The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-04-09
STATE ITEMS.


TIE forty-cighih session of the Troy
NJ, Conference closed It's labors In
bu Ellington on Tuesday.
Levi W. Skinner, of North Troy, was
fatally Injured at Alder Brook, N. H.,
last week, by n log falling upon him.
lie died the next day.
An associated press dispatch from
ltichford says dipthihcria Is becoming
very prevalent there, aud that most OF
the cascs are fat i.
Mr.. George l.. Marsh has Just com
pleted the nineteenth year of his diplo-
matte service in Italy. In that time he
has not once visited America.
Mr.. James Fisk, of Brattleboro, father
of the late James Fisk, Jr., intends
soon to begiu tour through the coun-
try with q tent and show.
a section hand named st. Johns,
VINO was injured on tho Central Yer
mont Railroad near New Haven some
weeks ago, lies in critical condition
WIN few chances of recovery. lie had
DIS leg amputated last Saturday.
The steamer A. Williams is locked
lnto Shelburne harbor by mass of ice
ABOUT q mile in extent and eight inches
LICK, LICK, Parties daily cross from the
harbor to Marks Bay.
The house, shed and corn barn own
Gu Dy the Tim Foster estate, at East
oWanton, were burned Wednesday af-
ternoon. The occupants lost every-
'Mng,. and had no insurance. Cause.
detective chimney.
Inc vermont Valley railroad COM
pany have served formal notice on the
oiicers Of the Brattleboro and White
nan company, forbidding the New
London Northern the right of way
over tho formers bed.
G. II. Beckett of Williamstown and
y. H. French of Hartford, are the Yer
mont members of the Junior class at
Dartmouth elected to represent the
class in rhetoric before a committee of
the trustees efthe college at commence
ment.
The Vermont Valley railroad com.
pany nave begun work on another adj
Gition OF their new engine house at
bellows Falls, which was completed
several months ago sufficiently to house
. part OF the locomotives needed TO be
kept at that point.
AT Shelburn, Wednesday, Avery w.
Edwards was arrested for selling calves
under four weeks old to the Boston
market, and held for trial in the conn.
" court In the sum of 500. lie has
peen somewhat actively engaged in this
business, and defied the law.
The steamer being built by Captain
Corbin on Keeler's Bay, South Hero.
will be fOated to Maquam Bay. as soon
as the lake is clear of ice, where she
will be finished and made ready for
this summers travel. A shin builder
from Maine has the work i'm charge.
Thomas Hogan, a slate quarryman
at "Hyde's Patch" Poultney, lost his
balance while dumping debris, on Sat.
urday, at the top of the shaft, and fell
a distance of eighteen feet, breaking
both legs, and receiving several severe
cuts from the falling rubbish.
Robert Heath, of West Grotop. was
recently attacked by q hog while attend
ing to litter of pigs, and was tramn-
led upon, his clothes torn and one
hand trightfully chewed. His life was
probably saved by his son-in-law. who
beat the infuriated animal away.
A farmer from Williamstown emp.
tied the brine from his beer and pork
barrels at the roots of maple tree dur.
ing the autumn. This spring the tree
was tapped for sap and the first sugar
made from i. was so salt as to be worth.
less.
The Central Vermont Railroad man.
ayers have decided to remodel the
passenger station IN Montpelier, at al,
estimated cost of 81, 800. 1t will be re-
duced to one story building, and the
trains will run on the west side and
not inside as now, thus giving more
room inside.
In tho U. S. Circuit Court at Rut.
land, Tuesday, decree was order.
cd in the celebrated Estcy. Burdeit or.
gan suit, awarding Burdclt the sum OF
$l6l,Oll.7l for Infringement of plain
tif's. patent. The defendants will ap-
peal to the U. s. Supreme Court.
The town of Rockingham has been
sued for $4,000 by Amos b. Keith OF
Lynn, Mass, for damages received from
being precipitatcd down an embark
ment by the canal bridge. Tho injury
occurred Oh the 10Th day of August,
1879. The case is to be tried in the
United States circuit court.
JEFF Wilson, in the employ of Os-
good & Barker, machinists at Bellows
Falls, had his clothing caught by a
band making 800 revolutions Ter min
ute, but through the agility OF some OF
his fellow worknen, the power gate
was closed in time 10 save him from
any serious damage.
On Saturday, last, Spaul,ling Spoon.
er, of Watervillc, had his foot ainputa-
tod ut about the middle from the toe to
the heel. In 1887 both feet were badly
frozen and have been diseased ever
since. About one year ago one foot
was taken of nearly to the ankle, and
now no has II thing but stumps left.
The chief advantage of the common
schools is enjoyed by the poor. In st.
Adams village district there are |, 1854
names on the tax list, of whom 7OI pay
only poll tax, ten or twelve less than
poll tax, rs many more no tax at all
on account of poverty, and there are
about fifty more who are not voters.
So the smallest taxpayers constitute
about two-thirds of Inc voters and have
three-fourths of the children.
The Windsor county listers have
agreed upon the following rate of ap-
praisal: Oxen per hundred pounds.
1910; steers, three years old, per pair,
$50; cattle, two years old, each, SIS:
cattle, one year old, each, So; COWS.
$25; colts, three years old, $50; colts.
two years old, s35; colts, one y car old
500; sheep, each, IS; swine, per
pound, l-2c. hay, per ton, SO corn,
per bushel, 5Oc.; oats, per bushcl, 35c. !;
wool, per pound, 400.
"There is no use In fighting for the
of this man, that man. or