The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-01-12
General state News.

VERMONT SPIRITUALIsT AssoCIA-
overwhelmingly Mass Convention of
the Vermont State Spiritualist Asso-
citation will be holden in the Town
Hall, Middlebury, VT, on Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday, 18th, 10th and 18th
of January, 1869. A general invitation
is extended to Spiritualists and relormers
everywhere to come up and parti-
cipate with us in the "feast of reason
and flow of soul" which may be reason
able expected to grace the occasion.--
Speakers and mediums especially are
invited to be present and aid in making
this convention a season Of refreshing
profitable to the inner man, and one
that may be looked back upon with
pleasure in coming time.
1t Is expected that arrangements will
be made with railroads in the State to
return all attending the convention free
who pay full fare one way. Board at
the hotels, 81 ,25 per day, and no extra
charges. BY order of the State Com
mittee. L. B. HOLDEN.
Secretary.
BENNINGTON AND RUTLAND Rail-
RoAD.-At the the annual meeting Of
the Bennington and Rutland railroad,
the following named gentlemen were
elected Directors of that Corporation !:
Trenor w. Park. Remington.
A. p. Lyman,
NJ. Carel Hall,
Nat B. Hall,
c. E.Houghton, -
Chas, S. Lincoln, -"
Geo. w. Hartman.
II. Henry Baxter, New York.
f. w. Phelps,
"A couple were married in Westfield,
week before last, whose united ages
amounted to SO years. The bridegroom
was 10 and the bride a.
An Infamous attempt to poison j.
NJ. Mills of st. Johnbury, was made
recently 10y leaving plug of tobacco
in his mill, in one end of which was
concealed strychnine enough TO kill
twenty men.
A three year old child Of Mr. Silas
Davis of Enosburgh, Vt, was fatally
scalded Dec. Goth, by falling into a
pail Of boiling water.
APPOINTED SUPERINTENDENT Ne
DIRE happy to learn that the efficient SIT
perintendent of the Bennington and
Rutland Railroad, Mr.. = G. White
has been appointed superintendent of
the Lebanon Springs road. His duties
upon the new road commenced on the
1st of January. Mr.. White is we'll
known as an able and efficient railroad
officer, and is well qualified for the cX-
ira responsibility thus repOscd in
him.
CHAMrLAGN TRANSPORTATION COM
PANY Tho stockholders of the Cham
plain Transportation Company held
their annual meeting at their Office in
Burlington, on Wednesday.
The following gentlemen were una
nimously elected directors for the ensu-
| ing year: Col l.. G. Cannon, Peter
Butler, Geo. II. Crammcr, J. V. Ba-
ker, V. p. Noyes. President Col. L.
G. Cannon. Nice-P President Hon. J
b. Page. Treasurer V. p. Noyes.
The Burlington Times was CONSOLE
dated with the Free Press on the LIST day
of January, and the Free Pros and Time
is now published twice day, morning
and evening, Sunday excepted, by the
Free Press Association, at Burlington
VT The Daily Editions contains tn,
full telegraphic News Reports of tho
| A ssociation Press full and latest news
of all matters of interest in Vernon
and the Lake Champlain Valley tn,
latest Stock and other Market Reports
and fresh intelligence and discussions o
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Price-Eight Dollars per annum In adj
vance.
NORWICH UsIvERsITy.-At a meet
ing of trustees of Norwich University
held at Mortified on Friday last. Rev
Roger S Howard, d. D., of Woodstock
formerly rector Of Trinity Church, Rut
land, was unanimously elected pres
nent of the university. RI. Rev. Bisl
op Bissell and DR.. p. d. Bradford wer
appointed COMMITTEES to inform d
Howard of his election, and confer wit
him relative to the prospects of the co
ege.