The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-07
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

We have received aneXcellent com
munication relative TO the Sabbath
School picnic in Cornwall lart Satur-
day. but too late for insertion. II will
appear next week.
If you would save five per cent ON
your town tax. you must see the Treas
urer by the 10th inst.
FOURTH OF JULY.-Thc Fourth was
celebrated in this vicinity Variously''
The Cornwall, Bridport and Salisbury
Sabbath schools met for II picnic in
Cornwall, and had n very pleasant
time Several parties from this place
took a boat ride on Lake Dunmore and
dined at the Hotel, which il again open
ior the reception of visitors. Some of
the Midllehurians ate their lunch un-
der the cool shades of Chipman'4 hin,
and Others lay quietly in the shade at
home and enjoyed, ~ best they could,
the pleasures of retiracy and idlrne"a
with the thermometer among the
"ninetie4n In the cVcnin" there we're
more signs of life III our streets.
LARGE Foes. By the courtesy of
Mr. Charles Blair of New Haven We
were, yesterday, shown II round dozen
OF hens eggs the largest OF which
measured r 10y q inches in circumfcr-
ence, and the smallest = 10y 81 inches.
BRInpoRT.-A valuable COW, one of
the descendants of the Royal Family
owned hy NJ Hamilton of Hridport, was
killed by lightning last Friday night.
The annual examination of the
students of Burr n Burton Seminary,
Manchester, will hc held Tuesday and
Wednesday, July 9Th and sth. The
public are invited To- attend. Wcdnes-
day, y. NJ, will be occupied with Rhe-
torical Exercises in the chapel of the
Seminary. On Tuesday Evening, Rev
n u kitchcll, ID ID. President of Mid
dlchlrv COLLEGE. will deliver an address
ut the Church.
SrATEt COMMITTEE Tie present en-
Gent Republican state COMMITTEE" were
unanimously reelected 10y the tonrrn-
lion on "Wednesday, and at once organ
iZrd hN the choice of the old officers,
General CIandcy IL Chairman, ami q
q Benedict ~ Secretary and Treasurer.
The Committee will meet at Tia" Amer
lean Hotel in darlington, On Friday
evening, July i,th for he l'urp"ar Of
adoptinr a plan for canNa"-inH the
state.
\ GRANT CIlE IL pAWLEr. The
Republicans in l'itWlrt organized Il
Grant and C"lfuN club, June 18th, lSGS
orr Secretary. A. Vermont leads oil
IN the ensuing fail elections, he can
and ouuht L. incrca.t her usual majnii-
IS ten thuu"Iui.
fTEaoNhI. We n"l,'' among tic
ice Presidents ai u Grant and tultuN
titiIiDa linh meeting, hcldat Tallahassee
Fla nu thu Ith int. the name of John
q Dirkon-ou, E.lmerlN ot Benson, tlir
stale.
ANorhEE fiEI ~ iti.rLANu.--bhe
OF the most disastrous fire, which ha'
ever been Witnessed in this place took
place Wednesday morning about !
o'clock. II originated in the Moodel
building IN Merchants Row, owned by
I. NJ and A & Bate, and spread rapid
~ north, south and raat until eight
iuildings were consumed, The cause
OF the fire is unknown, though il is lee
IieVed that, like many others viii
which the village has recently been
Visited, il was the work OF AN incen'
diary.
The los-ea and Insurance, A. far "a "a
certaned. are ~ follows: l.andon q
Bates, hardware and harnesa SO 900
insurance SlJ, 0Ni. ]. NJ Il \ & Bates
los ON building sl7 ,Wo insured for Sl3
800; billiard & Oakes, dry goods mos
of which were removed, loss >5OO0 GOV
e. cred by insurance; Miss NJ > Balch
millinery, loss SS,AW, insured for SGUo
Prindle & Burnham, insurance agents
loss 500, insured; ' Whitcomh, res
taurant, loss $1,000, insured for 5000;
] Haven, photographer, loss small ,mos
of hia goods heing saved; Prince Den
mark, barber, loss 500, insured A
Franklin, tobacoonist, loss 500, coVci
ed; j W Stearns. upholsterer, los. SGT
no insurance q NJ Baker Hayward 4
Hale, and G r LiVcmore, loss abor
5lO,0N on buildings, insured for SCOOP
Various families occupied the uppt
portion of the buildings consumed, II
of whom, with single exception, SUI
ceedell ia saving the greatest portion
their effects.
In one 0fibe school districts III II
north part of Cornwall, prayer meeting
have been held ~ often as once II we,
at least, for fifty years, with the exec
ton of AN intermiAsion during the mu'
dy part of spring, OF a few weeks.
SHOREH persons united wit
the Congregational Church last Suhda
and Seventeen in May last, twenty-si
of them on profession of faith.-The
NC Association chapel is nearly con
,sleted. 1t will seat $50 persons. I'll
President of the Association il In f.
Sauier, Vice Presidents, ICol Hunsdo