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

the Office OF III. IL. WOODS, in FAIR ta-
ven, Feb. sth, for the organization OF
the Company, and the election of Off
GERS.
Nathaniel Fullerton, the recently
reelected President of the Bellows
Falls National Bank, is 81 years of age,
and probably the oldest bank president
in the United States.
The debentures of the House of
Representatives, in 1867, was 500, 43s.
The Attachments and collection fees
on the State taxes of 1867, amounted to
S2G, 447.GG.
The salaries of the Judges of Probate
in Vermont, for the last current year,
amounted to S11 800.
The amount paid by the State for
killing bears and lynx, for the last cur
rent year, was 1857.
The " Hub" was creased last year
with over two millions and half
pounds of Vermont butter.
Papers throughout the State say
that there is likely to bel scarcity of
hay in many sections, and farmers gem
orally agree that the crop is not spend
ing well. The early cut hay is all right,
but the crop harvested late is bulky but
not hearty,
Phoebe Sowls has been appointed
postmistress at West Alburgh.
The Lyndon National Bank has two
sets of directors, with a fair prospect of
a "squable "
The Young Mems Temperance
convention, held at East Hardwick,
last Wednesday, renominated for
County Commissioner Rev. Pliny n
Granger.
The Orange County National Bank
of Chelsea, has recently declared divi-
dent of Al per cent, free ofGovernment
tax.
Henry kincaid, of Staff |, who had
lived bachelor to his 57th year, married
girl OF seventeen last fall, and last
week was consigned to the insane asy-
lum at Concord, n. II. Terrible warn
ing to bachelors.
john X. Whitney, of East Frank
lin, was renominated for County Com
missioner at the Temperance Conven-
ton held at Sheldon on Tuesday oflast
week.
A milestone quarry has been open
nfln ~ To D., g.,
ton, and they are being worked into
whctstone. and homes
a Mr.. Chapman, from Bellows
Falls, has moved to Evans Mills, in
Bloomington, and is putting in n SHIN
Gle machine, which is expected to cut
fifteen hundred cords of cedar into
shingles per year, and employ some
ten hands.
The congregational society of AL
bany have obtained new preacher.
making the fourth within the year.
The friends of Rev. p. $. Pratt pas
tor OF the Congregational church in
Dorset, on the 10Th of January, presen-
ted him 500 in money, and other val
liable articles.
Rev. RS Cushman, pastor of the
Congregational church in Manchester,
acknowledges the receipt of $l70, Il gift
from his parishioners.
A. G. Clark, Of Factory Point, re-
Gently killed a ten months old hog,
which dressed 40 pounds.
Three widows, early settlers of
Orange, have lately died in that town,
whose ages were respectively-Sj years,
IS years and % years. Their names
were Lydia Peasc, Relief Beard and
Sophia Lord.
In Orange, lately, little daugh-
ter, four years of age, of Blanchard
Johnson, being lett alone, in some way
set fire TO her clothes, which were near
ly consumed ere assistance could reach
her, She was so badly burned that she
died after eight hours of intense suffer-
ing.
The Franklin County Temperance
convention elected Hon John X. Whit
ney as County Commissioner.
-Enosburgh Falls boasts of miner.
al spring, which has quite local pop
ularity.
On Thursday of last week, Joseph
Warran of Ludlow, having gun which
had not been used for a long time
thinking it best to get it into condition
for hunting &c, stepped to the corner
of the barn and fred, bursting the guI
into fragments, the "breechpin being
hurled against his forehead with sucl
violence as to break the outer plate
The fracture is serious and his recover,
is uncertain.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT.-While tn
workmen on the Lebanon springs Rail
road were blasting rock near Peters
burgh, about 10 a. m. on Saturday so q
} TO widen Il rock cut, the foreman {
the workmen noticing can of nitro
glVcerine (which thev were using fC