The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-09-10
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

the - Battles and d" Daisycultcrs," both
JUNIOR clubs Of this place, which resulted
in victory for the l'altics. The score
st.,n,ling: Baltics 55; Daisycutters, 16.
NEW MusIC.-Wc have received from
G.. VI Trcmainc 4Sl Broadway New
York mn<c entitled "News Boy Song
iris Wait" Annie Arden"
GRAss,iorrERs Farms bordering on
Lake Chan,piain are being greatly in
jured by the gras.hoppcrs. Pasture lands
in some cases look as if fire had swept
over them destroying every green thing.
They are not as large as in former years,
but their numbers are countless.
EAsr M1DDLEBuRY.- shower on
Friday evening was tremendous. Both
road, up the mountain are washed SO as
10 DC al.n st impossible. The lightning
struck n lelge near Mr.. pariridgcs mill,
sp.h Ihm'rock$, AMI sent a portion weighs
iuI Il tau ired tons Or more down into
the ri>er.-On Saturday, Il young and
spih,i Iursc, belong NJ 10 Henry Board
man, ran down Main st. with the fore
wheels at II wagon. The wagon and
huu.-, were badly damaged. Nobody
wa hurt
The Champlain Valley Fair will be
held il, N,rgcnncs, Tuesday and Wcdn,s
Ga, September II and IS
l'EH,uNAL Hon. Justin S. Morrill,,
L. =. Senator from this State, who has
hc,n = journing in Europe for several
ni'n'l>, arrived at New York in the
sl,..nrr Persia, on Wednesday last
Among hi, fellow passengers were Hon.
William &. bryant, Hon John w. For
ney, and Representative James G. Blaine
Of Maine.
GRANVILLE NAILEY.-A Middebury
party dropped down last week from the
'"'"h i''"t ihl lh'o tuio CHdIiltt'p spun
bclns promised in 1t the lovclicst valley
oi the Write River series. 1t may well
he - and they be all they may wish
t. hr, secluded on the northern branch of
thu river. with neat enough dwellings and
all Of stiffness and richness of scenery
IL A e., II.
h,cnt, the drive passed by the pleasant
Ilncock village, distance of eleven
m t. in all. a very agreeable dinner
was had at Dimuick's hotel in Granville
Brm:NGroN We arc glad to learn,
and To announce, that the propretor>hip
OF the American Hotel in Burlington has
passed into the hands of Mr.. Henry ii.
Howe, f'r many years the popular and
excellent conductor on the Rutland Road
Nf past deficiencies in the American it i,
,crdl,>s To speak. Mr. Howe has taken
l">Sc-'icn, and proposes to keep a strictly
fII,t rl;.>, hotel.
A lright(ul accident occurred during
the races at the Chittcnlen county fair
grounds at Burlington, Friday afternoon.
The seals arranged in the form of an
amphIhcatre, and dcnsely crowded witt,
spectators. fell to the ground, bringing
down with them over 5000 people. Over
ninety Of them were injured, some it Is
supposed fatally, and many escaped with
broken limbs. The structure was over
thirty feet high, and that more were not
injured is miraculous. Among the in
jurcd we notice the names of Rev. Dr. j.
j OAcn, Of New York College, Col.
Atwcll and Carlton Stevens Of Vergenncs
ana H. w. Hammond of Middlebury.
LARGE FIsu.-Messrs. Richardson and
j vat caught muscalonge ON the eve-
ma. of the 10Th ut just below the bridge
llighgale which measured four feet
70 inch long and twenty-one inches
lvund, and weighing in the scales 81
pounds.
AN OLD REuC.-R. d. Hamlin OF
Bennington, has in his possession bound
vo'umc of paper printed in Essex,
Mass. 100 years ago. 1t is an old relic,
and abounds in all the essential features
Of the curiosities of ''ye olden time"
No. BENNINGTON. The walls for the
new boot mandatory are rapidly APP
pruaching completion. The new build.
ing is Oh large scale, and can but add
very materially to the business life Of that
village, besides being great acquisition
Ia the looks of the place occupying, as il
does, the most conspicuous corner lot il
t..o village.
KILLED BIT LIGHTNING During 8
thunder storm on Tuesday last, ID. Il
Potter, Esq, of st. Adams, lost by light
ming COW and heifer.
FAIRHAvEN- boy by the name o