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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-10-06
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.

To the Hon. County Court next to be held within
and for the County of Addison, on the seconl
Tuesday Of December, A. d. 1874:
The petition of Alton Alden, of Wnltham, re-
specially sheweth, that he has resided in said
Addison County for more than four years last
pnst, and that he was duly and lawfully married
to Julia Emo, on or about the---day of-1s7l,
by Lerus c. Partridge, minister Of the gospel,
and that his said wife in violation of said mar
rage and its obligations committed adultery on
or about the first day of April A. d. 1874, and
on divers other days ard times before and since,
she confesses to your said petitioner, with one
John Gaines, at New Haven. in Addison County,
aforesaid.
Therefore your petitioner prays for divorce
from the bonds Of matrnony as between him
and his said wife, and also further prays for the
custody of two boys, the offspring and result Of
said marriage. Your petitioner says that he left
his said wife on account of her adulterous con-
duct and that sho has absconded from the State
for said crime and that she is now out of tho
State and in parts unknown, And your petition
or prays for an order of publication of this bill
according to tho statute in such cases made and
provided
Dated at New Haven, this 2Sth day of Septcm.
Der, A. ID. 1874.
ALTON ALDEN.
Ira W. CLARK. Atty for Petitioner.
1t having been made to appear that the sail
j ulia Alden, the deft in the foregoing libel. is
out of this State and in parts unknown, it i,
hereby ordered that the said Alden personally
appear before the Addison County Court on tho
second Tuesday of December. A. b. 1874, and
make answer to the foregoing petition of her said
husband, and that due notice thereof be given to
her, the said Julia Alden. by publishing the sub
starce of this petition together with this order
three weeks successfully in the Mddlebury Reg
lister, public newspaper printed at said Middle
bury, the last of which publications shall be NJ
least six weeks previous to the commencement Of
said term of court
Given under my hand, this 18th day Of Sep.
TENDER, A, ID. 1874.
IIOYT ii. WHEELER,
29;3w Judge ot Supreme Count.
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STATE OF VERMONT, /,

STATE VI NfRMONI, I
Addison County, So.
Truman W. Jones. of Addison, In said County
having filed his petition to the Addison County
Court next to be held at Mddlebury, within and
for the County OF Addison, on the second Tues
day of December, A. D. 1874 setting forth in
substance that he was married to Samantha NJ
Jones on the 18th day Of January. 1869; that he
has resided in said county for ten years last past
that the said Samantha NJ. committed adultery
with one Lyman d. Curler at Ferrisburgh, in sal
county, on or about the LIST day Of January, 1873
and on divers other days and times between the
day last mentioned and the date of this petition.
at said Ferrisburgh. with the said Lyman d. and
with certain other men to the petitioner unknown
did commit adultery. Wherefore the said Tru-
man W. prays for divorce from the said Saman-
tina NJ.
And it appearing that the said Samantha NJ.
resides without this State so that said petition
cannot be served upon her, it is ordered that she
be summoned to appear and answer the foregoing
petition, on the first day of the next term of sail
court to be held Mt Middcbury, within and for
said county, on tho second Tuesday of December.
A. D. 1874, by the publication of the substance OF
said petition together with this order, in the
Middlsbury Register, n public newspaper pub
lished at Mddebury, in said county, three week
successfully, the last Of which publications to bo
at least six weeks prior to said term of said court
Dated at Middlebury aforesaid, this 30th do y
of September A.. u. 1874.
r. WAINWRIGHT, Clerk
j. ii, Lucia, Atty for Petitioner. 30
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& TATE OF VERMONT-District

CTATE OF VERMONT-District Of
~ Addison, s..
In Probate Court held ut Middlebury, in and
for said district on the Sd day OF October, A. D.
1874, John W. Halliday, administrator with the
will annexed, Of the cstate of
JANE u. LELAND
late Of Mddiebury, makes application to this
court for an extension Of the time allowed him
for payment of the debts and charges against said
estate. 1t is thereupon ordered that said appli-
cation be referred to session of this court to be
held at the Probate Office, in Mddlebury, on the
29th day of October, A. 1874, nt 10 o'clock, in
tho forenoon, for hearing thereon, and it Is fur
Their ordered that notice hereof be given to ali
interested in the estate of said deceased, by pub
LEGATION of netice Of said application and this or
der thereon, three weeks successfully In the Mid
dlebury Register a newspaper printed at Middle
bury, previous to said time of hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place and show
cause, if any they may have, why said applica
ton should not be granted and said time extended
20 SAML F.. COOKE, Judge.
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STATE OF VERMoNr-Addison County.
MARY c. GODDARD, ,
vs.. IL CmANcER

