The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-09-07
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Rev. i. w. Olmsted has become
principal of Leila nd and Gray Semina-
ry at Townsend.
Mrs. Ann s.. Stephens, the distin-
euished authoress, Is at the Equinox
House. Manchester.
DR., II. ID. Holton, of Brattleboro, has
been elected n member of the British
medical association.
Mr.. ID. w. Gilmore, ofthe Arlington
car company, injured his hand quite
severely ono day last week, while he
was working on n saw.
A Mr.. McGettrlck of Willsboro. N.
Y, got drunk at Burlington, Tuesday
night, laid down upon the track and
was run over and had a foot crushed.
A child of Mr. utclife of Cambridge,
Mass, was killed by a runaway team,
at Bellows Falls on Wednesday, and
Mr.. Sutclifie was seriously if not fatal
~ injured.
The centennial of the organization of
the town of Arlington occurs In 1877.
1t has n rich history and should have
all appropriate celebration.
A child was baptized i'm the Catholic
church at Brattleboro, recently, at the
remarkable age of eight hours, the ia
Their, probably, acting on the principle
that delays are dangerous,
Captain Frederick Howard, of Graf.
ton, has n hen that knocks the spots
from all fowls in that vicinity. She
has recently laid eight eggs containing
two yolks each. equivalent to two eggs
per day.
A number of the ladies of Newport,
last week organized a society TO be call
ed the Newport Benevolent Society,""
Its funds will be expended In aid of
the Baptist church and such objects as
may be deemed most necessary.
George King, twenty-five years old,
at Holland, in carelessly taking up a
Wy charge of shot in the back part of
bis neck, and physicians think there is
little chance for him.
Isle La Mott Is deriving quite a bene-
fit from the construction of the Brook
Ign bridge, the abutment stone being
quarried and dressed there. They are
taken from Henry Fl. HIPS quarry,
giving employment to some fifty men.
There was white frost at Greensboro
Bend Monday night, Aug. %. In some
parts of Stowe there was a slight frost
Sunday night, and the cold air of Mon
day resulted in lowering the thermom-
eter to 40 degrees at sunrise, Tuesday.
Considerable excitement was created
in Gaysville by the failure of NJ. Z.
Smith, with liabilities said to be sixteen
thousand dollars. Several Of his friends
are involved in the smash by their sign
ing at the bank of Royalton and other
places.
The body of David Davis, of st.
Johnsbury, was found much decom-
posed in the woods at Danville, Mon
day, and as $50 was missing which he
had in his pocket when he left home,
he is supposed to have been murdered
by tramps.
There is q pair of twins in Brattlebo-
TO who were born on the day of the in
auguration of Grant and Colfax. The
name of one Is Willie Grant and that
of the other Walter Colfax. They re-
semble each other so closely hat it is
difficult to tell which is Grant and
which is ColfaX.
The Supreme Court has granted the
request of the relatOr in the quo war;
ranto of Page vs.. j. Gregory Smith
and other directors of the Central Ver-
mont railroad company, and gives per-
mission for the filling of an indictment
against them in the Supreme Court
without designating the place where It
shall be filed.
The new NJ. +. church at Irasburgh
u-aa 1a1inatn1 on thn 18Th p1f Tho
church is forty by fifty, with n rear
vestry twenty by thirty. 1t Is finely
finished and is a modern house In all
respects, and cost upwards of So, 900.
On the day Of dedication the society
was 81 200 in debt, which sun was
raised at once.
The Universalist State Convention at
st. Johnsbury, last week, was largely
attended. Hon. Heman Carpente" of
Mortified presided. Missionary work,
educational work and church life were
fully and pertinently discussed. The
Rev. S. A. Parker of Bethel, and the
communion sermon by Rev. Mrs. Ia
Dor of Williamsville.
Geo. Burlington, n boy seventeen
years old, writes US that on the 30th of
July he moved and raked 800 hay
cocks, cooked up thirty lunches with
a hand rake, loaded II load, took care
of twenty-three hogs, two work horses,
two stations, ate his three meals, took
his hours incoming. ard did it all be-
tween five in the morning and half
past seven In the evening. George Is O
49, CT r~1~~ TTnion
a citizen of Brattleboro deposited
with the cashier ofthe national bank of
that place some t~wenty-four hundred
dollars in five-twenties. These were
stolen from the bank, and suit was
brought to recover The lower court
decided for the plaintiff, and the Su-
preme Court of the State has reversed
the decision upon the ground that the
cashier had no power to bind The bank,
except as regular deposits were entered
into the current account of the deposit
tor.
The Bennington wooden mills, be-
longing to Fisher Bros, of New York
City, are doing an extensive business
under the SUPPLEMENTARY of 10.
Robinson. The mill gives employment
to from one hundred and twelve to one
hundred and twenty hands. earning a
pay roll of from So, 800 dollars to SO, 400
per month. The consumption of clean
ed wool is over26, 900 pounds per month,
or about 900 pounds daily. Twelve
hundred yards of broad-width goods
are finished each day, consisting of la
dies' plaid c~loakings and repellants.
DROWNING IN STRATToN. - There
was Il sad accident IN Slratton on Fri
day, 9th ult., resulting in the drown
Ing ofone young lady, and the narrow
escape of two others. Three sisters
from Northampton, Mass, named
Searls, were visiting friends in the west
part of the town, aud went to call on
another girl, living on DeeIfield river.
at n locality known as Smiths Mills.
While there, they went on the pond
with a young man named Grout, In a
very small boat, the girls being placed
In one end af the craft. After rowing
around for a TING, they started for the
shore, but before they reached it the
boat suddenly filled and sank, precipl-
tatinp oil ite OpcuOaptg into the water.