The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-24

bath School Convention meets at Bcuning-
ton on the 9th inst.
There are eleven thousand four hum
drcd and thirty nine families connected |
with the Congregational churches of Yer
mont.
Mr.. John Balls of Benson, cuts about
800 acres Of meadow land. His men
drew into the barn GO loads in one day !
last week
MIR. Stephen Wilcox, of Brook6eld, |
was very dangerously wounded on Thurs
day, August llth, by furious bull, and
is still in a critical condition.
AT = meeting of the soldiers resident
in Woodstock and vicinity held on the
7th inst, and committee Of fifteen was
appointed TO arrange and carry out pro-
grammc for the day.
The Windham County Jail, at Fay
ottcvillc, is graced by the presence Of
three of the fair sex. One is in for
murder, another for attempted murder,
and one for DEMONSTRATING.
Roy Mr.. Rckett, formerly of West
Dover, has become pastor of the church
in Marlboro; Rev. Warren }. Xix. in
jacksonville, and Rev. Mr.. Boguc Of Pots
dam, has accepted call to Vcrgcnncs
There are cighty-scvcn chartered
Masonic lodges in Vermont The whole
number of Masons in the State, according
, to reports in the hands of the Grand Sec
rotary, exceeds 500
FARE ONE WAY.-Thc Bennington and
Rutland railroad will return free all who
attend the meetings of Vermont and
Salisbury Association on presenting
certificate of attendance from the Sccre-
tary.
While Stephen Howe, Esq, of Lu-
nenburg, was loading hay few days
since, his horse suddenly started precip-
tating him to the ground. lie struck
upon his head, causing a serious if not IA
talLinjary.
/ { -Sergt. II. D. Hayward, late Of the
Fourth Vermont Volunteers, died at his
residence in Burke on Tuesday last, from
the effects Of bullet wound received in
the intcstines at the first battle of Freder-
Sicksburgh.
The Presbyterian society Of Green's
boro, have been fortunate in procuring
I Rev Hugh Brown, az pastor for the year
commencing July lst. The society. is in
a 1ourishing condition, and the VI. Pres
bytery will meet at their church Aug.
81.
There are in this denomination one
hundred and ninety-siI churches in the
State, with eighty pastors and sevcnty-five
acting pastors The rest are supplied in
various ways The total membership is
1888, with list of non-rcsidcnts num-
herring 3,l23. During the past year sec
made profession of faith. Tho Sunday
Schools contain 1892, and 3,414 mem
bers Of the churches are under thirty
years Of age.
-Messrs Clark Brothers Il Co. OF
! Rutland, offer to the citizens OF the town
their winters fuel by merely going mile
and half for il and taking ii from u
= peat bed. If Spectator. are bent Oh
keeping up the price of coal, Il resort to
the use of peat will he made more com.
mon.
While employed in taking down ,
shed on the 10th inst, w. G. Drew, o.
: West Concord, received serious iniurie,
by the shed falling upon him. Iii,
! collar bone was dislocatcd, and he sus.
tanned several cuts upon his head, anC
it is expected that his recovery will be
slow.
-Alonzo Woodwork, Of East Bethel
: after several years of investigation an,
$ experimenting, has discovered processe
4 by which he claims that he can make thu
| iron of any bed which he has yet tested
q however soft into the first quality of steel
1 or he can make brittle iron tough an,
l. malleable.
. Mr.. Bridgman, of Bellows Falls, ha
!, several small ponds containing more thai
, forty thousand trout, varying from ST
. months TO three years of age. The waite
y i. changed once in twcnty-four hours
a and the fish are fed on ground beef live
twice a day, at an expense of one dollar
# week.
e The Vermont Musical Festival whic
is began at Lyndon on the 18th, was
n great success. Not less than 5000 pee
is pie were present on the opening dal
d Rev. Edward p. Thwing delivered a
v address on music, followed by an elocl
d tonary entertainment by c. ID. Robinson
}. and concert by five hundred vocalstswit
n orchestra, anvil and artillery accompan
1t ments An illumination with frc-worl
= followed.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT Fran
Streeter of North Dorset, a brakeman q
At the Rutland and Bennington Railroa,
r. was killed on Wednesday last near Sout
m SALISBURY, by the breaking of a stake c
a lumber car Some of lumber worke
Il. off so as to strike the post of a railroa
crossing sign, and being violently pushe
y. back to the break head where the your
r. man was slttlng, AT the emu ol the car,
t. caught him and he was at once crushc
ut to death. He was n young unmarri,
rs man.
70 ASH Rhodes, Of Richmond, who
safe was robbed of $4,000 some thr,
rs weeks ago, has recovered it in a rath
r. singular manner. While the agents
n, Frenchs circus were in Greenfield, ma
to ing arrangements for an exhibition, the
IS found among the robes oftheir buggy b
ed tween $1,000 and $4,000 in money al
RI notes, some Of which were drawn in Il
name of Mr.. Rhodes A telegram W
!. Immediately sent to Mr., Rhodes, wi
- went down TO Greenfield and identii,
:, his property, every dollar of the amou
= stolen being recovered. 1t is suppos