The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-06


Nj. Earle of the Worthwhile Citizen
has bought the Lamoille Newsdeaier
and consolidated the two. lie wisely
thinks the county will be better off with
one strong paper than two weak ones.
The Vermont Academy at Saxtons
River closed very successful term on
Tuesday of last week. The next term
commences Wednesday, April A. ANY
one intending to go TO school cannot do
better than to patronize this institution.
Mrs. Samuel Barrett of Weathcrsfield
left her two children alone, when q
neighbor was attracted TO the house by
screams, and found the younger, a girl
Of twenty months, fearfully buyncd,
having set her clothing on fire.
AT recent meeting of the Trustees
of Glenwood Classical Seminary, held
at the Brattleboro House, the Board or
gained by choosing DIR. o. X. Post as
president, and Rev. G. ii. Merrill sec
rotary. W. II. Bigclow was elected
trustee in place of Rev. A. Chandler,
resigned. Prof j. W. Cross, Jr. was
elected principal.
In the case of the State rs. the Greens.
at Montpelier, the jury, Friday, after
twenty-five hours session, disagreed.
and We're discharged. They stood eight
for conviction and four for acquittal
The prisoners were discharged upon
their own recognizancc in $500. This
virtually ends the case.
A citizen of Mill Village, Rochester.
came near losing his life by freezing one
night recently. lie was under the in
| fluence of old cider, and was found in q
| lot through which he was passing on
his way home, with his feet badly fro
zen. Half an hour longer would have
finished his earthly career.
A. II. Danforth suddenly left Rutland
on Saturday, leaving plenty of unpaid
bills. The Rutland Herald says letter
from him, dated at Troy. N. y, April
|. 1877, says he is on his way to Chicago
that he shall pay all honest debts rs soon
as he can earn money enough, bui he
could NOT earn il in Rntland and feed
the children of the deputy shcrifl>.
The Grafton people have displayed
much sympathy for Woolcy, who was
found guilty of murder in The second
degree Thursday, and tins feeling prob
ably affected the verdict, as the evidence
for the state is acknowledged to have
been much stronger than in the ease of
Lewis, who is to ''swing" for KILLING.
Mr.. Deming of Mortified, Mass. The
Wooley killing grew out Of family
quarrel, and much and on-rcpcatcd pro-
vocation was alleged in the defence.
Died. in Hortonville, March %. ofheart
disease, Julia Il. Jennings, daughter of
the late Sumner Jennings, aged nine
years. The funeral was attended at the
house, on Thursday, the Doth, by Rev.
M. l.. Severance, of Orwell. Neigh
bors and friends were present from sey-
eral towns to attest their sympathy with
the afflicted family, We laid her away
tenderly and tearfully by the side of
her father and grandfather, to await
the summons of resurrection morn"
The committee on Federal relations
in the Massachusetts, Legislature, last
Friday, unanimously reported resolu-
sion accepting the Invitation ofthc gov
ernor of Vermont to unite in the cele-
bration of the Battle of Bennington,
providing for the appointment of five
senators and ten representatives to at
tend it, and appropriating sum not
exceeding $4,000 to aid in the erection
of the Bennington Monument. provided
that ii shall not be paid until plans for
the monument have been approved by
the governor, and other sums received
large enough to make the erection of
the monument certain, II has been
hoped that the committee would report
in favor of an appropriation of Sl5, 900 ;
and an effort will be made to get the
sum raised TO at least $4,000.