vs.. Is CnAScrn,
JOHN NJ. DYER ct al.
Mary c. Goddard, of Boston, in the State a
Massachusetts,. having this day filed, in the Clerk
Of the Court of Chancery for said county, her pee
tition against John NJ. Dyer of Salisbury, in said
county, William Il. Traverse of the City and
State of New York, Alexander Newton and Ed
ward L. Thompson, of Brandon, in the County of
Rutland, and Elisha =. Hitchcock of Salisbury
aforesaid, setting forth that said John NJ on the
ID day Of November, 1870, executed to one Will
liam W. Goddard of Boston aforesaid, "a mortgage
deed of certain land lying in Salisbury aforesaid,
and being the same land purchased by said John
NJ Of said William W. on the . LIST day of Octp-
Der. ls70 and described as tho Lake Dunmore
Hotel property. including all tho farm, woodland
and real estate connected herewith, with a c.'n-
diton for the redemption Of the same on the pay
ment of certain notes therein described
Subsequently said Dyer conveyed to said TRAY
erse an undivided half Of said mortgaged prems-
eS, aud subsequently said Dyer Traverse con-
yeyed to said Newton Thompson portion Of
said premises, and subsequently said Dyer
Traverse leased portion of said premises to said
Hitchcock, and subsequently said William W. as
signed said mortgage and notes to the said Mary
c.. but neither OF said notes were delivered TO
said Mary e. as the said William W. claimed that
he had lost them.
And further setting forth that the said Mary
Z. has never had the possession of any Of said
notes, nor mas sue OF my othcr person ever re-
ceivei any of the principal or interest. and that
said notes are past due and wholly unpaid. And
praying that said defendants may DO foreclu,ed
of their equity of redemption in said premises.
said defendant Traverse residing without this
State so that said petition cannot be served upon
him,
II is ordered that said Traverse be required to
appear on the first day of the next stated term of
said court. to be holden at Mdlebury, within
and for the County of Addison, on the second
answer to said potion, and for that purpose said
petitioner shall cause to be published the sub
stance of said petition and this order three weeks
successfully in the Middebury Register, printed
at Mddebury aforesaid, the last of which publ
cations to be at least twenty DAYS previous to said
term Of said court,
Dated at Middlebury aforesaid, this I'D day of
! September, T. ID. ls1i.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT. Clerk.
! STEWART 4 ELpREpcE. Solicitors. 2s;3w
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The aggregate number in the schools is 4 1853
or Is per cent. of the population. The number
Of youth between and 20 found In the schools Is
liza. or IS per cont. Of the entire number The
number Of church members who are not connected
with tho schools Ia 1000. or four.sevenths OF tho
entire number. The aggregate congregations Ia
1000, OF ono fourth Of the population. The fret
school organized In the county, Is said to have
been started by some students from the College In
the east part Of the town. The Oldest school as
reported is The Congregational In weybridge.
The banner town is Panton, as per cent of the
population, and 40 per cent, Of the youth being
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for gifts, &c.
These goods have been selected with great care
and are especially adapted to the wants Of Gus
toners All goods sold strictly for cash, and
made low accordingly.
Our largely increasing business enables us to
anticipate and give every attention to the wants
of the trade in this vicinity. We shall spare no
efforts in liberal dealing and careful and prompt
attention to orders. to make it for your interest
to deal with us. Thanking you for your liberal
patronage, we hope for continuance of the same,
T.. X. CLAY, Agt
Lane 4 Clay'- Block, Middlebury.
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A Nrw LrAp.-ilow many times does
so go into 100000 1t goes 1000 times.
Well, that is good per cent even for
California. Will the best lead" ever
struck pay as much Certainly net.
But there ARE strong probabilities that on
Investment Of fifty dollars made in the
last Grand Gift Concert, in aid Of tho
Public Library of Kentucky, will pay
that per cent. to somebody. Why not
one OF us Aud then we have only to
wait till the 3Oth of November for the re.
suit,
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In tho sunday school. No rcpuit. from Goshen,
Hancock and Waltham.
Annual meeting OF State Association s. ;.
Workers will be held in Bradford, October II, II
aud Ii. 1874.
A. NJ. BUTLER. State Sec. ). s Workers
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STATE OF VERMONT-Districto Of

