The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-11-12


oarrie Il. Prime and Miss Eliza Need
ham. 1t is hoped MFR. Wright will get
up another concert at some future time,
and if he gives it any advertising, he will
have or DIVIDED house.
Capt WHY'S Lyman, formerly
major of the 10Th Vermont regiment, has
received commission in the 10th regu-
lars now at Washington.
We are indebted to Henry Clark
Eco, for the First Annual Report of the
University of Vermont and State Agricul-
tural College. The Report exhibits an
encouraging condition.
The delegates to the National Wool
Growers Convention held at Cleveland
this week st rtcd for the West Monday
morning. Among those who went from
this county we n ticed Hon. Edwin Ham
mond, n. A. Saxton, Victor Wright,
Col L. 5. Stowell, Geo. Hammond, r.
II. Clay, E. d. Munger and f. Rand, II.
- Tie Rutland and Bennington rail-
road has been leased for term of years
to the Vermont Central, which also pLr-
chascs all its rolling stock.
- Several plans for reconstruction
of the Board of Education are on foot in
the Legislature avowedly with the design
to popularize the Board, and give new
impulse 10 the cause of common sch1ol
education.
"A bell has been ordered Mt the Me.
nicely foundry West Troy, n. Y, which
will weigh 1000 pounds and bear the fol.
lowing inscription ''l'resentcd TO the
Cong G !ational church of rinmouth, VT /,
by the wife and daughters of Marcus =.
Norton of Troy n. T." Tinmouth is
Mr.. Norton's native place.
-Merrick Gay, state senator fro n
Windsor county AMI president of the
White River National bank at Bethel,
died Of disease of the heart at Gay,ville.
on Wednesday morning.
CHANCE Fer A PRINrER.-'rhc Black
River Transcript Office, Ludlow, is to be
sold at auction, Nov. II, unless previous
ly disposed of.
SMART WoMAN.-As a Vermont lady
says tile Boston Ucrahi, was making pur
chascs last Friday evening in a store in
that city, "A boy about twelve years old
rushed in, seized her pocket book, con-
tanning about S75, and made his escape.
The thief was pursued by the lady and
captured, and the money which he had
thrown away recovered.
A Doc SroRY--Melvin Walsworth of
Bennington, lost his dog m nth ago.
and found it after TWENTY-FIVE DAYS in n
pit ten feet dep, where it had lived, and
almost died, on roots and grubs.
Gen. Stannard has removed Gen.
Foster, deputy collector at Newport, and
appointed Marvin Nj. Mason of Barton
Landing in his place; William II. Rand
has been succeeded in the same office by
Capt. Woodbury. of Morrisvilc, Judge
Cheney and ii. Baxter of Derby Line by
Capts. +. II. Buttcried and ii. +. Eos
ter, and Norman w. brigham of IslanI
Pond by Maj. Josiah Circuit, Jr.
The wolves are raiding on the sheep
at Rcadsboro, with disastrous effect and
some of the hunts for the evil visitors
have thus far been successful.
The Rutland marble company has
declared a per cent dividend
Capt. J. II. Plat, Jr, formerly of
Burlington, and late chief quarternaster
of the 9th army corps, is now General
Agent an Tcrintcndent of the Ports
Gold Mine in Franklin County, North
Carolina.
BARRE ACADEMY.--The catalogue of
1866 shows that this Institution is flour
ishing The aggregate attendance for
the four terms was j0l-running from
65 to 1872.
The bill authorizing the erection of
monument over the grave of Thomas
Chttenden has been reported favorably
upon in the Vermont Legislature, with "A
provision that it shall not cost over
$4,000.
TIE LIQUoR TRAFFIC. - We learn
from the Banner that there is quite an
excitement at North bennington over
liquor prosecutions. Last week every
dealer was arrested and fined under the
State statute, but it is said were selling
again before night.
A hog cholera, or something like it, is
quite generally and fatally prevalent
among the swine at st Johnsbury
Rev. Edward 5. Fairbanks will deliver
an address commemorative of James X.
Colby, the late principal of st Johnsbury
academy, on Tuesday of next week.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE,