The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-04
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

The programme at Bread Loaf Inn;
Ripton, for the winter is an attractive
one. You can find out all about it by
consulting his advertisement.
The December Term of Addison
County Court commences next Tuesday
the 1,h.
Last Saturday the new County Off
GERS took the oath of office and entered
upon their duties. There was no change
in this county except az States Attorney,
L. Mcader of Ncrgennes succeeded ii. 5
Footc of Middlebury, who held the posi-
ton for three years.
QUERY Has the J'e,monter become
dcfunct' 1t has not appeared at our
office for some weeks
II. & b. X. R-CrANGE OF TINE
By reference to the time table at the
head of the column it will be observed
that the time of running trains is slightly
changed. 1t took effect Dec. 3d.
accident. - cstcrday afternoon, Mr..
and Mrs. Gibson, of this village, were
violently thrown from their carriage and
injured, though not seriously. 1t occurred
on main Street, near the Episcopal church
The horse continued TO run until he had
cfftctually used up the buggy, and was
finally caught near the Addison House.
VERMONT MEDICAL Society. THE
medical fraternity should furnish the press
with reports, if publication is desired.
We have 1ecn unable TO comply with an
urgent request that a brief report of the
late annual meeting at Montpelier be in
sert ID in our columns for want of the data
We have received Walton's Regis
ter for 1867, being as the publisher
claims the most complete and accurate
Register ever published in Vermont. We
do not hesitate to recommend it for gen
cral use. 1t is invaluable as guide to
business men.
EDUCArioNAL.-Thc fall term Of Ches-
ter Academy, Henry ii. Shaw, Principal,
has Just closed. There were in attendance
one hundred and fiity-six students. The
annual catalogue exhibits most cncour-
aging prospect for the future Of the in
stitution.
We are in rcc,i pt of the Quarterly
Journal Published by Ripley Female Col.
lego, Poultney. 1t contains a full account
of Rev. DIR. Newman & ladys silver
wedding, marriages, catalogue, engraving
Ct the college, book notices, advertise
mcnts, &c.
"A new locomotive Just turned out
of the Rutland d burlington Railroad
Company's machine shop at Rutland, was
last week cliristened "Cul. Merrill in
honor of the well known, popular and CT
ficicnt superintendent of the road. 1t
weighs q tons, has lG inch cylinder,
with % inch stroke of piston and foot
driving wheels.
MARslIAL's SALE A Marshars sale
is advertised TO take place at Burlington
to-day, Cruesday( at which will be sold
7 horses, harness, wagon, 57t lbs.
tea, 1901 yds. black silk, yds. flannel,
= yds. beaver cloth, . linen table cloths,
2 pr. hose. box cigars, ID. morphine,
1G yds. ticking, 1917 lbs. butter, 43
gallons whiskey, jug and key alcohol,
10 gallons gin, 8 bushels beans, all of
which property has been confiscated for
violation of the revenue laws.
SHARP SHOOTING Geo A. Sterling
OF Warren, shot an owl off the top of a
two-story barn, last Saturday night about
ten O'Clock, which measured four feet and
eight inches from tip to tip of the wings
There was moon, but cloudy.
ACCIDENT. Simon o Whipple, of
Newport Centre, on Monday evening of
last week received serious injury from
the explosion of powder. He was at
tempting to draw charge from rock
at the bottom of well which he was
digging when the powder exploded break
ing his left arm, two fingers and a thumb
on the same hand, the arm and hand
being badly burned and mangled. His
face was also seriously burned and skin
filled with powder.
PoRK.-IIolis Day of Coventry, re.
Gently slaughtered hog fifteen months
and twcnty-three days old which weighed
SAB pounds
GONE TO TIE WEST INDIEs.-The
senior editor Of the Burlington Free
Press, Geo. w. Benedict, Esq, in COM
pany with his estimable wife, has taken
passage to the West Indies. where he
proposes spending the winter for the BEN