The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-31
,ST.A TIE NE us.

ham County Conference of Congrega-
tional churches will be held ut West
Brattleboro, Sept. and 2.
H. n. Coon, Jr., of Burlington, won
the prize cue Friday evening, in the
game of billiards with Wilson of Platts-
burgh, beating him nearly 800 points,
The peg shop at Bethel commenced
running nights the 23d inst. They
have got to work night and day to fill
their orders before the machinery goes
off.
Mr. Simeon Gilbert, Jr., one of the
editors of the Chicago Advance, Is
spending few days at the residence
of his father, Dea. Simeon Gilbert, In
Pittsford.
II. p. Stimson, of Ludlow, has been
engaged by the directors of West
River Academy, South Londond cry,
as principal. He is a fine scholar and
will succeed.
+. II. Stanley of Dummerston, a
guest at the Haynes, House, Springfield
Mass, became violently crazy, Friday
evening, and was locked up at the
police station, in charge of a keeper.
George Stewart and Frank Shedd,
well known conductors on the Rutland
division of the Vermont Central rail-
road, have been dismissed from service.
Their places are supplied by A. b..
Halbert and John Clifford.
Capt. Frank P. Huntoon, formerly OF
the Vermont cavalry, and late of the
st. Nicholas hotel, New York, is now
steward of the floating palace Ply
mouth Rock. He is also proprietor of
Huntoon's chop house, $50 Broadway,
New York
Investigation has disclosed the
cause of the fire at Burlington lum-
Der mill to have been the friction OF
belt upon timber. The loss at Bur-
lington was $4,000, but might have
been ten times greater but for the
prompt discovery of the fire.
The Montpelier and Wells River
Railroad will run special train, Sun
day, from Montpelier to Wells River
connecting at the latter place with
the train from the Twin Mountain
House,, to enable Vermonters to hear
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who
breaches at the hotel.
The fall term of the Black River
Academy has opened with about one
hundred and fifteen students. Many
more who have engaged rooms.will
be present within few days. Prof.
Tilden with his board of assistants
have busy work. They have thirty
five classes, representing each course of
study.
Last Tuesday, the dead body of a
man was found in the town of New
bury, in the water just below Dodge's
Falls. The body was evidently that
of man well advanced III years, had
been i'm the water several days, and
was badly decomposed. There was
nothing found on it by which it could
be identified.
The rail mill at the st. Adams iron
and steel works shut down Monday,
throwing about 175 men out of employ
ment. Some of them were Informed
that work would be resumed by the 1st
of October, but it will probably not
start by that time, unless the company
have some demand for rails. Tuesday
there were about forty men at work In
and around the mill, but this will last
only for few days.
OllS vi iO-
Gently lost valuable horse by new
disease. The horse was only sick three
days, being affected, as 1t seemed, in
his mouth and head. The lips, the in
side of the mouth and the tongue be-
came black and swollen, making it i'm.
possible for the horse to swallow, and
on the third day his eyelids became
swollen. The nature of the disease is
not understood.
Trotting for purses amounting to
$685., offered by the Agricultural Society
of Chittenden county, takes place Sep.
TENDER s and 8, the second and
third days of the fair on the track al
Essex junction. Entries for these
races are to be made to ID. q. French,
Secretary, at the Van Ness House.
Burlington. and close at O'Clock p,
m. Thursday, September 3. a match
game of base ball is to be played on
the fair grounds the first day of the
fair, at 8 o'clock p. M, September 4.
Mrs. Eliza Thomas, of Brandon, dice
on Saturday morning last at the age o
rs wears. She had been suffering for 6
long time with q cancer, and every
thing had been done for her recovery
and comfort 10y her son, Norman
Thomas. Her funeral was attended oil
Saturday afternoon, Aug. p. Rev. A
J, ingalls,. pastor of the Methods
church in Brandon, conducted the re
ligious services. The burial was made
in the Congregational cemetery at Pitts
ford, beside her husband, Norman
Thomas.
The grand list Of the largest tax-p pay
Dt,n1a,, q 900
Il; Ripley Sons, s447,5 sheld9ns IS;
company, 1924 Rutland Marble com
panv. S9l2.6O; John b. Page, 1888
". Gilmore, $685.. so; J. w. Cramton
sS4e.S5; c. Clement, $780, A. c
Bates, 1907 II. H. Baxter, S6l6.49
Clement and Sons, S356,54 II. II
Dyer, s5l457 Columbian Marble
Company, 1925; d. Verder, 1922 CO
Peoples Gas Light company, S270
Mrs. NJ. Hilliard, $3.50; ellison, Gle
ment & Woodfin, S286,66.
The executive committee of tn,
Young Mems Christian Association
and churches of Vermont, will hold {
series of meetings at East Wallingford
Sept. 3, 4 and 5, commencing Frida.
evening, September 9. The service.
VIII be uDuer tlle ulIttlioli VI 0eO. L
Davis, of Burlington, and Rev. 8. p
Cook of Ludlow, assisted by othe
workers to be present. a cordial In
vitation is extended by the oommitte
to the churches and people of tn
neighboring towns. A large attend
ance is expected. Some of the mos
earnest workers in the state will assis
at these meetings. Free entertainment
will be provided by the citizens 0
East Wallingford 10 all who come.
During the heavy thunder storm
that visited this place last Monda,
afternoon the lightning was. rathe
freaky. 1t first came down in front c
of the Union House and, after taking
zig-zag course. finally landed at tn
grist mill. It struck the chimney an
knocked off several bricks, after whlcl
ii passed down through the stovepipt
On its way down it set the SCOT on fire
and II is said the smoke rolled off q
though there was fire in the stove
After tearing the stovepipe down an
breaking down the hearth, 1t made 1t
exit through the door. II Ia eertainl
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