The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-09
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Im Agricultural fair at St. Adams
$ id to be the largest and most sue
" ,ssful ever held in the county.
Hon. Albert Clarke, formerly of the
st. Adams Messenger, is now on the
Boston Herald staff as special cores
pondent.
Tho soldiers reunion at ST. Adams
leek as not very well attended. Gen.
w. w. Henry was reelected reunion
CO mmander.
An inclined railroad, similar to the
Mt. Washington railway, is to be con-
structcd up Owls Head mountain, Lake
Mcmphrcmagog.
Sylvester Green, farmer Of Ben
nington, was gored recently by one of
of his pair of bullocks, and fatally in
jnred in the abdomen.
Lorenzo Studlcy OF Saxton's River,
while driving q loaded team Wednes-
day, was sunstruck, and his recovery
| is doubtful.
Principal J. ID. BARLEY has resigned
his position at the Burlington High
School, to take charge ola similar school
at Bridgeport, Conn.
John Ryan of Center Rutland, deaf
mute from childhood, has left for Ire
land TO see if the shrine of Our Lady
of Knock will cure him.
Chas A. Doody, who left Derby two
years since, has lately received the APP
pointmcnt of chief of police at Hilo,
Hawaii, Sandwich Islands.
John Curry of Underhill has been sent
to the House of Correction for 100 days,
for getting into row and threatening
the life of his brother Frank.
i Joseph Smallcy, who lived alone on
a farm in West Randolph, died recently
in Nortbficld. 1t is said he had $751;
600 in gold concealed on his farm.
Two boys named Gilmore from st.
Adams and Yondow from Essex June
ton escaped from the Vergennes reform
school recently and are still missing.
Thomas c. Hill, substantial and
well-known citizen of Charlotte, met
with serious and perhaps fatal acct
dent Thursday, by being thrown from
wagon.
A. A. Hall, Esq, has been appointed
inspector of rifle practice in the Yer
mont national guard, with the rank of
first lieutenant, vice Charles Wells,
resigned.
Albert Bull of Monkton. who, il is
charged, forged notes and got them dis
,, counted at Vcrgennes banks while
3 ago, has returned TO his home and is
, trying TO settle.
Mrs. Patrick Waters of Rutland on
, Saturday afternoon fell down stairs,
breaking her skull and causing her
, death a couple of hours afterwards.
She was intoxicated.
BY the breaking of carriage axle
Tuesday, Mrs. j. ii. DIX of Whining
: toh got a broken wrist and Mrs. Abel
Ward of West Brattleboro q serious
scalp wound, at Wilmington.
At the Mallett's Bay marble quarries
the other day, Andrew Myers of Wi
nooski, stone mason 5S years old, was
= on derrick so feet high, when the der
2 rick fell, fatally crushing him.
, The Connecticut river railroad is pre-
/ pairing to build new iron bridge across
e the Connecticut river at Bellows Falls.
New steel rails are also to be laid be-
tween Brattleboro and Windsor, which
3 will comple]e an all steel rail track
D throughout the entire length of the
S road.
G L. E. Dewey, Charles w. Towns,
| Samuel Webster and Ii. III. Davis, Bel
n linnnr al fo1
: Saturday on the complaint of States
: Attorney l.. NJ. Read ana taken before
: G. Ii. Lane and fined $500 and costs I'M
: der the nuisance act, amounting to S20S
each, which they all paid.
Hattie, wife of ii. Virgins of Andov-
er, attempted to commit suicice the 9TH
), ult. by cutting the arteries of the wrist.
!, Owing TO her being quite tleshy she did
q not cut quite deep enough 10 make it n
: success. Mrs. Virgins has been in poor
9 health for some time and is supposed to
. . be insane.
J.. Daniel Hopkins, an aged citizen OF
n Tunbridge, having become destitute and
dreading The poorhousc, i,l' his board
ing place and went into the 10 .l3 with
n the intention of starving him., i. to
i death, and was found last SATURDAY, al-
4, ter two days hunt, by the smoke OF a
j fire he had kindled.
Stamford is excl tied over the finding,
i in a spring, on the farm of one Win
s chell, a pound of Paris Green. The
D spring supplied the family with water,
d and filed n trough by the way side. The
: poison was discovered by the discolor-
u ing of tie water in the trough. 1t is
IS thought it was intended as fatal dose
for the Winchell family.
p The Otter Creek House in Piiisford
: was burglarized Saturday night. An
: unknown amount Of money was taken,
= together with two hoXes of cigars and a
Il quantity OF provisions. The officers at
s last accounts were on the track of sew
V eral persons supposed to be the burg
= FAIRS. They,arc believed TO he the same
8 parties who encamped in The woods in
,, the north part of this town couple OF
j. weeks ago and stole articles from a
y house there.
= The sixth reunion of the Eighth YER
mont regiment will be held at the viii
lage hall, Montpelier, on the 10Th inst.
a Gen. Thomas, Col. Mead, Coy. Bars
! tow and many other officers will be
d present. The executive committee, in
their call say: "The state fair, being i'm
: progress at this time, enables members
: to attend for fare one way on all rail-
roads. This will be less formal and
!, expensive meeting than former ones.
: Come and we will have a jolly good
social time"
!. Itching prescriptions and Crre.
] The symptoms are moisture, like per-
. sniratiOn. iniense Itching incrnased hu