The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-24
STATE ITEMS.

Anna Bently, of Ludlow, recently
had the ligament of one leg broken
while coasting.
Xerxcs Somers had one arm cut of
in the saw mill at West Barnet, while
saving logs last week Thursday.
A family at Sharon have drank IL
barrels Of cider in four months. One
of the members alone drank four
barrels, aud he is still hale and hearty.
John Miles, OF Bloomington, had
both bones of one leg broken below
the knee last week Moncay, while
loading logs, by one rolling on him.
1t Is said that Colonel Albert Clarke,
formerly of the st. Adams Messenger,
has purchased the Yankee Blade, pub
lished in Boston.
The Supreme Court OF New Ham
pshire has decided that the bridge
between Drattleboro and Hinsdale,
N. H., shall not be free.
The only daughter of W. 4. Deni-
son, of Pittsford, fell the other day
while at play, and broke one arm
near the wrist.
A four-years old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymore, of Cambri 1ge Junction,
was scalded to death last week Thurs
day, by falling into pail of boiling
water.
The barn OF A. s. Clary of Greensboro,
burned Thursday night, the fire taking
from the explosion of a kerosene lam
tern which was knocked over by a
sheep. Three cows persisted.
c. c. Moves, of Greensboro, recently
fished ont of the stove In bis cooper
shop pair of tweezers, all that re-
NAMED of a pocket book containing
$50, which he had been In search of
for several days.
Sophie Turner has been arrested at
St.Albans for burning to death on q
hot stove q child of Peter Gerry, aged
z. The injury was inflicted January
20, and the child died Saturday. A
niece present when the crime was
committed has also been arrested.
The Walter Haywood chair factory
at Barton was burned last week Thurs.
day, with all the contents, the fire be-
ing caused by friction on q board
planer. Loss S12, 900; insurance $40,
900. Some 40 hands are out of EN-.
ployment.
The Rutland railroad Is being laid
with steel rails, which have been laid
over the line south of Brandon. Next
year 1t is expected the relaying will be
completed to Middlebury. Over two
thousand tons of steel rails have been
used thus far, made at the st. Albans
rolling mill.
s. ii. Weston, of Colchester, has
been nominated for liquor commissin-
er in Chittenden county. At tie con-
vention States Attorney Bingham
said that the trouble in executing the
prohibitory law was not with the off,
Gals, but with the people themselves,
but Rev. M. Hulburd said he should
BIZ inclined to reverse the remark.
Between 5000 and $500 worth of Ii.
quor was seized at the American house,
Brattleboro, Friday, and by Sheriffs
Mellendy and Herrick taken to the
town hall. The seizure was made on
complaint of G. W. Wyman. j. S.
Brown and II. =. Mathews, local ten.
perance advocates. The affair has
created considerable bitter feeling, and
it is limited that the raid may extend to
other hotels and possibly include the
drug stores.
Clarence Heath, of Cabot, while at
work in what is known as "the new
discovery" in Marshfeld, put load
on his sled which his horse was entirely
incapable of drawing. whereupon it il
said he beat the animal with stick OF
wood until one side was complete
jelly. 1t finally fell from exhaustion,
and the brute of man left The poor
horse lying there in the road all night
one of the coolest nights this winter
In the morning 1t was still alive, but
frozen nearly to death. He then drew
it BY the neck over rough aud stony
pasture land, and finally, when he
could devise no means of torturing il
more, put an end to it suffering
This man has other horses that are
alleged to be nearly staryed, and YET
expected to do the work of good
strong horses.