The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-07
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being used for cider mill.
Children of school age constitute 2S
per cent Of the population Of Vermont.
The number OF convicts in the Yer
mont state prison has increased 40 per
cent In two years.
+. B. Cushing. M. D.. of st, Johns
bury, was thrown from his carriage
Friday night, dislocating his shoulder.
Convcts in the Vermont state prison
are working for Messrs. Mawhinney &
Co. of Boston. at 50 cents day.
The Winooski graded school. with
three departments and three teachers,
was run last year at an expense of 81
o87.42.
Gov. Hayes uncle, Birchard, at Fay
etteville, expresses doubts as to his
nephew's success In the presidential
race.
The will of the late Edwin Evans OF
West Brattleboro bequeaths $4,000 to
the Universallst publishing house at
Boston.
Sherman w. Sears, ESQ.,, a proml.
nent and respected citizen of Richford,
and father of Mrs. Judge Bailey of st.
Adams, died on Sunday.
A Vermont marble dealer Fullerton,
of Manchester) Is in Flint, Michigan,
offering TO take orders payable when
Hayes and Wheeler are elected.
The alleged incendiary, Mrs. Stew
eus, who was released from Chelsea
Jail last week OH $1,000 bail, Is at her
home--the Totter house-Bradford.
Tatro's trial, for the murder Of Mrs.
Butler ut Highgate, Is assigned at st.
Adams for next Wednesday. He has
for counsel F. w. McGattrick Of st.
Adams.
The Vermont Hsme company of
has called meeting of the
stockholders for October 7, In order
which they can take advantage of the
bankrupt law.
Henry Rice, who was sent to the
New Hampshire state prison from
Lancaster, two years ago. for having
five wives, las just been arrested at st.
Johnsbury for being the husband of
several more women.
The Merchants national bank of
Burlington will retire 5000, 900 of their
capital stock on Thursday, Oct. 8, pay
ing $44 per share, par value $40.
Henceforth the capital stock of the
bank will be $500, 900, one of the three
largest in the state.
The venerable Stephen Whipple of
South SALISBURY, who has just entered
the ninety-sixth year of his age, while
visiting the mill few days since, was
struck in the face by broken belt and
Frustrated. He was carried hone, and
is now slowly recovering.
Rev. DR.. George II. Walker began
his pastorate at the First Congregation
al church, BrattleDoro, Sunday morn
ing. The congregation was unusually
large, and the floral display about the
pulpit exceedingly elaborate. The
term of his pastorate will depend upon
the condition of his health
Asa Magoon, indicted for the murder
of Russell Streeter. filed his affidavit
in court at Montpelier, Saturday, rep
resenting that he had but little prop
erty and asking to have the state pay
q lawyer to defend him and the ex-
pense of summoning his witnesses,
which request was granted. His trial
was assigned for Monday.
John w. Drew, the temperance re-
former from Concord, N. H., organized
a reform club in Barton Monday eve.
ming, with $50 members. H. X. Dew
ey cashier of the Barton national bank,
is president. Mr.. Drew is awakening
great interest in the subject of temper
ance. and there is encouraging pros
pect OF great temperance reformation
in that place.
Some persons or persons effected an
entrance into Joseph Northrop's store
at Fairfield, Monday night, through
a cellar window, and overturned the
goods somewhat. though nothing is
missed. The same night w. 3. Soule,
who sleeps in the upper part of his
store, in the same village, was aroused
from his sleep by man trying to get
into window. He shot at him and
the man Left in hurry.
ct. Johnsbury has sensation of
quite as large dimensions for Green
Mountain town as Boston had O few
months ago, when 1t awoke, one morn
NIX. To the discovery that Kew. Ezra ID.
WlusiDT had been doing big business
40 .orcinG aud had fled the country.
/ y Hopkins, an insurance agent,
who was formerly a minister In the
Methodist church, has absconded with
$4,000, having uttered forged paper.
The deadlock In the extradlton treaty
encourages stealing on either side the
line. A Stanstead dispatch, of Sep .em-
Der %. says a thief named Ryan stole
Hiram Fadden's horse and harness, IA
carriage from George McDougall and
broke into Daily Brothers. store and
stole goods to the value of SlOO. He
was caught at Barton. VT, and the
carriage recovered. Daily Brothers
Will probably recover the greater por.
tion OF their goods.
Vermont delegates have been ap.
pointed to attend the meeting of the
Womah's national temperance union
at Newark, n. j., Oct. %, as follows /:
1rst congressional district, Miss Anna
Park OF Bennington second district.
Miss Laura Moore OF Barnet; third
sSsaaNtt $40 <AiOoit SldIht, vi ~. AL
bans. Their respective alternates are
Miss Lucy j. Bradshaw of Montpelier
Mrs. Edward Conant, of Randolph,
and Mary Walker, of Burlington.
The republican rally at Newbury,
Saturday, was the largest ever held IN
that section. No hall could be found
large enough to hold the crowd, and an
out door meeting was held. Hon. d
G. Denison failed to appear. and Grin
Gambell, Esq, spoke for an hour and
forty minutes. The Newbury band
dlscoursed excellent music. and large
new Hayes and Wheeler flag was hung
out.
Mr.. Russell Underwood OF ST. Johns.
bury died Saturday evening. Mr.. IN
derwood was for several years foreman
OF the building department of L. and
T. Fairbanks & Co., but had held the
position Of bridgeman on the Portland
& Ogdensburg railroad since its COM
mencemsnt. and the office of roadmas-
ter was also added last summer He