The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-18
STATE ITEMS.

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lncn"nnt music TO Brandon ears. NJ
The state Teachers Association is 10
r hrld at Woodstock August b, 6 aud
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! lion. f.. w. Stoughton. minister 10
RUSSIA, is al his summer residence i'm
Windsor.
Frank Newton, of Winhall. was
drown rom his carriage the other day
'nid probably fatally injured.
Mr.. David Mcbride, of Brandon Is
recovering from the serious accident
which bcfell him. He has his couch in
Inc Office and directs the affairs of the
hotel.
II is now fully settled that Mr.. Cilley
will continue his connection with tbe
Brandon Graded school for another
year. The same lady teachers arc TO
be retained
Mrs. Eliza Parker, widow of Joshua
farker, OF st. Adams, hanged herself
on Wednesday. Depression of spirits,
occasioned by the loss of her husband,
was the cause.
! "A Springfield Irishman named Roo
ney went to the House of Correction in
Rutland for three months for indulging
in the fine pastimc of beating his 80
year old mother.
Frank 5. Harlow of Springfield has
been appointed Second Lieutenant in
the Ninth Infantry. lie has just grad
uated at West Point, ranking eighth in
Il class OF siXty-six members.
The deer put OH the mountains east
Rutland last year are herding in the
vicinity of Randolph. The effort to
rcstock the Green Mountains with deer
seems probable to prove a success.
Harvey Powers, of West Ryegate,
was probably fatally hurt Saturday by a
broad axe from high beam in James
Nelson's barn falling on his head. His
skull was smashed and two arteries
were cut.
Monday, afternoon Wells River and
some neighboring places enjoyed fur
ious tornado, which did much damage.
iiallstones were numerous, many of
them as large as hens eggs. Glass and
vegetation suffered severely.
, The Brattlcboro and Whitehall Rail-
road is being pushed to carly compile
tioni more than half the route being
already graded, and all the bills of the
company have been paid in cash. This
is rare case in railroad building.
, Last Friday all cight-year-old Milton
, boy named Ryan, while looking out OF
: the car window as the train was passing
Q through the tunnel at Burlington, lost
, his hat OIL and ran out and jumped after
Y it. His leg was broken, but it is believed
he recovered his hat.
S Lemuel Richardson of Barre, aged
= eighty, claims to be the champion fox
hunter OF the State. lie has killed zoe
during his life and trapped enough to
make the number 1880, besides captur-
ing > deer, II fishers, 8 offers and
2 other game too numerous to mention.
Abel Curtis, who taught the first
, school in the the town of Lowell, Or
: leans county, was the first postmaster,
l erected the first frame house, perform
: ed the first marriage ceremony, built a
{ grist mill in 1872 and was town clerk
for twenty-seven years, died in that
5 town July 2, aged "a years.
/, DR.. .. Ii. Morehouse, while fishing
I III brook near Sudbury the other day,
found a large turtle whose she'll was
completely covered with moss. Hay
l ing some curiosity to know how thick
the moss was, he caught the turtle and
: with sharp stone removed the moss,
when to his surprise he found the shell
bore the date of 1855.
Governor Proctor has appointed Hon.
G. w. Willard of Montpelier and Col
Onel w. G. Veazey of Rutland as com.
missioners to prepare new revision of
the public laws of this State. The
names of the appointecs are sufficient
guaranty that the work will be prompt
ly and faithfully performed.
At Westminster on Thursday after
noon, as Mrs, Hiram Nutting, lady
about 81 years of age, was riding with
her son near the top of the Clay Hill,
about one mile south of the village, an
old, ragged tramp suddenly sprang into
the road, frightening the horse, causing
the carriage with its occupants to over
turn into a ditch. Mrs. Nutting was
severely injured; one arm was broken
and her back badly hurt.
Charges having been preferred
against Rev. III. Eastman, of Jackson
vile, for unministcrial and unchristian
conduct in several particulars, commit
tee of clergymcn held an investigation
of the case, Rev. ii. A. Spencer, presid-
ing elder, presiding; and after hearing
the testimony pro and con found that
most of the charges and specifications
were fully sustained, resulting in Mr..
Eastman's suspension from ministerial
duties and privileges. The case, how
ever, will come before the Vermont
conference, whose action in the case
| will be final,