The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-10-27

Recently, Albert Graham drove into
the lake near Lyman's coal Office,
Burlington, spau OF horses belonGlira.
@Il%ayrescued from the water with
some difficulty and the horses were
drowned.
The dwelling of John Brooks in Gov
entry was barely saved from burning,
the other day. Fire had been smould-
cring in closet for day or two and
finally burst through partition.
Nearly all of the clothing of he family
was destroyed.
An unknown man hired teams, last
week Monday, from Lewis Higgins of
Brattleboro and Kingsley's stable at
South Vernon and has not yet returned
them. He was last seen on Wednesday
at Stamford and the owners are hunt
ing up their property.
st. Johnsbury has OF late been an
noyed by youthful hoodlums who
amuse themselves by ringing bells and
other acts of rowdyism. Through the
efforts of Mr.. Putney, principal of the
academy, two of the ringleadcrs have
been caught and justice will be melted
out to them.
AT DcIIows rails, stone rom inc
lodges in the river came crashing
through the roof of Ned Howard's
house down into the kitchen, the other
night, hurled by a tremendous blast of
giant powder. The family were eat
ing their supper in the kitchen only a
few minutes before.
d. W. Pope of Kirby has left that
town under Il cloud. lie confessdd to
several misdemeanors and he is suspect
cd of being at the bottom of all the
mischief lately reported from that town.
He leaves five children. Until lately
he has been regarded as one of the most
respectable men in town.
Bella Dexter, while tending a hoist
ing machine for the Dorset Marble Com
pany, at East Dorset, Monday, had his
arm caught i'll the gearing, which tore
the flesh, leaving it in mangled con-
dition. He saved himself from pre-
mature grave by his own strength in
pulling his arm from the gearing.
Island panI ;..-.;vYs have no mercy
upon tramps brought before them.
Three tramps were lately arrested
there and fined $40 each aud costs.
Being unable TO pay, they were sem
fenced to the house OF correction to
work ont the fine ana costs at the rate
each of thirty-three aud one-third
cents per day.
A church meeting has been called at
Townshend, TO investigate the charges
preferred against Rev George Porter,
pastor of the Congregational church
Of ho ol,n
conduct, not at Townshend, but nj
Greene, n. Y, from 1870 TO 1875, aud
considerable evidence, in aflidavits and
other forms, has been gathered, which,
il is claimed, show acts inconsistent
with honesty or Christian manhood.
Samuel Rose alias Richard Rhodes
and several other aliases, who had at
tempted TO kidnap a little child in
BrOokfeld, and was suspected of setting
fire to a barn belonging TO Obadiah
George, near the Corinth edge of Wash
ington, on Wednesday, called at Euoch
Martins house on Corinth road in
Washington and attempted to get into
the house, the doors being fastened and
nobody but Mrs. Martin at home. lie
was accordingly arrested as tramp,
taken TO Chelsea Jail, and on Saturday
afternoon, on complaint OF States At
torney Hcbard, was fined fifteen dollars
and cost and in default of payment,
was sent TO the House of Correction
for 1877 days.
William III. Evarts and Mr.. Beaman
offer $500 for a public library at Wind
sor if the citizens will raise as much
more, and promise an additional year
ly contribution of $50 year after the
library is established.