The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-07
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lost twenty-five sheep by dogs.
Mr.. Joseph Daniels of Hubbordton Is
over one hundred years old.
Montpelier Is 20 have n new meroan-
tile school, in which telegraphy will
be taught.
District No. II, in Calais. can boast
of fifteen-year-old-boy who is uncle
10 thirty children.
Jamaica voted eight times its grand
list in aid of the Green Mountain rail-
road on the 22d.
Mrs. Mary Houston, of Stove, sixty
years of age, fell on the ice Oh the goth
inst, and fractured her right hip.
The railway station at Hartland was
burglarised on the Ath inst, and q
small amount of money taken.
The board of Agriculture, Manufao-
lures and Mining held meetings at
West Rutland and Ludlow, last week.
The agricultural meetings appointed
for Rochester and Chelsea, next week,
are put over until the first week of
jan, 1915.
Jim Murphy and Ceph. Stone and
others are receiving frequent calls to
appear before The Rutland police court
for selling intoxicating liquors.
The Bohemian glass blowers have
been giving exhibitions in Rutland
and secured fair audiences. They give
an account of the manufacture of glass
with numerous experiments.
The Emerson Edge Tool Co., of
Taftsville have lately been obliged to
more than double tho working ca paoity
of their axe making department. in or
der to supply the demand for their cell
ebrated axes.
The friends of Nowbury seminary
want to raise $4,000 the ensuing season,
for the purpose of making further re-
pairs on the buildings, enlarging the Ii
brary adding to the chemical and phil
osophical apparatus, etc.
Judge Tyler, in the Burlington city
court, has sentenced Nelson Root to
three years and six months in the state
prison Edward Tatro, eighteen
months, and George Mumblow, twen-
ty-six months for grand larceny.
Chester had an excitement, Tuesday,
over the seizure of some liquor shipped
from Boston. The Boston parties came
on and claimed the property, but Yer
mont justice thought it ought to go to
The town. The case was appealed.
The oorporators of the Green noun
tain Vermont narrowguage railroad
met at Rochester, on Thursday, to
choose directors and to consider the
proposition of New York capitalists to
build the road if the towns will fur
nish $4,000 per mile.
The winter prospect for workmen at
Rutland is blue, A large number of
men are now without work, many are
chopping wood for thirty cents day
and their board, and good mechanics
can't find work at all. In few days,
one hundred men are to be discharged
from the marble quarrles at West Rut-
land.
A meeting of the officers of the ma
tional banks of the state was held at
Montpelier, Wednesday which formed
an association for better protection
against burglars, and they adopted
such M eaures as will secure more
summary notice of crimes against
banks and speeder punishment of Of
Tenders.
The growing importance Of the ship.
ments Of lumber from burlington is we'll
illustrated in an order just received from
South America by Bronson, Weston,
Greene & Co., for FIVE million feet Of
first class pine lumber.
Judge Royce has decided the case of
the Town Of Montpelier rs the Montpel-
in regard to paying for the building of
the nav bridge across the Winooski riv.
err, and given the town $500 and costs.
The fourth presby teran church in the
state was recently organized in South
Ryegate, consisting of seventy.iye nom.
bers This is the only denomination hav.
ing a church and society in town The
place was settled by Scotch Presbyteri.
ans, who have chung to their original
faith.
Another daughter of James Priest, the
third, died Of diptheria. at South Yer.
non, Thursday night. Several Of those
attacked with this disease have at once
taken hot bath, causing sweat, and
none Of them have died the doctors OBJ.
ject to such treatment, however, possibly
because i: is so simple and safe
| A young man belonging to one of the
first families of Newbury, who has for
some time past been employed in gro
Gerry store at Springfield. Mass, recently
WoodSIlle", N. H., where he was arrested
for the theft. His captors promised that
if he would refund the money he should
not DE prosecuted, and he did SO.
| M. G. Edmunds, one of the fish com.
missioners Of Vermont, has been in New.
port vicinity lately, for the purpose of
making examinations of the waters with
reference to the introduction of bass.
MIR. Edmunds visited Memp hremagog,
and obtained specimens of the lake trout
to be used at Smithsonian Institute Of
Washington, and at Philadelphia during
the Centennial
The officers OF the national banks of
the state, at their recent meeting in
Montpelier, decided upon a pretty yigor.
Gus course Of action. Soon after the "reb"
raid into St Adams from Canada dur.
ing the war, the Legislature passed law
making it felony punishable with death,
for three or more persons acting in con-
cert, with force or violence. to kill or
wound any person, or to rob any person
or corporation Thi, law. though de.
signed to prevent raids IRON Canada dur
ing the var describes the oHense com.
mittcd by the Barre bank robbers, and it
is proposed to indie; Nj lies, the leader of
the gang. under it, The EVIDENCE against
him is very strong, and his conviction is
almost certain, and if convicted, there is
little doubt that. with the present feeling
in the state, he will suffer the penalty Of
the law-execution within ninety days of
the time of his conviction.