The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-10-19
STATE NE us.

furnish the granite for the bank build
ing at Bellows Falls.
Two unfortunate women were tarred
and feathered 10y n parcel of blutes at
Fairfax the other day.
The post office at HortonviIle has
been discontinued on account of some
Irregularities of the postmaster
Joseph Allard of Mortified fell in
to the bark grinGer in his fathers tan
merry, Wednesday, and was crushed to
death.
A new and elegant Unitarian church
ut Brattleboro WAS dedicated Wednes-
lay evening. Rev. ID. Bellows preach
ed the sermon.
A little son of Edward ellison, OF
bennington, iell into a swollen stream.
the other day, aud was carried down
.orty feet and over two dams, when lie
vas rescued and resuscituted.
The hearing before Chancellor Royce
It 81 a lhans.on the petition oihhe Rut-
and railinad company Tor Il restoration
II their road, set iul I hulsuhy the 18th
vas continued To Nov. Is.
Mr.. II. NJ. Stouphton of Royalton
he father of MIR. Horace StUuyhtuu
Nlo was killed on the Central Yer
mont railroad, died one week aite.
his sons death at the age of "a.
Three heavily loaded freight cars o.
he Central Vermont railroad ran of
he track at Colchester. Thursda.,
morning, delaying the Montreal ex
press for four hours, and slightly iniur-
ing the track and cars.
The trestle work of the Burlington
and Lamoille railroad over Lees river,
IN Jericho, is finished. 1t is abou
thirty-four feet high, 600 feet in length
contains 50, 2S6 feet of lumber, and l.
admirably constructed in every re.
-pect,
Rev. n. =. Gilbert, formerly pastor
of the Congregational church in Clar
endon. has just returned from South
America, whittier he went on a bust
ness mission. Having accomplished
his business purposes lie has returned
TO this country TO reside.
The total enrolment of the public
,choOis of burlington is now Sll. The
,verage attendance for the last Two
weeks has been 75S. There las beef
n increase OF four weeks, and II gail
II the daily average attendance OF fiji
y-three.
Shepard, Hall Il Co., of Boston
shepard, Davis & Co., of Burlington
md Hall d Co., of Montreal. have call
ii meeting of th"ir creditors at Bos
ON, " ednesdny, OcIoner 20. at which
he statement of their assets and liza
hlities will be presented.
1t Is thought that the incendiare,
who burned Ashley buttons house a
cast Warren. the 10Th. are the sam,
ersons WHO disfigured his horses few
weeks ago by sheariug their names
rnd tails and taking their hulness I,
ieces. sea ttering the frag uLou.
nc lots.
Mr.. J. p. Bowditch takes the plac,
If ID. Webster Dixon on the st. AL
aus Messenger. Mr. Dixon will short
yer his connection with that pupel
~ to Florida forthe winter at least
md with the expectation Of maxim,
hat state, or some other part of til,
south his permanent home.
Nermonters at the New Engand
air took every premium and diploma
Eighteen in all, in Tie class of Merinos
seven out of nine on long.wools, anu
nine out of fifteen in the class denomi
mated middle-wools. 1t seems that
Vermont has not yet lost her prestig,
not for some time 10 come e''''"''' Will
The Pavilion hotel at Montpelier il
'ast approaching completion. The
balconies upon the front and side oi
he building make handsome appear
nee. The hotel will be furnished
throughout in the best manner, and
he capital city of the state can short
V boast of as fine Il public house n.
mere il To be found in New England
The I.amoille NeWsdealer is inform
Il that the Hogan BIoihers, of Cana
II, have taken the contract for com
letting the grading on the Lamoill,
ALLEY railroad from johnson To swan
on They take their pay, half il
onds of the company and half in cash
l'hey also offer to iron the road in tina
way, but for that no contract has IL
'et been entered into.
The number of inmates in the Yer.
mont state prison is one larger than
yer before, there being ll2 men an,
he woman, with but lOi cells for theil
accommodation. Work on the new
building is progressing and it will con.
ain forty-nine cells making l6l CELL
in all.
Joseph iIadivy vi nyueparK, ageu
| about 80 years, an eccentric Christian,
as received an order from his heaven
y father, as he says. to give away ten
narrels ofapples. which he is judicious
y distributing among the poor widows
II town. 1t would be good thing il
UGH revelations were more frequent.
The family of John C. Smith Of
CRANKY have been much mystified
and alarmed, recently, by showers OF
tones falling upon their house. a few
evenings since, though a most careful
earch faile to disclose any human
tgency. Some of the stones weigheD
etween two and three pounds, and two
| neighbors, who came to assist III the
search. were struck and seriously hurt
A clerk In a store at st. Johnshur,
ordered skeleton woman, used 10 dis
play dress goods removed from il
| Lace in the STORE the other day, bu
oming In and seeing il In Its place, ~
q supposed. threw his arms around i
20 carry il away, when he found II wa,
4 fiesh-and blood woman She listen
Il to no apologies. but told her hu-
nand, who came Ia the store for ven
'eance, but was soothed with gift q.
TX pounds of sweet potatoes.
The three iramps who were arrested
or breaking into the house OF Thomas
smith of Ge0rgia, some time ago wer.
brought iefore Judge Royce at st
\lIans and received their sentence last
Tuesday morning. Joseph Lnjennesse
who was found guilty on the first count
was sentenced To Windsor for fv,
wears while his companions, Dupres
and LamOra, who were found guilty on
The last count, were sentenced to one
year each az Windsor. George Wei
come was sentenced to ninety DAYS
| imprisonment in the county Jail for
stealing from Mr.. Rodney Whittemore.
About midnight of the llth inst. q
tramp entered the barn OF Daniel
Woodland at North Enosburgh and
stole horse. He was overheard by