The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
Late State and Vicinity.

The hay crop in Orange county is the
heaviest ever cut there before.
More city people are summering in Or
angc county this season than ever before.
Frank Belcher of West Randolph died
Monday of lockjaw from a slight cut re-
ceived in his left hand the 18th.
At Bradford. Joshua Gerry, 81 years
old, amuscs himself by pitching hay and
is as lively, it is said, as boy of 20.
Warren Ross house, at Rutland was
set on fire, Wednesday. by the explosion
of an oil stove; loss, $4,000; insured.
The lawyers are still fighting over the
Ely miners. Everything is quiet there.
The men have been paid about one-third
of what is due them.
A man from Scarsburg was arrested at
Wilmington for carrying home II rake
which he had picked up on the highway,
and paid SIS for his trouble.
Luther Kent's little daughter Minnie.
aged two years and nine months, fell
into tub of hot water at Lincoln, Mon
day morning, and was fatally scaldcd,
dying three hours after the accident.
Joseph Blay, years old, was killed ut
Waterbury recently. lie, with his mother
and two other children, was on the rail
road bridge when IL train came along.
Joseph was struck on the head and
knocked into the river 30 feet below.
The residences of Mrs. Spencer Cheney,
Henry Davis and Geo. Lee of Rutland
were entered by thieves, Wednesday,
while the occupants were ut the circus,
and considerable property stolen. There
is no clue to the robbers
Mrs. Marina Wright of Addison now
in her Tooth year. is Il remarkable in
stance of preservation, being able to
walk to and from her ncighbors' in visit
ing, in full possession of her faculties
and physical vigor. She comes of u
long-livcd race.-ErchaRgc.
A Milton Falls barber runs a poker
game. The other day he tried to skin a
frcsh-loolling Frcnchman and took all
his money. But after the crowd had gone
he reached for his pocllct-book contain
ing SGD and it wasn't there. The green
Frenchman hasn't been seen.
At Colchester. us Guy Castle was
driving cows over bridge, the bridge
broke down, letting three cows and the
boy into the creek below. Two of the
cows died from their injuries, and the
other is badly hurt. The boy had one
ankle severely injured, and was some
what bruised otherwise.
A Washington dispatch gives list of
counterfets in circulation. prepared by
secret service officers. Those on Yer
mont banks are SOS on the Montpelier of
Montpelier and First of st. Johnsbury
Bills of the denominations of $40 and
$40, stolen from the Barre bank, are also
eXtant.
Thomas Larnard of Somerset, noun
tain town in Windham. says Il Brattleboro
exchange. is less than seventeen years
old, and with another boy about the same
age, set a trap for a black bear. One
day l.arnard went alone to look after his
trap, and found the bear had been there
and taken the trap and clog attached to
it and departed. Evidently he had his
foot in it. The youngster was delighted
and excited us we'll, but had no weapon
but his jackllnife. He concluded there
was no time to be lost in securing help,
so. cutting a club with his iackknife, lie
started on the trail into the forest. About
a mile i'm the woods he found bruin sitting
on his launches, with one of his legs al
most cut off by the trap he had been
drawing. and ugly as a bear could be.
But the boy went for the animal with his
club. skilfully lodging its dives, and hit
ting it at every opportunity. Finally,
when the bear was partially stunned. he
closed with it. drove his jackknife i'm be-
hind its ear. and then cut its wndpipe.
The boy was not hurt at all in the en-
counter. and he can't see any reason why
his neighbors should think he has done
anything remarkable.
The latest development i'm the con-
test for the management of the Rut-
land railroad is the publication of dis
patches from Gov. Smith and other
directors of the Central Vermont to
poration has had anything to say to
Clement IL Sons regarding the matter,
as limited by Gov. Page in recently
published statement. Gov. Smith says
The statement which you say is being
made by Gov. Page, that you are acting
as the agent for myself and the Central
Vermont railroad in your attempt to Sc
cure a new management for the Rutland
road is absolutely and unquallicdly
without foundation. Neither myself
nor the Central Vermont railroad
nor any person connected with il
directly or Indirectly to my knowledge
has the least interest in the controversy
Nor have | ever had any communication
i'm any form whatever with you or any
parties connected with you on the sub
ject. Nor have or the company which
represent the slightest interest in OF
knowledge of the affairs of the Rutland
road, or any party connected with it,
further than what has been obtained
through the published newspaper reports
You are at liberty to make any use OF
this denial you please, and if any further
denial is necessary | am free to give it,
| can only express my surprise that Gov.
Page or any person connected with him
should give currency to any such state
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