The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-16
STATE We WS.

r. G. Beattie, of McIndoes Falls, has
Liabilities over $40, 900 ; assets
considerably less.
Gov. Fairbanks's health has SO much
improved that he has been removed
from Montpelier to his home In 81.
Johnsbury.
Rev. Mr.. Trevllllan of Barnard was
Kicked over 10y his horse, recently, and
fell so violently that be broke his collar
hone.
The horse of Ashael Regis of Straf-
ford took fright the other day and Mr..
Regis had a hip broken in jumping
from the wagon.
Rev. NJ. Walbridge of Waitsield has
accepted a call to preach In the new
universalist church at Stowe, the COM.
ing year.
Frank Ii. Parker, 10Y In Minnesota.
will succeed Col. G, +. Spaulding. as
superintendent the Burlington gas
works.
David K. Fuller was arrested at Chel-
sea. Friday, for violation Of the United
states revenue law, and taken to Mont
pelier for trial.
The barns of Alba johnson, of Thet-
ford, were burned with their contents,
recently, in consequence ola lantern
being kicked over by q young OK.
Col. Mclaughlin and John Owens,
the Vermont champion are to wrestle
in Boston for 81, 900 and the champion
ship of America,
The wrestling match for SO. 900 be.
tween John McMahon OF Rutland and
Col Mclaughlin is to take place in
San Francisco In January.
Tatro, the Highgate murderer, has
been quite i'll for some DAYS. brought
about by being confined in the st, AL
bans Jail, which is very unhealthy.
Mr.. George E. Davis of Burlington
has resigned his position as chairman
of the executive committee of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
III. &. Pettee and wife, formerly of
Brattleboro, were among tho few who
narrowly escaped from the burning
Brooklyn theatre.
The Steam Mill company, of Sutton.
are making preparations for extensive
numbering this winter. They expect
to get in two or more millions of lum-
Der.
Mr.. J. l.. Davis, of E~aston, Pa, has
leased the ore beds and furnaces at For
restdale (Brandon), and will o COM
mence the manufacture of iron and
steel.
Hon. George p. Marsh of Vermont,
minister to Italy. is believed to be the
only diplomatic agent Of that grade
now In the service who was appointed
by Lincoln.
Potatoes, mainly of the Early Rose
variety, are being shipped very freely
to Massachusetts, and sell for one dol
lar q bushel. They are kept from freez-
ing by means of stoves in the cars.
Whitney. M of the three prisoners
who recently escaped from the Irasburg
jail, has Voluntarily returned from
canada TO his old quarters. Reyios
and Sellers have not been found.
=. SIS. Gould. of West Concord, with
Liabilities of $50. 900, offers ten cents on
dollar. Horace Woodward, of the same
town. has failed, with debts of SIS 900
and assets of "a, 900.
The revival Of religion In Grand Isle
and South Hero Is said to be unpreced.
ented In extent. Whole families are
protesting conversion. In Alburgh
some forty persons have been convert
ed.
Savage Island, In Lake Champlain,
east of Grand Isle, Is found to consist
mainly Of black slate of fine quality,
and preparations are making for quar-
rying 1t. The island has an area of
$50 acres.
Frank Aubertin, the Rutland consta-
bic. who nearly killed his wife and was
reported to have killed himself In Can
ada, is alive in Nc w York state, the re.
ported suicide being part Of a plan to
cheat a life insurance company.
d. E. Boydon of Waitsfeld, deputy
Of the Vermont state grange, will de-
liver a free lecture on Wednesday
evening. December 20, at Hubbardton.
at $50 O'clock. Subject patrons of
Husbandry."
At a recent funeral in Brattleboro,
and while the bereaved family were as
sembling In the parlor, the studding
supporting the floor suddenly gave
away, which might have occasioned a
Mrs. Hannah Stearps of Brandon, an
old lady of ninety-seven, is almost as
smart" as a young woman Of thirty,
does q great deal of homework, and
goes around the neighborhood afoot
with much ease. She Is the oldest per-
son in town.
Alfred C. Rowland has begun q pic
ture Of the Connecticut river valley and
village Of Windsor. Vermont, with the
Ascutney mountain In the background
from studies made last summer. The
size Of the canvass is thirty-slx by
twenty inches. He Is also at work upon
several cabinet pictures.
Six years ago the st. Johnsbury Cal
rant, the doctor putting his damages al
thS ooAA ~ ~op0OOs Va Al y AhotaA
the case was withdrawn, the defendant
giving judgment In cent damages
and paying the costs Of the supreme
court. Libel suits as a rule are moi
profitable to the plaintiff.
Mrs. S. NJ. Bullard of SYanton broke
a fresh laid egg a few days since, ant
found between the yolk and the white
what appeared to be a worm, foul
inches In length, alive and lively. Or
looking at 1t with a glass 1t had every
resemblance to a snake, 1t LIVED
twenty. four hours after the egg wa
broken. 1t Is to he further examined
The amendment to the Brattlebor,
charter, which is to be acted on at tn
coming annual village meeting, allow
them to borrow 5000, 900 for a system
of water works. An elaborate surve,
has developed a plan for bringing wa
| ter from q hill in Dummerston and IL