The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-03-31
STATE ITEMS.

A chair factory ia being built in Bar
ton to take the place OF The one burned
last winter.
A l2-yenr old boy at Fast Burke does
thriving commission business III
eggs, shipping them to Worcester,
Muss.
DIR. j. s. Duranl las c,nni,R suit
against the publishers of Danvil Q
North Star for libel, setting Manages AT
$4,000. -
George Pettengill of DanviIle keeps a
curiosity in the shape of a golden eagle
OF some twelve pounds weight and a
spread Of wings OF seven feet.
DR.. II. a. Ingham, the medicine man
of Nergennes, has iusrgraduated from
the eclectic medical college of New
York, in the 62d years of his age.
A suit for $500 damages has been
brought against llurd & Blodgett OF
| White River Junction, tor furnishing
liquor to b # Levin, who was found
dead on the 10Th inst
Round-trip tickets for journey to
Rutland and back ON the same day are
now sold al Brandon for 81. The large
amount of travel between the two places
makes such an arrangement profitable.
While sliding, little Ida George of
Royalton met with painful accident.
Her sled ran into clump of trees and
bus hes, and she received frightful
cash in her cheek that extends from the
mouth to the ear.
At st. Adams, Tuesday morning.
Edward Church, while helping to make
up train, stepped OIL tho top OF a ca
boose aud fell to the ground, breaking
his collar bOus and the three ribs, be-
sides iuilicting bad bruises
The long-talKed-oi wreitllng match
between Ed. Decker of Swanton and
johnson of Boston, which was to take
place Wednesday, March 22, has been
dropped for the present owing to the
Boston man not coming 10 terms.
The March term of the Essex county
court consumed Just one day. The
only case of interest was that of Chas.
W. Morrison of Lexington, who plead
ed guilty to rape, and was sentenced to
eight years in the state prison at Wind.
sor, TO pay the costs of prosecution and
to stand committedMnti paid.
John Sherburn, who died In Wheelock,
Caledonia county, the other day, had
been confined to his bed for forty.three
years. In 1889 be fell from his horse and
injured his spine in such manner that
recovery was impossible. His diges
tive organs were sound, and his genera
health good most of the time.
The house at Sutherland Falls owned
by the Vermont Marble company ant
occupied by Gov. Proctor was found tc
be on fire at about 1890 Friday even
ing. The fire was in the center of the
main part of the house, and was under
such Roadway that il was totally con
sumed. The house was insured fol
1000, about halfits value.
Joel NJ. Haven of the Bates House
Rutland, is the owner of a large pont
in Shrewsbury, about fifteen miles dis
tant from Rutland, and has entered
upon the largest private enterprise il
fish culture ever Undertaken in thi
state. This season 40 900 trout weIs
placed in the pond and Mr.. Haven viii
increase the number to a million. The
pond also contains 5000 landlocket
salmon.
Two years since Hayden Skinner o
North Troy was taken to the Brattle
boro Insane asylum, but was not ad
mitted because OF some defect in thu
papers. Returning he went to Sc
Iis cousin, auu'a year ago married Alice
Redfe!d, vino had lived in the famil,
of Rev. ID. S. Frost. A short time age
his mauia seemed TO return, and last
week Tuesday he went to Elder Frost's
where it ia said he threatened the lives
of Mr.. Frost and his wife with a knife
An examination resulted in a decision,
that he was insane, and he has been
sent to the asylum.