The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-17
STATE NE US.

Dellwood Cemetery, Manchester, is
said to be the most beautiful In the
state.
The hay crop is 20 per cent. larger
D.. this year than last, throughout Orleans
county.
Some Harvard students went to Jay
Peak, the other day, and brought home
$40 trout
Wild animals have destroyed most
of the poultry on the road north OF
Randolph.
A division of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians has been organized at Bel
lows Falls.
Bennington youngsters climb up the
interior to the top of chimney over
eighty feet high.
The Colorado beetle is doing consid-
cradle damage to the potato crop in
Grand Isle county.
Rev. ID. NJ. Crane, of the Baptist
church at Springfield, resigns on ac-
count of i'll health.
John Reeves's two-story house at
Bennington was damaged $4,000 worth
by fire, last Tuesday.
Arthur Gilmore, of Glover, fell upon
his scythe last week, nearly severing
his leg at the knee joint.
The Bennington people celebrated
the anniversary of the battle of Ben
nington by firomen's mnster yester-
day.
Rev w. l.. Hines of the Advent
church at Castleton has gone over to
the Episcopalians and applied for min
isterial orders.
An examination will be held at Rut-
land, August 80 and 81, for the West
Point cadetship from the first congress
sional district.
c. S. Weeks, of Hardwick, who en-
bezzled a thousand dollars of money
belonging to Cutler of Barton, is in st.
Johnsbury Jail.
A twelve-year-old son of Alvin Bart
lett of Island Pond was fatally injured,
the other day, by being dragged for
some distance by runaway horse.
N. A. Barrows, of Burlington, has
.nalacca cane, which was brought from
England in IVA, and carried by Judge
Damon of Woodstock for sixty years.
H. 4. Bennett, of Manchester has
cucumber with leaf growing from it
of the same character as those growing
from the vine. 1t is quite curiosity
Deputy Collector James Lang, of
burlington, seized from a Frenchman
at st. Adams. Wednesday, $500 worth
of laces which he had struggled from
The st. Adams foundry, with all its
MIXTURES and patterns, has been sold to
Edward A. Smith and John w. New
ton, who have been the lessets for sew
eral years, for 100000.
Most Vermont towns have "school
lands' belonging to the towns, the in
come of which, SIS, 122 for the whole
state, is by law devoted to the support
OF the common schools.
Rev. G. Graves, of st. James Episco-
pal church at Arlington resigns, in or
ger 10 accept joint mission i'm Chit
tenden and Lamoille counties, with
headquarters at Burlington.
The Grand Isle county bar docket
contains but nineteen law and seven
chancery cases rather small game for
sixteen attorneys-the number practis-
ing at the Grand Isle county bar.
The Connecticut River Railroad
company sold about 600 Montreal ex-
cursion tickets this year, which is
somewhat smaller than its usual num-
per- put very fair sale, considering
the times.
The wife Of Richard Dodge, of Mid
dlesex, shot her husbands brother.
with whom she had had a suit about
some property, few days since, blow
Ing otf his jaw and inflicting probably
fatal injuries.
The hat belonging TO Mr.. Hilton, of
81. Adams, who was drowned last
Sunday, was found Tuesday, near Da-
mons Island, and also one of the oars
belonging to the yawl. Search is still
being made for the body.
The house of John Root, of Rutland
was set on fire between twelve and one
O'Clock, Saturday night, supposed to
have been done by Root himself, after
which he made good his retreat to
house OF Ill fame, where he was found
by the officers.
Arguments We're made before Chan
cellor Royce at St. Adams, Friday, on
the petition for the appointment of an
expert to examine the Vermont Cen
trail railroads affairs, but decision was
reserved the special masters on the
examination of accounts have adjourn
ed till to-day.
John Clark, of Montreal, aged twen-
ty-four years, while fishing at Rouses
Point, Saturday, with some friends,
suddenly fell off beam of the bridge
upon which he wls standing, into the
water, and, before assistance could be
rendered, was drowned. The body
was recovered.
In the railroad accounting on We'd
nesday, the secret service fund came up
for consideration. 1t appears that
some S14 900 of it remains unaccounted
for, and when Governor Smith was
pressed as to what had become of il he
said he would rather pay it than to an
swer,-[ Messenger.
Peter Alphonsas, the Barre bank
robber, was released on bail, Tuesday,
Charles II. Heath, his counsel, becom.
ing his surety in $4,000, but was at once
re-arrested on civil suit for damages
by the cashier and directors of the
bank, the total claims being over 500
900, which will keep him in Jail for
the present.
Ex-Gov. Page having been charged
with falling to account for about $3.50
~ Vi 'he HiohoJ that passed through
his hands during the war, when he
was state treasurer, he requested John
A. Page of Montpelier, the present
treasurer, to thoroughly examine his
accounts, which the latter has done,
and pronounces them wholly correct.
While w. II. McAIlster of West
Enosburgh, was at work in his hay
Held, the other day, he found a striped
snake, Tour feet long, surrounded by
young ones, which at once disappeared
Into their parents mouth. The snake
was killed, and post-mortem examin-
alton revealed eighty three snakes.
each four inches long, which were ali
dispatched.
The Brandon Manufacturing Com
Pany have Just received a large order
from 1T. Petersburg, Russia, for their
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