The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-01-11
STATE ITEMS.

Good horses sell at North Troy for
s75.
There arc 22l oranges of Patrons OF
Husbaudry In this state.
The Vermont Witness, Burlington.
has suspended publication.
A violet was picked out OF doors. of
st. Johnsbury, Christmas day
The new Democratic weekly, in Ruf-
land, Is to be called the Inquirer.
St Johnsbury had the very tropical
climate OF &c deg. below zero, Monday.
Lewis o. Blake's house, at Derby.
was burned, Friday night; loss 81 900,
Insured.
Israel Harper, Of Ricbford, short
time. ago found n very young babe OH
his doorstep.
About 81 300 has been pledged for q
new Methodist church at Coventry, and
the work will begin soon.
Under the direction of the spirits soy
eral Northtield meu are digging for hid
den money In the southeastern pari OF
the town.
John Deebe, formerly OF Irasbureb,
was found dead at the side of the road
III Danville, the other day. 1t is sup
posed that he froze to death.
Oliver Clark, OF Berlin, eighty. -four
years old, father Of the Montpelier post
master, committed suicide, Sunday
morning, by hanging himself.
The Copper Company at Yershire
now pays its employees only once in
two mouths, and at the last paw day,
$4,000 was put in circulation. Y
The Athens post office and the town
treasurer, 5. G. Ranney, were robbed.
one night last week. of 1925 in cash
and bond Of $1,000 and books aid re-
ceipts.
Mr. Il. A. Donaldson, graduate OF
MiddIebury college OF the class of 1861.
has been appointed assistant passenger
and ticket agent OF the Central Pacific,
with office ut San Francisco
A tramp named John Brown, who
threatened to burn Judge Bownau's
buildings, III St. Johnsbury, some
weeks ago, has boon sentenced to year
and half in the state prison.
Prof. Peter Collier, of Burlington,
Vt, Is appointed chemist-in-chief Of the
department Of agriculture, vice DR..
William McMurtric, resigned to repre-
sent tho department in the Paris expo
sition.
Mrs. John Cheney, of Bloomington,
was thrown from wagon, last Thurs
day, striking the back of her head upon
the frozen ground and receiving inIu-
RIGS which caused her death the next
morning.
X. Z. Townsend, of Woodstock, has
a pair of three-year-old steers that
weigh 1903 pound,--probably as heavy
u pair as can be found in Vermont. Mr..
Townsend also has yearling Durham
bull that weighs 1880 pounds.
On Sunday last, In Burlington, twen-
ty-hve persons united with the College
street Congregational church, thirty-sfx
with the Winooski avenue, forty-two
with the Methodist (received on proba-
tion) and nine with the Bsptist-in all,
one hundred and twelve persons.
Pownal is boasting over Mrs. HoI-
ley, who was one hundred years old
last August. The venerable lady Is
smart and active, spends the most of
her timo In Knitting, can see to thread
a needle as well as girl of sixteen,
and can go up and down stairs without
help.
John Stowell, of Putney, had his
pocket picked of 800 while at a Meth
odist festival. The thief proved to be
nne-year-old boy, from whom all the
money was recovered except about five
dollars. He was arrested, put in the
lookup over night and next morning
discharged with a reprimand.
The now year finds the Vermont
treasury empty, and tho treasurer will
be compelled to borrow money to meet
the current expenses of tho state for the
next seven months. This is due to the
action of the last legislature in voting q
tax of ten per cont. less than the state
treasurer's estimates, in the interests of
ECONOMY"
William Dady, who has fceccd Wind
ham farmers and others about the coun-
~ to the tune Of several hundred dol
lars, by buying their produce, forging
notes, and In other similar insertions,
was arrested, January 2, at Dummers-
ton, where he was stopping with q
farmer, and representing himself to be
OF sufficient means to purchase q farm.