The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-10-19
State News

State News
The Brandon Town Fair. last week
was q success in spite of the rain, and
full of interest to all present.
Brandon is about to have band Of
her own. A number of musician have
organized, hired hall and commenced
practicing.
The high water in Brattleboro has
so injured the gas mains that the village
supply of gas is cut off for the time be-
ing.
The Sherman property, so called, in
Guiding the brick store on the corner Of
Main and Green streets, in Nergennes,
has been purchased by Hon. John NJ. Dyer
Of Salisbury,
Mr.. Noel Andrews, Of Sunderland,
an aged citizen, came near losing his life,
on the 9th ult., by taking bedbug poison
for camphor 1t is feared his system has
been fatally shattered thereby
A new church at Essex Junction,
owned jointly by the Methodists and
Congrcgationalists, was dedicated to the
worship of God last week, with
appropriate and impressive ceremonies,
An account of the Cartwright Semi
Centennial Jubilee worthily fills a large
space in the Methodist papers. The old
veteran has been Methodist preacher for
o5 years, and has served for 80 years as
presiding elder.
-Messrs. Estcy & Co., of Brattleboro,
have decided to bnild dyke for the pro-
lection of their shop on the meadow.
The embankment will be about twenty
feet wide at the base, and Of sufficient
height to ward off all danger from freshets
in the future:
Gov. Page has pardoned John Dali
ley of St. Adams, who was tried at the
September term Of the FRANKLIN County
Court, last year, and sentenced to two
years Imprisonment, for stabbing John
Moss-he having served ont less than hall
Of the term.
Charles Corkins, Of Arlington, COM
mtted suicide on Friday, the lst inst, by
cutting his throat from ear to ear He
was found in piece Of woods near by
his hand still clutching the fatal knife
He had been deranged for some time, ant
was single man about 80 years of age.
Miss Anna NJ. Galusha, of Berkshire
Center, on the evening of the 9Th inst
retired to her bed apparently well, bu
some time in the night expired, and wal
found dead in her bed the next morning
Dropsy of the heart was the cause. Sh'
was A years old, aud respected by al
who knew her.
Charles II. Bagley, student at Col
Miles school,, Brattleboro,wa arraigne(
Oct. 18th, before Justice Vinton, for al
assault upon Luther Weld Bagley beinj
armed with loaded gun. He was fne'
= $50 and costs, amounting to S26.39, an,
was further put under $500 bonds to keeI
the peace
The new Methodist church at vii
liston was dedicated last Wednesday al
ternoon. The exercises were conducte
by the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Ludlum, an
Rev. Messrs. Chase of Colchester, Dayto
of Burlington, and Walker of Middle
bury, and Rev. Mr.. Maynard, pastor c
the Congregational church at Willistor
Tho dedication sermon was preached b
c Rev. s. d. Brown of New York city.
Sunderland suffered the most sever.
ly from the food of any town in tn
: County, with the exception of Bennine
ton. Every bridge between the steaI
mill and Arlington, together with til
n turnpike ITSELF were swept away and de-
s troyed, shutting ofthe lumber regions Ell
: tirely. Several mill dams, buildings, an
e nearly every bridge in ether parts of til
il town were carried off The highways al
= badly cut up, and considerable dams9
Il done to farms lying on the stream.
Bishop Bissell made his snnu
Is visitation to the Brandon parish on SUI
If day the 18th ult. The church was bea,
e tifully adorned with flowers. a large b
N quet filling the font and rising above Il
10 reading desk, There were present b