The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-06-17
State NBUrS.

convention.
f. ). Briggs of bennington, has
bought the Vermont Gazette, and A.
p. Childs retires from the editorship.
Lawton, the railroad ticket thief, es-
capped from Newfane jail, Sunday
night.
Bethel will celebrate the Fourth by q
great bear hunt, The bruins being UNI
commonly troublesome.
Mr.. NJ. J. Francisco of Rutland, while
driving in tue town of Benson Tues-
day morning, was thrown from his
carriage and seriously Injured.
A boy ten years old stole ride on the
~cow-catcher of an express train from
Mortified to West Randolph, twenty
one miles, Monday.
Anniversary exercises of the Troy
conference (Methodlst) academy at
Poultney, June 25 to 90. graduation
coming the %.
The Estey Guards, of Brattleboro,
will leave for the Centennial either on
the 9th or 28th inst. accompanied by
the drum corps.
Eighteen persons were received into
the Congregational church ut South
Wardsboro, Sunday, June a, twelve Of
whom were baptised by Rev. f. F. Alb
bolt.
Notwithstanding the recent decision
in Rutland that lager beer Is not intox-
lcating, the officers in that village are
selling that beverage wherever ii Is
found.
The Ransom Guards, of st. Adams,
intend to leave for Philadelphia, via
New London, June 90, with sixty or
seventy men. They will have n special
train of Pullman palace cars.
Gov. Page was presented by his wife
with a bright and beautiful girl baby
early Monday morning. Both the baby
and the mother are reported to be In
good condition.
Elk. Gov. Hall Will make u speech
to his Bennington townsmen OH the
Fourth, and a stone pillar is to be set
up near the site Of the old Catamount
tavern.
William Powers, the Rutland
swamp Angel" was arrested last
week III complaint of Mrs. LaRock, for
assault and battery upon her, and for
disturbance of the public peace.
A week ago last Friday a heavy barn
door fell upon Mrs. l.. A. Priest, of
West Randolph, crushing her TO the
ground. badly bruising her body and
arms, and cutting an ugly cash in her
head.
The Lamoille county grand Jury has
brought In thirty-six bills, which Is the
largest state docket ever found in the
county, and at least thirty of the in
dictments were for loving not wisely
but too well.
Burlington people announce that
there will be room for so, 900 people In
the park where they are to have their
celebration Of the Fourth. and they are
trying to coax all rural C%hlttenden
county 10 empty itself into the city.
Yhe state Splrituallst association mas
just held Its eight annual convention nj
Plymouth, and during one of the
eance the wife of DR.. II. h. Storer of
Boston came from the spirit world in
full view of the audience, and kissed
him on the forehead.
The Rutland Globe says the farmers
are greatly distressed at the appearance
of the potato bug In that vicinity. The
potatoes, as soon as they are up, are at
tackled by full grown bugs in large
numbers. and one man picked nearly a
quart from n small patch Of potatoes.
l.. II. Felton's steam mill at Frank
lin village was burned Sunday morn
ing. The fire was supposed to have
caught from q spark from the engine.
Most of the lumber was saved. The
loss is about two thousand dollars was
insured for two thousand dollars.
The coming Fourth of July Will be
celebrated on n more or less extensive
scale In the towns Of st. Johnsbury,
Windsor, Rutland, S%trafnrd, Roches-
ter, Jamaica, Nergennes, Brattleboro,
Woodstock, Brandon, bennington and
several others n wider observance,
probably than the day has ever had in
this state.
of Vermont, delivered to Congress, Sat
urday, the statue of Ethan Allen. He
made an eloquent address on the life of
1Sliiah ENliCh Nv No FtlNlttS w ttlt
cause of liberty In the war of the Revo-
luton. Mr.. Morrill, was followed by
Senator Edmunds In q few well chosen
remarks.
Banyea, n young man at st. Adams,
attempted TO frighten n Frenchman
named Laplant, the other night, by
playing ghost. The Joke came very
near proving a costly one, however, for
Laplant fired two shots from his revol-
yer at the supposed spirit, and one OF
the bullets passed through Banyea's
hat, barely grazing his head.
The Fairfax rape case, which was on
trial Tuesday Of last week, resulted In
the holding of Chester Keyser. Miss
Carroll's brother-in-law, in one hun.
dred and fifty dollars, for trial at the
next term of the county court. He OBJ.
tanned bail, His brother Lowell was
released, as from the young lady's ties,
timony, |, WAS proved that he did moi
participate in the assault upon her.
The committee Of investigation ap.
pointed 10y the sixteen companies losing
by the Bates House fire, met there or
Wednesday Of last week. The amount
Of insurance Bates has at stake, as Gu
down by appraisers, Is fifty Thousand
dollars. All the companies Interested
unite to resist payment, and all com
panles represented In the Nationa
Board of Underwriters refuse to Insur,
any property of Bates or Bates & Son.
George W. Day and Mrs. Wlngate
wife Of reverend gentleman who Il
now In Australia, have fitted from
North Troy, ard gone to Ilttleton, y,
FL, where they have been living as maj
and wife. Day took with him a hors,
and buggy belonging to parties in Be
bee Plain, which were recovered
through the aid Of the law. He leaves
u wife and daughter ut home, who ar,
not In very fiattering circumstances.
This time, II IL Edward A. Pierce
clerk for b. +. Robinson, O st. AlbanI
dry-goods dealer, that has embezzled
and he has taken about $4,000 of his EN-
ployer's money In about three years
which he has spent in making himsel