The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-08
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The cold spell that has just come on
las closed up Lake Champlain, which
hasn't been open so late since 1870.
Chauncey Stanley of West Roches-
ter, was severely injured on Thursday
by the tipping over of Il load of logs.
The Winooski cotton mill has shut
lown owing TO the financial embar-
EASEMENTS Of the owner, Jonathan
Earle.
ID. l.. Kent e. Co., of East Dorset, re-
port that they lost 81 800 in the mail in
TRAITS. between Bennington and Troy,
last month.
Julius Lord of Mt Holly, shot fox
from his chamber window, few days
since, breaking some glass for the
mark.
A. w. Carter, son of Olander Carter,
Of Peacham, committed suicide last
week in Boston, Mass, by shooting
himself through the head.
The stock of the new Burlington
shirt company is all taken, and meet
ing of the stockholders for the election
of officers will be held, next Wednes-
day.
Capt. Daniel Mather of Marlboro,
prominent and wealthy farmer, was
found dead; the other morning, hav-
ing been carried off, it is supposed, by
an epileptiU nj.
A North Shrewsbury cheese factory
have received all their money for
cheese and settled mp, the patrons hav-
ing received Sill for each 100 pounds
of mix delivered.
The hearing on the question of APP
q receiver FOR the Montpelier
and Wells River railroad began at st.
Johnsbury, Friday, and good many
prominent railroad officials attended it.
Miss Amanda Wilson, of Bethel,
lady of eighty-two, recently walked
the distance of over half mile across
lots, and warped sixty yards of carpet
ing, and then walked back again the
same day.
The funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilder,
the victims of their son Silas's recent
attack, took place mt East
Lyndon, Friday, several clergymen and
a large and excited crowd of spectators
being present.
The boiler at Story's peg mill lat Bar
net, exploded fow days since. AL
though weighing 300 pounds 1t was
thrown from the basemen: up into the
second story and out through the end
of the building.
The Brandon Union mentions the
name of Col. John Il. NIoad, of Ran
dolph, in connection with the next
election for governor, and presents its
reasons for his nomination, which APP
pear to be sound.
Mr.. George w. Ball, father of the
young lady who was murdered in st.
Adams, July "a, 1874 died of consump-
ton at West Oakland. Cal. on the 10Th
of January, where he had been living
with his children for nearly year and
a half.
The passenger and freight depot of
the c. and p. railroad at Barnet, VT,
were burned Thursday night, by the
bursting of kerosene lamp. The tick
cts, books and accounts were burned,
but the contents of the freight house
were saved.
The Orange County Good Templars'
Union will hold its next annual session
at Brookfield, Thursday Feb. 10, 1876.
Private session in the forenoon, COM
mencing at 10 1-2 o'clock. The after
noon and evening sessions will be pub
lie and all are cordially invited TO at
tend.
The Vermont churches invited To
the Plymouth Church Advisory Coun-
Gil are the White Street Congregational
Church of Burlington Windsor First
Church, Rutland First Church, st.
Johnsbury South Church, Montpelier
First Church, Middlebury First
Church, st. Adams First Church.
John Williams, of Brdgewater, was
killed, Thursday, the 9th ult., by O
falling tree. He went into the woods
after dinner to get cord of wood, and
not returning, search was made and
his dead body found. 1t is thought that
he was killed while chopping down o
tree against which another had lodged
w. w. FELTON, on leaving Franklin
sixteen years ago, presented to school.
master bottle of maple syrup, with
the understanding that ii shouldn't be
opened till he returned. He recently
came back, after residence on the Pa,
cific coast, and they have partaken o
the syrup, which they pronounce as
delicious as when it was sealed up.
An ARRAY In which Michael O'Nei
of Williston and George Toby of ii ines
burgh engaged at South Burlington
nearly menth ugU, 1ius resulted II
the death of Toby, and O'Neil has beer
lodged in Jail, under charge of murder
This story has since been spoiled by
the discovery that cerebro-spinal me
ningitis. and not Mike O'Neil killed
George Toby.
Henry NJ. Small, residing in til,
south part of Huntington. was so un
fortunate as 10 break one leg of hi
horse, while drawing logs. She was
venerable animal though, twenty-si,
years old, being of Morgan blood, hay
ing been sired by the "Old Flying Nor
gan" He had owned her for sixteei
years. She had brought him clever
colts, all but two of which he sold TO
$50 each Mt six months old, besides do
ing the work for good sized farm.
The fact that Silas Wilder of Lyn
don. who murdered his father an,
mother, attempted the murder of hi
wife and then hung himself on Tues
day. had been for several years subiec
to epileptic fits which have recent,
been checked. may possibly accoun
for his atroclous crimes as It is though
that insanity may have taken til
place of the epilepsy. fIe has mad
the threat in times past that If II wer
not for the law, there would be "les
Wilders in the world" and has Away
been very passionate man. 1t wa
noticed that he ate little at break fast
while his eyes had wild appearance.
Wallingford is excited over an al
legged case of i'll treatment of Henri
Moore, n weak minded fellow of abou
2l, by his father and step.mothel
which has resulted in his death. 1t
said that, in consequence of n dispute
October II, the father, whose name
William, threw Henry upon the fioo
and held him there while the steI
mother pounded him with stick {
cordwood. He Immediately becam
paralyzed below the arms. and after il
tense suffering, died, January 81. II
made deposition charging his parent