The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-29
STATE ITEMS.

A horse owned by Robert MWllthrop
Of Rutland, was fatally gored by bull
last week. it~fT.
The next animal meeting of the YER
mont Bible Society is to be held in st.
Adams, October 10.
Tho house and barn of William
Hickey, Of Rutland, were burned last
Saturday. Loss $3.50.
The Columbian marble mills strike
at Rutland Is over, most of the men
having gone back to work.
Oscar Phillips, brakeman on a freight
train, sprained his ankle Monday, by
jumping from train at Rutland.
A black mare owned by G.. w. Cal
boon of Lyndon, while being driven
last week Tuesday morning, fell down
The young ladies of Stowe chew gum
to such an extent as to excite uncom-
plimentary comments In the Lamoille
News.
X. G. Robinson's house, barn and
outer buildings at Island Pond were
burned Saturday; loss $4,000, partly
insured.
Mrs. Sophronia Spaulding, aged 50,
hung herself at Fairfax Sunday morn
ing. She has been partially insane for
some time.
Albany has "young" lady border
ing on hundred, who is learning 10
play the organ, and bids fair to bee ONE
q proficient.
A Bridgewa alter man walks eight
miles every day to back pasture to
milk his cow, which gives four quarts
at milking.
A considerable amount of cord wood
was burned last Saturday, in the bri lex
yard of Davis g. Gould, of Rutland, by
an incendiary fire.
Henry Anderson and Charles DAY,
OF st. Albsns, have been committe d to
the House of Correction for SO days
each, for gambling.
John T. Nolan, n brakeman, had his
right hand badly smashed last Sstur-
day, while Stacking cars at st. Albans
The second finger of the hand was am
putated.
Among the recent postmasters ap.
pointed are George E. Field, at North
Ferrisburgh, Arthur w. Britton, North
Ponfret, and N. b. Stafford, White
River Junction.
James McGettrlck, track-walker be
tween Burlington and Winooski, wa.
passing through q cut near the bridge
when he was set upon by three men
Knocked down and robbed of abou
s1S.
The Universalists held their forty
sixth annual convention at Springfield
last week. The denomination ha
sixty-fve parishes in the state, fou
new ones having been added durin,
the year.
4 Penn Harrington, of Barnard, a la,
OF eight years, recently fell from a pal
of bars and broke both bones of the lcf
} arm little below the elbow.
At Ripton two inches of snow fell Of
the mountain on Saturday. A larg
, black bear was killed last week onl
half mile from the Breadloaf Inn
while another was seen on the noun
tain the following day.
s The Washington county docket show
r $3.50 law cases for September term an,
] 10 chsncery cases. The term begin
: the 10th Of September. The Angus
z term of the supreme court has been ad
4 Journcd to October 21.
Ben Drown of East Hartlwick. No
: cording to the Orleans county Monitor
was taken from his house one night re
Gently by party Of men and bows. an,
8 tarred and feathered. 1t was elaine,
that he had been living with a disrepu
D. table woman.
Hon. George w. Hendee, receiver O
the National Bank at Poultney, EXPECT
i, to pay the creditors of the bank diyi
: dend OF about 25 per cent. about tn
:. first OF September, to be followed b.
others as fast as the assets can be con
= vcrted into cash.
ID. W. Hagar, the Drattleboro ma,
J. who eloped with his servant girl, ba
been heard of at Montreal. Both mar
Y ties appear to be sick of their bargain
and may be expected homo soon. pro
vided they can raise the neccssar,
II amount of money.
A three-years-old daughter of Georg
= Rounds, of Rutland, was playing OF
s the steps of the American bottlin,
works, when a wagon of the work
backed up TO the steps, and caught thu
little one between the wheels and
b. STEP. a wheel catching one foot. Sh
. was badly scared, but was rescued be
fore any injury was done.
Herb. Conant, the barber at the Brat
II tleboro House, lately confided the car
. of his shop 10 a wandering mulatto
{ who was allowed to sleep on the prem
u Uses. On entering the shop one morn
7 ing Conant found that the mulatto bat
Q exodusted to parts unknown takint
with him all the available tools of hi
employcr, valued at $40.
: John Tribe, of Rochester, met will
a severe accident in the Adirondack
d last week. He was splitting wood fo
y the camp fire, and by mis-stroke O
y the axe, cut the second and third toe
completely off, and partially severed
o the great toe also. He was carried b,
the guides on foot for thirteen mile
before conveyance could be obtained
Andrew wilkins, of Eden, was com
U mitted to the House of Correction las
1 week Wednesday night, to serve is,
c days for breaking doors and windows