The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-09-12
State News.

Some comment has been excited III
Chester by two libel suits recently COM
meuced by prominent citizens; Richard !
son vs.. Shedd and Rev. Mir Foster vs.. g.
p. Spauldiug.
--Bevidere Pond lying at the foot Of
Montgomery mountain is a mile and II
half long and three quarters of n mile
wide, and is completely surrounded by
forests casting forth the most beautiful
mountain shadows of any lake in New
England.
j ohm +. Hubbard Of Stratton, while
at work with circular saw in Lucius
Smiths sawmill, Aug. 25th, accidental
ly caught his left hand on the saw and it
was horribly mangled. This is the fourth
accident that has happened in this mill
within two years.
The Mount Mansfield House is now
owned by five gentlemen, all of Boston,
except Mr.. Bingham president, viz: Hon.
Edwin G. Bailey, Martin l.. Hall, Capt.
Brooks, p. B. Cheney, and W. II. H..
Bingham. Mr.. Bailey owns fiuc farm
in the vicinity of Stowe, upon which he
proposes before long to erect an elegant
maslon.
ARREST OF A CoUNrERPEIrER.-U. S
Marshal Foster, and Commissioner Small.
ley, returned Wednesday evening with o
counterfeiter, in pursuit of whom they
have been for some time. He was traced
to St. Louis, Mo-, and thence back to
Chicago, where he was arrested. He
was lodged in Jail at Burlington to await
trial
MILITIA ELECTION. The election o
4 field officers of the Third Regiment V
V. NJ, took place at the Bardwell House
in Rutland, on Thursday. Sixteen line
officers were present of the eighteen il
the regiment. George W. Warren wa
chosen Lieut. Colonel, and II. NJ Bates
Major, without opposition. Brigadier
General Tho. O. Seavcr, of Proctorsville
presided. =
MONEY ORDERS FOR ENGLAND AND IRE
LAND.--The postmaster general has dcsig
mated the post Offices at Rutland and Bur
liugton as international money order OF
fees under the new arrangement will
} Great Britain. On and after the I'd o
October next, postal orders, payable in tn
United Kingdom Of Great Britain ant
Ireland, will be issued at the lutland ant
! Burlington Offices, and similar orders re
mitted from abroad will be paid there.
Charlotte, 10 Chittenden county
boasts the highest appraisal of farmiu
land in that favorable county. 1t is
capital rural town, and seems this year
in its show of fruit Mt least, to be prepar
ed to pay the cost Of that estimate. 4
number of their homesteads are crcste,
with pear trees, numerous and richl.
bearing, while the product Of singl
/ apple orchared is already sold for twent
: two hundred dollars. The banner town
bless her
8 The Ticonderoga Farmers and Me
chanics' Association will hold their 15t
annual fair on the Goth and 2lst of tn
: present month. The President, John A
T; Pinchin, knows exactly how to manag
a fairs as they should be. His name is
f sufficient guarantee that everything wi
be done quietly and in order If W
don't have some fast trotting both day.
it will be because j. A. Pinchin, job
Porter, G. F. Pinchiu, Lucius Thatcher
r VIM. G. Baldwin, II. f. Bailey, Chas.
E Wicker and few others haven't got an
;, horses that can trot.
E THE STATE Prison The new bushes
). of shoe-making, under the contract, b.
G ing now in successful operation at tn
prison, and it being desirable that tn
q people OF the State should, so far as prai
Y ticable, see with their own eyes the COZ
!. dition of the prison under the new al
rangements, the directors, superintendent
!. and other officers, and the contractors il
vito the citizens of Vermont to visit tn
b prison, especially during the last tw
a weeks Of September. 1t is hoped thu
Q arrangements may be effected with tn
( railroads, so that visitors may come frol
all parts OF the State at reduced rates. TIL
" press will do public service by maxim
y thisannouncement.-It Chronicle.