~ Addison, S.
II ., No. .~"s' hs'i boil, = M l'shnr. n ""'
D. 1874.
An instrument purporting to be the last VIII
and testament of
NOSES HiNILTON,
late of Brdport, in said District, deceased. ha, =
ing been presented to this court for probate, by
John Goodwin, named executor therein, it is or
dered BY said court that all persons concernel |
therein be notified to appear at a session thereof
to be held at the Probate office in Middle
bury, on the 22d day of Octobe 1874 at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon and show cause If any they mas
have against the probate of said will, for which
purpose it is further ordered that this order be
published three weeks successfully in the Middle
bury Register, a newspaper printed at Middeburv,
previous to said time of hearing.
- SAML Il. COOKE, Judge.
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TERRIBLE SUSPICION AGAINST THE Pom.
EIoy FIEND.-Suspicion is again attracted
to the notorious Pomeroy boy on account
Of the disappearance of n young girl
named Lank, who has not been heard
from by her friends since the murder of
the Curran child Margaret had been
employed in tho family Of Mrs Pomcroy
previous to her disa ppearance. Sho came
to Boston from l.ondonerry. Nova Scotia,
where her parents reside, and who up to
last spring were wont to receive lctte:s
from her quito often. but since then, or
since the disappearance of Katie Curran,
neither her parents or her friend have
heard from Margaret l.ank. She had a
cousin living in Fast Boston, with whom
she was quite intimate, the two girls ex.
changing visits often. This cousin though
making dilligent inquiry has not been
able to find her. On Sunday last her
father came to this city TO search for his
lost daughter, but has thus far been un.
able to learn anything other whereabouts.
TIE LOUISIANA COMPROMISE go The
louisian republican state committee,
Thursday. ratified the recently signed
compromise, with al Amendment, howev.
er, that 10 case of Il vacancy, from death
or any other cause. OF II republican mem.
Der Of the returning board, the pledged
should be exacted that a republican DO
selected to ill such vacancy, the same
rule to apply to the conservatives. Not
withstanding the compro Mise and its rat
iication, there is much dissatisfaction
with it and many hints that it will not be
productive of the good ostensibly sought
by it. 1t is argued that the supervisory
board has no power without kellogg's ap.
! proval, and Kellogg mono without Pack
ards. Furthermore in order to secure
the removal of q superior for maladminis.
istration, his guilt must be proved to the
satisfaction Of a body which has no legal
existence, and then 20 Kelogg's; and
there will be no removal without Pack.
ards advice and consent. by the time
two or three cases get through this pro.
cess, the period Of registration will be
over
A movement is on foot to change thu
name of the White leagues. to discard ev'
erything about the order liable to cause
its purposes to be misunderstood. and 10
invite the co"red people to join it,
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STATE OF Observation-Disclosures Of

~ Addison, IS.
In Probate Court, held at Middlebury, in and
for said district, on the 18th day of September, A
b. 1874, an instrument purportng 10 be the last
will and testament Of
ZUIR BARROWN
late of Middlebury, in said district, deceased be-
ing presented for probate, it is ordered by said
court that all persons concerned therein be motif
fed to appear at session thereof to BIO held at
the Probate Office. in Middlebury,n said district,
on the 10Th day Of October, A. D. 1874, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, and show cause, il any
they have, against the probate of said will, for
which purpose il is further ordered that this mr.
der be published three weeks excessively in the
Mddebury Register newspaper printed at
Middebury, in the County of Addison, previous
to said time Of hearing.
% SAArL +. COOKE, Judge
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L,ARM FOR SALE OFl44 ACRES

CNARM FOR SALE OF l44 ACRES.
L. Said hrm lies two IN! les south Of the vii
lags of Middlcbury, on the west side OF otter
Creek. Said farm contains about 30 acres OF
choice interval meadow, and can all be moved by
machine. II cuts large crops of hay every year
said farm is all in most thorough state of cult
yation and there Is an abundance of failing
water. There are two 3OxiO foot barns, with
wagon sheds attached, and good courthouse and
granary, and sheds To accommodate $50 sheep.
The house is 1 stories high, nearly new. aud
newly painted, aud has good cellar and cistern.
On said farm there is a good young orchard of
about l25 trees just coming into bearing and =
good supply of small fruits. For particulars In.
qure vi II. II. HOLDEN
Mtlllebury, VI, Jan 5 ls74 42u
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MILLINERY,
ClOaks and Cloakings.
GhaWls, Shawls,

