The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-14
STATE NE US.

A. NJ. Parsons, the East MontpelieyI
station agent, has absconded with S15l. 4
The failure of II. u. Sntterley of Bur-
lington, dealer in grain, etc, is report
ed.
The new Methodist church at Lud-
low will be dedicated about the 22d in
slant.
The firm of Shepard, Davis & Co., of
Burlington has been thrown into bank
ruptcy.
1t is expected that trains will run
from st. Johnsbury to Portland in a
few weeks.
The Cabot carriage company is do
ing large business. They employ
twenty men,
There is quite revival at Walling-
ford, under the preaching of Miss +,
f. Townsley.
Patrick Rush of Westfield paid the
justice $20.10 for pointing gun at
Adelbert Clark.
Messrs. Kilburn 4 Gates of Bur
lington have not shut down their mill,
as was reported.
Edward Titus of Wilmington has
made six hundred and twenty five bar
rels of cider the present season.
A party in New Zealand is negotia-
ting for saw-mill from the Lane
manufacturing company of Montpel-
Ter.
Abel Wakefield of Hardwick is un-
der $500 bonds for the alleged seduc-
ton of young lady who resides at
Lyndon.
A young man in Westford neglected
to pay for his marriage license, and it
was found necessary to sue him for
the amount.
The silver and lead mines in Hart
land are said to contain rich specimens
of silver and lead with a small amount
of gold.
A historical society and military
company are being organized to aid in
celebrating Bennington's centennial,
Aug. Is, 1877.
Miss Julia p. Pease of Rutland has
begun a medical course at Boston, to
prepare herself for missionary work at
Constantinople.
The regular meeting of the state
grange of the u. of II. in Burlington
to-day. Masters of oranges and their
wives are delegates.
Hon. n. b. Cobb, of STAFFORD, has
resigned his position as one of the as
sistant judges of Orange county court,
on account of his ill health.
Some mscheivous person set fire to
Charles Reads load of hay as he was
driving through Rutland lately, and
the whole 1900 pounds were lost
The Vermont Grand Lodge of Good
Templnrs will meet in Brandon, on
the second Tuesday of January, 1876.
An interesting session is expected.
; The last Revolutionary pensioner in
the state died few days ago at Bur.
lington. Her name was Mrs. Bridget
! Lee, and she was more than one hun
dred years old
Cabot is about to erect soldiers
monument six feet four feet inches al
the base and twenty-seven feet high
and is to cost 81 500. 1t is to be ready
for dedication on the 4th of July, 1876
James Wyllie, the champion check
, or player, is out with another challenge
|, to John McGregor. He proposes t.
play match for 81 900 a side and fur
: thermore agrees to beat McGregor two
to ono
Hiram p. Pierce, the lately removed
j postmaster at South Barre, is another
man who mas lost his position becaus,
of selling stamps to persons living out
side his district,
= On Friday evening, November 20
. Golden Gate" Degree Lodge of ODD
Fellows was instituted at Montpelier
e and about twenty-five degrees were
t conferred on members Of Vernon
8 Lodge No. Q.
; There is family of seven member
. in Stowe that live in an old hovel no
I more than ten feet square the mothe
and younger children have neithe
4 shoes nor socks, and not rags enough
= to cover their bodies.
The Young Mems Christian Associa
ton has inaugurated series of meet
q. ings in Springfield, over one hundred
8 rising for prayers during one evening
). People from the neighboring towns ar,
E attracted to their meetings.
7 Three children arrived at Rutland
=. Monday evening, of last week respect
WHO c ai1af thfoGg6 thfeet" 6SyTD e8fpsgs
; from California rs far as Jersey city al
alone. Their parents are dead, ant
Q they have been sent east to thei
friends.
Lawyer Poland, who rs judge crea
y ted the Vermont Central receivership
|. now assures the courts that it is "per
q petual receiYership, such as is no
= talked about in the books" II begin
u to look so, after fourteen years, but tn
Vermont papers regard the idea as ''al
e altogether new one to us. ~ Spring
" field Republican.
l. The following appointments OF post
o ments of 'postmasters have recent,
n been made: f. =. Blanchard, Grotol
y Pond, Caledonia county George @
IL Kimball, Montgomery Franklin coun
% ty; Orlando Bushee, Pawlet, Rutlan,
Ia county; Pliny Wright, Pownal, Ben
D. nington county John Warner, SOutl
n Barre, Washington county.
ID The st. Johnsbury Caledonian say
y that Frederick Hunt, IA man nearl
10 sixty years old, was married at Lowe
- Waterford, on Thanksgiving day 10
y red twice before, and has thirteen chi
,e dren living, besides one Of his wive
from whom he has parted. II Is sal
the girl procured the marriage certif
" cate.
Wilmington, TOO, decided at larg,
s. Unattended town-mcetiDg in favor
s, The proposed narrow gauge railroad
Y and voted to bond the town TO tn
/. amount of eight times its grand lis
not single voice dissenting. 9th {
=, towns along the line will soon take til
u same course, which will undoubtedl
ID Insure the beginning of the road ia I'll
er spring.
IN f. w. Chase OF Burlington offers Ia
a creditors thirty per cent. in cash,
a. lieu of his notes for 37t per cent. o
of thirty months time, as recommends
- by the committee. As most of I'll