The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-04-07

| formerly Oh Drlslol, mas gone INTO DRnk'
ruptcy in Waterloo, Wis, with liabilities
to the amount Of over $50, of which
80. 900 is due to parties in this county
The VERMONT MUTUAL.-The Yer.
mont Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
at Montpelier, was chartered Nov. 10th
1927, and organized March 3lst 1928.
1t is now been in existence forty years
OF the thirty-six original corporators, on.
ly one is now living, Hon Daniel Bald
win. who is now and long hes been Pres
ident of the Company. TO him the first
policy was issued.
CANADA POSTAGE. All Canada letters
hereafter, if prepaid, will require but a
six cent stamp, and if not prepaid, the
old rate of ten cents will be charged.
-ACCIDENr.-We regret to learn that
Major Hawley Of Manchester, President
Of the Battenkill Bank, met with seri-
Gus accident on Wednesday last, by being
thrown from his wagon, sustaining com
pound fracture of his leg.
CAvENDIsH The selectmen of Caven-
dish by vote Of the town, are author
lied to abate the taxes for the term of
five years, on any manufacturing establish
ment that may be established in that
town.
The Lebanon Springs railroad COM
pany advertise for 1000 workmen.
Greensboro follows the other Lamoille
Valley towns and takes SIS, 900 stock in
that railroad.
Charles H.Chase's grist mill at East
Charleston was burned a few nights since.
Loss $500, insured for $4,000 be ides
which several individuals lose grain.
w NJ Evarts, distinguished lawyer
OF Windsor, VT, is also a successful ama-
teur farmer. He realized last year from
225 acres, in Windsor, Vt, a profit Of
S76l so, and received the first farm pres
MUM from the Windsor County Agricul-
tural Fair.
MIR. Charles NJ. Hale, of Montpelier,
has sheep, which in the last twenty
two months has given birth to nine lambs,
and all, with one exception, alive and
fourishing.
SUICIDE. Ezra Shepherd, a respecta-
BILE farmer of Jamaica, 60 years of age,
committed suicide by hanging last Friday
on account Of domestic troubles. He
leaves no family except divorced wife
His father hung himself Is years prey
ious.
Rev. DR.. Worcester now fills the chair
OF moral and intellectual philosophy at
the university in Burlington, vacated since
the death of DR.. Torrey
FlREs.-Fire, originating in the BURST
ing of Il Kerosene lamp in the Franklin
House at Rutland, carly Thursday morn
ing, destroyed that building, the county
courthouse, the dry goods OF w. II. b.
Owen, Thral's building, containing Stat
fords store and tin shop and offices, Ross
block, occupied Ivy offices, and by Chaffee
& llargcr's store, and several barns and
other buildings, making total loss of
about $4,000 Mr. Cheney, owner Of
the hotel, loses $50, 900 above his insu
rance Of $500: Mr. Owens loss is
$4,000, partly insured and many others
divide the balance. The county records
and papers were saved, and d,cu, sion
the new court house is already
The hotel had 200 guests.
only one of whom was injured, though
there were many hsirbresdlh escapes.
A car loaded with leather wa burned
between Montpelier and Northfield. few
days ago
Henry Hayward's barn near Rutland was
burned on Wednesday: loss $500, hall
insured
A Canadian at South Vernon recent.
y ate 81 pounds of maple sugar in TWEEN,
Iy five minutes.
VERMONT CONFERENCE The annual
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of Vermont, will be held at Swan
lon, on Thursday, April 9th, Bishop
A mes presiding.
WEST RUPERr.-Thc West Rupert
Dairy Association clcarc the factory of
about 40, 600 pounds of cheese, week be.
fore last. which event was celebrated by
The young people with dance and sup.
per in the factory.
The LIBEL CAsE.-The great libel
case between Hon John Gregory of North
ied and Hiram Atkins, editor of the