The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-03-24
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.


position of Rector of ST Johns Church in
the city Of lawrence, to which he was
recently called. In abiding to tli>
change OF busc; the Lawrence Ame,Tcda
pnys Mr.. Harris the high compliment
which his intellectual abilities must every
where command
A capital article on "NIining ms an
Occupation appears in another column.
The writer evidently knows what he is
talking about and how to say it.
ANNUAL School MEETING The legal
voters of School District No 1, in the
town Of Middlebury, are hereby notified
and warned to meet at the Town RU, IN,
in Mddlebury, on Thursday, the 31>t
day of March, A. ID. 1865, at Z o'clock
l.. M. for the following purposes, TO wit
First, To elect the NECESSARY Officers
for the year ensuing.
.Scrm,d, TO voc a tax on q @ grand
lit OF the inhabitants of said District for
the purposl of d,fraylg the ordinary cx
rcnscs # supporting schools and repairing
school houses in said District for the year
ensuing.
7Hid, To see if the District will vote
a tax ON the gran list of the inhabitants
Of sail district. for the erection Of tie
rev school huilding.
E,IDJi tn IL, mo nttnr la. ,unsl
'lunsht proper when met.
Dated at Mnldlchury, this 20th day Of
March, A ID 1865
LrMAN +. KNArr, Clerk.
5RIppoRr - Uror0cd - Mr. James
Rnine assisted 10y his .on, in attempting to
draw his two daughter Mis- Ellen Rainc
and Mrs Anna johnson, in sleigh, from
Chimney Point to Grown Point Light
House, broke through the ice and all
~cre precjptatcd into the water. The
son first incd the firm ice and succeeded
in saving his father in an exhausted con-
dillon; but the ladies fell under the
sleigh nnd their dead bodies were not re-
covered Until nearly two hours after the
"ccidcnt Much sympathy is felt for the
bcrcavcd families.
Quite powerful ilrun l,r shower pass
ed over l'r'lport and other parts Of Ad
Olson County ON Monday of last week.
WEST CoRNwALL Eight persons have
been accepted, on relation cf experience,
for baptism and membership in the Bap
tat Church ut West CDrnwa'l. West
Cornwall is now supplied wi'h another
first class Homo lpa;hic physician of her
own See the card Of J V Daggctt, NJ
ID.
The chimney connected with tie
new m ,chine shop of Mr.. Thomas Ros4,
in Rutland, fell on Monlay, the 10th
inst, in consequence Of the aclion Of the
frost on its foundation. Mr.. Ross entire
building is badly warped and cracked
from the same cause, and will probably
have to be rebuilt.
FEMALE SEMIN RY-Thc Summer
term Of the Midlcbury Female Semina-
ry will commence on Monday April 6 h.
This institution, under the efficient man
agcmcnt Of the Rev & Mrs n Il Graves,
is all that its excellent reputation accrcd
its to it, in its superior facilities for tho
solid requirements no less than the ac'
compIshments necessary to fit the lady O.
the present day for society AMI I he world
A p'mphlrt is ebolt to be published
continuing the proceedings at the Funeral
OF the late Bishop Hopkins, the njdrcssc.
then delivered by the Bishops of Conn
ccticut and Quebec, and good photo
graphic likeness of the departed Bishop
all for 80 cts, which will only cove
the cost Subscriptions received for ,
few days by the Rev. G. Graves, MiILle
bury.
On Tuesday last, Patrick DJnnelly wa
brought bef'rc Judge Slade and arra On,
cd for drunkenness lie was fined s. anc
costs.
'RIsroL~-A curious explosion took
place at the pillow foundry in this town OIL
the lGlh. After the moulds had all beer
filled, one of the hands let dowr the bot
tom Of the cupoIa as usual, and as thcr
had been no casting done since the first q
the winter, there was considerable waite
Underneath which the melted iron an
cln iors falling INTO, an explosion was Tia
resul Nearly every light of glass in tn
building was shattered and many of IN
sash were broken, while nam sircame
out at every creyicc, winlpw and door
One piece of ircn near the cupola weigh
Ing about 100 lbs, was thrown about II
feet and one large block was thrown vic
lenily against the leg of one of the hand,
Fortunately, however, none were YER
seriously injured, though there was som