The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-12-15
General State News

Landgrove, have made preparations to
dine Weston at the Coffee House, when
he passes through that place.
1.-THE town of Hubbardton owes moth
fng to the trustees of the United States
fund, and has no other debt We are
informed they have no town paupers.
A fortunate town.
Personal. General II. II. Baxter,
on Wednesday oflast week, was elected
one of the Board of Directors of the
New York Central Railroad.
Rev. Pliny II. White of Coventry,
has been elected life member of the
New England Historic Genealogical
society.
No less than seventy-two divorces
were granted in Rutland county during
the five years ending with 1866, the lar
gest number, save one, of any county in
Vermont.
The Burlington District Minister
ial Association holds its next meeting
at Burlington, commencing Tuesday,
Feb. 10th, 1859, at Q o'clock n. M, and
closing on Thursday.
"A musical convention will meet ut
st Adams, January 9th, and continue
four days, at which George f. Root
OF Chicago is expected to be present.
During the last three days of No
vcmber 10 boats brought 300, 500 feet
oflumber TO Burlington.
The Vermont customs officers are
getting to be noted for their shrewdncss.
Two chaps recently attempted to cross
the line with 2S fine mink skins, valued
at 5000 concealed under their clothing,
but they couldn't come it.
Rev. =. l.. Blake, of Peppercll,
Mass, has accepted n call TO one Of the
churches in Concord, NH, at a salary
of $4,000.
Rutland had another first-class fire
ON Saturday evening, which destroyed
property to the amount of SIS, 000 in
surancc $500.
The report that the track of the
Lebanon Springs railroad was all laid
l. incorrect, Six miles more to lay, and
some grading to do.
David ii Cross, skilllul photo
erapher of Bennington, has invented Il
process for sticking photographs to
cards. Henry W. Putnam of clothes
Wringcr fame, has bought the patent.
-Enos Adams, an enterprising bust
hess man of Bennington, gave the See
ohd National bank his note for $1,000
in government bonds Us collateral Sc
culity, and drew money from the bank
| n he needed it. When the bank was
robbed in August the bonds were stolen.
Adams refused to pay note till bonds
were produced. l.. IL. Graves, lis pres
ident, has brought an action on note.
1t costs the state half million
of dollars n year to educate lis fifty
thousand children.
Mr.. c. \. Grant of Eden was struck
senseless, and seriously injured by n
cnasting accident, last Saturday.
Joseph II, Loring of Bennington
was recently thrown 10 the ground and
three ofhis ribs broken by Il brcakage
in the wagon.
CASrLETON. some two or three
weeks ago, n Welch boy, fifteen wears
OF age, was almost instantly killed at
one of the Bliss slate quarries, one mile
south of Hydeville, by the derrick
sweep which became disconnected from
the horse so that, in passing around, il
hit the boy with such force that it broke
his legs and other parts of his body,
that he died in n few minutes. A few
months since, a horseat the Eagle quar-
ry, came to his death in similar man
ner; he leaped the sweep two or three
times before giving up.
BRANDoN.-C. c. Slason has sold his
store to DIR. T.. ID. Gibbs, who will con-
tihue the business at the old stand
The Lamoille .Ncpsdeayer, publish.
ed at Hyde Park by Col f. b. SAWYER,
| comes out in n new dress.
The number of national banks or
| gained and in operation in this State
Is 40; the amount paid in capital is So
| 96O,0l2 bonds on deposit, Sc 5l7 900
circulation issued, $500, $50; and the
actual circulation, SIS, 727 $50.
A few months, since the house of
Edwin Buggy of Troy was burned. He
commenced the erection of a new one,
and when nearly completed was also
burned last week, destroying at the
same time $500 worth of carpenter
! tools.
N. l.. Wheeler, n hotel-keeper at
Coventry, recently plead guilty of ten
| offences against the liquor law and was
fined 500. There is said to be eviden-
&c enough in reserve to convict him OF
a hundred offences, if that should be
necessary to stop his selling.
TINS AMERICAN CooKING STovE.-The only
real base burner. 1t is well known fact thai
in cooking stove with an elongated fire-bo,
the fire will die out at each end, and a large
quantity of dead coal will accumulate at thes,
points. To prevent this in the American ant
to ade and make a uniform combustn through
all parts Of the fire-box, air is admitted into {
hollow chamber at the top of the stove abov,
the fire and carried through this hollow heated
chamber down to near the bottom of the fire-bo,
at each end, and then admitted directly into tn,
burning mass OF coal. BY this means a uni
form combustion Is obtained in all parts OF til,
hre-chamber. and less coal consumed. and ,
more continuous fire can be kept than in an,
other stove. This new patented improvement
another great acquisition to this already world
renowned cooking stove, which is now on tn
Fair grounds only FOR exhibition, where it cal
be seen by all DESTROYS of examining its man
perfections, and is for sale by Warrant South
Z nf lie itxr d.