The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
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bans Messenger, lectured at Willlston
Oh Wednesday evening.
Ii Is said to take twenty to thirty
to clear the Brattleboro town
hall through its solitary door.
A boy In Tunbridge died ofexcessive
from the nose. before medical
aid could be obtained.
Josh Billings is announced to deliver
one of his skim-milk lectures at Bur-
lington on the 18th of next month.
The A. Williams made her last trip
from Burlington TO Pittsburgh for the
season, Sunday, and went Into harbor
Monday.
Charles Drown, of Newport Centre.
tried to butcher porker, recently, but
the animal threw him down and broke
his leg.
David Farnham very severely
stabbed Augustus Billlngs, in Wood
stock, recently, as the sequel to fight.
They are lads of about thirteen years.
The dwelling of Erastus Jewett, u
farmer residing In Pownal, was entered
Thursday night Of last week, and mon
ey and securities stolen, amounting to
$4,000.
A. w. Nye, Rutland agent, has
cheated the Etna life insurance COM
pany out of 5000, but as his bondsmen
have paid up, he will not be prose-
cuted.
The masts, shrouds, rigging and other
appurtenances of the schooner General
Butler, sunk in Burlington bay, the
9th, have been raised, leaving the hull
sunk In forty feet of wafer.
A uardwick farmer could not collect
insurance on his buildings, recently
burned. because in his application he
failed to make returns that they were
covered with n mortgage.
A valuable horse belonging to o. ID.
Gray of Bellows Falls was impaled
upon picket fence which 1t attempt
ed to jump over, and died Friday after
noon of last week.
Remember the poor these days. An
exchange says; pray for them with
all your might, and now and then
throw In loaf Of bread. basket Of pc.
tatoes, or barrow of COAL"
Henry Rivers and John Caswell,
who were found guilty at st. Johns
bury of grand larceny, were sentenced
Monday, Rivers for five and Caswell
for two years In the state prison.
The I.ampille Valley railroad com.
pany has settled and paid all land
damages on line from johnson to Cam
bridge, and the iron Will be laid to
Cambridge Center within few weeks.
II. Il. Sprague, Jr.. of Brandon has
given the $1,000, reimbursed him by
the Legislature for the state centennial
building. to the local Farmers and Me-
chanlcs' club as q library fund.
Mr.. George w. Beaman. paymaster
in the United States navy, has been
ordered to the ffigate Franklin. She
will probably remain In New York till
the let of March, when she will be re-
moved to Norfolk 10 become recelv-
ing ship.
Two Bethel boys spent several hours
III caASHiue iApput tOWu iur tuelI COVE
which at last were found In the barn
tied fast and strong, where they had
been left all day. each supPosihg the
other had turned them ont in the
morning.
Mr.. Porter Benson of Clarendon, an
esteemed citizen of that town, while
riding on Freight street in Rutland
with his daughter, last Monday, was
thrown out by the horse running away.
The young lady was notseriously hurt,
but Mr.. Benson's injuries proved fatal,
Wednesday evening.
Mr.. w. w. Eddy of Huntington is
the owner of cat, which cat is in the
habit of going into the stable on cold
winter evenings and getting on to the
back OF one of the COWS and remaining
there during the night, having discov-
cred In some way that this Is cheap
and effective way Of keeping warm.
The international Telegraph Com
pany held their annual meeting at st.
Johnsbury, on the Sth inst, and elect
ed the following officers president,
Franklin Fairbanks secretary, George
w. Hendee; treasurer, VIM. F. Fair.
banks; directors. Franklin Fairbanks,
Geo. w. Hendee, Waldo Brigham
Calvin Morrill,, Horace Fairbanks, o.
8. Rlxford. VIM. p. Fairbanks.
The loss by the Eorthfield fire, ues.
day night. ID about $25 900, the insur.
ance $1,000. and between twenty and
forty men were thrown out of employ.
| ment. Some think that the fire was
set by incendlaries. and others consider
| II n case of spontaneous combustion.
The establishment will not be rebuilt
at present, as II had shut down for the
season the revious Saturday.
The buildings belonging to widow
Harris Ranney, situated near the
school.bouse In district No. Gin Stock.
fridge, were burned on the 18th inst
The buildings were occupied by E. B
Whitney as tenement. The origin
OF the FIRE Is unknown. Loss on build
ings 81 800; no insurance. Mr.. Whit.
ney was insured on personal property
In the Windsor county mutual insur'
ance company.
The gold and magnetic iron sand
mines at Gaysyllle, having recently
been sold by Nelson Gay to L. V. Mo
buellb VI Ihlihucipuidf pIcpdIdtlOuh
have been made under the direction o.
Mr.. M. NJ. Swaab OF Philadelphia and
Mr.. j. ]. Slattery. now stopping al
Gaysvills. for active operations In tht
sprlng. A furnace has been partly
erected and other necessary work lait
out for the early prosecution Of the
work In the spring.
Six freight cars of the train whIot
left Rutland at half.past two Wednes
! day morning, were thrown from the
track by q broken rail at Pixies cross
Ing, near Sunderland. Three OF tbs
cars left the track but not the road bed
and three were thrown down a Sigh
embankment. A wreck train Ia charg,
Of A. g. Coomer. road master OF tn,
Harlem Extension. left about nine Ii
the morning and cleared Off the tract
so that no other trains were delayed
No one was hurt and 500 Will repai
the damage to the cars.
In the case of Sellers, the st. Alban