Ottoman Shawls, and Shawls of all grades and
styles. with prices ranging from 60 cents to Il
dollars
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;. =. STATISTIC OF ADDISON couNTY-ls73.
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AND err "A PERFECT FIT.
Sept %, 1874.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-28

A TRAGIC SToRY.-A strange revelation was
made the other day in the Miami Valley, Ohio,
by stroke of lightning. The stroke, accord
ing to one of the Ohio papers, Frustrated
splendid grove of oaks. Among them was one
which was rent asunder from top TO bottom,
and the fragments falling apart dsgorged
gaunt skeleton, yellow with age, which instant
ly fell to pieces and was scattered over several
feet of the surrounding pasturage. Among
other things with the remains were found few
buttons OF ancient pattern, and a leather peck
et-book in a good state of preservation. The
contents of this pocket book told the sad and
tragic story of the disentombed skeleton. 1t
contained papers which were brown and dis
colored, and covered with rude pencilings,
scarcely legible, but enough could be decipher
ed to show that they had been written by
soliier in the revolutionary army-a man, in
fact, who had been an aid and companion of
General Washington. His name was Roger
Vandenburg, and he held the rank of captain.
After participation in the prvations of Valley
Forge and in the retreat across the Jerseys, and
serving brief time at West Point, he marched
with st. Clair against the North western Indians.
On November 3rd, 1861, he was wounded and
captured by the redskins. He subsequently,,
however escaped, and being hard pressed by
his savage foes, took refuge in this oak tree
The hollow offered him con venient retreat,
and he foolishly allowed himself to drop into
it. Then, too late, he found that he had mis-
calculated the depth of the hollow, and that
there was no escape. He spent the remaining
hours of his life IN writing diary, the entries
in which show a terrible record of human suf-
fering, and during period of eleven days he
painfully described his sensations as he felt
himself slowly starving to death: This diary,
together with the bones Of the miserable man,
has, after one hundred and twelve years been
laid before the public under circumstances of
no ordinary nature, and the affair has not un-
naturally created profound sensation" in the
district where it occurred.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-03-28

The GREAT LAVA FLOOD OF OREGoN.-Profes-
sor Jos. LeConte, of esUniversity of Califor-
MIA, contributes to the american Journal of
Science and Arts the results of observations
made by him during geological tour in Eas-
tern and Central Oregon. He states that prob
ably the most extraordinary lava flood that
ever occurred once covered the greater portion
of Northern California, and North western Ne
vada, nearly the whole of Oregon, Washing
ton, and Idaho, and ran far into Montana on
the east, and British Columbia on the north
Derived from streams originating in assures in
the Coast, Cascade and Blue Ranges, it covered
an area of 100000 square miles to an average
thickness of 1000 feet. The whole Cascade
range is composed of lava, tier upon tier from
top to bottom, forming depth in some places
of 1000 feet The order of events which oc-
CURED in the region of the Columbia river is
graphically depicted, and the writer gives with
considerable detail the natural phenomena
which lead him to the conclusion that the To-
cality was forest, probably a valley overgrown
with confers and oaks. The subsoil of this
forest was course boulder or drift. By excess
of water, either by flood changes of level,
the trees were in time killed, their leaves shed
and buried in the mud and their trunks rotted
to stumps. Then tumutuous and rapid de-
posit of coarse drift containing drift wood,
covered up the forest ground and the still re-
naming stumps to the depth of perhaps sever
al hundred feet, the surface thus formed event.
ually becoming eroded into hills ard dales.-
Over along period following came the outbursts
of lava in successive flows, with the silici6ca-
ton of the wood, and the cementatiol of the
drift by the percolaton of hot alkaline waters
containing silica, as happens so commonly in
sub-lava drifts. Finally succeeded the process
of erosion by which the present stream chan
nels, whether main or tributary, have been cut
to their enormous depth.
In referring to the age of the Cascade range,
Professor LeConte concludes that it was first
born of the sea, by horizontal washing and ver-
teal swelling, probably at the end of the juras
sic, though only low range, continuing the
sierra northward its subsequent increase took
place at the end of the miocene, by the out
pourngof the great lava food above described.
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EIGHTEEN ACRES, MORE OR LESS
improved by two-story
EnANTU TNryrr
8. G.. WILSON, Auct. March Al
o. p. MACGILL,
REAL ESTATE AGENT & AUCTIONEE

