The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-09-09
State NEW us.

ton county.
The Lamoille County Fair takes
place at Morrsville, Wednesday and
Thursday, this week.
Alvin Taylor of Proctorsvllle has
taken two hundred pounds of honey
from six swnrms of bees,
rhc iron to finish the Portland 4
Ogdcnsburg railroad, from johnson to
Swanton, is arriving daily.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher will de.
liver the address at the Caledonia
County Fair, on the first day, Sept. 10.
The singers and musicians of Orleans
county meet at Barton Landing, Sept.
IL and IL, for grand musical festival.
Castleton has an elm tree thirty.two
.eet In circumference at the base, and
wenty-tllree feet at u point twelve feet
,buve.
Ten hundred and thlrty.eight tub.
# butter were shipped from ST. Al
ANS, Tuesday. in all twenty. five Gu
onds, Prices about the same as last
week.
Mrs. G. w. Kendall, of st. Altans,
ell from II wagon while watching the
ham fight at that place, last week
nd had shoulder blade and wrist
token.
w. p. Dunham's store at East Con
ord, with good stock of goods, was
nrhed Friday night, Sept. /; loss,
1000; small iusuraL &c. Fire supposed
have been set.
The house, new barn, hay, two
w. one horse and "A hog, belonging
the widow of Benjamin smith H.
! rliu were burned on Saturday night.
With most of the furniture.
Two women, one from Hlnesburgh
nd the other from Montpelier, were
riested and fiued So and costs each,
ne other day, for stealing flowers from
axe view cemetery, al Burlington.
The. survey Of the proposed railroad
rom Bethel TO Rochester has just been
completed. Work will soon be COM
menced and the road, when completed,
viii connect with the Central Vermont
at Bethel
The regular republican ticket for
county officers in Chittenden county.
is elected by heavy majorities. Pal
mer, for states attorney, was cut some
what in several towns, but will have
IN ample majority.
The Industrial Works COMPANY of
springfield has made an assignment of
It's personal property to A. NJ. Albee,
who advertises it for sale, Sept. IL
Thc shops and machinery are also ad.
'ertiscd Tor sale, for the benefit of the
'rcditors.
Over | 400 people crowded the town
lall at Brattloboro, on Sunday nom.
ny, TO hear Moody the evangelist, who
poke upon the Qualifications neces.
AIRY for successful christian work "
tanning four, courage, perseverance,
aith and obedience"
Thursday night, at Lyndonville.
ome tramps in drunken brawl
mong themselves, got into fight,
lsing knives and breaking windows In
'lr. Twombly's store. One was stabbed
II the eye and will lose the sight.
seven have been arrested.
Elk Mayor +. L. Norton of Charles
on, Mass, is ambitious for agricultural
lonors, and on recently purchased
a rm al Vernon, which estate he has
FAMED Knoxville" he pastures "a herd
# forty COVE. The farm cost S2S, 900,
nd he has made many Improvements
il on it.
Thcs. Dorman, freight train brake.
nan on the Central Vermont railroad.
vas killed, Tuesday morning, near S
Albans. lie was thrown from tn.
rain and his right arm and neck run
'ver by the train, nearly severing the
'ead. He WAS u single man and be
lnged in Northfield.
Mr. J. +. Brigham, the democratic
Of republican Bakers
'"ld, Is between seventy and eight,
ears old, so II is hoped that he nc.
uired his political faith in the good |
''d day, when IL was entitled to re- |
rect. lie is quite in the habit, so they
av. OF dating 1t back to Jesus of Naza.
eth.
Stowe, where Mr. Bingham resides
mi where he IL deservedly popular
asst yeargave him n majority Of i42 70,
UNCONVENTIONAL II is u strong repuh |
lean town. This year the republican,
oula not afford to spend many vote,
ii compliment. so Mr.. Bingh,m's vote
u "ii about 100. and Mr.. Fairbank |
a. l65 majority.
y dwelling Lnu=e belonging to NJ, L
,aldW.n ail.. occupied 10y George Har |
~ Ms struck 10y lightning In Col |
hester, Friday morning, of last week
nd wholly consumed. No one was al |
'ome at the time, and all the clothe. |
nd supplies o. the family were de.
troyed. The house was valued al
700 and was Insured for $780,
I II Bartlett the sculptor, In whose
,arge il the making of the Catamount
Avcrn Monument, Is spending fen |
'ys in Bennington, preparatory to
Is return to Paris. where the bronze
tatue oftl oatamount will be designed |
nd cast Mr. Bartlett Is native OF |
Dorset, Bennington county, and began |
is career ~ stone cutter in q marble |
hop
Edward Hayden, who shot his wife |
nd brother-inlaw at Derby Line, last |
eek, attributes his troubles to liauor. |
lie says his wife left him on that &C.
cunt, and he has tried hard to reform.
lie never pointed revolver at her
when he knew what he was about.
te met her on the street, the day be-
ore the shooting, when she told him |
he wouldn't live with him again
Vhereupon he went off on "time,j
nd the rest is all n blank TO him
hough he shot her because he couldn't
go her divorced and married to anoth-
r man.
In Jericho, two republicans ran for
own representative, the first ballot
landing Rood, republican, l55, Stimp-
on, republican. llS, and the de nocrat-
candidate IS. After two ballots. the
emocrats started false story that
iov. Peek had voted for Bingham aud
urned their votes to the governor.
'ov. Peck at once authorized an en-
,natic denial that he had voted for
3ingham (he voted the straight repub-
lean ticket right through, and refused
0 permit the use of his name as a can.
idate. On the fifth ballot the contest
nded in the choice of Mr.. Rood.
The Mayor and Council at IberyiIle.
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