The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-11-11
STATE NE us.

Catholics to Rome will occur in the
spring, to attend the Pope's Eplscopal
jubilee.
Gospel meetings are appointed at
Warren, on November IL, IS and 10
and South Woodbury., November "a, %
and 20.
On Monday night the jewelry shop
of Edmund w. Cochran, at Mortified,
was broken into and four silver watch
es, valued at forty dollars, were taken.
Amasa Wells of Stowe claims that on
milk from Durham heifer, he found
after two or three days cream two and
halfinches thick.
The stage from North Troy to Lowell
got stuck in O snow.drift on the 10th,
In Westfield and two men with shovels
had to work some time to extricate it.
The Garryowen hose company of
Burlington took the first prize, one
hundred dollars, at the hose race at
Port Henry. N. ", Thursday of last
week.
The report OF the Vermont state au-
ditor shows that the enforcement of the
liquor law for the past two years has
cost the state about $32, 900 more than
the amount collected by fines.
The trade between Casper r. Kent OF
st, Johnsbury and l.. P. Bailey & Son,
for the Richford Sentinel, has fallen
through, and Mr.. Kent abandons the
field after printing one number of the
paper.
A five-year-old daughter of Warren
Leland, of Barton, while at play with
burning shavings, Saturday evening,
in the temporary absence Of her moth
er, set fire to her clothing and was
burned 10 death.
There is tenement house in Bar
ton where the population averages
three years no less than thirty-five per-
During the past season, sixteen have
had typhoid fever.
Moses Wright has the appointment
OF master mechanic Of the Chambly
railroad, which connects with the
South Eastern at Farnham, P. @. Mr..
Wright was formerly engineer on the
Portland g. Ogdensburg, running west
from st. Johnsbury.
On Saturday of last week Merrill Da-
Wis, of Waterville, who was shot at
had the ball extracted and is
now gaining rapidly and will soon full
ly recover The ball was taken out
some fifteen inches from the point of
entrance.
Neil Mcbride, a quarryman in the
employ of the Rutland Marble Com
pany, was so badly crushed by heavy
block of marble, Monday. that he died
In few minutes, Mcbride was about
thirty-five years old and leaves wife
and four children,
William Read, of Charlotte, who was
recently killed by falling from his wa
gon, was under the influence of liquor
at the time of the accident, He had
been struggling against his appetite for
about two months, but succumbed to
the tempter during his visit to Burling.
ton.
The election at Rutland passed off
very quietly, but a good vote-1, 80
was polled. There was at no one time
more than $50 or 900 persons In the
.oom. Three voting places were open
I'd. During the counting Of the votes
about 250 or 300 people gathered to hear
The result announced.
Two youthful miscreants near South
threw large stones into the
passenger cars of the northern-bound
Montreal express train, Monday after
noon. One stone struck passenger In
he mouth in the smoking car, the 9TH
n nearly hit passenger in the rear
'oach. They are known and will be
promptly arrested.
At the recent annual meeting of the
\ northwestern Vermont Teachers Asso.
station, the following officers were
elected: President, j. d. BARLEY, of
vice.presidents, r. o.
Swanton; c. J. Aiger, Bur-
ington Rev. o. G. Wheeler, South
Hero; secretary and treasurer, c. G.
Mayo, Milton,
A man in Bennington county recent
y put his mouth over the muzzle of
MS gun about the time the charge ex-
)loded. The charge struck his nose on
he front end, taking half that member
n its passage upwards and graZed the
orehead to the roots of the hair. The
fortunately are not very seri.
,us.
AS Milo Mack and sister were driv-
ng from Fairlee to their home in Thet-
ord, Sunday, their horse was frighten-
ID and ran away, throwing Mr., Mack
rom the wagon, breaking his back and
nhicting other injuries SO that he died
n two hours. The lady was dragged
ONE distance under the wagon and
'adly bruised, though not fatally in
ured.
Middletown has furnished . govern
y for Ohio, u lieutenant governor for
indiana, . chief,justice Of the supreme
curt of Ohio, foreign ambassador 10
jhili, a member of congress for Ver-
mont. q mayor for New York city, a
II the New York legislature. Some |
wenty of It's sons have held the posi-
Ion of state senators and members of |
he legislature In other states, besides
quite number In our own state, 1t
las also furnished state auditor for
grand master of masons in |
-NthOtoi eAN VIZ PANoSht bAehd Ahhotti
md grand secretary of masons In Yer
mont. Several of her sons have also
,eooma eminent In the pulpit and In
he legal profession.
Mrs. Hutton, a slater of tue famous
eddy brothers, of Chittenden, was de-
ected. the other night, while PERSONAL
ng spirits, at Webster, Mass. She had
'een Invited to hold forth at the house
Il John Flint. A circle was formed,
he lights turned low the curtain drawn
'side, low bending figure appeared,
lands were outstretohed, and finally Ii |
vas announced that the spirit of Mrs.
Slint's mother desired to commune
With her daughter. The lady drew
lear the curtain, and the f1uttering |
land of the spirit made desultory at
empts to grasp the daughters hand.
is this my dear mother?n Eyes, 1 |
IN your mother" Mrs. Flint seized
he spirit hands, and held them. A
awyer turned on the gas, and Mrs. |
Hutton was revealed, struggling In the
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