The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-06-23
STATE ITEMS.

Frost Ia Fast IferdwIck on Monday
OF last week. y -
William Gsllagher Of North Hero
recently captdfed bald eagle ineasur-
ing seven feet from tip to tin of wings.
From some unaccountablc cause, |
thousands Of fish are found dead and
dying In the lake aud marshes near Hog
Island.
James Corey, an employee In q West
Rutland marble quarry, lost all the
fingers of bis right baud between cog
wheels, last week.
Mrs. Melinda Davis, 20 years old, fell
from the platform Of the Passumpsic
Railroad station at Bradford OIL Satur.
day and badly fractured one of her
ankles.
Cyrus b. Munson Of. Manchester was
thrown from his wagon few days q 20
In consequence of bile horse becoming
frightened and received probably fatal
injuries In his spine.
Zenas Kittrldge of Dsnvills, while
opening his barn door, the other morn.
Ing, knocked down loaded
shotgun, the contents Of which
entered his left leg. ,
A little girl in East Burke tried to
break Q stick In two by jumping on It.
When It broke one end flew up and
struck her IN the eye. 1t 10 feared the
organ is destroyed.
A workman at the Estey organ fActo-
~ IN Brsttleboro, BY name Ingram,
Injuries which will probably prove
fatal.
Henry A. Hall of youngstown, Ohio,
was at 81. Albans on Saturday with
evidence that HE son. who 10 confined
In Jail for arson In Franklin county, IL
insane, and the prisoner was released
on bail.
| A lumberman In johnson tell into
the river and was drawn by the current
under large raft Of logs. After being
carried down stream for about hfty roda
be came to . space large enough to I'd.
init bis body, and crawled out more
! dead than alive.
It IL understood that the Trustees OIL
I the University of Vermont and State
: Agricultural college have under consid
GRAFTON the appointment Of Q professor
' Of agriculture, who shall give bis whole
time to scientific and practical sgrioul
:: UiEa. both In the instltute and through
I The wife Of Chss. Hart of p;tissori
u has been In poor health G,r 80, ~,
4 and on the 18th attempted suicide By
J, jumping into cistern, In which wa
some six feet of water. Mr.. Hart saw
e her, and jumping In also, held her heat
above the surface till help came sni
pulled them both out.
! Last week little son of Joseph Fent
of Brattleboro fell into Q Ash pond
while playing on its banks, and wa
just sinking for the last time whom thu
cries. of en- older brother brought th,
father to the spot. He saw tho littla
, fellow going down, but plunged In sni
caught him just In time, and succeeded
In bringing him to shore.
{ Shortly after q Miss williams o,
Bakersheld, with two Of her sister,
children, had driven scross Q hlat
bridge near mill on the river, ths
= whole structure fell with terrific force
on the rookie thirty-thrse feet below. Il
was heavy structure, and complaint
; had frequently been made to the select
men that 1t was not strongly enough
supported fer the travel which passed
Dan House Of Wells River 10 evident
" q second Columbus. e. B. Harlocl
handed him big egg to be left 1t the
office Of the county psper for . puff
"When Dan laid the egg on the wagon
seat" says the Lyndon Union, al
measured 7x8 inches, but when he took
1t Into Peach's store Il covered Q terri.
tory of about "a inches IN diameter, q
Peach reported after measuring the seat
OF Dams trousers" Dan may never have
discovered Q continent, or sat down or
phorie eye |: PsssrssGS' S al 3 BIZ ;b.i f f.
10 unsble to see "whsre the fun came
Lightning played . strange freak In
sudbury, last week. In the middle M
the night. while shower was nsssinr
over, the fsmlly of Charles T.. Norton
were startled by tremendous concns.
sion which seemed to come from The
collar. Investigation showed that the
ugntnang had Travelled down 4 lin
wster'spout from the roef into the cis.
te, itaHtdffsl ai 70 csthl:rssd re ISog.ihisf
prick walls In every direction. One
brick had partly imbsddsd itself In Q
cedar post. The damage done, how.
ever, wa: slight, the cistern only being
destroyed.
Herbert Hsskins of Woodfvri, while
walking In the woods, saw what he
supposed TO be Q young hedgehog and
fired at II with bis revolver. When he
csmo up to his game, however. he
found It to be bear cub. his shot hsd
wounded II, but not fatally, and hs &C
cordingly took II up In his arms and
started for homo. The cries of The can.
tive room brought madame DruIn in hnt
pursuit, but Hsskins held on 10 the
cub until he had lost bis coat-tsII and 4
good share Of bis pantaloons, Al tbIs
stage Of affairs Hsskins deemed il sd.
visable to drop the cub and take 4 seat
In the fork of q tree.
A shooting ARRAY 10 reported from
Shrewsbury, tho particulars OF which
are % follows: Mrs. Glynp, mother Of
VIM. b. Gould's wife, has been for
some days nursing her daughter
during confinement, ct her sop-in-Idw's
house. Suddenly Glynn put In an sp-
pesrance, and ordered his wife 10 re-
turn homo with him. She refused and
q scene Of cnnjugsl infslIeity ensued.
eionld thersupon ordered bis fsthsr-in.
law to leave the house. Glynn stepped
outsido OF the house and politely re-.
quested Gould to follow, which the
latter did. aiynn then fred upon him
twice with q pistol. One OF The balls
fiew Wild and the other took 9 piece
out OF Gould's ear. No arrests vera