The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-08-29
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

on "Italy and its Great Struggles" this,
Wednesday evening. See the advertise
mcnt in another column.
Our readers will be interested in the
Letter from Memphis which appears in
another column. We do not hold ourself
responsible either for its logic or politics.
FiREs.-A fire broke ont in a barn
belonging to Charles l'ruycre, in this
village, about 4 p. m. Tuesday of
last week, which communicated to
his dwelling house, and both were
consumed. Loss 500; no insurance
The fire spread to DR.. u. Bass barn
and shed, and Mr.. ii. A. Shellon's
leo houses, which were also consumed.
DIR. Bass loss is $3.50, on which he has
an insurance of $40. Mr.. Shcldon's
loss is 800. The fire is supposed to
have been caused by some children play
ing with matches in tho barn OF Mr..
B'uycrc.
About 0 o'clock the same evening the
chair factory and saw mill owned by
Calvin Wheeler, y miles east Of this
village took fire, and, with their contents
were entirely consumed. Amos Nichols
had in the chair factory about $500
worth Of stock and Wheelrr's loss was
about $4,000. No insurance.
NoRrn MIDpIEBURY MARBLE QUARRY.
A second derrick at the North Middle
bury Marble Quarry about eighty.four
feet high, fell last Friday. No one was
injured. On the same day some unplcas-
anincss occurred ut which Il number of
the wolkmen left their work, marched
down to the village, made sundry demon
.trations, and finally getting cool returned
to the quarry begging TO be received back
again. Seventeen of them were informed
that their services were no longer needed.
The work at the quarry suffered but lit.
tie interruption. Another derrick was
erected ON Monday, 7G feet high, and all
is going on prosperously again.
Application is TO be made to the next
Legislature TO separate the towns of Lud-
low, C~avendish, Wealhersf1d, Weston,
Andovcr, Chester, Baltimore and Spring
field, from Windsor county, and London
derry, Windhan, Grafton, Rockingham.
Westminster, and Athens from Wind
ham, to be called Union County"
Application will be made to the next
legislature TO set that portion of Bridport
lying east of Snake Mountain and adjoin-
ing Weybridgc to the town of Weybridgc.
A petition will be presented to the
legislature that a portion of Lincoln be
annexed to the town of Warren.
The next meeting of the American
Scientific Association will be held at
burlington in August Of next year.
-Vergennes is moving for the organi-
cation of a Band in that city.
Hon. Myron Clark of Factory Point,
one of tho vice presidents of the Phila-
dclphia Convention, has declined being
the Democratic nominee for S ate
Senator on account of physical inability
TO perform the duties if elected. Judge
Clark's refusal is supercrogatory. There
was no danger of his election.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT. - On Tuesday
evening last, as the child of ii. +. Blan
chard, of Newport, aged about three
years, wa attempting to get out of hi
chair at the supper-table, he accidentally
fell, bringing with him upon the floor thu
teapot filled with hot tea. His face
shoulder and one arm, also a portion o
one side was badly burned. He is nov
doing we'll however and hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery.
DEATH OF GAIT. GoRiIAM-A dis
patch has been received by the friend
in Ludlow announcing that Capt. Jane
Il. Gorham, late of Company II, 9Th VI
Regiment, died in St. Louis on Tuesday
A MONSTER LyNX.-A lynx was shO
on the farm of A. +. Hunkins in Brad
ford, on Monday last. 1t was discovers
prowling about the day previous, an
early the next morning Col. ID. X
Andross started in pursuit, with his trus
ty dogs, and succeeded in freeing il
when he brought it down the first shot
1t measured five feet three and one-ha
inches from tip to tip, and stood tw
feet six inches high.
The Vermont Standard says of Bal
ey & Co.'S Circus after denouncing it
meager affair that ''the company tax
along with t hem beside the usual numbc
of clap trap side shows a band OF picl