The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-11-02

Destructive FIRE IN BRATTLEDoRO.-|
A destructive fire broke out in Brattlc
boro Sunday morning, andevery building
from High Street to Elliot Street, inclu-
ding the Bratteboro house, was burnt to
the ground. Some rascal had stopped
the hose of one Of the engines, and thus
prevented its use. 1t was no doubt an
incendiary fire, and Il. A. Eager and son
have been arrested on suspicion. The
damage must have been S150,0O0.
PERsoNAL.-Presiden Angel of the
University of Vermont follows the exam
pie of Pof. Seelye of Amherst college.
and declines the Presidency Of the I'm
University of Michigan.
LAMo1LLE VALLEY RAILRoAD.-The
locating party Of the Lamoille Valley
Railroad had got the road located on
Monday evening to within two miles Of
East Fairfield The parties now make
their headquarters at the latter place.
The chief engineer Of the Swanton and
Cambridge division feels confident of
completing survey of his division be-
fore winter sets in.
About four O'Clock last Friday at
tcrnoon, as two young men named
Charles Houghton and Charles Nichols
were driving near Lyndon Corners, they
were stopped by George NJ. Downs and
James Howard, one of whom took the
horse by the bride, and the other dis
playing revolver, demanded what little
money they had. The boys claimed
that they were {" in fun but the author
tiles could not see it in that light,
and they are now in Jail awaiting exami-
nation.
-GREENsBoRo PoND.-Rev II. Her.
rick of Wolcott, in the last Ncwsdealcr,
gives the result of some Investigations
which he, with others, has late y made,
respecting the threatened elopement Of this
famous pond. With an iron rod, twelve
feet long, the bottom on both sides Of the
wall composing the dam at the outlet was
examined, and it soon became evident to
all that the dam stood on a solid rock. To
make assurance sure, a gentleman was
found who aided in the construction OF
the last fume, who testified that it was
built on Il solid rock. The dam is built
of stone, and has resisted the water more
than seventy years. However, " should
all give away, and there come out cur
rent of water sixty feet wide, five feet
1ldeep at the middle and two at each end,
7 running at the rate Of five miles an hour
and calling the surface Of the pond SOC
acres and averaging five feet deep, il
would take sixty-six hours and torty-siS
minutes to drain the pond. The water
would, Immediately after leaving the
pond, 90 into a thick cedar swamp, three
miles long and half a mile wide. Would
there, therefore, be any harm done in the
valley below?"
Donald Mann, a member o
the Junior class of the University Of Yer
mont, committed suicide by hanging him
self in his room at Burlington, Saturday
night. He had been complaining all da,
5 of feeling unwell and did not take hi
, supper as usual. lie was not seen dur
r ing the evening, but was heard to ente
his room about midnight. Nothing NOR
was heard of him till Tuesday morning
when, as his absence began to excit
alarm, the door of his room was force,
: and his dead body was found suspende'
from his extemporized gallows, He ha
inserted short stick over his bedroom
door and under the ceiling fastened
sheet to it, and standing in chair, ad
justed slip-noose around his neck, whe
he took the fatal leap. When found tn
body had evidently been hanging da
or two, and it is supposed that the dee
was committed Saturday night. Youn
Mann was about nineteen years old, an
a resident oe Rochester, n. Y. His fatho
was Hon. Alexander Mann, graduate {
!. the University, and for many years, an
until his death, a prominent editos {
Rochester The cause of his sons melal
choly act is not known. He left no not
or clue of any kind. for the information
a his friends.