The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-30
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up with her house, Saturday night. at
Braintree.
Simon Franklin Gibbs of Gouldsvlle
(Northfield) committed suicide the Dist.
Domestic troubles.
The Grand Army has made an increase
OF IL posts and nearly 1000 members in
the State during the past year.
The general term of the Supreme
court at Montpelier closed last Friday,
after a session of over month.
The potato crop throughout Vermont
is reported to be much better. and mt
least one third larger, than it was last
year.
a boy at Plymouth. named Orson But
Ter, weighed two hundred and fortv-nve
pounds on his twelfth birthday, Novem-
Der :.
The post office at Bellows Falls was
robbed the other night. The safe was
partially broken open. but the hurular
got nothing for his pains.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Factory Point national
bank of Factory Point to begin business
with capital of $4,000.
The roof of Henry Carpenters house
during storm. A part of it was dropped
in swamp nearly 100 yards distant.
E. II. Brstols house. in Fairhaven
was burned early last Friday morning,
with contents. Insured in Vermont Mu-
tual. The origin of the fire is unknown
George Tulley of Rutland mysterious
ly disappeared two weeks ago. His hat
was found on the bank of the creek
near the village and search for his body
is in progress.
The night of November 20. C. l..
Churchill's horse was stolen in Goshen,
and on the same night another resident
of the town lost a harness and wagon.
The stolen property was found in Wal
lingford by Sheriff Peabody of Rutland
county. At last accounts the thief had
not been caught
This story is told of Gaysville hotel
keeper who was troubled with cold feet:
He bought some alcohol and put into his
boots and poured some on his stockings
while they were on his feet. He than
sat down to the stove to heat it in. The
stockings took fire and his feet were bad
ly burned and blistered before he reach
ed a water cistern and eXtinguished the
flames.
The Brandon silver mining, of which
mention has been made, isn't altogether
in the hope of finding treasure hidden
by Spanards. The mine is in a ledge of
meta-bearing quartz which has already
yielded small quantities of silver, and the
miners hope to kill two birds with one
stone, by finding silver ore in quantities
that will pay to work and also, perhaps,
the buried Spanish bars.
A Montreal dispatch SAYS that Sheriff
Quesnel of Arthabaska seized the whole
of the Southeastern railway Thursday,
but compromise was made regarding
the movables. The seizure was for Il
claim of 100000 by the township of
Wickham. The sheriff has forwarded to
the Official Gazette notice of sale for
January Is. Ex-Governor Hendee of
Vermont, receiver of the bank, is now in
Montreal endeavoring to arrange Mr..
Barlow's affairs in regard to the South
eastern road. which are daily becoming
more complicated.
The Baptist annual shows that there
are seven associations, containing III
churches, with an aggregate member
ship of 941O. The number of pastors is
6S, but number of these supply two
churches. The home expenses aggregate
S72, ,l65 and the benevolent contributions
S9224. The convention aided 10 churches
in supporting pastors at cost of S1730.
A State missionary is also employed.
One pastor has died during the last year,
and several others who were formerly
pastors in the State. There are IS sun
day schools. with 1859 officers and teach
ers and 1922 scholars.
Three persons were killed by the cars
near Montpelier, Friday night. William
Mcintosh and his wife of Berlin started
at about dusk to attend a Grange meeting
at Lanesville, small place between
and Northfield, and on their
way they overlook Miss Mary House,
daughter of Rev. Joseph House of Ber-
lin, whom they asked to ride. Only Il
short distance from where Miss House
got in is the Central Vermont railroad
and as they came up to it the
Chicago express, which leaves Montpe-
lier Junction at I p. m. and which was
then running at the rate of fifty miles an
hour. came into sight. The women beg
ged Mcintosh to wait till the train passed
before crossing the track, but he rushed
upon the crossing, when the engine
struck them. Mrs. Mcintosh was thrown
several feet, terribly mangled and in
Sldntly kllleu, anu MISS house was
thrown more than 40 feet, receiving in
uries from which she died in few
hours. Mcintosh died Saturday morn
ng.
The celebrated Burdett-Estey organ
suit was heard before the Uuited States
Supreme court at Washington, last week.
The case involves the patent on which
-he triplet reed organ is based. of which
more than 10000 are in use, Riley Bur-
lett was formerly partner with Jacob
Estey & Son of Brattleboro, and he claims
that in 1867 they stole away from him
the secret upon which this patent is
Dosed. The circuit court, Judges Blatch-
ford and Wheeler, gave him verdict of
Sl6l 900. from which the Esteys appeal
ID. Mr.. Evarts of New York conducts
he case for the Esteys, and +. j. Phelps
IF Burlington, for Burdett. The atteris
now wealthy organ manufacturer at
Erie, Pa, but at the time of the patent
ne was poor, and the money upon which
ne worked was loaned to him by S. Nj.
W ate, then president of the First Nation
Il bank of Brattleboro. The loan was
made for a half interest in the prospec-