The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-06-24
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set out on Battery park, at Burlington.
The select school at the Charlotte
seminary has daily attendance Of
scholars.
Mrs, G, n. Bliss of Boston Is spend.
Ing q few weeks with Mrs. Ozro Meach.
am In Brandon
Fish Commissioner Edmupds ls
stocking Lake Memphremsgog with
black baas
n. o. johnson, or Chester, has been
fined S402 for fifteen infractlons of the
liquor law,
William NJ. Evatts has had 594 ever
green trees set out 90 his grounds at
Windsor, this year.
Messrs. A. A. Nicholson and Joel G.
Baker, have formed q copartuership
for the practice Of law in Rutland.
The Rutland county Republican con-
ventlon will be held at the town hall
In Rutland, on Wednesday, July ~, at
one o'clock in the afternoon.
The night express train going east
will be held at Essex Junction, on
mOiludf cNtulDS, tu0 ZOtu iDSt., Until
the arrival of the New York train.
The reformed mems club of Burlng-
ton have asked the city authorities to
close all places In that CITY where In
toxlcatlng liquor is sold on the 4th of
July.
About noon Sunday, John Irving's
barn In Colchester, was burned to the
ground. A horse, harness and hay
we're burned Probably set by sparks
from q pipe.
It is expected that the Vermont
newspaper men will meet this year at
st. Johnsbury and from that place visit
the White mountains July IL, is the
day.
DR.. A. p. Woodward, wife and SOB,
and D. G. Bascon and wife, and Geo.
Bascom have gone for two weeks So
Iourn In the city Of brotberly love.
Frank f. Briggs Is now there.
The General Convention OF Congre-
gatonal ministers and churches of Yer
mont was held at Barton, on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thuredsy of this week
June 20, 81, and %.
The spring term OF the court of chan
aery for the county of Chittenden was
opened Tuesday by Chancellor ] Pier
point. There are not a very large mum:
Der Of cases IN equity On the docket
The Ribernian benevolent society Of
Burlington will turn out OIL the 4th of
July some eco strong, They have raised
funds for beautiful new banner, and
Mr. M. Mulqueen has gone to Boston
to purchase 1t.
Mrs. Perkins of Burlington and Miss
Laura Moore of Barnet, vice presidents
of the Vermont Woman's christian
uni On have gone to Philadelphia to at
tent the international convention of
that body.
A drowning accident occurred al AL
burgh Springs day or two since. A
daughter of Hiram Straight, two years
old, fell from bank into Lake Cham.
plain and was drowned. The body
was recovered.
Mrs. Fefee, residing at North Hero
one of the islands of st. Adams. VT.
hay, poisoned herself and two children,
Monday. She died In great agony, but
the children receiving an overdose, VIII
recover. The cause Ia said to be insane
jealousy on her part.
Ferdinand Tyler, whose death occur
red, on Monday evening, after an Ill
ness of not quite three days, with rheu-
matism of the heart, had for forty years
been q prominent business man In
ance throughout the county and state.
Rutherford Is. Hayes's mother was a
daughter Of Roger Birchard. one Of the
old settlers of Wilmington, where Gov.
Hayes visited, three years ago, for the
purpose of looking over the old home
stead. There are many relatives scat
tered about Windham county.
Sunday afternoon, the house OF MIR.
6. W. Harrison of Brandon caught fire
on the roof from the burning out Of the
chimney. Its early discovery by the
neighbors. no doubt prevented a dlsas'
trous conf1agration. as high wind was
prevailing at the time.
The semi-annual meeting OF the Yer.
mont state medical society was held al
the rooms of the Burlington medical
and surgical club, Tuesday, June 90
with the president, DR.. l.. c. Butler, OIL
Essex, In the chair, and DR. s. 8. Clark
secretary.
Joseph Hosmer, eighty. one years Of
age. has been committed to Jail for at
tempting to burn the West Windsor
poor house He had been helped by
the town outside, and was finally sent
to the poor house on Saturday, but die
not relish the idea and threatened Il
make 1t warm.
The Woodstock wooden mills, owned
by A. T. Stewart & Co New York are
again running after short rest. Only
portion Of the machinery will be rur
this summer. Woodstock will cele
brate the Fourth of July by free luncl
| In the park, salute at sunrise and sun
act, music, speeches, etc, with fire
works 10 the evening.
At the St. Adams butter market
| Tuesday, the attendance was good. re
ceipts large, market firm, with NOR
inquiry for strictly first-class daires
! We quote good at eighteen cents
choice, twenty to twenty-one cents
gilt edged, twenty-five to twenty-five
cents per pound, with some few dairle
selling at higher price.
| Two young men named Mundell an,
Moore, the former a member of the Els
tey guards, met with shocking and ia
tai accident at Brattleboro on Saturda
evening. They were returning from
fishing trip through a dark strip q
woods when suddenly both wake
over preclpce thirty feet In hight
Some hopes are entertained of Moore
recovery Both were highly esteemed
The authorities have been raldln
upon the Swanton transgressors Of tn
liquor law within the last few days
They seized large quantity Of liquor
and Thursday last all the sellers i
town, seven in number. including tn
hotel keepers, were arraigned befoI
Justice t. b. Marvin plead guilty, wei
, fined, and they solemnly promised, |
the presence Of large number of cit
zens, to sell no more.
The republicans of Calais are In ii
vor of driving out of office. an
keeping out all thieves, burglar
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