The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-02
State News.

State News.
James Duba of Grand Isle is supposed
| to have been drowned while cross ing the
lake.
Guy Reynolds, a prominent and we'll
known citizen of Grand Isle. droppe
dead last Friday.
Ralph Goldsmith of Bennington rsked
his life to stop a runaway team and the
driver rewarded him with twenty cents.
The st. Adams Interview, owned by
Ii. NJ. Mott, formerly of the Brandon
Union. has suspended, after months
existence.
At Swanton. the other day, Francis
McNauley's little daughter fell into 4
pail of boiling water, and is now in Il
critical condition.
Last Friday was extremely cold in
some parts of the State. At Stowe the
thermometer marked - degrees below
zero; at Barre, 81 below; at Montpelier,
30; at St. Johnsbury, 80.
George w. Heath of Dapville. on II
complaint for procuring liquor of the St.
Johnsbury town agent under false pre-
| tences on a forged order, was fined $40
and costs, which he paid.
| A. McMaster, an agent of the Glasgow
Canadian Land and Trust company, at
Scottstown, Quebec. was arrested at St.
Johnsbury, last week. charged with the
embezzlement of $4,000.
The forestry commissioners-lIon. l..
j. Phelps. Hon. Frederick Billings and
eX-Gov. Redfield Proctor-held their
first meeting in New York city on Thurs
day of last week.
Lewis Hackett of Chester has lost a
ion rests upon n neighbor who has some
cnmity against Mr.. IIackett, growing
out of carrying on the neighbor's farm
the last season.
During the year ending Feb. l, Ii
posts of the G.. A. r.. have been estab-
lshed in Vermont, II being new posts
and one being re-established. The mem
bership of the order has been increased
about 90 per cent.
The farm buildings of S. Ii. Aldrich, at
Wilmington, have been burned, with fur
niture, produce, thirteen sheep and a lot
of poultry, the family narrowly escaped
with their lives. Loss, $4,000; insurance
, 81 $50.
The furniture store Of Alpha Atherton
in Davis block. and ID. b. Coles hard
ware and provision store were burned a
, Waterbury, Saturday night loss on build
ing and stocks of goods belonging to occu
, pant, $1,000, partly insured.
. An event which rarely happens oc
Cured at West Wardsboro, January
= and G-the death of aged brothers, Sui
livan and Miles knowltOn. Still NOR
4 singular is the fact that the death of eacl
was caused by Il diseased foot.
:, The amount of import duties paid tn
= United States government on Canadia
lumber entered at ports in the Vernon
customs department during the pas
year exceeded S2l2,000. This Indicate
: the importation yearly of over 100 900, 90
, feet of lumber. most of which came [
a Burlington.
n The ways of the Rutland authorize
L seem rather peculiar to an outsider. III
:, Herald has this item: Saturday after
$ noon Mary Salmon, who has been in la
c two weeks awiting trial. and has tw
: Young children sick with diphtheria
= was brought out and admitted t
d bail. Her husband. who was in til
o court room at the time, was arrested an
> put In Jail in her stead.
: A man named Comings Is exhibiting |
5 Windsor the stuffed hide of heifer ca
n having two heads, four front feet an
i two tails. He says that when the MOI
n strosity died he had it dissected and foun
C that it really consisted of two perfect
V formed animals united ut their hin
# quarters. one being just "a tribe MOI
II previous" than the other.
u The tax inventories to be used in mai
u ing up the tax for 1888 are being stereC
= typed by the state printers. The blank
l. are the same as those used ia the pa!
y two years, but the questions and III
/ oaths are varied to conform to tt
n changes made necessary by the amen,
e ments to the law passed at the Ia,
y session. There will be 10000 copit
II ! printed for distribution.
The death has been annouced of Re-
e Samuel Fish. the oldest Baptist clerg,
4 man in the State. He was born In Hal
e. fax in l7SS. Before he was ordained {
)f the ministry, he preached at Halifa'
De Guilford, Leyden and, Coleraine.
e. 1910 he was ordained and called as pa
rs tor to preach at his native town. whe
De he preached for 80 years. lie WI
j. twice married.
ne
re Frank Kittredge of Danville has co
G. structed n model for new steam engin
k whose chief distinction is that it do
IN away entirely with the piston movemer
al Mr.. Kittredge's engine consists OF a de,
nd trimmed wheel, with movable floats ther
to in, something on the plan of turbil
ng water wheel, and the steam is discharg,
IS against the inclosed wheel, which