The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-08-24

tanned 1000 bushels of oats, a quantity of
hay and other property; no insurance.
One hundred and forty New York
children returned home from St. Johns
bury. last week. Most of them have
been well clothed since they came to
Vermont. One has died. The health of
the rest of them has been good
The piles for the new bridge across
the lake at Rouses Point are of red pine.
from 30 to 10 feet long, twelve of them
making two car loads. They are got out
at Pembroke. one hundred miles back of
Ottawa, and it will take 1,50O for the
bridge.
1t is understood that Mr.. Barlow of st.
Albans received dispatch on Saturday
evening from the syndicate" in New
ork, giving favorable assurance in re-
lation to the purchase of the Southeast
ern railway, and that they will confer
with him on the matter this week or the
first of next week.
The talk of removing Lewis college
from Northfield to Brattleboro seems to
have been abandoned. Preparations are
being made for the fall term with two
additions to the faculty. Rev. [. Z.
Booth will act as dean and professor of
theology and natural history and f. G.
Wiley, graduate of Williams, as tutor.
While John IIapgood and son were
driving down n steep hill at Bolton,
moving machine in the hay rack rolled
forward and frightened the horses so
that they became unmanageable. Both
men were greatly injured, and it is fear
ed that young IIapgood has received
fatal injuries. He was married few
months ago.
The Windsor veterans will hold their
third annual reunion at Hartford Septem-
Der 4. Lieut-Col. S. f. Pingree of
Hartford will deliver the address of well
come; Lieut-Col w. w. Grout the after
noon address. Among the distinguished
guests are Gov. Barstow, Col. w. c.
lIolbrook of New York and Gen. Steph-
en- Thomas.
The seventh regiment of Vermont
veteran volunteers with Col w. c.. Hol-
brook, now of New York city, comman-
der, will hold its second reunion ut Bur
lington August $50. A steamer has
been chal tered and an excursion will be
had upon Lake Champlain the 10Th leav-
ing Burlington about 10 a. III. Last year
the regiment held its first reunion at
Rutland.
The directors of the Bennington Battle
Monument association held special
meeting on Friday last at the residence
of Gen. j. G.. Mccullough. North Ben
nington. The finance committee report
ed the amount of money subscribed and
appropriated thus far to be SS2.5 800. The
committee on designs stated that numer-
GUS designs had been received, but that
they had not been able to agree upon
any particular one for the proposed COM
memOrative monument.
Charles Davis was found dead in his
bed at the Union House, Montpelier. the
other morning. He was a minstrel,
travelling with two others, selling liver
pads, and giving nightly entertainments,
by way of advertisement. His compain-
| ion noticed nothing unusual during the
night. Davis had just written cheer
full letter to his sister in Brooklyn, n. Y,
enclosing her $l2. An examination led
| the doctors to pronounce the cause of his
death most probably heart disease.
A suit has been brought against Gov.
j. b. Page by Samuel f. Villas of Platts-
burgh, n. Y, upon an old Judgment for
| about $4,000 obtained in 1850, against
John b. Page, Peter Butler and George
b. Chase. We understand the claim is IA
y
court of appeals of New York. The
| litigation has been pending since 1854,
and the claim is a lien upon the Montreal
and Plattsburgh railroad, if it is finally
ablished.-Rutldnd Herald.
Fish culturists will be interested i'm the
following: Spencer f. Baird. commits
sioncr of the United States commission
of fish and fisheries, says that there is Il
promise of sufficient supply of German
carp to meet all reasonable demands.
Applications for this valuable fish for
stocking purposes should be on file be-
| fore the middle of October, at which
time the work of distribution will com
mcnce. The supply sent to each person
is from fifteen to twenty, according to
circumstances.
Montreal advices state that the Cana
dian Pacific railroad has made an i'm
portant connection by which they claim
that they have a route to Portland and
Boston 81 miles shorter than by the Cen
tral Vermont or the Southeastern. This
is to be accomplished by purchasing or
leasing the st. Johnsbury and Lake
Champlain and Portland and Ogdens-
burg roads. connection with the Canadian
Pacific to be made at Rouses Point. The
| IHtSOlldlloIlS are ilOl tOiilltitN ltl. I'm
Governor Fairbanks, Horace Fairbanks,
Judge Ross of st. Johnsbnry, and ii. n.
Jose of Portland, directors of the roads
referred to, have been closeted 70" the
last day or two with the Canadian Pacific
directors.
A Rutland dispatch of last Friday
says: John w. Cramton was to-day
elected assignee of j. NJ. Haven at first
meeting of creditors in the insolvency
court, Ia creditors with claims amount
ing to Si,74i voting for Cramton and II
creditors with claims amounting to $77l
voting for +. A. Morse, who was sup
ported by the Clement interest. These
were unsecured creditors, the amount of
whose claims was generally small. The
largest claim allowed was the National
Bank of Rutland for $l0,9O0, consisting
of note for $4,000. which Haven had
signed for the benefit of eX-Gov. Page,
and note for 5000 on which Haven had
been charged as an endorser. Clement
& Son presented claim for over $50, 900,
the amount paid on spurious and over
issued Rutland railroad stock bought by
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