The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-09-21
Tconderoga Items.

Ticonderoga, N. Y,
sept. 18th, 1869.
The corner stone of the new Epis-
copal church edifce was laid the Bird inst.
and its completion is expected this fall.
The " Mnnehaha" which runs on
Lake George between Colwell and this
place, is very fine boat, well fitted
Persons wishing to enjoy pleasure ex-
cursion of day or two are perfectly de-
lighted with the trip through the Lake,
where there is the more delightful scene-
ry The boat is to be overhauled as soon
as navigation is closes.
On trip to Graphite Mountain.a few
days since we saw man ga years of age
who is able to chop enough wood to sup
ply his family constantly.
There is descent of 900 feet in the
outlet of Lake George, a distance of three
miles. Splendid opportunities for capt.
talists to start any kind of mills,
AT town meeting in 1911 it was
voted to raise ten dollars for the annihi-
lation of crows and blackbirds, three cents
for each crow and one cent for each black
bird. There are plenty of them here yet,
however.
The NJ. L. s. s. had very interes-
ting picnic, Wednesday the 18th, in the
pleasant green of w. H. Cook, conduc-
ted by Rev. Mr.. Mooney. He made a
few appropriate remarks The children
were glad that others present refused to
say anything.
The Town Fair comes off on We'd
nesday and Thursday, the 22nd and 23d.
We hope to see some of our friends from
the Green Mountain State in attendance.
The Good Tcmplars' Lodge numbers
800 members, and is doing good work
in the cause of temperance.
The Essex Camp-meeting was well
attended last week. No disturbance by
rowdies.
The Methodists are holding series
of prayer meetings this week. No espe-
cal manifestation of interest is yet per-
ceptible.
There has been but little change in the
condition of Hon. Sanford E. Church, and
his state is considered very critical. He
was engaged in an argument last week be-
fore the Supreme Court at Rochester, and
obliged to leave the Courtroom on ac-
count of a severe pain in his side and
back. Since then he has been confined
to his house, and his illness assumed o
dangerous form.
The London Times of Thursday in an
other editorial on Cuban matters, assumes
that the note of Minister Sickles offered tc
spain the alternatives of abandonment O
the island or recognition of the insurgents
1t regards the situation as pregnant witt
serious events, and says the Cortss, CT
reassembling, must give its whole atten
ton to the dangers and difficulties which
encompass Cuba.
authority having been found in the Re
Texas has been extended from one to tou
days,as without 1.-THE Constitution only
providing one election precinct in county
voters from distance could not reacl
the polls. The privilege will also proba
bly, be extended to Mississippi the sam,
difficulty is found to exist, although the
State has not yet asked for it.
Governor ChamberlainH majority il
Maine, over both candidates, is about s.,
900, in total vote of $4,000. The Re
4 publicans are said to have carried tn,
local ticket in every county but Aroostool
and Knox. Tho Senate stands 81 Re
publicans, 3 Democrats and one doubtful
The House probably l26 Republicans t,
% Democrats. The temperance men d.
not elect a single member to eithel
branch.
OVER THE LAKE-Through the inHu
ence of the Catholic Priest the miners Al
the Port Henry and Moriah ore bedl
went to work again, last week, at ole
prices. So ends this Infamous demonstra.
ton.