The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-03-01
STATE ITEMS.

There are strcaks of open water be
tween Burlington and Port Kent.
Hiram Roberts, of Benson, was nom
mated for county commissioner mt the
annual meeting of the Rutland count,
temperance society.
The well known firm of T.. w. Peck
n Co., Burlington, are 10 retire from
business March 4, having sold out to
Walker Brothers.
The Passupmsic II. II. Company
recently declared II dividend of 81 per
share on its stock. We are informed
that this dividend was forced one.
There are only four liquor agencies
III Rutland county, which however, are
patronized by great number of sick
folks, so that their sales for the past
year aggregated Si905.90.
In Burlington, Friday, little daugh-
Ter of a. ID. Barrows shot herself
through the side while playing with q
revolver. AT last accounts the child
was in u critical condition.
Burlington merchants yearn TO see n
sunny Italian who left them the other
day after circulating around little.
lie left some counterfeit fifty dollar
bills with them, and Sheriff Drew adj
vcrtises for the wandcrcr.
AT Cambridge Junction, the other
day, Frank Spaulding's double team
broke through the ice in the river and
were got out with considerable diff
Guilty; and ii was some time before Mr..
Spaulding could be resuscitated.
The following postmastcrs have been
recently appointed: Hrs. Prudence
Shepard, Georgia, Franklin county.
VT; Francis b. Demick, Granville.
Addison county, VT; A. j. Gibson,
Groton, Caledonia county, Vt.
Burglars entered p. Brennan's gro
Gerry store in Poultney, Saturday night
and stole thcrcfrom cigars. tobacco and
provisions, amounting TO thirty dollars.
Parties are suspected, but as yet 10
steps have been taken to procure their
arrest.
Gen. j. l.. Barstow, of Burlington.
late United States pension agent, has
closed his accounts with the govern
ment. the accounts as finally audited
covering million and half of money.
showing II balance of twenty-six dol
lars due to Gen. Barstow.
a man who has resided in Castlcton
twenty years has never set ewes OIL Lake
Bomoseen, only three miles distant,
neither has he been as far north as
Sherman's marble mill, one mile from
the village. He has brother. how
ever, that has crossed The ocean five
times since 1860.
j. G. Brewster, in the employ OF
Newton Il Thompson, at Forestdale,
while tending n slashing saw, slipped
and fell upon the saw, Wednesday
morning, and cut his elbow. DR..
Woodland, of Brandon, dressed the
wound, taking the cap from his elbow,
but thinks he can save his arm.
A debating society at IIoughtonville
the other day ended in row. and the
eyes and nose had enough TO call in the
interference of constable, followed by
a visit to a justice and few fines.
which were intended to impress upon
the disputants the importance of con-
lining their debates to their tongues.
A disastrous fire occurred in Rut-
land at an early hour last Sunday
morning. Landon's block, on the COR
ner of Merchants Row and West street,
was burned TO the ground and the adj
joining buildings were somewhat dam
aged. The loss on building and stocks
is estimated at $685. 400. Insured for
sly 600.
"A runaway team in Grafton last
Monday morning ran into and broke
Mr.. Stillman Thompson's sled, and
continuing on ran into single sleigh
occupied by Mr.. Benjamin Derry and
wife. Mrs. Derry was thrown ont into
the snow and escaped uninjured. Mr..
Derry was thrown under the horses
and dragged under the sled for several
rods, and received two severe scalp
wounds and was otherwise severely in
iurcd.