The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-17

the propretors, who was employed at it,
at the time, had narrow escape from Sc.
rious injury, one Of the flying pieces pass
ing close to his head.
On Thursday last a man named
Randall mysteriously disappeared from
Northtied Falls, and as some papers were
afterward found on the bank of the river
it is feared he may have been drowned.
lie was some fifty years old and leaves a
wife and three children.
Last week house occupied by Mi.
chael Kennedy, mile from West Berk.
shire, was burned to the ground. Among
the ruins were found the remains Of sew
eral guns, carbines, and rcvovcrs, arms
supposed to have been secretcd there by
the Fenians, as he was n hearty sympa-
thizer with them.
The members Of Bethany church and
society, Montpelier, are rejoicing in the
liquidation of the debt resting upon them
for the building of their new church, pur.
chase of new organ, arrears Of current
expenses, etc. the sum of 81 900 having
been raised by subscription for that pur-
pose.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN AusrRIA.-A cor
respondent of the NewSdealer says: ave
look across the Atlantic to monarch-rid.
den Austria, and there behold $4,000
women voting without harm to mind OF
morals, while here, in our own free land
partisan prejudice may elevate libertinc
to high honors, thereby endangering the
morals of our sons, the purity of our
daughters, yet no loyal mothers vote may
come against the immortality"
The high lands of the Eastern range
of the Green Mountains are less broken
than those in the Western range, and arc
not unfrequently capable of cultivation
On the summit Of hills Of considerable
elevation, excellent farms are frequently
situated from 1900 to 1000 feet above
the level of the ocean, aud yield not only
abundant crops of grass and grain but Of
corn Of good quality. The rock is in
many places disintergrating and forming
new soil of great productiveness.
Two men entered the house of Ira
Kent, farmer, in Guilford, about eight
O'Clock, Tuesday morning, seized and
gagged his housekeeper, and one of them
held a pistol at her head while the other
searched the house for plumber. They
carried away three thousand eight hun
dred dollars in government bonds belong.
ing to Mr.. Kent, who was at work on a
distant part of his farm, and $500 in banl,
notes belonging to the housekeeper. The
robbers were identified as men who had
called at the house. Monday. night, beg.
ging lodgings, which were denied them
MIR. Kent offers a reward of 5000 for the
capture Of the thieves aud recovery of the
bonds.
There are eight Masonic lodge. in Van
Buren, Co., Michigan.
Two hundred and fifty wagons are made
daily in South Bend, Ind.
A young lady at Keokuk, Iowa, has
had her under jaw amputated and he,
occupation is gone. She is in great de-
mand among the young men who want to
marry.
An ungallant Congressman proposes
to lay tax Of twenty-five per cent. on
corsets. Since there is no tax on men
getting Hgh, why shouldn't the ladies
have the same privilege.
President John Young, the oldest
brother of Brigham Young, and an elder
and patriarch in the Mormon Church,
died at Salt Lake city on the 9th OF
April.
Secretary Fish is confident that nc diff
fculty will arise in the question of the
Newfoundland fisheries, and that the
rights of our citizens will be- peaceably
maintained.
At Galveston, Texas, there is Il French
merchant who furnished quartermaster's
stores to Maximilians amy The pos
SCISSOR at that time of over $500 he
staked it on Macmillan and lost. lie
now sells soda water for a living.