The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-11-29

A telegram from Binghamtown anoun-
ces the death Of Rev Dr. Charles Walk
err The funeral will take place in Pitts
ford on Wednesday the 30th inst at 12
Or o'clock.
state News.
Board of Education appointed by
and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate
First district Merritt Clark OF Poult-
ney, George n. Weber of Middlebury.
Second District Benjamin Ii. Steele
of Hartland, Benjamin F. Bingham Of
Brattlcboro.
Third District-M Matthew n Buckham
of Burlington, William A Robinson of
Barton.
SHoT.-ln Forest Dale Nov - (Sun-
day. son Of Colburn johnson was found
dead in school house with double
barrel gun by his side, and the contents
entering the lower part of his face killing
him instantly, las is supposedly. No indi-
cations of insainity was ever manifested by
the boy. He was nice young man
His loss is deeply felt by all.
STATE GroLoG1sr.-We are glad to no.
tce that Coy. Stewart has appointed DR..
II. A. eating of Luncnburgh, State Cecil
ogist, and Curator of the State Cabinet
at Montpelier. DR.. Cutting will bring to
the discharge of his duties an earnest de-
sire and adequate knowledge to well and
fully discharge them acceptably
Any specimens designed for the State
Cabinet should he directed to him at
Lunenbnrgh.
BURGLARY IN RUTLAND.-O the night
of the l4th burglars entered the store
and office of the Rutland Marble Co. at
West Rutland, by breaking out a pane
of glass and christening the window and
after robbing the money drawer of about
SO, commenced to drill. the safe. They
soon broke their drill and commenced in
another place, but as light was about
that time struck up in ncighoring house.
they evidently became frightened aud
ran Always leaving their tools behind
them.
PORTLAND \ OGpENsBrRGn RAILROAD.
Regular trains have commenced running on
portion Of the Portland x Ogdensburgh
Railroad in Vermont About mile and
half Of the line, from the Passumpsc
Road to Fairbanks Village in st Johns
bury, has been "roned," and the locomo
tive daily sounds its notes Of progress. In
the spring the track layers will resume
their work. The work in Sheldon is pro-
crossing finely, although they havt moi
been driving work very hard for the past
two weeks, for the reason that they wish
to get their dirt carts on in two big cuts
they are working.
Town bonds are becoming quite popu
lar and selling rapidly.--News Dealer
The London Saturday Review says tn,
Emperor Napolen's pamphlet has Thu
degree of credit to be attached to it, "tha
to no one is the story, as he tells it, SC
disgracefu as to himself"
Rev. DR.. Bushnell calls the demanc
for female suffrage can attempt to make
trumpets out of flutes and sunhowers on
, of violets.'
Mrs. Gen. Williams late Mrs. StcpheI
A. Douglass) is reported to have ialleI
heir to considerable property III Scot
land.
The New York gold room is again
filed daily with SPECTATORS, in conse
: quence of wide and frequent fuctuation
produced by the news from Europe.
1 A murder, perpetrated nearly tw'
e years ago in the northern part of Wash
. ington county, Missouri, was brought t,
| light only a few days since. The com
mission of the crime was traced to an OLE
, negro who, utter arrest and confession
S was taken by some unknown parties an
f hung The name Of the murdered ma
e was Robert Cole. He was wnodchoppe,
}, and aged about forty years.
r Port au Prince advices announces tn
r arrival of 100000 worth of arms for tn
y Cubans, consisting Of gun carriages, sma
c arms, large quantity of shells. an
e other materials.
y Since the opening Of the present ceutur
:. eighty-six English patents, and twenty
y three French ones for perpetual motion
;. have been granted or applied for.
d The Marquis of Lorraine, who is to maj
I ry the English Princess Louise, is gene
ously supplied with names his cogn,
men being John George Edward Hem
Douglas Sutherland Campbell.
The Libby Prison in Richmond is no
e given to the peaceful arts. Under it ro
" are two large mills, one for grinding bon
l. into fertilizer, and another for grindir
II sumac. The proprietorS Of the latter pa
II about $1,000 day, in small sums, f
+, sumac leaves. These are gathered !
- very poor people, mostly negroes.
/ The value fthe privete property e
= posed to destruction by the bombardmel
a of Paris is estimated by the Londc
n Economist as amounting to 81 ,543, 600
- 900.
~ During the past week SIP 900 in bu
A. lion was shipped overland from San Fra
= cisco to New York.