The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-09-28
STATE NE us.

' tie hutlullu tOuity ANdliViui Dohh
has recently put on one of Piilaru's
cirOiiUnDetcr locks.
The Chittenden county fair proved Il
inancial failure. TOO much money
vas invested in the "huss trOt.h
One Burlington firm has received
.ver 900 worth of coal orders from
Montpelier !his season.
Eight citizens of Brattleboro have
.iNen memorial windows, valued at
900, 10 the new Unitarian church.
jamaica aud Warlsboro combined
eld their annual fair ut the former
lace, last Wednesday.
The State Reform School farm al
Waterbury was sold Thursday to Rus
ell Butler and DIR. Henry James for
I, 500.
a preliminary survey IL heing made
y the Green Mountain narrow-yuuge
ailroad company from Wilmington To
Vest Dover.
The musical convention at West Ru-
,elt closed Thursday evening with a
"nrrrt a full house and satisfied
audience.
There are ninety-hve cases on the
irrkpt of The " indiam county court
md the session is likely to last three
weeks. Judge Royce presiding.
Mr.. Lamhliin of Burlington, who
he Southeastern railroad of Canada in
Nueust, 1874, hue recovered ~ 900 fIuIn
lie company.
The first annual meeting of the Wo
mems Christian Temperance Union of
Vermont will take place in the Con
repational chapel, Center street, Rut-
land, to-day.
The large school-buiding erected 10y
he Montpelier Catholics Will be finish
II October J. and school will soon
,fterward be opened, with teachers
from Montreal.
Augustus Young of Waterbury claims
q have been robbed of $3.50 by two
men while returning from Richmond.
few nights ago, and offers $3.50 for the
rrest of the robbers.
Jarvis +. Burrows. for many years
ne of Nermont's representative men
md well-known throughout New Eng
and, died at his home la Vernon
Thursday morning. at the age of sixty
| hree.
The Vermont yearly meeting of the
| Free Will Baptist denomination closed
s session at sutton, sept. ~. Som.
| hirty-two clersymen were present and
80 attendance throughout was very
urge.
Hiram Hodgden of Danvillc, who l.
oted in that section a. strict ob~erv
of the Sabbath, did hard day.
work., last sunday week, und IL,
| IMPRESSION that it was Saturday, his
hole family making the same mis-.
lake.
Rev. NJ. r. Peck of Brookfleld I.
uon to start for missionary ground
! lie goes to southern India, about ten
eprets north of The equator Accom-
anitd 10y his wife. he sails from New
nrk for England on the 2nd of Octu
| er.
Edward y Brien alias James Gordon,
Who stole a horse aud buggy from Mr..
| quinn, of Rutland, a few weeks ago
ns lern lled in Troy, n. Y. and sen
rnced I" Clinton prison rthree year.
i stealing II horse, carriage and har
ness.
The selectmen of Rutland have rur
lased and taken possession of tl,
| Wing farm for the use of the town as
cor farm. 1t il expected that iin
reciion of new buildings on it will
J. NJ. Putnaln, '0cetsetr Jr'tnurt,aGCo
A breach of promise suit, which ha>
! lung fire in the courts for some time
II which Miss Jennie Piper of Ches ei
'as The plaintiff and Harlan Kinpsbu
y of Sterling, Ma s., the defendant
vas decided on Monday in favor of til,
'laintiff, to the tune of S90S.
The act authorizing the town of
Woodstock to raise 40, 600 was passed
| the session of 1868 A town meet
Lg was held April 10, 1864, and III,
| money voted. The vote stood at tn,
,bove meeting. 3lS to raise the money
2S against. Since then the project La,
cen vigorously agitated until its con.
| pletiOn last week.
The second convention of the South
.rn Vermont Musical Association vii
e held at Music Hall, Manchester
commencing Monday evening, Octn-
/ her II, ana closing Friday evening
''rof. G. A. Mielzke of Rutland will
onduct the convention, and several
distinguished soloists have been engag-
"a for the occasion.
Jacob Larden was instantly killed
| w the Troy. train al bennington thie
| vening. He stepped upon the track
ust in front of the engine as it neared
he depot. Poverty and poor health
re supposed 10 be the cause of the act
He leaves wife and four children. A
laughter lay dead in the house when
he committed suicide.
! Mr.. Alexander Brothers of Fairfield.
n attempting to ford the Mis-isquoi
liver, at sheldon, Saturday evening.
18Th inst. was drowned. He had
passed over safely few days previous.
nut the storm Of Thursday aud Friday
iad raised the river several feet. an,
| he current was so strong that he horse
nd wagon We're drfItd some distance
Town stream. His wife and two child
en- who We're with him were rescued
Kinsley, of the Burlington Clipper,
(which is Taft's ring worm" is thor
nughly appreciated 10y the Burlington
people and 1t is said the small subscrip-
ion list which he started with is hut
he ghost of circulation now. Poor
KinsIey! But when his rapidly going
occupation is gOne, even then he
needn't lie discouraged. His ears are
pillars of strength, ana there must be n
| place where the demand for dOnkeys
'nr exceeds the supply, but Burlington
'lnesm't sren to bc one of them. Bran
ION Union.
The grand jury for franklin county
which .ose Tuesday had before it the
candal case of Il. II. Hoyt and Mrs
Dewey. both of st. Adams. arising
rom alleged i'm proper advances 10y
Hoyl tn Mrs. Dewey. upon The Il scov-
cry of which Hoy; paid Mr.. Brigham
IA lawyer of Boston and brother and
representative of The lady. $40 900 husl
money. He afterwards tried TO gel
Brigham indicted for hlackmail, but
he grand jury have failed to find 4
bill. TIE failure of the grand jury i'
lndict Brigham, and The payment %
the hush money, has created consider
ilble excitement among the cOInmuni