The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-16
Stale and Vicinity.

Widow Marina Wright of Addison is in
her one hundredth year.
F. ID. Barton of Waltham last Satur
day sold to James Winter of Melbourne,
Australia, 40 Merino ram lambs, receiv-
ing $4,000 for them.
A fire at Rutland, Monday caused a
loss of $4,000; insurance, s. 400. The
burned buildings belonged to f. A..
Morse, f. c. Lovejoy and ID. Shortsleeves
& Co.
By the wrccking of freight train at
Braintree, last Friday. Engineer Hebard
and the fireman and brakeman were bad
ly hurt. The locomotive and four cars
were badly smashed and some valuable
cattle were killed
Mrs. George j. Wardwell, wife of the
well known inventor. died on Saturday
after brief illness. at the residence of
her brother in Magog, Canada. Mrs.
Wardwell was very well known and
highly respected in Rutland.
Thompson Holbrook of Townsend,
over eighty years old, disappeared from
his home recently. The town was
aroused and the search became general.
After a long search he was found lying
out on high hill, where he had been
without food OF shelter from the time of
his disappearance. lie has since died.
He was prominent and esteemed citi-
zen.
The SlG6.500 received for the Norwood
lumber property. at Norwood. n. Y,
sold to Adds o. Brainerd of st. Adams
for the benefit of the creditors of the st.
Adams Trust company. will not pay the
depositors 80 cents on dollar. The
friends of Lawrence Brainerd are disput-
ing with the Montpelier argus as to
whether Lawrence Brainerd has really
gone to Chicago, and the argus gives
Bralnerd's partner. Cotton, as authority
for the story. His friends insist that he
is at Norwood and will show up wher
wanted by the courts.
A st. Adams sexton found coilir
covered by only six inches of earth, the
other day. and on opening it discovered
besides the skeleton. Il watch and chair
and an empty pocketbook done up in silk
handkerchicis, rubber army blanket, 6
pair of boots and well preserved am
brotype of a young woman dressed il
the style of twenty years ago. The name
of +. |. Ordway was ON the blanket anc
f. |. Ordway was Il soldier who enlisted
in 1862 from Troy and died the mex
spring. Ordway's father sent to Wash
ton for his sons remains, but never re
ceived them. They were probably taker
from the cars at st. Adams to be sent OF
by stage or claimed. and buried becaus,
no one identified them. The Ordway,
have moved to Mortified since the war
At the annual meeting of the State Ag
ricultural society, held in Rutland, Wed
nesday, these officers were chosen: Pres
idents, Henry Chase, Lyndon; vice-presi
dent, Joseph G. Parker. Quechee; Sila
q. Ilolyoke, st. Adams Julius n North
Shoreham John w. Cramton, Rutland
secretary. Henry Clark, Rutland; treas
urer, Noah b. Stafford, White River June
ton; board of directors, Henry G.. Root
Bennington; George A. Merrill, Rutland
VIM. r. Sanford, Orwell; James a
Shedd, Lemuel S. Drew, Burlington
Henry B. Kent. Dorset; Crosby Miller
Pomfret; q. Ii. Hubbard, Springfield
Geo. Davis, East Montpelier; Henry c
cleveland, Coventry; George Hammond
Middlebury Henry w. Reyes, Newbury
Charles ii. Campbell, Westminster West
Charles j. Bell, Walden; Gilman Moul
ton, West Randolph. Finance commit
tee, Crosby Miller, James A. Shedd. n
ID. OallOTu. lie society mas Sll0.UJ Il
its treasury. The following were chose
committee to make arrangements TO
State fair: c. Horace Hubbard, John w
CramLon, George A. Merrill. Ii. G.. Root
Julius N. North.
The Boston journal of Saturday cor
, tanned the following The board of d
rectors of the Rutland railroad company
chosen in July last, has been in sesso
during the greater part of the past thre
days in this city. There was submitte
to the board report by the investigatin
committee, consisting of Mr.. p. w. Glen
ent of Rutland, eX-Gov. Stewart of Vel
mont and Mr. Ball of Worcester. Tn
committee was appointed to investigat
the official connection of John b. Pag
and Joel M. Haven with the Rutlan
, railroad during the sixteen years thu
they were respectively president an
= treasurer. The committee submits tn
result of an experts examination of til
4 books. The report sets forth in sui
} stance that an immediate deficiency {
: SI5, 900 in the cash accounts exists; Uh;
4 the stock has been over-issued to the G,
| tent of $4,000 par value (SlO,0OO ma
l ket yalue), and that during the sixtee
years there were disbursements amour