The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-12

STATE NE us.

Democratic paper in Vermont, was 68
years old last Friday.
The judges setting in the supreme
court at Burlington are Hon James Bar.
rett. Hoyt II. Wheeler, Homer r. Royce
and Timothy p. Kcdfeld.
Tho steamer Champlain is making
daily trips between Plattsburgh and Port
Henry, connecting with the ! p. IN. train
from tho South nj Port Henry,
Tho aggregate loss by fire in the
New England States, during the year
1874, was S1O.7l4,995. OF this amount
the %proportio. Of this State was s346,-
200.
Mr.. Hiram s. Hart, business mana
ger Of the St. Adams Advertiser, has sew.
cred his connection with that paper. He
is succeeded by Mr.. Albert P. Gross, of
St. Albsns.
Reuben Ferguson, late mail agent on
the line boats from Rouses Point to
Whitehall, has been transferred, during
the close Of tho navigation, to tho mail
route from Essex Junction to Boston.
Gen. Stephen Thomas, commanding
department Of Vermont, G. A. R., issues
an order 10 which he states that the eighth
anDual encampment will be held at Mont.
pclier, Tuesday, January 26th. Head.
quarters will be at the Pavilion. and
there will bo a Camp Fire at the Village
Hall in the evening.
"A Berlin youth catches sly rats aud
mice by putting meal or a board which is
placed on n filed barrel Of water, their
efforts 20 satisfy hunger with the meal, Of
course giving the man "over-muchness"
OF drink. He caught forty.ive in one
week, seventeen in two nights, among
them six white ones
Among the things to raise money at
a St Johnsbury fair, the time a $50
clock was to stop was guessed at, but the
local paper says: "At last accounts it
had not stopped, and the owners name is
uncertain" The idea is certainly novel ;
no danger Of any one knowing the exact
time.
Edwin Cunningham. sou OF AbDer
Gun ningham, o Saxtons River, was killed
on the Pennsylvania railroad at Powelton
Avenue, on Sunday morning. He was
on the track under a car making a coup
ling, and three or four cars were running
toward the train and he was warned to
get out Of the way which he attempted,
but his boot had caught between two rails
and he was knocked down and fatally
crushed.
In u volume or the Workingman's
Gazette, published at Woodstock in 1881
occurs the following marriage notice
"In Huntington, Vt. March 10. by ED.
er Huatlcy, Leonard ilnm!in. a young
mechanic, aged % year. to Widon Bur.
: lingim. "gcj 40. She is sister to Ham
iin'~ grnoetathcr'- wife. BY marriage
with this widow, this young man has be-
come brother n.law 10 hi, grandfather
and uUcle 20 hi. father aud mother"
"A mass convention of the Patrons OF
Ilusbandry will be held at Brattlcboro,
Vermont. January. DIST, TO commence al
AtI f9th. u w. NJ "flbhN " tiuh'
bandry in Vermont. New Hampshire and
Massachusetts are Invited to attend. Re.
turn checks over the Central Vermont
and leased lines will be furnished free,
j. II. Crosby, State Agent of Vermont,
will be present with a iull list of samples
price lists, etc. The Masters OF the Yer.
mont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts
State Oranges have been invited to at.
tend.
MIR. o. ii. Rounds, an old and re.
spected citizen of Rutland, died Wednes.
day evening, of heart disease. Mr..
Rounds was Sc years old the fifth day OF
last month, but his step was as elastic and
bis general health as good as many a man
at forty. lie was, it is said, the oldest
Mason in the State, having belonged to
that fraternity for sixty.ive years. lie
was a grandson OF Stephen Hopkins. one
Of the signers Of the Declaration Of Inde-
|, pendence; has been a Representative in
the State Legislature several terms, be.
sides holding other offic Of trust and re.
sponsibility.
The semi.annual meeting Of the Yer.
mont Homeopathic Medical Society wa.
r held at the American Hotel. in Burling.
ton, on Wednesday, January 9th, at IL, a
H., the Woo. President, DR. A. f.. Hor.
,on OF Poultney, 10 the chair The soci-r
ty was called to order and the records o.
the last meeting read and approved. let
tiers were read from absent members, nuc
also kilograms regretting absence. Ia
teresting cases were reported by Drs
Horton. Smith. Arthur aud others. Illus
tratiDg the difficulty Of diagnosing obscul
cases of cancer. Or. Fi,ke. Of Hardwicl
read a paper on the Use OF pulsatilla il
skin diseases, which Was followed by
discussion.
Last Tuesday forenoon, IL young maj
hired a livery rig at the stable OF w. Ii
Lane 4 Sen, of Burlington, ostensibly to
> 90 to Williston, since which time he haI
not been seen or heard from. The ril
> consisted OF a small chestnu, mare, robe
silver tipped harness,and Montpelier styl,
, slOigh the young man was OF medium
ntlHni, iBut nhlH, iaN' SSihtNhtu. hdu W
a gray overcoat,and was apparently abou.
twenty years of age lie gave his nam,
as Seymour, but il has since been ascer
tanned that this was not his true name
lie j. unde, stood % he from Malone. y
: \. \ liberal reward will be paid Ia an,
: person furnishing such information ~ vii
lend In the recover of the property and
the conviction nt the ihici.
Capt. +. d. Ward. the great pro
leciioni,r al tho West aud Detroit mil
, lionai,c. who died an saturday. 81 npop
b lcxy, WAS horn in Poulrpey. Rniiap,
9. country. IN ihis STATE. hut went W">t,nn,
A.. a. tea ytRt- ~ age was catin iny m
lake crnit. At Detroit H. l~csme
successful lake s%kipI"r, ship builder ans
owner. hut With tho solvent a. rsilroah'
| embarked heavily in iron manufactures
tlnntiuu ,nliing mill. ~ f'bi..uu Nil