The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-18
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

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the amount in most any other way. They
have also large variety of Diaries fol
sale cheap.
Sec advertisement of the Boston
Journal for 1867, in another column.
= Mr.. Waller of this village recently
slaughtered pig 8 months old which
weighed 45l lbs.
Simmons & Co. have just returned
from market with splendid assortment
of gift and Christmas goods, which they
would be pleased TO have you call and
examine.
FoRErA,nERs DAY.-rhe Annual Gel
ebration of the landing of the Pilgrims ut
Plymouth Rock, will he held in the Con-
gregaiional Church in III village Thurs
day evening, Dec. goth. Rev. DR.. Kitchel
will deliver an address, after which the
usual festivities attended with speeches,
music, &C., will occur in the lecture
room.
CONVECTION Mr. Henry l.. Edison
of Brookfe,d, whose truthfulness and high
social standing is vouchcd for by some OF
the prominent men Of his town, denies
that the horse which he was charged
with stealing some time since ever belong
cd to w. G.. Wilson of Wcylridge. lie
says he contracted with Mr.. Wilson for n
half interest in a patent right of a saw
clamp of which the latter claimed TO be
the inventor and patentce, contracting TO
give in consideration half interest in his
(Edson's) horse and wagon, together with
some money. Discovering that Mr.. W.
was not the inventor and had no patent,
Edison went away and took his horse with
him.
hppIsoS County CoURT-The Dec.
Term of Addison County Court COM
menccd on Tuesday of Last week, Judge
Pierpoirt, presiding
Wheeler vs.. Trustees of the r. & b.
Railroad. This was an action for dam
age sustained by plaintiff on certain lot Of
veal, mutton and skins, delivered to the
Railroad at Ludlow, for transportation to
market. The damage was occasioned,
rs was alleged, by the failure of this obi
CATION, as common carriers to take proper
care Of the property, and in not putting
it through with reasonable dis patch.
Verdict for plaintiff.
Second case was Fuller va. Smith -
Action for damage sustained by plaintiff
in the burning of his barn, containing
cattle and hay, on the 9th of May last
Smith was nlicted for burning the barn
and is now held TO trial by the state
The case now before the court is for pri-
vatc damage. The whole affair has OK
cited grea: interest in that section, and az
far as we can learn there is very general
conviction that Smith is guilty. but the
evidence is wholly circumslantial, and up
to the close of the week the army of wit
nesscs examined have failed, we think, to
furnish a jury with evidence that warrant
conviction. AT this writing the evil
dcnce has not been reviewed by the court
on either side.
II now seems probable that the couri
will not rise before the latter part of the
week.
The annual Session of the Masonic
Grand Lodge of Vermont, will be held
at Montpelier, on Wednesday, Jan. 9th,
1867. The Vermont & Canada, Yer
mont Central, Sullivan, Rutland 6 Bur-
lington, Vermont Valley, Passumpsic,
Western Vermont, and Rutland & WISH
ingion Railroads will carry persons in
attendance for fare one way.
GRAND MILITARY BALL.-A grand
veteran military ball will take place a,
the Lake Dunmore House, Salisbury.
VT, on Tuesday evening, Dec. 25th.
Farr's Qnadrille Band will furnish the
music.
BRADroRD BANK.-The bills of this
bank are all TO be redeemed in one year
from December 10, 1866.
Capt. =. L. Holcomb, formerly of
the I'd Vermont battery, is now a major
OF the 18th regiment of United State.
regulars at Austin, Texas.
SCALDLD TO DEArII.-A little son of
Mathew Morey, of West Rupert, aged
about ten years, was scaldcd to death on
the 9TH inst, by tipping kettle Of boil
ing water off the stove upon its person.
The little sufferer fingered but few hours
when death ensued.