The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-10-28
STATE ITEMS.

tOh vi uuy Ill his Dull mat has been
there 4S years.
Herbert Mattin, aged years, of New
port Centre, Is dead from the effects of
n fall from she'd.
Fourteen barrels and five half
OF ale were seized at tho Central freight
depot, Burlington, Friday.
Ex-Governor RedGeld Proctor has
given five thousand dollars TO establish |
a public library a. West Rutland.
Rutland men are talking of q history |
of the town and county to be written by |
Henry Hall one of tho few men still |
living who could do il we'll.
Mrs. Mary T. Hamilton, music teach
er OF Rutland, formerly of Middebury,
has gone to Boston, where she is to
spend the winter studying music.
On Monday night of last week an I'M
successful attempt was made the rob
the national bank of Iloyalton. 1t was
thought to be the work of professional
burglars.
One of the Rutland justices of the
peace has within the few days since the
county court adjourned taken in $1,000
in fines and costs in criminal cases
mostly liquor prosecutions.
IL. Edward X. Hall, aged 13, son of
Capt. w. II. Ill. Hall of Chelsea, while
hunting OH Saturday. accidentally shot
himself in the leg. The leg was ampu-
tatcd, but he died IN short time.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Bible society was held at Nortbfield
Wednesday. The sermon in the eve
ming was preached by President Cyrus
Hamlin of Middlebury college.
Barney McEnany of Fairfield, a pro-
fessional wrestler, died on the 18th
instant from the effects of injuries re-
ceived during a wrestling match at the
State fair. |
A scven-years-od son of Jerome
Gleason of Barnnmvic was kicked and |
hit on the right side of his head and
had his ear torn of by fractions horse
one day last week.
III. X. Averill of Pittsburgh has COM
menced survey of the chanuel between
Grand Isle and North Hero, by direction
of the Government, for the purpose of
deepening and improving it.
Passenger traffic on Lake Champlain
has almost ceased for the season. and
all the steamers arc withdrawn except
the A. Williams, plying between Bur-
lington and Pittsburgh, n. Y.
Three St. Johnsbury students went
hunting the other day and, finding
game scarce, concluded to try their
luck on flock of turkeys. The result
was a small bill of $40 apiece to settle
damages.
There are now three of the automatic
apple evaporators in Grand Isle and
South Hero, each using about fifty
bushels of apples per day. A bushel of
apples will make from to Z 1-2 pounds
of dried fruit.
Mrs. Isaiah (Evans) Abbot, who re-
Gently died in the north part of Sutton,
had about $1,000 snugly tucked away
in a trunk in her house, and nobody
knew about it till her effects were
looked over after her death.
Several hundred cords of bitter wal
nut timber are being cut in the forests
of Addison, to be used in making OK
bows. The price paid is IS per cord
delivered at shipping point or cars.
The ox-bows are principally for the
South African and Brazilian trade.
Homer Irish of Shelburn has raised
on his home farm of % acres, the past
season, 50 bushels of spring wheat, 1872
of winter wheat, 40 OF oats, GO of pota-
toes, 20 barrels ofapples, - tons of hay,
besides a good vegetable garden and
grapes, Strawberries, etc. Free Prss.
While at work in Clark's sawmill in
! Milton, Monday afternoon, "Stanch"
| Farrant was struck on the breast, lust
over the heart, by a piece of wood which
| flew from a saw, and SO badly injured
him that he died the same night. Far
rant was young Frenchman and
unmarried.
Warren Moore of Bellows Falls, who
has been connected with the paper mills
for many years, has gone into partner
ship with George w. Baker of Bradford,
under the firm name of the Bradford
Paper Manufacturing Company. They
will occupy the old mill formerly owned
| by Asa Law.
| y good joke was got off on Judge
| Dunton this week. Ii seems that one of
the Judges little boys had swallowed
nicklc and the Judge was telling Coun.
scllor Abel of Fairhaven of the circum-
stance and the anxiety of the child's
parents. "Was it counterfeit" asked
Abel. "Oh. no." said he judge, sit
was good" "Then it will pass" was
Abel cool reply.
Three persons charged with murder
and attempting to kill are to be tried at
the December term of Bennington
county court; namely, Keefe, who |
made the fatal assault npon O'Brien of
Searsburg; Fuller, held to answer to |
The shooting of one Whitman of Reads
boro; Glynn, the Stamford spring poi
soner.
One day last week Deputy United |
States Marshall l., N. Sprague and |
Deputy Sheriff Stearns visited the pre-.
misses of Daniel Tubbs in the southwest |
part of Clarendon, Rutland county, and
seized distilling arrangement found
in the barn. 1t is supposed this party
has carried on the business for some
years. The kettle taken was new,
made of copper and fitted with a
wooden top, and would hold two and
one-half barrels, Daniel Tubbs and
his son, ii. g., were taken to Rutland
and before United States Commissioner
Barrett gave bail i'm $500 each for their
appearance when wanted for trial.
George W. Draper aud wife of
Lowell, Mass, were caught at hotel
in Newport. W., Saturday. Draper,
who was married at Boston to a daugh-
ter of A. &. Whcclock, on Saturday,
October s, without consent of the