The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-10-07

BENJAMIN Griswold died in Cambridge
Sept 18th, aged 81 years. lie was a
nan Of marked pecuiaritics Of character,
and had kept tally thereof on blank
caf Of the book,
Capt. WIN. j. Cain, sou Of John
Cain, of Rutland, late Of the U. s. Cav
llry, has an appointment in the office of
he Missouri. Kansas and Texas Rail
-oad, and has his headquarters at Soda
ia, Missouri.
FIRE IN RuTLAND.-sIaushcId & Slim
sons machine shop and foundry, was con.
'iderably damaged by fire, Sunday morn
ng. The north side Of the building was
burned out entirely, including the dry
-oom and the roof. Many patterns were
destroyed. The less is about $4,000.
Insurance $3.50.
Miss Abbie Wadloigh, daughter Of
+. A. Wadleigh of East Berkshire, has
been elected to the Proicssorship of
Chemistry in the Pennsylvania Female
College, Pittsburg, with salary of
1900.
Some forty or fifty years ago, Rev.
Alvah Sabn of Georgia cut stick from
q poplar tree, aud after using it as whip
in goipg to and from grist mill, stuck
it in the ground on the hill west Of Geor-
gia Centre, The stick grew and -four.
ishcd, until now it is a tree $50 feet high.
FIRE IN BENNINGTON wooden
building on Elm Street, Bennington, oc.
cupied as marble shop. was burned Sun
day evening. There were large num-
Der of tombstones and other marble work
in the building all Of which wrs ruined.
1t is supposed 10 be the work Of an incen-
diary.
STATE BOARD OF EDUcATIoN.-At the
meeting of this Board, recently held in
Burlington, Col. Roswell Farnham Of
Bradford, was elected member of the
Board in place Of the late Judge Steele,
and Colonel Reuben G. Benton Of St.
Adams was elected member in place of
the late f. G. Hathaway. The present
members Of the Board are His Excel.
lency, Gov. Converse, &C o6icio Benz.
f. Bingham, Brattlcboro; Roswell Farm.
ham, Bradford Geo. n. Wcbbcr, Mid.
dlebury Geo, w. Grandey, Vcrgenncs !;
n. ii. Buckham, Burlington; Il. G..
Benton, St, Adams.
CONSOLIDATION OF COLLECTION DIS.
TRICTs IN VERMONT. The executive Or
der of the President makes the following
internal revenue changes in Vermont :
The counties Of Bennington, Rutland, Ad-
olson and Washington Of the first collec-
ton district be attached to that portion
OF the third collection district be attached
to that portion Of the third collection
district comprising the counties Of Chit.
tenden, Lamoille, Franklin and Grand
Isle. to be known as the third collection
district.
The counties Of Orleans and Essex Of
the present third collection district be at
tached to the second collection district,
That Charles Dana and Arson j. Crane
be retained as collectors Of the second
and third collection districts respectively
BY the above order Rollin J. Jones col.
lector of the first district is relieved.
VERMONT BIBLE SoCIETY.-Thc annual
meeting Of the Vermont Bible Society
will be holden in Waterbury, Oct. 18th.
The directors will meet in the vestry OF
the Nj. f. church at 4 O'Clock p. m, and
the society will meet at the same hour
and place, for the choice Of officers and
the transaction Of business The ami.
vcrsary exercises will be held ia the au-
dience rooui Of the same house at I
o'clock p. N. Roy. L. &. Aidwcll, Of
Worcester, Mass, will preach the ser.
mon. Free return tickets on The Contra
Vt. Il. Il. to those paying full fare il
going
The St. Adams Messenger, Alber
Clarke, Esq. editor and publisher, has
been enlarged and improved by an cutirC
new dress. 1t has now So columns,
more than before its enlargement, Tn,
Messenger has always been u good pape
and since the accession Of the prescn
editorial management it has beea con
Quoted in an especially able aud Icarles
manner. We understand that the new
paper will soon make its appearance Il
st. Adams and judging from the cditori
al staff already unoflicially announced W
may suppose that too will be an abb
and influential journal
DARING BURGLARY AT RIcnFoRD.-i
daring and successful robbery was perpc
tratcd at Richford, Thursday night, b.
unknown men. The burglars commence,
operations by stealing from the Black
smith shops large number Of cold chisel
and heavy sledge hammer, with whic
they proceeded TO the store of Mcssr.
Rounds Il Carpenter, which they entere
and broke open the safe by cutting off tn
hinges and obtaining II lever purchase o
the door. They were rewarded by find
ing about $500 in money which the
took and then proceeded to the store 0
Nj. Sheldon }oright and entering an
forcing the safe in the same manner stol
about $4,000 in government bonds. a
unsuccessful attempt was then made o
the safe in the station house Of the Cen
trail Vermont Railway Company. Tn
hinges Of the door being on the iusid
the burglars were unable to "crack" i
and picking up a small sum OF loose mon
cy in the drawer they departed
Destructive FIRE IN BRANDON La,
Saturday evening the stcrchousc of III
Brandon Scale Factory with its contents
and the Office building and two othe
smaller buildings belonging to the Seal
Co, were entirely destroyed by fire an
the surrounding. buildings were badl
damaged The alarm was given abou
half past six O'Clock when it was discoS
cred that the building known as the stor
room of Brandon Manufacturing Co
standing directly behind the Office an
reaching to the river, This room wa
stored full Of scales, all ready packed fo
market, and the fire made such progres
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