The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-09-07

rolM iRippdpfbiS tuilss#9itya yeSierd6y
suclfaSE~6uld have startled an eastern
coWiHaniIy and flied it with intense cx-
citchient for days but here it passed as
-rrutter-et'rutu+rt-ceryequcncc. rxrifinF
no unusual comment It would seem
br Fhere qipg exceptions ITO Rll gcnerah
fuleS cspetalkthe one embodied in The
declaration that the love Of money is
The f6'ot Of i'll evil. For ii the scenes
above referred to, the love Of woman and
whisko| proved to be tht Exciting cause.
About ten O'Clock a. NJ, two individuals
got into AN attrcttion concerning some
Hair dalhsel which resulted ii the
death ofoht. and the arrest Of the other.
Pistols were the Weapons used. III One
received a bali III the back part Of the
head and died instantly. In the after
MON dd,det lhofsnsive old gentleman was
driving a team loaded With oar. When Ne
MET a dr'inken worthless vagaboIid Who
intclposed m s3me way with the hbrscs.
lie was SIMPLY requested TO pass oh'ab6dt
his business, whcrcdpon, he drew Il pistol
and shot tic teitlnster, the ball taxing
'ctlect id The lelt breast. Th, victim lin
Cured q short tinF and died. In the even
ing, a'1nlhef strdllcd Into a beer saloon
and dancc house for the purpose ofcn-
ioying a little Innocent amusement fas
they call Vt in this counfry.) The bar
Keeper whose omihous name is 3" Dead
MAN. took exceptions to something this
young miner said to his girl, and drew a
revolver and killed the young man dead
on the spot. Previous to this, in the af-
ternooh terrible battle occurred between
three Italians. two Of which were badly
wounded. No lives were lost in this con-
iiict. About the inc of the last engage
mcht, ayoung lad ten or twelve years of
hge was out flying his kite'on the side
hills where arenuiherous old mining shafts
some Of which are left open. Ono of
these was the trap which caught this I'M
fortunate little boy. he Numbered in and
fell distance Of three hundred feet strik-
ing ON the hard rock below He was taken
out alive but lived only short time.
The foregoing constitutes the tragic his
tory Of the day, but we would not have
you inter that this is fair index by
which to Judge Of the moral dcprayity of
this community ..I .~t .u ..,..
Foroovcral weeks past the public courts
have been very quiet, with little doing
And one Of the principal undcrtakers here
wrote a few weeks since. in response to a
dunning letter from San Francisco. that
there had been very few deaths lately.
that business was unusually dull, but he
hoped it would mb,vrc soon. Geo. f..
Train delivered one Of his spicy incohcrent
lecture, here last evening. He is an
accomplished actor az well as fine
speaker, and his lecture talk, on whatever
III; may be called is wei worth listening
to. He denmln.es the Irish for hating
all coIorcd fellow foreigners, for doing all
the voting for thu democratic party and
holding none Of the Offices fIe stigma
tizos the whole people Of thi. coast as con-
shutting the tail end Of secession, because
they will not recognize our national cur
rcncy, because they virtually by their
action denomcc green backsas filthy rays
I've goes from here to Salt Lake city.
whore he will give old Brigham a lively
turn by the way it would seem this old
sinner is doomed to much future trouble
1t seems that Il son of Joe Smith de-
parted saint, recently moved into Salt
Lake and commenced preaching anti
polygamy doctrines. He openly denoun-
ccs Brigham as usurpcr, dccoiver, a
william and is creating a division among
the saints which augurs speedy down
fall of Mormonism. This is not all of
Brieham's troubles. The Assessor Of In
tcrnal Revenue for Utah Territory doubt
less under instructions from Washington.
has forwarded blanks to Brigham with
the request that he will make a return Of
the rents, profits, and emolumcnts of the
church, with the view of collecting the
income tax thereon. Old Brigham re.
turned II characteristic reply, abiding to
the Mormon church as religious society
which could not he taxed under the law.
} In answer the assessor, speaking with the
royal plural ventnrcd this pleasant re-
mark I'VE, the government of the
I United States have no knowledge Of any
such person, as trustee in trust of the
/ ChurehofJesus Christ Of Latter day Saints
nor amy such organization as the church
Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
! If ever there was such an organization
we, the United States have obliterated
them out Of existence by legal enactment
passed July LIST 1862" Yesterday two
miles Of the Central Pacific r. r., was
destroyed by the burning of snow sheds
which took fire from sparks from the To-
connective. This is liable to occur often
during the fall months, as these sheds are
made eutire y of wood and become very
dry this Season of the year. Hoping We
have not burdened you too much with
uothngness, We remain ..t ...
..,lour most obcdient T.. w. y.
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