and progress.
go. The Legislature adiourn.d 49,
FRIDAY. 1t was the shortest ses.;o, s,,.
many years.
''''in billing out the blanks ;s,pcd FIR.
the Pdrpose Of obtaining statistics f,r A.,
waters Vermont Directory. the ,ro..
CLERK OF the town of Somerset st.,os ,,..
no votes were cast for Governor Mt tbs
last election, in consequence of not bnv;,c
any printed votes sent. There wo-o Oh,
voters present, of whom at least II wero
Republicans.
he Town Clerk of Cavendsh reports
as follows: ''Dillingham, rs; Dnven.
port, U. The valiant "a of 1854 did No,
show their cards at this election and ,ho
future historian or antiquarian NAV per-
chance find their retreat"
'...A man named A. IT. N.r,;u
wno' from later developments, appears tn.
nan from Poultney, where he ba, kent On
e"''ns saloon, was arrested in Bellows
Falls on Tuesday of last week. on ch,roa.
OIL passing or trying to pass counterfeit
money lie was held to trial in the aim
Of $500.
''''lt Is stated that the Western W
and Rutland & Burlington Railroads ava
arranged their differences to mutual salts
faction, both parties having agreed upon
general railroad law, which, it il.
thought, will secure the interest of tho
travelling pubic.
'''Peter Phelps, a colored man. who
who has lived in st. Albars for neorlv
halt century, died Friday, at the adj.
'"ncea aged OF III years, rs we. are in.
formed
.-'.The Saturday number ofyWaltpn's.
journal contains an nteres,jnr, oH;,,or-,
oi Joshua living, Esq, who del at thu.
residence OF his son-in-law, Ii. s. L,ons
Esq, in Montpelier, on the 9h instant
IN the S2l year Of his age. For mora
than halt century lie was a rcs;der, ne
The town Of Barre, and he leaves n nro.
clon' memory as nm eDterprising, intell:-
gent mechanic, ,nl benevolent, upriobt.
and christian citizen.
go. Anthony Van Doom and wife. Of
HraiIrhoro, celebrated their golden we'd.
ding on the 9TH. A large number of
children, grandchildren and friends at
tended.
...,E L. Reed, of Rutland, well
known and popular conductor for some
years ON the Rutland and burlington
Railroad, died on Wednesday morning,
and was buried with Masonic honors ON,
Friday.
....Iudge Bearlsley, of the Vermont.
Supreme Court, has resigned, and VIM.
T. Wilson has been appointed TO fill the
vacancy
1.-The burlington Times announces
the death of Mr.. Sion t. Howard, one
OF the oldest citizens of that city. He
died at his residence, on Friday last, at
the age of 6G years lie was leading
merchant ard had held important offices
of trust. ID. ID. Howard of New York,
and John p Howard of Philadelphia,
were his brothers.
....Thc Fortress Monroe correspondent
of the New York Herald says that por-
ton of the 9th Vt. Regiment doing duty
for some time pas at Suffolk has just been
withdrawn, SO that there are no troops
there now. The entire regiment is now
in Portsmouth, and is very popular with
the people-so much SO that on learning
that the regiment was TO be withdrawn
a petition was circulated and extensively
signed asking that it might be permitted
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