The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-02

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the ODD, thirteen chceses weighing from
sixty to sixty-five lbs. each.-Gov. Page
and the engineer were in Richvillc We'd
ncsday last looking over their railroad,
seeing how it prospered &c.-The Their
mometer has been up among the %nineties
a number Of days in the past three or four
weeks, last Sabbath the 9th, it went as
high as lO1, the hottest day we have had,
AT this time, July 29th, we are having
splendid showers which we have long
been wishing tor.-ln a busy wide-awake
place like Richville, there is no scarcity
Of items, and should you at any time, MIR.
Editor find our list too long, use the
pruning knife freely.
state News.
-Teachels have been secured for Bar
ton Academy and graded school. Term
will commence the last Wednesday in
August.
BnANDoN.-About forty cords of dry
cedar fence poles were burned, near Bran
don, on Wednesday. 1t is supposed that
a spark from an engine caused the fire.
Davis, an East Boston thief bailed
for $4,000, and absconded to Canada.
was nabbed, last Sunday, at Stanstead
p. e., and lodged in lrasburg jail on
Monday.
The census taker has completed his
work in Derby, The present population
is Pope, being an increase within the
last ten years of 1913, or a trile over six
per cent.
The census of Newport has been
completed, and the population of the
town is shown to be 2,050, that of the
village is 702-a gain to the town of
over II per cent. since 1850.
Scion Jackson has been appointed
postmaster at North Derby in place of
Geo. f. West, resigned. Mr.. West sto be
ticket master and station agent at STAINS
tead when the spur is completed.
Observation-Disclosures Chester closed
his labors as Principal of the Vermont
Conference Seminary, at Montpelier, on
Wednesday of last week, being compelled
to tender his resignation by reason of
poor health.
County CoNvENTIONs.-The Demo-
Gratis hold their conventions for the NOM
i%nation of county officers at Bennington,
for Bennington county, August 10, at
G~uildhall, for Essex county, August 3,
and at Newport, for Orleans county,
August Is.
RUTLAND CENTENNIAL.-lt has been
decided that Wednesday, October 9TH, be
the day for holding the Rutland Centen-
NAL celebration, and Judging from the
manner in which the citizens Of that town
engage in the enterprise, the celebration
will be IA distinguished success. Rev.
John Todd, ID. D., Of Pittsfeld, Mass, IA
native Of Rutland, is to be Invited to
preach a sermon appropriate to the occa-
sion on the evening of Sunday, October
ID; and Rev. James Butler. Lid, of
Madison, Wisconsin, Gen. Davis, of
Troy, n. Y, and Gen. Alvord, Of Cali
f%ornia, all natives of Rutland, are to be
invited to he present and take part in
the literary exercises of the occasion.-
Mrs, Julia G. r. Dorr of Rutland has
been invited to prepare a poem for the
occasion. Historical papers were APP
pointed to be read on the evening before
the day Of the celebration, and Henry
Hall was requested to prepare a paper on
the Civil History Of Rutland, aud Chaun-
cy h. Williams on the Ecclesiastical His
tory. The finance committee were in
structed to raise at least twenty-five hum
dred dollars for the purposes Of the cele-
bration.
STATE lloMHorArmIc MEDICAL SoCIE-
ty.-The Vermont State Homeopathic
Medical Society met in the State House
in Montpelier, July 18th, for its annual
session. DR.. G. b. Currier, President,
in the chair. DR.. 6. +. f. Spar
hawk was elected Secretary, pro tenn.
Several members were elected from this
State; also several physicians from ad-
joining States were elected honorary
members
DIR. II. A. Houghton of Keescville, \.
Y, presented his credentials as delegate
from the New York State homeopathic
Medical Society, and was admitted to
participate in the proceedings of the So
ciety. Several papers were read and much
important discussion was had. The COM
mittee on nominations presented the fol-
lowing names for officers for the ensuing
year:
For President, j. II. Jones, NJ. D., of
Bradford Vice Pres. G.. w. Cotton. NJ.
d., Woodstock Secretary, G. +. Spar
hawk, NJ. d., Gaysville; Corresponding
Secretary, A. A. Arthur, NJ d. YER
gennes; Treasurer, A. u. Horton, Md,
Fast Poultney.
Censors-M. l., Scott, NJ. D., West
Randolph, :. II. Colburn, D. d., North
field; James Haylctt, VI. d., of More
town.
The meeting adjourned to meet at
Montpelier, June. 1871, at the call of the
Secretary.
An anti-Chincse State Convention is to
meet at San Francisco on August 20. 1t
is called the Mechanics Counsel of San
Francii 90.
Some unknown individual entered shop
IA Union street, Worcester, Tuesday fore
noon, and appropriated il wallet belong
ing to Mr., Moses Bagley. The wallet
was in Il linen coat hanging up in the
shop, and contained 500 in bank bills,
mostly tives, and two checks, one on Al
bany and the other on Boston, amounting
to sl45.
Several clerks belonging to a store in
Lewiston, Maine, at the close of the bust
ness on Wednesday night. found that the
key to the outside door was missing.
Surprising it to have been stolen by some
person who would probably return during