The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-04-14
STATE NEWS.

dltlonal bonds, on the charge OF arson.
His father offered to bail him but the
young man refused on the ground that he
had committed the crime and deserved
the punishment. lie contessCs the rob.
nery, but as We here, denies the arson
1t seems that soon after his arrest he at.
tempted to commit suicidc by shooting
himself with II revolver, but it was snatch.
ed from his hand by the officer. He
subsequently took morphine, but the dose
was to large to accomplish his object.
Mr.. Wright has generally been looked
upon as moral and model young man.
and, by many Bradford people, held up
as model for imitation by other young
men. The first false entry upon the books
was made in july 1872. AT the time
Wright left he took $4,000 in government
bonds, 5000 in gold, and 81, l3j in cur.
roncy, all ofwhich was recovered While
at Potsdam he chcwed up a $500 bill
and tore up roll of small bills which he
had taken from tho private box Of l.. +.
Hale, Treasurer. Part Of this sum will
be recovered by putting together the
shreds and pieces
-Gcorgc NJ. Clark, Of large rcnown as
a Snowman, and Of goodly reputation as
gentleman, was giving a deposition in
Manchester, n II the other DAY, in the
case of Kelsey rs Osborne James Z.
Briggs, counsel for the plaintiff, did not
ike the looks of the deposition from his
4 4 a l.
beittlug the witness. Hence he began
with snqcr /: You are in the minstrel
business. | believe ?" Yes, sir was
The reilly. "You black your face, and
sing tor a living do you ?" Yes, sir. -
We'll, don't You call that rather low
business 10 follow ?" / don't know but
it is sir; Int it is so much better than
my fathers before me that an proud o!
it," why what Gid your father d6?'
He was a lawyer Clark had him
there, and Brig. asked no more ques.
tons
AS Mrs S. Kinney, Of Fai:haven
was STOPPING over in her wood he'd u her
picked Of che Of her ear drops and swal
lowed it. While examining her crop thu
hen took from her clothing a good si2cC
-hawl pin and swallowed that also, ant
made several desperate efforts to pick Of
button from her dress. After the he,
was killed search was made and the ca
drop was found in the crop. but the shaw
pin had been crowded into the gi2zard
having made several preiorations in III
passage leading TO it. ggesJou-gi,'
fowls plenty of gravel, puIvcri2cd piece
OF crockcry, old mortar and esgshells,
A rare instance of the death c
husband aud wife occurred at Ioultncv
On Saturday afternoon, April lih, Mari
wife Of DR.. Horace Hall, received a thr'
shock OF paralysis, from which she die,
abont two o'clock the same evening
Her age was 80 years. After assisting i
the duties incident to such an event, Dr.
Hall sat down and soon fell into stupor
' from which he never recovered. Or
Sunday other symptoms appeared, accom-
pauied by the most intense bodily suffer
,, ing, from which he was relieved by deaf
at three O'Clock On Tuesday morning, i
the CSth year Of his uge.
FI-n CulTuRr.-Gcorge II. rerk in,
Of the University OF Vermont, 10 a com
munication to the Burlington Free Press
a says that year or two ago the Unite
States Fish Commission placed consid
cradle number of white fish in LAX
: Champlaiu, and that since then they hay
( increased rapidly but thinks they cuel
to be protected for several year, to com,
This fish is about twice the size OF tn
mackerel, when fully grown, and may b
f; easily distinguished from all other ii,a b
u very small fin just forward OF the tai
=, of peculiar rounded shape-likr an il
= verted u.
y CENTRAL VERMONT RArLNoAp-Th
" Central Vermont railroud company hav
= made arrangements 10y which Pullma
Y cars are to be ruN during the coming sea
son from Chicago to Boston via MontreG
aud the Grand Trunk railway. To faci
" itate this arrangement, fast train is t
= he put on about the 1t of May, leavn
" Montreal about I p. IN, and overtakn
!, the night express at White River Juuc
i ton. There is also an effort being mad
: to put on a fast train from Boston t
. Rutland leaving Boston about Q a. m
" and connecting at Rutland with the trai
for Saratoga.
o "A very serious accident occurred .
;, Farhaven on the Sd inst. Hugh Young
It wife and child, we're riding through tn
b streets and when near the residence {
/. james Dooley, The king bolt Of the WACO
= came out. rrccipitating them upon ii
is ground, injuring the child so that it die
C in few hours, The others escaped viii
n ont serious injury,
Y The Colo'0aia0 say there is .notl
&c er case Of scandal in circulltlan. \ g
II in the employ of "a good family on Pea
i street, 81. Johns6ury, left homc on Tue
n day Of last week to attend sugar part
= Not returning, she has been tracked
% far as Boston, where she was found
= company with It married man, who b,
left wife aud three children at nome.
IF Preparations for working the col
y. mines at Guysvlllc are now being mad
/. and the work will be conducted on moi
q, extensive scale. Beside the gold cousi,
r. cradle attention will be paid TO the MOI
,r netic iron sand, which is obtained in larl
/, quantities, und has proved, on account
ID its remarkable pureness aud quality,