The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-02-22

State News.
The late thaw produced tremendous
freshets, and much damage was done in
Maine and New Hampshire, especially in
the formes state where there was large
quantities of snow.
The Woman Suffrage Convention
opened at Rutland last evening, and was
addressed by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
William Lloyd Garrison, Mrs. Ada G.
Bowles, and 8. M. Dorr. The exercises
will be continued to-day.
"A serious accident occurred on the
Vermont Valley Railroad on Saturday
near Putney. The track was washed
out and two cars went over n deep en-
bankment Destroying the cars but not
seriously injuring any person.
We understand the Bennington &
Rutland and Lebanon Springs Railroads
have been consolidated, and the freight
tariff reduced % per cent. No change
Of time has been made on the Benning-
ton x Rutland and Lebanon Springs
Railroad lately, as enormously reported
in several papers.
Henry Maynard, Esq, and his wife
residents of Marquette, Mich, recently
spent week with his parents who reside
in Castleton. He is lawyer of some
note in Michigan and as live Vermonter
has made his mark there. In early life
he fitted for college in the Castleton Sem
mary and graduated at Middlebury with
honors, in the same class with John
Howe, Esq, formerly of Castleton, but
now of Florida, and l.. d. Ross, NJ. d.,
Of Poultney, in the year 1858.
RUTLAND COUNTY CouRT.-Ihe next
term of the Rutland County Court begins
its session on Tuesday, March Sth, Hon.
Hoyt H. Wheeler presiding; Hon. James
X. HYDE and Hon. Bradley Fish assist
ant judges. The last day of service for
this term expires on Thursday, February
24th. There are 418 causes on the calen-
dar, with 26 criminal cases. Among the
latter is that of George Butterfly for MUIR
der, which is the last of the cases growing
out of the celebrated Shrewsbury MUIR
der. One hundred and thirty cases are
set IoI trlal by jury.
DoNArIoN.-The friends and parshion-
ers of Rev. d. W. Dayton, formerly of
Middlebury now resident in Burlington
paid him donation visit Monday even
ing of last week The Free Press says
Of the occasion: "The spacious parlors of
the Methodist church were well filed
last evening with the many friends of the
Rev. d. W. Dayton and wife. There
was no lack of good feeling on the part of
these assembled, indicated by the liberal
roll of bank notes placed upon the donat-
ing table. During the evening Capt.
John Chase, on behalf of the Grand
Army of the Republic, presented Mr.
Dayton with SCI shortly followed Mrs.
5. Huntington, who presented Mrs. Day
ton with fine silk dress and Paisley
shawl, the gift of her numerous friends
The entire donation amounted to some
1915.
The Chester Correspondent OF the
Rutland Herald says; The Parker
Fletcher imbroglio feeds gossiping tongues
and some ludicrous incidents are related
Of the controversy. Being entirely out
Of the ring" ! prefer to preserve a
"modest stiffness and humility" You
know correspondents are expected to
please everybody or let everybody alone
| will, however, state that the majority of
our citizens attribute to Parker no malic-
Gus motives in furnishing the Middlebury
Register the article on eight lacing."
Al the same time regret is generally ex-
pressed that he should have been so in
discreet as to have written word, which
could have been appropriated by the
) afflicted parents of the deceased young
3 lady--who is the subject of the article in
question--as unteeing reflections
Z Incendiarism and Probable Murder.
} Robert Orchard of Dummerston, Vt =,
n a bachelor about IS years of age, was
e burned in his store, with the building and
all its contents. Saturday night. Mr.
a Birchard had been in trade full half a
e century, had always lived alone in his
t store, and was very eccentric and penu.
e rious. His buildings were so full Of
S goods and kept in such confusion that
n there was hardly space on the floor fol
t the customers to stand: having, beside.
:, all the ordinary stocks of country stores
!. many strange and unusual articles, sc
t that strangers and summer visitors a
C Brattlgboro often made his sold curiosity
s shop" stopping place during theil
d drives,as it was only six miles distant
o At Grst the general opinion was that tn,
= fire was accidental, as some $1,000 il
e Government and railroad bonds wer,
:, found in a jar shut up in an oven. Blu
|. the opinion rapily grew that the Origin
was incendiarism to cover the fearful
crime Of murder. For although tn,
/. body when found was charred and dis
figured beyond recognition, it bore mark
e of violence, and the skull was fractured
r as by blows. Moreover, the door, whicl
/, was always securely closed and boltec
: from the inside. was found unfastened
/ and was readily opened by those VIII
} first reached the building after thu
alarm