The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-04-28
STATE NEWS.

illuOis' was heiu at NlOutpclicT, on lutss
last The following is a list of those
present.
Addison comfy W. Wicker
Chttenden county, James Squircs /;
Franklin county, h. Whittemore Or.
ange county, A. L. Kenncy Orleans
county S S. Tiukham Washington coun.
ty, George O. Boyce Windham county,
George +. Gale Windsor county, 9. A.
Weston.
The meeting organized by the choice Of
G. W. Wicker as chairman, and l. Whit
temoro as Secretary.
The forenoon session was occupied in
an interchange Of views Of the Commits.
sioncrs present, and statement of the
experience Of those who had occupied
the Office in previous years. Hon. C. II.
Heath appeared before the meeting, aud
explained that from reading of the law,
he had become convinced that it was the
duty Of the Commissioners to appoint an
agent in every town where any consider.
able quantity Of liquor would be required
! for medicinal and mechanical purposes,
whether the selectmen would ratify the
appointment or not.
The following resolutions were intro.
duced and adopted
Resolved, That the Commissioners should re-
quire bonds Of their agents for the faithful dis
charge of the duties required,
Resolred, That, as a rule, the appointment of
druggists agents for the sale Of liquors Is incx-
pedient
The Troy Conference. which closed
its annual session last week at Scbcnecta-
dy, made the following appontr cnts for
Burlington District, o. Gregg, p. f. -
Burlington, w, j. Heath Winooski,
Watkins Ludlum Wlliston, j. H..
Bond Shelb1rne, j, w. Shank North
Ferrisburgh, W. +. Bell; Vergennes,
/ A. Heath Panton, G. II. Dunton West
Addison, Il. j Davies Bridport, j. l..
Slason Benson, H. n Munger; Fair.
haven, i, n. Beaudry; Castleton. NJ.
Tator; Poutney, j j Noe Pawlet,
G. j. Mott; Dorset, G. &. Gilbert ;
Dandy, G.. w. S, Porter; Middletown,
j. S. Mott; Tinmouth, j. W. Bennett
Rutland, II. +. Austin Mepdon, \. y.
Marshall Pttsford, " " Foster, Jr.;
Brandon, a. j. Ingalls,; Leicester, 4. Z.
Pickett; Whiting, To be supplied ;
Weybridgc b. Cox; M;ddlebury, W.
II. Mccker; West Salisbury, p. Marshall;
Bristol, S. Gardner; Lincoln, d. +.
Brooks; Starksboro, d. Ferguson Monk
ton, j. j. Austin. ". W. Atwater,
agent Of Vermont Temperance Society.
j. Newman, agent Of the Troy Confer
ence Academy.
ATTEMPTED MURDER. About 10 clock
Saturday night, an unknown man went to
the residence Of DR.. John Branch, who
resides Just north of St. Adams on the
Swanton road, and called him out, re.
quested him at once to 90 to Mr.. Jewett's
to visit sick man. The doctor dressed
himself and went with the man to his
barn to get his team. He had harncssed
his horse and was coming out of the barn
when the man made an attack on him
with club, knocking him down and bea,
him in shocking manner, after which he
took to his heels.
DR.. Branch describes his assalant as a
young man, about twenty years Of age,
dressed in gray suit with black hat or
cap, and has offered reward of 81 900
for his apprehension. No reason can he
assigned for the dastardly outrage.
The colored boot black at the Van
Ness House in Burlington i, evidently al
apyrecatve man. Sidewalks ore not At
all prevalent III that city, and are none
too good on the few streets where there
are any, as a visitor found the other day
When getting his boots BACKED, after
walking out. he asked the Ethiopian il
there was "any law against sidewalks in
Burliugton?' The ''gemman of color,
having the ramrod operations in mind
replied "DOnno, boss ; tink very likely
law gainst most eberytiug here wouldn't
wouder if yous right, boss"
The Baptists, of ST. Adams, wanting
to raise $4,000 for the completion o
their new meeting house, Mr.. l.. Mills
agreed to pay quarter Of the sum i
the rest could be raised The sum o
$4,000 was pledged and the matter rathe
stuck there, Hearing Of this, Hon. Law
renee Barnes, of Burlington, telegrapheC
that rather than have Mr.. Mills deprived
Of the opportunity to pay his $4,000, h,
would contribute the lacking sum of lik,
amount. Both Mr.. Mills and he haC
before paid literally for the same object
The Central Vermont railroad man
agement has recently done a very com
mendable act, having raised the wages o
the track men on the line to what wa
paid them before the reduction last Fall
the increased pay to date from tho first o
April. This is doing better than mos
roads, and is appreciated by the men, WHIT
find even the increased figures none too
much to support family on.
'L-Sevcral Of the large crops of exper
: fenced miners secured by Messrs Burden
E to work their iron mines in Bennington
I have arrived and are busily at work dow
in the ore-beds underneath the ground
q With their full force of Cornish miners
, aud the admirable appliances in use
there is DO doubt they will be able t,
turn of large quantities ofore the presen
n season.
5 Vermont is certainly good state II
emigrate from, at least it seems to have
been for Captain King now of Texas who
it is said, has an inclosed pasture of 20,
e 600 acres, though he owns about $50,
600 acres of land in Feucas and DIVA
, counties. The entire stock held by hin
ct the present time is 10000 head o
cattle, 10000 head of sheep, and 10000
head of horses.
-Perley G. Jon,s, who recently die,
0 at his home in Chelsea, was widely kno VI
+, in the state as a lawyer and politician
lie was the only son of Thomas Jones