The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-05-14
STATE ITEMS.

Tho winter snow fall at Brattlcboro
was just 100 inches.
A new passenger depot IL TO be erect
ed at Sutherland Falls.
Mrs. Huldah Robertson of Detbo,
has reached tho age of 1O1 years.
At the Worlds Fair now being held
In Australia, Fairbanks scales surpassed
all competitors.
Charles Darling of Glover dislocatcd
his knee recently, while in the act of
pulling on his boot.
The Randolph normal school now en-
rolls 1903 persons, an increase of 1S over
any previous list for summer term.
VIM. Waldo's oldest boy, at Bethel.
was gored by q heifcr a few days ago,
and narrowly escaped a dangerous
hurt.
Moses Tatro, a workman on tine
White River junction depot, had a leg
broken by the falling of a part of the
building.
The town of Walden has refunded its
railroad debts ,000-at 8 per cent,
the Montpelier Savings bank taking the
entire amount.
1t is proposed TO organize in Rut-
land, next Saturday, a local board of
trade and appoint a market day for the
sale of farm products.
Bennington people have been victim
lied by a woman and two children, who,
after obtaining considerable funds on
false pretences, decamped.
VIM. A. Blancher, q man G3 years
old, was committed to Jail at st. Johns
bury, the other day, by the constable Of
Concord, for ~non-payment of taxes.
The Hon, Loveland Munson, of Man.
chester, has been engaged by Dudley
Post, No. %, G.. A. r., to deliverthe
Decoration Day address at Arlington.
Postmasters appointed: M. A. Best,
East Highgate, Franklin county David
l.. Field, West Milton, C~Hittenden
county J.. G. Orne, Westmore, Orleans
county.
L. d. Taft of B%rattleboro has a mare
thirty-seven years old this spring, which
does all the work required of her, and
is apparently nc older than many are at
half her age.
) Mrs. Rosa Longey, an aged Enos.
|, burg woman, has inst been granted q
pension on account of her son Thomas,
who died in the army. The arrears
amounted to over $500.
|, The Passumpsic railroad has purchas
cd 1000 tons OF steel rails to be lait
l lIsa NJ n oonk - l-..l 49, nAn
These rails are about 500 n ton higher
than they were last year.
In East Shelburn Amasa Isham',
barn was struck by lightning, Sunda,
night, and splintered pretty thoroughly
, though not set on fire. One COW was
killed and another singcd.
The house and barn belonging to Val
I more Cushman, in Tunbr1dge, were
r burned Friday morning. Loss, 1000
Y small insurance. Part of the furnitur,
8 was saved; cause, defective chimney.
: Among the prominent persons ex
!, pccted at the coming meeting of tn,
! Army of the Potomac at Burlington ar,
y President Hayes, Gen. Sherman, Gen
u Wilson, and other well-knOwn Gcner
: ais.
I A Marshfield man gave his ncighbo
permission to tap twenty maple trees IL
his pasture. After the trees were tan
ped the gencrous-hcarted ca man gath
cred the sap and converted it to hi
own use.
Weston had a narrow escape from
r dam disaster the other day, a portion O
, the reservoir dam giving away. TIL,
" water lowered some three feet, but tn
u u break was closed before any seriou
= damage ensued.
A large saw and clapboard mill
owned by s. & ii. Billings at Middlcsex
a was burned Saturday, with all tn
8 machinery. Net loss, over insurance
d $500. Sparks from the smoke STAG
were the cause of the fire.
Royal Carr, now in jail at Montpelie
, awaiting the action of the suprem
y court in August on his sentence L
death for the murder of an Indian
= MurcummOck, says that the spirit @
u his victim often visits him at night, vic
: lently shaking his bed, and declarin!
u that Royal is only technically guilty
! and that his cousin Chester, who plan
ned the deed, is the real criminal.
d The latest m in IL Mcake
murder case at Waterbury is tina
Almon Meaker and his mother wer
It living in incestuous criminal inter
a course. After Alice came there, sh
observed that Horace slept up stair
the bedroom below, and declared tina
l. pha xunrll tntl E.an ,las ,:~1 Al.
d little girl was the victim of their spite
y until she was finally murdered ant
e thrown into tho swamp.
y, James l.. Haynes, one of Peru's old
: est citizens, died the other day undo
y peculiar circumstances. lie had bee
, in usual good health, when a sore cam
, on one of tho fingers of his right hand
which was very painful and seemed {
y affect his whole system. lie failed fasI
= and finally sent for a notary to draw II
his will, and after debating for an hou
y wanted to rest a short time, bein,
about half through. Soon he was SUE
= denly taken worse and died in a fe,
= moments.
AL The st. Adams Iron and Steel Work
\ are doing an active business thes
y days. For some time past an avcrag
4 of about forty cars of blooms and iroI
have been transhiped from this POI
thither; aud they have just closed
= contract with the Central Vermont 70
a the s~hipment-by rail from st. Albau
TO this city and thence by boat-tO Blu,
falo, N. Y, oftwenty boatloads (cac
averaging about one hundred and twer
ty tons) of steel rails.-(Free Press.