The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-11-14
state News.

STATE News
The funded debt of Vermont has
been reduced S49S, 900 the past year aud
now amounts to S547 800. The receipts
Of the Treasury were s1,042,2s1.
The new building for the Vermont
Reform School is now nearly completed.
The steam apparatus for warming the
whole structure is about ready to be used.
d. d, Gorham, Principal of the High
School at Montpelier. VT, for II years
past, has been invited to take charge of
the High School in northampton, in place
of Mr. Frisbee, resigned.
Warren has two lodges of Good
Templars, both doing good work. Cold
Water Lodge is at East Warren, and
Mad River Lodge meets at Warren vii
lage. This latter Lodge has spicy little
paper, formerly called 1.-The Fire fly
but now named the Northern Lights,
and edited by II. j. Worcester.
ATTEMPT TO BURN THE REFORM School
BUILDING.-Two attempts, within a short
time, have been made to burn the Reform
School buildings at Waterbury, but for.
tunately the fires were discovered, and nc
damage done. There i. evidently some
body about Waterbury making bid fol
States Prison, instead of the Reform
School, aud the sooner they get to State'l
Prison the better it will be for the com
munity.
-Thaddeus r. Eletcher's generous
gift of SIC, 900 to the Essex Academy, il
Just what that institution needed to insur,
its future success. Mr.. Fletcher spen
over twenty OF the most active wears o
his life in Essex, establishing himself il
business there when he was twenty-one
with no capital but youth, industry, integ
rity and the other qualities which hav,
wrought his prosperity. He could hav
done nothing SO gratifying to his OF,
friends and neighbors, as to help the in
stitution in which they all feel SO deep al
interest, and the money will be doing good
and will keep his memory green. whel
the men of this generation have paste,
away.
MoNTprLIrR.-The General Term o
the Supreme Court is in session. All tn
Judges are present, and many Of the lead
4 ing lawyers of the State. The case o
Edmunds and Uhever vs.. Noyes an,
Fletcher was argued Tuesday. Hon
Geo. +. Edmunds and Daniel Robert
appearing for the plaintiff and Mcssrs
: Hard and Taft for defendants. The cas-
of briggs VS.. Burton is now on trial
, Messrs. Hard, Phelps and Shaw are coun
sci for plaintiff, and Messrs. EDglesb
, AID Lawrence for defendants.
) A meeting of the Judges and Register
: of Probate in this State was held Tues
: day in the Court House for the purpos
E of securing uniformity of action in tn
t different districts under the Probat
G Law.
=. VERMONT AND HER SoLDIERs.-Vel
J. mont has not forgotten her brave volur
teer soldiers, aud the Governor and AC
, utant General are now issuing hanc
G steel engraving as testimonial to ever
d honorably discharged soldier of the Stat
9 1t is on board, l9x22, has a medallio
portrait of tn late Adjutaut Gener,
: and Governor 4. r. Washfurn in Il
6 arc, with portraits of Sedgwick and Sher
dan at the bottom, while the border en-
braces several tasteful military design
0 In the centre is an inscription setting for,
g the name aud services Of the recipien
T. All honorably discharged soldiers Of Il
State, or representatives Of such, can o
T. tain one by addressing the Adjutant &c
sra!, at Montpelier.