The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-08-12

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cay is but a question Of time.
His funeral was very largely attended,
August Sd, the procession from the house
to the cemetery being one mile in length
The impressive services of the Masonic
institution were performed at his burial
by his brethren of Simonds Lodge, kindly
assisted by brethren of the lodges in
Brandon, Middlebury, Orwell and Bird
port. MS
~ state News.
The next county court at st. Adams
has $50 docket and Sc chancery cases to
engross its attention.
the sea serpent in Shelburn Bay
turns out to be the trunk Of an old tree,
and the Champlain boatmen can sleep
nights again.
--George Abbott of Bridgewater com.
mitted suicide Wednesday by hanging
himself in his sugar house No cause is
assigned. He was Al, and leaves wife
and seven children.
The buildings of William Samson, at
East Berkshire, were struck by lightning
Friday and entirely consumed. Loss
from $4,000 to $4,000; insured for ST.
coo.
Arrangements are making for grand
horse trot at Brattleboro on the 9th,
$4,000 having already been raised for
prizes, and it is intended to double this
amount.
The persons arrested in Cincinnati
as the robbers Of Mr.. G. NJ. Whittaker's
iewelry store in Brandon, proved not to
be the thieves, and the property found on
them is not Mr.. Whittaker's.
The marble quarries of Rutland are
now being worked by ten different COM
panies, employing over 1000 workmen.
The aggregate production is about 400.
600 cubic feet per annum The annual
sales amount to over million dollars.
The Hon. Albert G.. Chadwick form
erly editor and proprietor ofthe St Johns.
bury CaledOnian, died at St. Johnsbury
on Monday. He was an influential and
respected citizen apd had represented
Caledonia county in the state senate.
The experiment of Restocking the
waters Of Vermont with salmon promises
to be a success. Those put into the Wi
oooski. last spring, have grown to be
three or four inches long, and have begun
to run Into the lake.
Oscar Jones Of Montpelier mas just
sold his farm in Berlin to Mr.. Sherburn
of Glover, for $1,000. 1t has been in
his fathers and grandfather's possession
for 76 years, Maj. Samuel Jones settling
on it in 1897. when it was complies
wilderness.
Mrs. James II. Langdon of Montpel
ier, died on Friday last, of cholera morbus
She was very estimabe lady, and hel
funeral at Bethany church Oh Sunday las
was largely attended. A discourse bas
ed upon the words " She has done VIVA
she could" was preached by her pastor
Rev. DR.. Lord.
, PROBABLY FATAL ASSAULT AT BENNING
r ToN.-On Saturday evening row occur
; red in Bennington and Frenchman wa
l injured about the head. He was foun
sitting on Or. Potter's doorstep on Sun
r day morning and was removed to hi
. home at the east end of the village, |
, is believed he cannot recover, as his skull
! is badly fractured.
@ HEAVY VERDIcT.-At the recent teri
OF the u. S. Circuit Court, at Windsor
y in the case of John Lynch ct AL rs. tn
= Grand Trunk Railway Company, the jur
= returned a verdict OF S22 600 for tn
d plaintiff This was an action TO recoyC
from the railroad company for the DE-
G struction Of the mill Of the plaintiff by fir
> as was alleged, from sparks from the Ell
/ gine Of the defendants train.
Is The PoRT Henry STRKE.-The strik
u among the miners is confined to the NJ
riah mines, and consequently does not a
lie feet the Port Henry furnaces. Monda
g was the " last day of grace" for then
4, the company having notified them that
u they did not begin work then, the min,
n would be closed for SIX months, whom nc
re hands would De employed 1t was u
4 dersiood at Port Henry Tuesday that Il
lie miners had not yielded, aud it was su
IL posed the mines at Moriah would suspen'
1t is generally characterized as a parti
ularly foolish strike.
y MARBLE IN RUrl AND.-The marb
!" trade in Rutland has steadily increase
u within few years, developing aud ad
~ ing to the resources Of the city and cou
- ty. The different varieties of marb
- the simple, variegated, brecciated al
~ fossililerous, are found in abundance
D, Rutland county, and a large number
81 81 men are at work at the different qui
y ries A single company employs 4
p" hundred aud twenty five men in conu'
, ton with their mill, quarries, work.shC