The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-08
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The Mount Mansfield hotel opened
the lrst day of June.
Grass appears badly winter-killed in
the vicinity of Hardwick.
Seymour Lake, in Morgan, was lroz-
en- over the morning of May H.
The shipments of butter from st. AL
bans for the month of May were 4715
tuhs-about 262, 900 pounds.
The Woodstock railroad, it is expect
ed, will be completed by the first of
September.
A rifle-club has been organized in
Burlington, the main object being i'm
provement in shooting.
The work of rebuilding Montpelier is
progressing very fast. Thirteen new
stores are being erected.
The Manchester sportsman's club
will indulge in a prize shoot some time
this week.
Rev. ID. w. Palmer, of Dummerston,
| w, accepts n call to the Baptist church
of Lyme, n. ii,
1t is rumored that the old marble
mill of Ira Cochran, at East Dorset, is
| SOUL 10 pSuDle operations.
Fred. T.. Kipp caught i'm the Onion
| River, near the Heinebcrg bridge, a
/ black sturgeon, which weighed 80 1-2
| pounds.
n. Young's store, near the Alburgh
| depot, was destroyed 10y fire, Monday
morning, with its contents. Loss
| about $1,000 insurance, $4,000.
The greenhouse of Hon. Frederick
| Billings, at Woodstock, is said TO con-
tain the finest collection of plants in
America outside of New York city.
The third annual meeting of the Ben
nington county conference of Congre-
| gational churches meets ut East Dorset
ON Tuesday and Wednesday, June s
and o..
S. p. Campbell, of Greensboro, has
lately lost, by thieves, fifteen bushels of
seed oats, and A. M. Woodbury., Just
over the line in Hardwick, one hun
dred pounds of pork.
The treasurer of the Home for Desti-
tute Children, in Burlington, has re-
ceived 1923, being the net proceeds of a
| spelling match at Derby Centre, Il few
days since.
Prices for butter at St. Adams on
Tuesday were rs follows common to
fair, 10 TO 20 cents medium to good,
% to % cents selections, "a TO 2G cents;
gilt edge, ~ cents.
The semi.annual meeting of the Ben
nington County Sabbath School Union
was held on Wednesday at the Baptist
church in SALISBURY, and interesting
services were held.
The Burlington Free Press laments
that "the melodious note of ,he bull
frog Will soon be hushed forever,n by
the filling up of the ancient pond neal
the new court house.
Among the graduates of the Boston
University School of Law we notice
the names of A. :. Hall, of West West
minister G. II. Rcmelee, of Middle
bury, and T.. +. Webster, st. Adams.
a little boy of Bennington was over
| heard bribing another little 10Y to stop
swearing. He said if he wouldn't swear
/ ever again he would give him "a whole
handful of bcach-nuts with the meats
in 'em, when they get ripe"
The people of st. J~ohnsbury are not
| to lack for church edificcs. The cree
| ton of one new Baptist church is de-
tcrmincd on, and another II is talked
/ of. The Unitarians and Episcopalians,
especially, talk strongly of building.
The hearing in the case of NJ. G..
Hayes, charged, with setting fire tn tho
Rutland opera house, was commenced
at the our house in that place on
Monday of last week. After the exam
nation of several witnesses the hearing
was again adjourned until yesterday.
At the recent reception given to
Archbishop McCloskey by the sisters of
| Mt. st. Vincent convent, New York,
| Miss Mamie Mccall, of Rutland, pre-
sented the cardinal with u beautiful
Jewel box, containing a diamond and
topaz cross valued at 500, 600.
At the recent term of the Windsor
county court, States Attorney Walker
entered II mol. pros. in the case of Jas.
VIM, of Windsor, accused of killing
one Donoghue on the trial of which,
at last term, the jury stood seven for
conviction and five for acquittal and
he was discharged from custody.
The Sabbath school Union of Frank
lin and Grand Isle counties will be
held at North Fairfax, June o and 10.
Free transportation to and from the
depots will be furnished 10y the people
of North Fairfax to all attending the
convention by rail.
Stowe has ten firsl-class saw-mills;
six with circular saws and some with
planning and matching machines
There are six extensive tub factories,
turning out thousands OF tubs yearly.
The only drawback to the numbering
business is the necessity of drawing by
horse power to a railroad or other mar
ket.
Three men in Castleton have each
accomplished II wonderful and use
full invention .Or the world. The
first is for the benefit of stone cutting;
the second, for the potato field and
the third for the meadow. These in
ventOrs will very likely immortaliZe
their names and make their fortunes
OFT of the machines.
The city assessors have appraised the
road bed and track of the Rutland,
Central and Vermont and Canada rail
roads, running through Burlington, at
Fl 100 per mile, amounting in all to
5 1880. The total length of the roads in
the city is about four and a half miles.
The appraisal of the buildings has not
y ~ Ptth tCiiiBitN'hs lltil All llt
property is in it will make an impor-
tant increase of the list of the city.
The semi-annual session of the YER
mont State Medical Society will be
held in Burlington on the 18th and 10th
inst. The first day will he devoted to
the reading of important papers, dis
cussions, etc. A trip to Ausable Chasm
will occupy the major part of the see
ond day. Papers are expected from the
principal medical gentlemen of the
state.
Says the Ogdensburg journal at
is rumored that the difficulties so long
existing between the Central Vermont
and Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain
railroad companies have finally been
adjusted. The Central Vermont will
continue to operate the Ogdensburg
and Lake Champlain railroad at II less
rental and the nIher cnmnnnu will rnn