The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-10-03

In bin careiessly, anu no care tahch Vi
II whatever.
Miss Mamie Fletcher, sister of oul
townsman, ID. s. Fletcher, who has
been visiting her relatives in this sec.
ton, returned to her home last week III
Hartford, vt.
The Brandon Musical Union, which
gave "Pinaforc" here two weeks ago
cleared 800 above their expenses
This was the largest audience they ever
played before.
MIR. Albert Chapman, our agricul.
tural editor, returned from his western
trip last Saturday. lie is looking very
healthy, and was doubtless much bcne-
flied thereby.
Mr.. G. w. Jones, of Shoreham,
presented us with potato weighing
Ia pounds last Friday. II is of the
No. 6 variety, and perfectly sound. lie
reports large crop of them this sea-
son.
Arnold Brothers, Minstrel and
Novelty troupe give an entertainment
at Academy Hall tomorrow evening.
They advertise an extended list of per-
formers, which is given in another
column.
"A goodly number of our towns
people attended the marriage ceremony
of Mr.. Chas. Crysler, of Independence,
Mo-, and Miss Hattie Childs of Wey-
bridge, at the Congregational church,
in the latter place.
"A little melee occurred at the de-
pot last evening, on the arrival of the
1920 train from Montreal. 1t was a
disgraceful affair, and our town author
tiles should take measures towards pre-
venting such occurrences so frequently.
Some of the boys who participated
in the "war dance" at Cornwall, last
week, gave chase TO one of the braves
from there, as he was passing through
here the other evening, but they were
frightened off by his firing II pistol up
in mid-ar.
Stowe e. Goodrich have just re-
ceivcd fine smut-mill and separator of
the Richmond make, which will greatly
add to their other facilities for making
first-class flour. Mr.. Stowe says that
the new machine will make -four "bet-
ter than the best"
Three monster window glasses have
been set in front of Stewards Block,
each being | | feet long. Z feet wide, and
3 Is of an inch in diameter. They cost
about 1928 each, aud arc rs large, If
not larger, than any others in the state,
and present very fine and imposing
appearance.
Our new bridge seems to give
general satisfaction to the public. It's
general appearance is much better than
was anticipated by those who were dis
posed to find fault when it was in
course of construction. Ii is very firm
and trotting across il scarcely makes
jarethat is perceptiblc.
Our Editor is at present confined,
owing to an accident which took place
last Friday afternoon. While riding
bicycle, he in some way took u" header"
throwing him violently to the ground.
His left elbow was badly fractured and
his right elbow severely spraincd. lie
is improving under the skilllul care of
Dr. Eddy.
Last weeks Bristol Herald con-
tanned the following ncws(D: "Mr.
VIM. Cobb, of Middlcbury, takes pos
session of the Jail as jailer, this week,
and it is said that if Emory don't be-
have, Cobb will set down on him."
This must be Sin Your mind Brother
Wilson; there has been no change of
iailers rs yet.
On several different occasions, the
dog of one of our citizens has attacked
persons in the street. The owner be-
ing requested to dispose of him, prom
iscd to do so, but failed. A lady and
her child narrowly escaped being bitten
last Saturday evening. Perhaps il
would be good plan for some Of our
village officers TO take the matter in
hand.
"A slight error occurred in our
statement about Jail last week. We
stated that under Mr.. Dewey's admins
tration eight prisoners escaped out the
door and none were captured. The
error was that only five escaped and
one was captured. The escape was by
filing of the CRATES in the window,
instead of going through the door as
stated. y
|/<Stephen M. Foote of the Freshman
kclass in Middlebury College, received
fthis week from the. Secretary of War
his preliminary appointment to ca
dctship in the United States Military
Academy, at West Point, N. Y. Mr..
Foote passed the best examination ont
of nine who entered the competitive
examination held at Rutland, two
weeks ago, and was recommended by
the examining committee to Hon. Chas.
II. Joyce, for appointment. lie goes
to West Point early in June next.
-Ex-Sheriff 1. NJ. Trip, has CON-
menced suit, through his counsel,
against Dunsbach, who offered the re-
ward of $500 for the arrest Latri-
morill, the Cohoes murderer, recently
executed at Albany, to recover the
whole amount of the reward, of which
he claims he is justly entitled to. His
claim is based on the ground that it
was through his kilograms which he
sent TO Captain Weidman of Cohoes,
N. Y, and in turn sent TO Officer
Smith of Port Henry, which resulted in
his arrest. Considerable dissatisfaction
has been expressed in regard TO the di-
vision of the reward money.
"A ludicrous scene occurred in the
| Jail the other evening. Some little
boys were playing with a jack-'o-lantern
and came to the door of the Jail with it.
They were permitted to place it in a
grated window in front of the cells
where the prisoners could have fair
view Of its CHASTITY teeth and large oval
eyes. Davis, being superstitious
fellow, on getting full view of il
jumped upon his bed and threw a
blanket over his head, declaring that he
would not have his picture taken, and
no persuasion from the other prisoners
could make him move from his bed
until The light was removed.
Tho Addison county union /. O. OF
q. y. will hold its next session at Bird
port, October s. Morning sessions will
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