The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-02-17
STATE ITEMS.

Rev. L. j. Carpenter, all Orthodox
minister, ofSwanzey, formerly of Barre,
about G5 years of age, was thrown out
of his sleigh Saturday and died soon
after.
The class of 20 of the University of
Vermont held pleasant reunion at the
Van Ness house, Burlington, ON Friday
evening. Nine of the fifteen members
were present.
Londonderry voted in, town meeting
assembled, last Saturday, to issue bonds
to the amount of twenty thousand dol
lars, 10 aid the Rrattlcboro ana White
hall railroad.
Mr.. l.. ii. Golf, of Richford has in
vented saw-horse, for which he has
procured patent in Canada and filed
caveat this side, and has sold his Canada
territory for 81 800,
The new church at South Chittenden
was well filed last Thursday evening.
All seemed to have good time. The
ladies set the tables splendidly. The
avails of the meeting were In cash 1872,
and IN other articles 81.
The American institution of instruc-
ton have decided to hold their annual
meeting in Montpelier about the 10th of
July next. These meetings bring to-
gether about five hundred of the most
intelligent instructors in the country.
Rev. Silas ;Ketcham, late Of Maple
wood, Mass, formerly of Wardsboro, a
Jealous antiquarian and president of the
New Hampshire antiquarian society,
has been called to the Congregational
church at Henniker.
The story is current that in Marlbo-
rough, eleven miles from Brattleboro,
is living n man and wife aged respect
lively sixty-five and 103 years. They
wpye married when the man was youth
Of nineteen and the woman maiden OF
fifty-seven. The woman had, when a
girl, been courted by the father of the
man who finally became and is now her
husband.
All notes payable to 90. Preston or
bearer" should be let severely alone, as
should all other notes of similar char
acter given for swindling patent rights.
These notes were procured by that spe-
cies of swindler, known as "the clothes
line swindler." Parties procuring these
notes In Grafton, Chester or Andover,
have been arrested and made to give
them up.
During the past month there has been
an unusual mortality among the old
people Of Jamaica. On Jan. II, Mrs.
Lucy Skinner died, aged 81, and on Jan.
2l, Squire Kingsbury, Sl-both of these
persons living in the same house. On
. | Ion Ar,a nj II1ltn,, Hia1 aoo1 o.. To-,
81, Benjamin Muzzy, 10; Feb. l, Aaron
Butler, SO, and Peter White, 76; Feb. 2
Ona Whitman, aged 7s-all Of whom
died of pneumonia.
The. night mixed train north from
Bellows Falls over the Central Vermont
road ran off the track Oh Sullivan bridge
and passenger car partially broke
through the bridge at an early hour Sat
urday morning, rendering the bridge
impossible during the day, and trains
were taken around over the Cheshire
bridge, with no delay. No one wai
injured. There was considerable dam
age to the cars and bridge.
Gravelin, the WeathersGeld murderer
arrived NJ one o'clock, Thursday, ano
was put in his old quarters. He is yer,
weak and fearfully downcast in spirits
1t will be some limo before Grayelil
will be able to peform any labor. Wind
sor prison is just now holding a large
number Of prisoners than ever before
and the warden says that In the mex
fortnight there will be large numbe
of new corners arrive from the court
now in session.
Charles Hoag, young well-to-do far
r mer of Waterford, put in his sudden
disappearance last Saturday. He cam
5 TO ST. Johnsbury with his wife TO yisi
at the home of her father, Mr.. Simeon
Huse. He was on the street In the al
: ternoon, his friends expecting him L
return homo that evening, but he ha
4 not been seen since. Next day the poo
pie began 10 DO alarmed, and consider
S ing that he had money, fears of foil
4 play were aroused, but it was inalll
!. discovered that he had hired French
n mau TO carry him 10 Westmore. Iii
! father went there ON Monday, whom h
s found he had gone to Island Pond an,
: there taken train westward, probabl
4 headed for California. No satlsfactor
4 reason can be given for such an action
: as hc was in good circumstances, excep
9 that he had lately become slightly addic
n ted TO the wine cup