The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-09-29
Rutland County.

erection of the walls of Lin
coins iron works, at Rutland, were pre-
cipitated to the ground 3j feet, by the
falling of the scaflolding, ON Tuesday
last
Gen Baxter of Rutland has present
ed to that town some land for park.
Rev Franklin Tuxbury, of Brandon,
delivered the opening lecture of the sea-
son before the Young Mems Library
Association of Chicago, last week.
Tho Rutland County Agricultural
Fair occurs at Rutland, Wednesday and
Thursday of this week.
Washington County.
I REUNION OF VERMONT OFFICERS, i
The fifth annual reunion of Vermont
officers will be held at Montpelier, on
Thursday, the 22nd of October. The
members of the Reunion Society and
ali Vermont officers of the army and
navy are respectfully invited to attend,
The usual preliminary meeting for he
election of officers and other business,
viii hc held at the Court House, at 10
o'clock, ann. The Grafton will hc de-
livcrcd by General Peter y Wa,bburn,
at tie hall of tho House Of Reprc-ent1-
lives. during the evening. In issuing
This call, it has been thought proper 10
state briefly the history of the organi2a-
tion, IFS aims and liz objects. IN the
autumn of 1864, . few officers and eX-
officers issued call for n meeting, to he
held at Montpelier, for the purpose Of
rendering Il complimentary dinner To
General George Stannard, then barely
recovered from the effect of wounds re
ccjved at the storlning OF Fort liarri-
son. About scVenty-Gvc officers as
scinhlcd in response to that call, and
formed II permanent organization. -
| Since that timc meetings OF the Society
have annually been held, and the mem
bcrship has increased to about three
hundred, Il large majority of whom have
been present at the meetings. The oh
jcct of the association is simply to afford
an opportunity To renew, through social
intercourse, the ties of friendship formed
| in the field to draw renewed inspirn-
ton for the work yet before us from the
touch of Il comrades elbow, - and thc
| sight Of the Sh0t-rrut standar. - under
Which we FOUGHT ana 50 many oi our
heroes lcll and to keep green and VA
cred the memories of the Five thousand
who gave their lives fer the cause
The next annual meeting Of tie
Vermont Historical Society will bc held
in the society, rooms, Montpclicr, on
Tuesday, October 20, at . O'Clock, pm.
The courtesy of free return tickets will
he extended to persons attending, by
the different railroads.
- bethany church, at Montpelier,
VIII io dedicated October IS. It has
been delayed by the construction Of tlc
organ, which j. being built by ". \
Johnson Of WcstGcld, Mass. There
are 1850 Pcwa, which will hc sold at "a
price sufficient to pay the cost Of the
house, S60,00O
H G Henderson, of Warren, has
raised double pumpkin, "a Ia Siamc~c
twins.
The annual reunion Of the " Old
| Tenth viii bc held at Loves hotel,
| Waterbury, on Wednesday, oct n, ut
o'clock, pm. Gov Dillingham; will
deliver an address on the occasion.
John T. Henry, formerly of the firm
of j T. Henry " Co, of Waterbury,, has
purchased the stock and business of De-
MAJ Barnes IL Co, p Park Row, NY.
VIZ dham County.
Marshal harrington, II years old,
Of Nottingham, was recently shot ac-
cidentally, and killed, by Jackson
Huh, another boy.
- The N. f.. Church and Society in
Wardsboro have voted to raise 5000 to
repair their meeting house.
Windsor ,ounty.
There are scvcnty-siX c0nvicts in
the state prison, four of whom are fc-
males. One, named Miller who was
tried at the June term of Windsor
County Court, is under sentence of
DEATH
One evening as The cars were lcav-
ing the depot at Windsor, a gentleman
put his head out of the ear window
when thief snatched his costly beaver
and eluded all attempts at capture, not
wlthstanding the train was stopped and
n seorch instituted
"A child, born at Woodstock with
out arms, is to be carried to the agri-
cultural fair To receive aims.
Samuel Cronan, an old employee OF
the Vermont Central railroad, was
killed at White River Junction while
coupling cars last Friday.
miscellaneous
Daniel Curtis recently disappeared
from Lyndon, having fled thither after
stealing $4,000 worth of bonds from hi,
cousin, Amos Curtis, of Stanstead
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