The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-08-05
STATE NE us.

The Democrats of Windham county
hold mass convention at Newfane, '
August 10.
A little son of T.. +. Emerson, of Brat
tleboro, had one of his hands horribly
by "A circular saw, Saturday.
A. Crane was released from his
in the state prison last
week Friday and has returned TO his
home In Burlington.
At Camp Welcome, Thompson's
Point, Charlotte, there are quite num-
Der of persons from Burlington, Utica,
N. Y, and Ferrisburgh
The boats are landing more than the
usual amount of freight at Burlington
lately. The number of passengers on
the line boats has also increased.
Judge Smalley of Burlington, after
the paralytic stroke, Tuesday night,
was unable TO move his right side or to
converse, but he can now do both.
Dea. Daniel Thompson, whose death
occurred on Wednesday, was one of the
having been one Of the firm of Thomp-
son & Ranger for over 80 years.
A stallion bit and terribly mangled
the left arm Of John Head, of Mont
gomery, last week Thursday. The
bones of the arm were 80 crushed that
they protruded through the skin,
The annual fair Of the White River
Agricultural association will be held
at Bethel, Sept. 6, and 4. The annu.
al three days horse trot, which usually
occurs at that place In August, has
been abandoned.
Brattleboro never looked more beau
tlful than now, after the late showers.
The Brooks, Brattleboro. American,
Park and Revere houses are well filled
with summer boarders; while Mrs.
Kirkland, White, and the Scots have
their usual compliments.
Michael Fox, Of Burlington, jumped
from the passenger train coming south
from Essex Junction, Tuesday evening, |
and was considerably hurt, one foot |
being crushed. He was taken to the
Central House, Essex, and cared for. |
Fox had been drinking.
In the River and Harbor appropria
ton bill over which the senate and |
House have been dlsputlng so long, |
there are three items for Vermont
S27l ,l72 for Burlington harbor, SIG, 900 |
for Otter Greek, and S22 900 for deepen.
Ing the channel between the Hero Is
lands.
Eva Aseltine, daughter of Henry AS |
eltine. of Alburgh, aged nineteen, who
has been subject to fits from infancy,
was found dead In her bed, a few morn
ings ago. Mr.. Aseltine had son die
under similar circumstances about two
years ago. He now has no children |
living.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Brandon manufacturing company, held
July 81, resigned the presidency of the i
company, and the following officers
were elected Geo. A. Merrill, presi- |
dent and agent John B. Page, treasur-
err; William w. Reynolds, superlntenS1
dent VIM. Fl. Bryant, clerk.
The new steamboat Of the Cham
plain Transportation company, now
building at Lake George, is SO far COM
pleted that her hull will be launched
In the course of few weeks. The boat
will be side wheel, 200 feet long, 30 feet
beam, 8 feet depth and At feet draft,
and 700 tons burthen. Her name Is
not decided upon.
was nominated ut the recent Rutland
county convention for one of the assist
ant judges of the county court, has been
pressed into declinetion by the circu-
lation of stories derogatory to his char
acter. The county committee filled the
vacancy in the ticket with the name
of Edwin Martindale of Wallingford.
The latest Is that Mr.. Weeks withdraws
his decllnation, and Mr.. Martindale
declines.
Apollo Commandery knights Tenn
plar No Is, j. r. Pettis, f. c., of Troy.
n. V, intend visiting Burlington on
or about the 18th of this month. They
are one of the finest bodies of Templars
In the Empire state. Their drill and
marching in The dedication process
sion of the Masonic Temple in
New York last year excited universal
admiration.
He lives at Burlington, this time,
and Is 100 years old, "has used tobacco
and alcoholic liquors quite freely for
ninety-slx years." and yet Ia neither
palsled. blind. deaf nor dumb. Louis
Victor Amedee Henry was born In
France, in March, 1867, was a soldier
under the first Napoleon, came to
America 65 years ago, and has lived In
Burlington fifty years. He has recent
ly visited the centennial
The tramp who was arrested Oh the
sd ult. by Sheriff Hardy and taken
TO Hyde Park on suspicion of being
implicated In the outrage on Mrs. Per-
ry, was by Justice Morse sent to the
common Jail for three months as va
grant, there being not sufficient evl.
dence to hold him on the main charge.
He acknowledged to have been In the
town of Hyde Park, on Saturday last,
and was found on Sunday In an old
saw mill In Johnson.
Mrs Volney Blodgett of Waterford,
VT, committed suicide Monday by
hanging herself from q hook In the
ceiling of her kitchen. Her husband
was absent nearly all day at church,
leaving her at home with two small
children, the youngest one year of age.
When found she had evidently been
hanging several hours. The children
were In the same room amusing them
selves as best they could, ignorant, of
course, of the dreadful deed enacted In
their presence,
On Saturday evening last Bill Dris-
coll, a well known character In Fairfax
and vicinity, while drunk ran his team
off the high perpendicular embank-
ment between r. s. Beal's saw mill
and the bridge into the mill pond, and
received Injuries which may ultimate
ly prove fatal. The water was only
three or four feet deep at the time, but
was filled with logs and rocks which
rendered II more dangerous. Two wo-
men were In the buggy at the time, but
escaped from their frlghtful descent
unlnjured.
The Vermont correspondent OF the
Boston Globe says that almost ten
years ago a prominent New York law
from cancer. He had abandoned all
hopes of recovery, and took no pains to
conceal his gloomy forebodlngs. The
hostess dreamed that within q circuit
! OF ten miles cure for her friend could
be found. In the morning she sent q
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