REAL ESTATE AGENT & AUCTI0NEER.
A FIRsT-CLAss COUNTRY RESIDENCE
N on Western Maryland Rail Road, in Green
Spring Valley, Baltimore county
131 ACRES FIRST QUALITY LIMESTONE
LAND, forming parallelogram, the north
side fronting on the Dover Road and the south
on Satter Hill Road, both of which lead into the
Falls Turnpike, about 7 of mile from the
farm. 1t is nine miles from the City of Balti
more by the Turnpike road, and Rodgers sta
ton on the Western Maryland R. R. adioins
the property. The Improvements on the farm
consist of frst-class Dwelling House, Stone
Sweetzer Barn, a frst-class Dairy, Chicken
House, Ice House, Carriage House, Corn Houses,
Wagon Sheds, and large Stabling with capaci-
ty for horses, colts, cows, &C., &c. A Foun tain
of pure spring water, running at the door,
which supplies the dairy, bath room, barn yard
and can easily be made to supply a large and
irst-class garden during drought at any time
Abundance of fruit, Apples, Pears &C., with
small fruits, Currants, Gooseberries, &c.
There is Lime Stone Quarry and Kiln on
the place-having resources within itself To
keep it always in the highest state of produc
tiveness. The land is sufficiently rolling tc
give good drainage and quick cultivation, moi
billy enough to increase labor in hauling and
blowing. No farm can be worked cheaper i,
point Of labor. A stream of pure water run!
through Ine ldTm ZONES fallS) III a SCralgn
line. Two good Tenant Houses and all conve-
niences for accommodation of laborers.
The terms of sale will be made easy to the
purchaser, the sale is made to close an estate
l have in addition to the above a number o
very desirable Farms, Country Seats and Dwell
ings for sale.
Apply to o. P. MACGILL,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
No. Smedley Row, Towsontown, Md.
March l4-tf
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A SAD CASE Two weeks ago a woman named
Martha Coggswell, wife OF Anthony Coggswell,
a drover, died, as was supposed, in Chapman
vile, Pa, and was buried. Her husband was
absent at the time. His first knowledge OF his
beloved wife's death was on Saturday week,
when he returned home. Wild with grief, he in
sisted on her body being exhumed, so that he
could see the remains This was done, and the
coffin was opened in the presence ofsevera friends.
To the unutterable horror Of all, the body had
changed its position in the coffin, showing that
Mrs. Coggswel had been buried while she was in
trance The body was lying on its face. Evil
dence of fearful struggle made by the unfortu-
nate woman when she recovered consciousness in
the coffin, were visible. The flesh was torn from
one shoulder and the shroud was covered with
blood When Mr.. Coggswell saw what terri
BILE fate his wife had met, be fell senseless across
the coffin, and has been a raving maniac ever
since. - Bloomfield Pa. Times, Gath inst.
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VOLCANO ON MoRALs.-A volcanic eruption
or threatened one-in the vicinity of Bald
Mountain, in North Carolina, has exerted a
wonderful effect upon the untamed inhabitants
of that portion of recent rebellion. Frequent
ly between the 18th of February and the 18th
of March there were deep rumblings like the
roar of heavy artillery that shook the earth
and shattered glass in houses. Many of the
people believed that the day of final judgment
had arrived ard found them unreconstructed
in point of fact. And in order that they should
not be under any suspicion concerning the
matter and make up for what they have hith-
erto lost, they chose two colored brethren to
lead them in worship and to instruct them in
the road of salvation. Under their leadership
the mountain chivalry of North Carolina has
been having three weeks camp meeting
Whites and blacks, chiyalry and freedmen,
men, women and children, regardless of age,
sex or condition in life all mingle together
We have no doubt it would have been we'll for
the Pine State if its judgment day had come a
number of years ago. And it would have a
wonderfully amelorating effect upon the prac-
teal morality and the vital religion of the en-
tire rebel States if this volcanic rumbling
could be sent from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande.