The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-10-29


Hon. John Prout of Rutland, has
goue to Richmond, Virginia, for the ben.
eft of his health.
The Vermont Central railroad has
made the wages of its brakemen two dol
lars per day, and has also Increased the
pay Of its freight aud passenger conduc-
tors.
A portrait Of Gen. Stephen Thomas is
to be placed in the State House at Mot
peler, the gilt Of the boys of the 9Th
Vermont Regiment, with which Thomas
went out as Colonel.
The St. Adams Messenger remarks
This region will have to be web footed
or drown before long. 1t is getting too
deeply submerged in spots to wade al
ready"
jed 2. Ladd. we hear has prepared
an address to the Liberal Republicans OF
Vermont, what there are lett of them,
which will appear, probably before cleo.
ton. We await it with faint hope, that
in spite of it Vermont will go for Grant,
IA week from next Tuesday.
BRANDON friends Of Rev. Frank
4 lin Tuxbury made donation visit In his
behalf, last Monday evening, at the
house of DR.. Voluey Ross. The amount
realized was S204 IS 10 cash. Mr.. Tux
bury has been i'll the last seven weeks,
and desires to render his thanks for this
| timely gift.
\ ST. AlpAYs.-The examination of nine
of the train men arrested for opening
packages and stealing thereirom on the
Ytrains, commenced Thursday before justice
II. Ii. Farnsworth. Two others have
turned States evidance and some damag-
ing Developments where made, showing
that the thing has ben going on for some
time.
There has been a spirited fight over
in Judge Poland's district, but Judge
Poland has come out ahead. and was
nominated on the 23d inst, The ballots
stood as follows:
Whole number of votes, lo3
J Necessary to a choice, II
or these, Hon. L. p. Poland, W
Judge Steele, ~
SECOND DI,TRIcT-The Second Dis
lrict Convention met at White River
auction on Wednesday, Oct. 23d. Hon.
luke p. Poland was re-nomnated to
Congress by vote Of 90 to GO for Judge
] Steele. Hon. Abishai Stoddard of Towns.
Mend was renominated for Presidential
! Hector. Much feeling was manifested
N the contest for Member Of Congress.
Y The meancst Court House in the
State is said TO be one Of the richest
counties of the State. - Rutland Herald.
IF Addison County happened to be the
richest county in the State, we should
,hiuk one old time honored judicial Tab
ernacIe was no, quite up to modern i'm.
provcncnis--especialy the lower part,
where the sovereign people assembled to
eject "most noted for wisdom aud virtue"
which very much resembles the lower
floor oil the Coliseum at Rome
VERMONT DAIRYMEN' 5 ASSOCIATION
The annual meeting os the Vermont Dali
rymeu's Association was held at the State
House, on Wednesday afternoon. Hon.
L. ID. Mason, was elected President.
Hon. II. q. Glcson, Of Shrewsbury, g.
Horace Hubbard, of Springfield, aud c.
5. McAilster, Of Euosburgh, Vice Presi-
dents. o. S. Bliss, of Georgia, Secretary
and Treasurer, Governor Converse, cx-
Governor Stewart, DR.. Boyton, Of Wood
stock, and f. D Douglas, Esq W hit
Ing, addressed the Association iu the even
ing in the absence Of Hon. Henry Clark
the speaker announced for the occasion,
who was unavoidably absent.
THE HoRsE DISEASE IN BURLINGTON
The "Epiz otic" made its appearance
ia Burlington on Saturday The first
cases noticed were in the stables Of the
Van Ness House, where all the horses in
the stables, eight in number, are now az
iected. They are under the charge Of
Mr. w. II. Pollard, who has also four
Mother well marked cases Of the disease
{ tuder his care. two belonging to M. Ar
t buckle, candy manufacturer, one to Mr..
Jerome Smith aud one to Mr.. b. Turk.
J. w. Mills has also two cases under
treatment ni'""e ,ou' .1e" 'a'o' ~ all
Vup 10 'as' e'en'ue ~ WIN Propao'y nave
la general run among 'he horses III tnis
"A vicinity, as in the country at large. At
\ Essex Junction the horses in Mr.. Howe +
4 stables are affected. And at Waterbury
Messrs. Bruce Il Ladd, proprietors OF
; 'Ho "ou.' haraas h.u ~.
"o'N n'n. =. d"tr now ''A' ' ''-
''''0 u'"' III ''
- THE SrRAIGnr-Our CONVENTION. -
> The Convention called by some Of the
Straight-out Democrats to nominate al
O'Connor aud Adams Electoral ticket
for Vermont, met at White River June
81 tion m Tuesday Oct ODD Hoo Gle.