The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-28
State and Vicinity.

The Stakeholder company have their
new shops at Vergennes enclosed and
are placing the machinery and boilers in
position.
Mrs. Margaret l.. Strickland of YER
gennes has secured arrears of pension to
the amount of $4,000 and regular pen
sion of IS per month hereafter.
A national bank has been organized at
Factory Point with these directors: Al
len l.. Graves. Mason :. Colburn. Rob-
ert Ames and David O. Wilson of Facto-
nv Point, George w. Farwell of Dorset,
William Root of Rupert and /. Sherman
Weed of Pawlet.
The farmers purse ut the Vergcnnes
fair, last week, was won by G. f. Nc
Leans horse. George MCGOWAN of Mid
dlebury won the bicycle race, John
Fletcher of Middlebury second and Mar
vim Dana of New Haven third. The free
for-all was won by Ellen, owned by
Stewart of TiconderOga. w. COnant's
Panton Boy took first money in the pa
cling race.
The grand jury at st. Adams has in
dicted Lawrence Biainerd, Charles Wy
man. Edward A. Smith. Adds Brainerd,
Herbert Brainerd and Porter Brainerd,
charging them with misapplying the
funds of the st. Adams Trust company
Lawrence Brainerd furnished bonds in
$50 900 and the others in lesser amounts.
1t is understood that the cases will be
| tried at this term of court. Receiver
| Rich of the trust company has made a
statement that dividend of 80 per cent.
can soon be realized.
| The twentieth annual reunion of Yer
mont officers will be held ut Rutland, on
Thursday, October Is, 1888. The mem
bers of the society and all Vermont Off
GERS and nOn-cOmmissioned officers OF
the army and navy are cordially invited
to attend. The business meeting will be
held ut the opera house at O'Clock pm
The Grafton, by Col. w. c. Holbrook OF
New York. will be delivered ut the'opcra
house at $ O'Clock p. III. Supper at BaX.
ter Music hall after the address. Al
railroads in Vermont will furnish return
tickets.
A child eleven months old, daug tel
of Theron Goodwin. jr., of Castleton
was shot while in bed with its mother
Saturday morning at 2o'clock. Tn,
mother claims some one unknown to hel
entered the room and fired the shot
which killed the baby. Her husband was
absent at the time fishing on the lake
near the scene of the murder She claim:
that shot was fired at her through tn,
window an hour before, which missed
her. The mother has been arrested anc
Jailed at Rutland. 1t is believed she die
the shooting while momentarily insane.
The ninth annual convention of the w
G. Il. u. of Vermont was held in Yves
Randolph, last week. One of the papers
read Thursday evening was by Mrs. Nj
L. Hamlin of Middlebury. Officers wcr,
elected as follows: Mrs. +. G. Greene
st. Adams, president; Mrs. j. J.. Perkins
st, Johnsbury, recording secretary; Mrs
w. III. Button, Middlebury, correspond
ing secretary; Mis. T.. M. Seaver, Mont
pelier, treasurer; Miss Lucy j. Bradshaw
Montpelier, auditor; State superintend
ents--scientific instruction. Miss Alice NJ
Guernsey. Rutland; influencing press
Mrs. MunrOe of Middlebury; Temperance,
literature, Mrs. Clinton Smith of Middle
bury; juvenile work, Mrs. A. b. Engren
of Rutland; young women's work, Mis-,
Josie Gil, Montpelier; prison and jai
work, Mrs. ID. l.. Fuller, Montpelier
presenting our cause before other bodies
Mrs. f.. q. Greene, st. Adams; evangel
istic work, Mrs. A. ID. Collins. st. AL
bans; communion wine, Miss Anna G
Park, Bennington; Sabbath school work
Mrs. M. l.. II. Hidden, Craftsbury; leg
islative work, Miss S. Howard, Randolph
drawing room meeting, Miss Il. Hutchn
son, Bennington; relation of Temperance,
to capital and labor, Mrs. b. ii. Day
Underhill; state and county fairs, Mrs
w. ii. S. Whitcomb, Burlington; UnioI
Signal, Miss Laura Kener, Rochester
hygiene, Mrs. V. M. Hardy, West Ran
dolph; delegates to national convention
Miss Laura Moore, Barnet; Mrs. M. l.
Il. Hidden, LyndOnville; Mrs. l.. c. Bar
, rows, Middlebury. Alternates. Miss NJ
ii. Morgan, Bennington; Miss Mimi
Morrill,, Swanton; Mrs. Willard Gay
West Randolph.