The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-02
State News.

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quantities on Bird Mountain, in Castle
ion.
BRANpoN.-A. A. Rosseter has sold
his grocery store to Mr.. Packard and
has given possession.
Recently the children of Rev. Lewis
jenkins, Of Burke, held family meeting
at the old home. Mr.. jenkins is the
father of twenty.one children, twelve
daughters aud nine Sous.
Fairbanks scales are said to be the
must striking feature of the American
exposition at Vienna. The collection il
said to be complete and attracts much
attention.
j. II. Capen of Brattleboro received
by mail, recently, an Indians scalp,
which, according to the letter accompany
lug it written. from Little Shasta, CALI,
is that Of "a Modoc warrior, killed and
scalped on the lava beds"
BRAKEMAN KILLED-Myron Steward,
aged about nineteen years, and son Of Mr..
Thomas Steward Of Clarendon, brake.
man on a freight train of the Rutland and
Burlington Railroad. was knocked off the
train Wednesday afternoon by the bridge
near Bartonsvile and almost instantly
killed
On Friday, two young ladies from
Cas.leton were driving through the bridge
just before reaching tho West street, rail.
road crossing in Rutland, when their horse
became frightened and ran away, throw
ing the ladies out and seriously damaging
the carriage. Fortunately, the occupants
o. the carriage escaped and bodily injury.
The Rutland Herald claims that
gold exists in Rutland county 10 large
quantities and says it knows of parties
who are making So day in searching
for it. 1t asserts that Herald reporter,
Mr. Charles l., Earl, wel-kpown resi-.
dent OF Rutland, and representative of
the Boston Post recently washed out
gold within seven miles of Rutland.
: The resignation OF Gyles Merrill,
general superintendent of the Central
Vermont Railroad has been accepted, and
that John W. Hobart, long and favorbly
known as general freight agent, and mas
ter Of transportation of the road, has been
t appointed in his place This good APP.
! poiutment, and one that will give genera
g satisfaction.
TERRIBLE SHOOTING AFFAIR AT THE
: CAPIrAL.-A terrible affair has just oc.
Cured in the trimming room of the Mont.
pelier Manufacturing Company. Joseph
9 Daniels, one Of their workmcn, entered
the room in which Miss Carrie Demon
was working and shot her, nficting a ser.
ious wound, and Immediately afterwards
shot himself. 1t is thought that Daniels
y was insane. He had been paying atten.
2 tons to Miss Demon for some time hut
: no trouble is known to have arisen be.
tween them. Great excitement is caused
BY the affair here. -
ACCIDENT on THE HARLEM EXTENSION
RAHRoAD-An accident occurred on the
: Harlem Extension Railroad, yesterday
forenoon, at Arlington village, few rods
north OF the station. As the mail train
Il s. Mcclure, conductor, from Rutland
was entering the village about noon, run.
ming around curve, it ran against an
extra freight train which was standing on
, The track aud had not been switched on
in time to prevent the collision. One
= passenger was thrown down and some
what hurt about the head, though not
seriously and a iI,le girl was also thrown
down. No others were hurt. The two
D engines met. and remained standing on
p. the track after the collision. The mail
y. train tender stove in the next rear car
aud one OF the cars on the freight train
$ overran its nclghbor, SO that the shock
4 was less severe, aud this probably saved
!. the trains from being thrown from the
track,
Superintendent White, with help, soou
+ came from North Bennington, and aftel