The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-03-12

NoRwIcn UNIVERSITY The Profess
-orship of Modern Languages nud Draw
ing ut this Institution has recently been
filed by Lieut.. James Il. Batcheldcr, n
West Point graduate OF the class Of '6S.
RRANDoN.-Thc Brandon Manufacture
ing Company, are making preparations to
to increase in the spring, the facilities
for manufacturing the Howe Scales. They
now employ about 100 hands.
a number of the passengers in tho train
which was wrecked near Mount Holly,
write to the Rutland Herald rejecting
upon the conduct of the railroad ofiici-
ais in the matter. They say tho accident
occurred in broad daylight, and that no
signals were given.
FROZEN TO DEATm.-Mr. Charles Jen.
ne, of Berkshire Centre, was found frozen
to death on Tuesday morning, i'll the door
yard of Mr.. Teuo Wells. He had walked
to Richford Monday forenoon, returning
at night; and it is supposed that the storm
aud cold coming upon him so suddenly
caused his death.
The commissioner to appraise the
hill for Union depot at Wells River have
taken it, subject to their appraisal. The
hill is owned by the Montreal Road. TIE
Montpelier road takes it all and will sell
to the other companies. The hill con-
tains about 10000 yards of earth which
will have to be moved.
Dover is severely afflicted with the
scarlet fever. During the winter there
have been some twenty-five or eight cases.
New ones occur every few days. We
bave also one case of lung fever. The
oldest people do not remember the time
when it was as sickly as Mt the present.
In about one half of the families in dis.
trct No. 6. from one to three are sick.
The Free Press says:-V enders o.
cheap whiskey were last Wednesday sell
ing it by the stick We understand thai
the North Ward Democrats purchased
eight sticks, that representing their cap
ital remaining after the election, mourn
fully divided them, and sought through
their accustomed means few moment
r Of welcome oblivion from all their care
and sorrows.
FIRE AT Observation-Disclosures clever
, O'Clock Wednesday night fire was dis
covered in large double building, il
Bennington, occupied as a grocery stor
, by Norton e. Wilson. and by Cross pho
tograph gallery. The fire was exiting
uished without destroying the building
r The entire loss was about $4,000, whic
= was nearly covered by insurance. Tn
loss on the building is said to have bee
small. The fro is supposed to have beef
9 the work of an incendiary.
. DEATH OF Rooney V. MARSH ESQ.,
We learn from the Rutland Herald {
/ the death Of Rodney V. Marsh Esq
which occurred at his residence in Brar
! don On Friday evening last at I O'Clock
j at the age Of 65 years.
\ The death of Mr.. Marsh was the re
suit of sad accident, which is thus nal
rated by q correspondent Mr.. Mars
was milking COW in narrow stall i
his barn, about dusk on Thursday ever
r ing. The animal in attempting to tur
/, caught Mr.. Marsh between her body an
the side Of the stall. He called for hel
. and was taken to his house. DR.. Pee
= was soon there but as no outward sigr
a OF violence were visible and as he VIZ
J.. suffering much pain, it was at once feaI
ed that there was an internal injury. h
n was in severe pain during Thursday nigh
. and Friday morning, near noon, he az
' peared to be failing. DR.. Dyer was cal
+ cd but it was apparant that he was bt
!. yond the reach Of medical skill. u
sank rapidly until his death at 7 o'clocl
A post mortem examination by Drs. Pee
q aud Dyer GU Saturday morning, disclose
= o rupture of one of the intestnes.
Mr.. Marsh was well known citize
having for many Years held promineI
positions of responsibility and leader
public and political affairs.
He was the son of Daniel and Maj
(White) Marsh, born in Clarendon, Ju
J. llth, 1907, aud was the second of
family of four children, John L.. Villa
u d. and Mrs. Ira Button, of whom on
the two latter survive. He marri,
1t Eliza, daughter of Hon. Nathan
: Sprague. He leaves three childre
l. Cora NJ. widow of Webster Jones of Ne
}. York city, Clarence r. and Edward. /
d d has buried a son and daughter.
y The funeral was attended from his re
&c idcnce at Brandon yesterday afternoo
y The Belgian Government is negotiatil