The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-08-04
STATE ITEMS.

Lake Champlain now rejoices in tug
boat built of iron.
The town of Braintrec is preparing
matter for town history.
a panther was seen in West Ran
dolph on Thursday evening.
The lumber and wood business is
booming at West Braintree and East
Granville.
The granite mining business is BOOM
ing at Barre. From three to ten
carloads are shipped every week.
A number of children sent out from
New York city by the Tribune fresh
mir fund came to Dorset on Tuesday.
The State Spirtualist Association
has bought the Queen City Park
grounds at Burlington for an annual
camp ground.
The railroad bridge at North Georgia
was burned on Monday morning by
sparks, and in four hours trains passed
over new structure.
Hon. G.. @. Peck of IIinesburgh has
barn now ready for use capable of
holding 10 tons of hay. The driveway
is on the third story.
John f. Morrill, of Beebe Plain fell
from scaflold while at work on his
barn the other day, breaking his hip
and crushing several ribs.
The marriage of Miss BERTHE Evarts,
daughter of ex-Secretary OF. State, occur
ed Wednesday at the summer residence
of The BRIDES father at Windsor
Martin Tcwksbury of the firm of
Tewksbury 81 Sons, West Randolph,
fell from building on Saturday aud
was injured severely internally.
preference to going Vest, have gone
into the woods of Essex county, and
are engaged in clearing homes for
themselves and families.
There is a rocking chair in the family
of John Williams of Waterford which
is over 100 years old. 1t has been
passed down among the heirlooms for
three generations, and is still scrvicea-
Bile.
A little son of E. l.. Hamilton of
Arlington accidentally stepped in
front of the knives of a moving ma.
chine while in motion, the other day,
and had all the cords of one ANGLE sew
cred.
AT Lowell, on the 10Th, daughter of
Jacob Greenwood, Z years old, was
shot in the head by the accidental dis
charge of pistol in the hands of the
hired man. There is no hope of her
recovery.
AS the mixed train from the south
was Y entering the yard at Bethel, Mon
freight train from the north, smashing
one engine badly and damaging the
other slightly. 1t took about four
hours to clear the track.
In Concord, one of Alonzo Owens
boys was learning to NOW grass. The
aired man whet the boys scythe and
brew it to him. He caught 1t about
he middle of his arm, cutting it abont
lalf of; thinks he has learned enough
about moving for one year.
While Evan Evans of Waterbury
was digging metallic cartridge from
he cylinder of a revolver, the powder
exploded, causing the ball to penetrate
,ne of his fingers, and throwing the
ihcll against his neck. He was fortu-
nate in escaping more serious injuries.
Nearly all of the Germans who
struck the other day at Winooski mills
nave resumed work. The strike was
rot for higher wages, but was merely
he result of a misunderstanding, and
when the state of affairs was made clear
o the operatives they resumed work.
George Bagby, an cmplnyc of the
scale works at ST. Johnsbury, was
everely burned at the foundry the |
'ther day. AS he was carrying his lade
If hot iron he collided with another
workman, spilling some iron in one of
his boots The boot was quickly taken
III, but the flesh came with it.
Nelson A. Chase of Montpelier, who
lied suddenly while riding in his car
'iage, last Saturday was born at Peter.
ham and moved with his father to !
Vermont when a child. He had been
| member of the legislature, and regis
er and judge of probate, the former for |
hCHtf NtuiS. fiC was WlutlN kHOWl |
rs teacher and land surveyor.
While throwing powder into a seam
made by blast, at the North Star Mar
Die quarry, near Centre Rutland, the |
powder exploded and Christie Moran,
who was doing the work, had all his |
clothing, except stockings and boots |
blown oil. He ran home, nearly half |
nile, in this condition, and though |
BADLY burned, his injuries are not seri- |
BUS.
VIM. S. Wright of Waltham was
brown from horse on Wednesday
asst, breaking his left hip near the |
socket. The horse was frightened by
4 tin pail which Mr.. Wright had in his !
land at the time of mounting, and |
around, threw him TO the
ground, heavily striking on his left
nip.
The barn of Gardner Skinner, of
Swanton, was burned last week, with
wo calves, Ave tons of hay, one now
ng machine, threshing mac hine, horse
AXE, and other farming implements.
The fire is supposed to have been
;aused by boy nine years Old playing
with matches near the barn. The
was insured in the Vermont
Mutual.
The other evening N. M. ORA per of
was startled to sec wild
animal bounding through the garden
and over his front fence. The night
was dark, SO the color o: the beast
could not be told. In the morning
tracks five inches across were seen,
aud they showed that the animal went
from TO 10 feet at a leap. A large
number of men are hunting for the
panther. Tracks lead to
swamp and branch some distance away.