The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-09-24
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LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

There will be n meeting OF the Al
Olson County Wool ;ruwer's Association
held in the Court Room Mt Midllebury
on tuesday evening, Oct. LIST, nj o'clock'
l.. VI. t. HAMMOND, Pres.
Pay your Insurance assessments to
Judge Tiden by the 9Th October.
\ New FALL MILLINERY Goops E. r.
Gay has just got his store literally pack
cdagain with the latest and most fashion
able styles OF Fall millinery and fancy
goods
The Register Office, from editor 10
devil, tender their thanks to Mr.. Ira
brown, Of New Haven, for a generous
basket Of delicious plums which he left on
cur table for their dclcctation last Satur-
day. The general testimony Of the Office
j., that Mr.. brown is gentleman, and
;Iat his plums are splendid.
ArcncN.-Ar. james Waugh ndyer>
tie, his intention to sell furniture and
r'il estate at public auction, on Wedncs.
day. We judge 1t to be rare opportu>
nifty. SEE HI, advertisement
The Addison County Fair occurs
next week Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday.
SERIOUS ArrR>Y-On Wednesday
last Myron Fales and Nathan Lyon of
tli. place had an aif,ay in which the
latter was seriously injured. lie was
ba,ny bruised and cut about the eye, on
the lower part of his face and on the back
side of his head, and there were some
bruises On h,s body. Rum was at the
bottom Of the affair. Fales was immcd-
lately taken to jail by policeman Simmons,
where he remained during the night and
in the morning he was brought before Jus,
,icc Shade and fined IS 90 and costs for
drunkenness Lyon has been under medical
treatment since the affair unable to he
Brought into court.
EDUCATIONAL Over one hundred
scholars are attending the New Hampton
Institution at Fairfax this fall. The
Freshman class in MiJdlcbury College
now nnmbcrs twcnty-onc present The
bristol Academy is now in charge of +
y. llas-cltnc, Esq a graduate Of Mid.
die ury College, mau OF fine abilities
and successful teacher. Mr.. o. ID.
scott OF the Senior Class in Mid,lcDury
College has a very pleasant Select School
at Wallngtord.
-Jacob Dewey Esq, of this place
had an interesting race with Il locomo-
tive, near Piper's Crossing, last Wedncs
day. As he plunged into the sand at
the end of II long culvcrt, the train wen,
10y him like flash, and he looked around
just in time to see his dog thrown ten or
twelve feet INTO the air. Strange to say
the dog was not killed.
Last week leaves the record of two
very warm days for this season of the
year. AT ) L. NJ, on Wednesday, the
mercury stood at 81 , in the shade.
ADMITTED 10 PRAcrIcE.-Ira w.
Clark, Esq, of this village was admitted
TO practice it the L, S. District Count,
10y Judge SmalIey, on the 81 inst.
EXTRAORDINARILY YIELD OF PorAroEs.
II. A. Sheldon, Esq, of this village,
raised, the present season, eighty-three
bushels of Early Goodrich potatoes on
one quarter of an acre of ground. by
the favor of Mr.. Sheldon we have had
an opportunity to test their quality, and
we think them 10 be superior as an ar
;icle for table Use.
lArAL ACCIDENT IN SrARKsBoRo -
Hanson Clark, Starksboro, while engaged
in pulling stones on the premises of Amos
Eddy, was instantly killed on Wednesday
last A party wis engaged in pulling
out rock, and had lever to assist the
OK team. In pulling it out the chain
slipped aud the rock fell back on the
lever, causing 1t to strike Clark on the
head, causing immediate death. Clark
was about Al years old lie leaves a
wife and two children.
The RUTLAND RAILRoAD.-The retire
mcnt of Conductor Howe from the Rut-
land Railroad has caused several changes
in the conductorshp Of trains on this
road. Conductor Downcr succeeds Mr.
Howe on the north end mail train; Con-
ductor Starkie taking Conductor Dow.
ners old train, the mail on the east end !
Conductor Parkhurst iuns the night ex.
press train on the east end, and Conduc.
tor Marston the night express on the
north end Conductors Ruggles and
Bruce retain their trains rs heretofore, the
former running the day express down and
night train up to Burlington, and the lat
ter the accommodation train between Rut