The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-08-06


on his back. Mr. Austin pursued him
so closely that he threw down his bundle
and ran away in the darkness. The
bundle contained the missing property.
He was then followed by !. NJ. Hyde,
VIM. L. Allen, and Others in vigorous
pursuit, and was finally taken at the
French settlement in Lincoln.
PERsoNAL.-Senator Morrill, was at
Geneva, Switzerland. on the Sd of July.
\ ID. p. IIulburd, formerly Presiding
Elder in this District, has been engaged
to preach at the NJ. L. Church in platts-
burgh during the remainder of the year,
vice =. NJ. Merrill suspended.
The Rutland Courier has placed at
the head of its columns, the name of
Grncral Ulysses 5. Grant for President
ID 1868.
AT the Commencement Of Norwich
University, which was held last week at
Mortified, 90 which place it has lately
becn removed as an Episcopal College,
there was a very large Attendance Of peo-
re, the corner stone of new building
was laid, the exercises were uncommonly
interest NJ, and among the degrees con-
ierred was that of l. l. ID upon the Ion
s t. Colby. of Montpelier, REGISTER Of
fhp Tnitpd Stutcs Trcnsurv
Application will he made mt the next
session of the Legislature for charter,
for railroad from some point in Shore
ham or Orwell to some point in West
Haven or Fair Haven.
STATE FAIa-Jam, T. Angel, Pres.
dent OF the University of Vermont and
State Agricultural College, will deli, er
the annual address before the Vermont
State Agricultural Society st the Fair
Mt Brattlcboro, on Thursday September
18th.
BENsoN On the An day of July last
tie lightning struck Mr. Daniel Crufoot's
barn, setting it on fire and burning few
tons of hay and injuring the barn. Loss
about $50. Insured in the Vermont Mu-
tual
During the same day the lightning ran
down the chimney of Stephen Roots dwell
ling house as far as the stove pipe, and
striking through the brick hearth lodged
in Il pot of blue dye standing in the cellar
scattering the dye in all directions
RAILROAD Accident, An accident
occurred at Novels Crossing, two miles
north Of Charlotte Station, on the Rut-
land & Burlington Railroad on Thursday
night last which came near beirg atten.
ded with fatal consequences
The details of the accident show n
most ficndiah spirit, actuated by which
Il demon in human shane attempted to
throw a train lull Of passengers tlom the
track and down an embarrassment, which
had he succeeded in bis object, must have
resulted in terrible loss Of life. 1t appears
that man named Smith, who has been
in the employ of the Railroad company
for some time past as a wood sawyer AT
| the Nergenncs station, was some day:
dismissed from the companys service by
| Mr. {. w. Cunant, and yesterday got or
board Conductor pa'khursts train, while
going north, at that station, having in hi,
possession an old pass over the road which
he rendered for his fare. bat Conductor
parIhur>t, knowing that lie was not al
employee Of the company and had ne
right to the bcniits Of the prss, refus I'd
to allow him to ride, and consequently he
got off at Charlotte, muttcring and vow
ing TIN eats az inst the train and The con
ductor.
Thus matters rested until the same
train was returning that evening. whcr
the cngi; Ger, upon nearing Newell,
crossing, discovered an obstruction il
the shape OF a large railroad tie upor
the track, when he Immediately whisllel
TO put down brakes and did all IN hi
power to stop the train, but too late, til,
train was under too much Roadway ant
upon striking the obstruction the engint
and tender were thrown lrom the track
and prccipitated down IN cmbankment o
about fifteen feet, rollinI over and Resin.
some forty feet from the rails. tn,
coupling between the tender and baggage
car was fortunately severed by the fore,
of the shock, though not until the bag
gage car was turned completely around
i'll the course of which movement til,
coupling between it and the passcnge
cars also gave way, and though the eniil,
train was thrown from the rails, non
except the engine and tender went do ~
the embankment.
The fircmen and engineer jumped from
the engine just as she was leaving tn
irons and sustained painful though no
serious injuries. A lady passenger wa
also slightly injured by being thrown OF
the stove in one of the cars. This was
as far as we have been able to learn, tin
extent of the casualties, though all OF
hoard had most proy,entill and mirac
ulous escape from death
An examination Of the track PROVED
that ''ties' had been placed across Tin
rails in three places, and cattle guard
few rods south Of these, was filled will
Ties placed upon their ends presenting
the hellish designs of the malefactor VIII
placed them there in case the others ha
failed.
Roadmaster lIorner was at once noii
fled of the wreck, and with his mon. hat