The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-01


2 aud z o'clock. Pm.
The party at the Addison House
this evening, Is going TO be well wort
the patronage of all, as elaborate prcpa
rations have been made 10 furnish al
enjoyable occasion. The admission fee
twenty-five cents, is very low.
That snow shovel, that has hitherto
been kept In the woodshed unused anC
covered with dust, was brought on
this morning and made TODD good ser
vice; and those who did not have an,
in their woodshed were obliged tc
break q road to the hardware store
and get one or use some other effectua
means for clearing of their steps
Weather prophets say, "This is jus
what they have expected q good man,
times before this winter"
The question of who is to be the
successor of the late George II. Chap
man as states attorney Of Addison
county, is at last settled. Chief Justice
Picrpoint was at Rutland attending the
session of the supreme court there, and
Wednesday the assistant judges, Hons
d. ii. Sargent and II. d. Hcdien, went
to Rutland, and there the matter was
considered and the appointment made
of Hon. +. 4. Woodbridge, of Yer.
gennes. Mr.. Woodbridge has before
been states attorney of this county
some years ago, and his experience and
ability to manage important cases seem
ed especially desirable in view of the
unusual demands to be made upon that
officer at the next term.
One little incident connected with.
or growing out of, the failure is too
rich to keep. 1t seems the eport spread
northward that the Middlebury bank
was heavy loser, and young clergy
man who had deposit of few dollars
in the bank heard the news at Vcr-
gcnnes. In great haste he rushed to
the telegraph Office and sent the follow
ing dispatch:
VERGENNEs, Jan. 20, 1873.
70 DIR WELLINGTON, Bank; Is my deposit
nnected by fhilurep Send answer to Feirisburpb
ny mail train. Rush. Haste
The reverend gentleman followed his
telegram to look after his deposit next
day, and was treasured to find the
back door of the bank still open, and to
learn that after paying it's losses by the
failure, which were about 1925, the
bank would still have surplus fund of
about S35, 200.
The following resolutions were
passed at a meeting of the Vermont
Merino Sheep Breeders Association
held at Middlebury, Jan. 80, 1873:
Resolred, That the resolutions adopted by the
nHf l...N IT.
ers' Association and OF the National Association
OF w DOL Manufacturers, at Rochester, N Y, Jan,
y, 1873, meet our hearty approval, and that th
seventy hocks of pure bred merino sheep, scatter.
ed through eight different states of our Union
second the request of the resolution passed AT
Rochester to give ninety days in which to collect
statistics and to present the facts In regard TO the
operations OF the present tariff on wool and
WoOlens.
Resoiced, That copy Of the above resolution
passed at Rochester, be by the secretary of this
association forwarded to the committee of ways
and means at Washington, and that the new :.
papers OF the state and elsewhere be requested to
publish the same.
RESOLUTIONS were also passed request
ing the senators and representatives in
Congress from Vermont to use all legiti-
mate means of legislation in their power
TO preserve with some slight reductions
the present duties on wool and woolens.
believing that the prosperity of those
industries will be promoted thereby,
and that they in common with nearly
all other industrial pursuits will suffer
great depression If those duties are
abolished or essentially reduced.
SENTENCE OF G.. NJ. WALLER.-C. NJ.
Waller, whose imprisonment in Cali
fornia for the crime of murder we have
before mentioned, has been tried, found
guilty of involuntary manslaughter and
sentenced to one years imprisonment.
In the course of his remarks giving SEN
tence Judge benson said: .'The Jury
in this case, having rendered verdict of
guilty of involuntary manslaughter, rs
the result of a careful consideration of
all the facts of the case, by rcmarka-
bly, intelligent and conscientious panel
of twelve good and lawful men selected
from the taxpayers of the county, it now
becomes my unpleasant duty, as tho
presiding officer in this court, to pro-
nouncc the sentence Of the law" 80 =
'The circumstances of this case are
peculiarly painful. The deceased was
cut off in tho meridian of manhood, and
a poor, disconsolate widow and six Or
phan children mourn the irreparable
loss of husband and father Tnon the
other hand, there stands at the bar a
man whose disgrace and nunisbmcnt
fall not only upon him, but a faithful
wife and loving chi,,lren--a man who,
up to the moment of the DISTRESSING cas-,
ualtv, into the facts of which The ;ury,
have carefully inquired. bore an nnforn-
ished reputation. and who was ohle 70
established before the Jury Character
for peace, quictude and general integri-
ty OF which any citizen might well be
vain. 1t is evident that he Is not of the
class, and doubtless the nun
already inflicted upon him by
the pangs of regret and The sting of
shame is greater than would be suffered
by hardened offender under the sever
est penalty that the law could impose.
"The jury, by their verdict, have
found i'm effect that tbe killing of Fonck
was by the accidental discharge of the
gun without that extreme degree of