The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-05-21
STATE ITEMS

The broad lake opposite Essex was
skinned with ice last Sunday.
The Esteys of Brattleboro shipped
eight organs to Australia recently.
Col. John b. Mead delivers the Dec
Grafton Day address at Brookfeld.
A new postofice has been opened In
Brookline, with Virgil w. Ranney
postmaster.
Charles Darling, Of Glover, dislocated
his knee, recently, while In the act OF
pulling on his boot.
One thousand tons Of new rails have
been laid In different sections of the
Central Vermont road-bed.
Wells had a ~burglarious visitation on
Thursday of last week. Two citizens
we're losers of money and valuables.
The bicycle fever has struck Brattle-
boro, and a club of seven, who will be
finely equipped, has already been or
ganized.
At the eight town liquor agencies In
Washington county during the year
ending May l, the sales amounted to
$7,107. 05.
At Brandon, Charles, son of w. Il.
Bromley Russell, was found drowned
in a small stream back of the house,
Thursday afternoon.
The Hon. George w. Hendee, the
receiver of the National Bank of Poult-
ney, will pay the creditors a dividend
Of 20 per cent. the last of this or first
part of next month.
AT Coventry, the quantity of fish TAX
en- from the river within the last two
weeks is simply wonderful, and only to
be estimated by bushels. So many
have been caught that the price drop
ped to 20 cents per bushel.
George Tyler has sued the town of
Newbury, claiming 10000 for DANA
ges sustained on the highway last fall,
by falling from his load of wood when
going down the Westgate hill, whereby
he lost n arm, and was otherwise
bruised.
The Eagle Square Manufacturing
Company, whose shops at SALISBURY
were recently burned, has decided to
rebuild a portion of their works at
once, and the manufacture of iron and
steel tools will go forward without in.
corruption.
The great scarcity of men to work in
the quarries at West Pawlet has caused
the introduction of Germans, quite q
number of whom have arrived from
Castle Garden, New York city. They
work well and are sober, quiet, peacea-
BILE, intelligent citizens,
At a special village meeting in Fair
haven il was voted to raise $4,000 more,
in excess of the CSC, 1000 raised at the
last meeting, TO complete the water
works and dcfray other expenses of the
corporation. A tax of so cents was vot-
cd to raise the same and pay interest on
bonds.
The Free Press says Providence, Or.
- parties are prospecting In the vicini-
ty of Swanton for meerschaum, with
encouraging results, it is said. A few
years ago it was claimed that meer-
schaum could be found there in paying
quantities but the work was never pros
ecuted to amy extent.
Nathaniel III. Eaton, editor of the
North Star. died in Danville on the 18th
inst, aged sixty-tive years. About
seventy-fOur years ago Mr.. Eaton's
father began at Danville the publication
of the North Star, which he continued
until his death, when he was succeeded
by his son, who has v o since been its
editor and publisher. ~
Patents have recently been grantSd
to o. W. Bartlett of Brattlcboro for
reed organ j. w. Dorsey, Middlebury,
and +. l.. Reed, Benson, water tank
for milk cans; T.. A. Mosher, Sharon,
and G. A. Mosher, Now York, dairy
bureau; F. Paquct, East Brighton,
belt tightener and regulator; j. F..
White. Brattleboro, Keyboard attach
,ment for musical Instruments.
The Castleton correspondent Of the
Fairhaven Era says: "James Everson
of this place has, as he says, struck 'ile.'
A short time since he purchased a tract
of land on the mountain in Pittsfield,
for which he paid a nominal sum. 1t
has just been discovered that there are
valuable mines on his land. Copper
has been found in large quantities"
A disease of the eye is prevalent in
Rutland and other sections of the state,
affecting generally only one eye. AT
the commencement the eye appears in
famed and is very sensitive to strong
light. On rising in the morning a yell
lOwish substance will be found to have
gathered about the affected eye. The
trouble continued from four to ten
days, according to the care taken. 1t
Is believed to be contagious, as in one
town, Manchester, nearly all of the
scholars in one school have been Affect
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