The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-03-17
STATE ITEMS.


The blue glass mania has reached
Montpelier.
Milton is to build an iron bridge over
the Wimooski.
The sclcctmcn of Milton furnished
meals for 21j tranps last year.
Rev. o. I,oys has resigned from the
Frccwill Baptist Church at ST. Johns
bury.
Mrs. Phillips of Troy was run over
recently by runaway team and severe
ly injured.
Gen. IIazlctinc has been elected town
clerk of Bakersfield for the flfty-scventb
time. T.
The North church and society of St.
Johnsbury propose 10 cxpcnd Sn,OO0
for new church cdiiice.
Little Asa" son of the Barre MUIR
dcrer, Magoon, procures his living by
hun4hg and fishing OF the mountains.
The poor expenses of Woodstock last
year were S5,Ol3.sS. One tramp from
Montreal cost the town s3s2.9G
Hon. G. W. Cate, NJ. c., of wiscon-
sin, who figures in the debates in the
house, is native of East Montpelier.
d. II. Chambcrlain's store in Jay was
robbed on recent evening of several
articles of merchandise and small
amount of money.
The prospects for next seasons fruit
crop IN the stale, are very encouraging,
and large yield is certain, provided
late frosts are not experienced
While the republicans of Chelsea were
firing autc, the 9th, the cannon cx-
ploded and the pieces were widely dis
tributed, but no one was hurt.
A young child of ID. T.. Hall of Brat
,leboro, had narrow escape from daath
the other day-being given a dose of
laudanum instead of NORWOOD.
G.. T.. Marsh of Hancock has forty
nerino sheep which averaged n little
over twelve and one half lbs. per head
of washed wool.
The response to the invitation given
for the meeting of dentists at Montpelier
the 2lst inst, is quite general 1t will
probably be the foundation of n state
society.
IL Is reported that the Rev. Mr.. Thorn.
who cloped with Young lady from
Bury, L. O., had been administering to
his wife for some time past medicine
containing slow poison
bennington expended $500, last
year, Of which 81 ,G72 went to the poor,
and 2,0G7 to the school. The floating
debt Is S72,7G4, and the bonded debt
$4,000. The grand list is 81 ,454 ,OO9.
The spring term of the Windham
county court, which convened Tuesday.
at Newiane, Judge Barrett presiding.
will have two murder and several arson
trials. The docket contains 2li cases,
Charles Noe, of Morrisyilc, found u
pocket-book containing $3.50, belonging
to l.. b. Boynton, in August, 1874, and
it appears he devoted the money to pay
ing for farm in Elmore. Noe is now
in Jail in default of $500 bail.
An exchange says there is in North
tayston house which has been com
pletely covered with snow drifts until
last week, when the thaw settled the
snow so that the chimncys are now
visible.
The conviction aud sentence of the
murderer Lampage ut Concord. meets
with universal approval in St. Adams.
Ii is reduced almost to certainty that
he murdered Marietta Ball on Adds hill.
two years or more ago.
The Calcdonian says that l.. Il. Part
ridge, the Danville swindlcr, after he
got out of the state wrote back to his
fathcr-in-law: "Take good care of my
wife and child, take up the forged note
s! &ay' George ri-'"'"' an" send me
A Montpelier dispatch saws: Mrs.
Alolloy is making warm work in tenn
pcrance, holding meetings every even
ing. and drawing very large crowds.
Some of the most confirmed drunkards
have signed the total abstinence pledge.
and become earnest workers"
Mr.. Aaron Wheeler of Warren went
to his barn the other evening with a
Kerosene lantern; colt kicked the Ian
tern into fragments, the barn was de-
stroyed with all its contents, one OK and
one COW were fatally burned, and Mr..
Wheeler himself was quite badly burn
ed.
Some three weeks since, Mrs. Duncan
McDougall OF Barton pricked her thumb
very slightly with a common pin, and
in few minutes the thumb began TO
pain her severely, and since that time
the thumb, hand and arm have been
badly swollen sores have appeared on
different parts of the body, and it has
been with difficulty that the physicians
have kept her from the lockjaw
As the evening train was running
along between Barton Landing and
Coventry, few days ago, n stick of
wood fell from the teDder, striking the
bell rope, and causing the bell in the
engineers cab to ring The engineer,
thinking il a signal from the conductor,
stopped the train, and one of the brake
men, finding the train had stopped, sup
posed the station was reached, and 80
he called out "Coventry." AT once
two or three passengers rushed out to
founder in the snow, waist deep, and
to peer in vain for any traces of the
station. A short explanation set mat
tiers right, and tie train resumed its
course.
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