The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
State and Vicinity.

full bloom in her garden.
Ed. Thayer's store at Brandon was
robbed early on Saturday morning.
Michael welch of Brandon, aged ~,
hanged himself Tuesday night.
Mrs. Fanny Brown Of Stockbridge
slipped on the ice and broke her arm.
recently.
The assistant Judges of the Chittenden
county court have levied five per cent
per-cdpitd tax.
Four cases of scarlet fever have APP
peared at White River Junction, one of
which proved fatal.
Burlington has spent 1921 900 in build
ing the past year, largely in pretty
good class of houses.
Hon. Aldace F. Walker of Rutland has
been admitted to practice before the
United States Supreme court.
Hon. b. d. Harris of Brattleboro has
received 100000 verdict in his favor
in railroad suit at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Isaac Jaquith of Mt. Holley, 70 years
of age. died Tuesday morning, having
been sick but very few minutes.
The Fall Mountain Paper company
of Bellows Falls during the past season
hauled over 1900, 900 feet of logs from
the river into their yard, to be used for
pulp.
A mail carrier enlivened the Arlington
Thanksgiving services by walking into
church and singing out at the postmaster:
Say. Sam, what shall | do with that
mail?"
A new MAJ ole company to be known
Walt 40 nh In AFT II
capital stock of $500, 900, has been organ
lied at Rutland to work the quarry in
West Rutland.
Ralph Cushing of Townshcnd was very
seriouslyiniure the other day. A revol-
yer which he was handling was accident
ly discharged. the ball entering the right
side of his neck.
A Waterbury man writes to the pa
pers that the associated press agent has
lied about the prevalence of dphtheria
there, and says there has been only one
death from that disease.
Governor Barstow has appointed the
following board of Normal school eX-
aminers: Principals C. II. Dunton of
Poultney, S. w. Landon of Burlington
and 4. +. Bingham of Brattleboro.
Mr.. Daniel Stearns, formerly a manu-
facturer of Burlington, VT, but for some
years resident of Indiana and Illinois,
died in Chicago on Saturday at the age
of 63. He was Mexican war veteran.
About three weeks ago Charles Crock
EFT of Colchester was suddenly taken in
sane while apparently in good health. He
became so bad that he was taken to Brat.
tleboro, and on the Sd his family receiv-
ed word that he was dead.
d. Noonan of Ferrisburgh was arrest
ed, the other day. for giving a check fol
SS7 80 on the Farmers National bank Of
Vergennes, where he had nothing on de-
posit He paid the amount and thu
costs and was discharged.
Jones, Lamson & Co. ,proprietors of tn,
Ascutney cotton yarn mills at Windsor
who failed for nearly S590.000 las
August, have effected some kind of al
arrangement with their creditors by
which they will open their mills soon.
) The first lot of paper ever shipped
| from Bellows Falls to England was re
Gently sent from the mill of Moore, Arm
& Thompson. The shipment amounted
to 5000 pounds. Foreign consumer
l find no better paper anywhere than tina
, made at Bellows Falls.
Windsor county farmers have sold
large number of Jersey cattle for ship
ment West during the past year. Pom
1 fret appears to be headquarters for Jer
S sey cattle. the farmers in that town hav
{ ing furnished nearly train load of JeI
. seys for the Western daries within fey
months.
The furnaces at the mines of the Vel
4 in "a haV
e been started up for the purpose of sm, II
. ing the ore which was on hand at tn
time the strike occurred. About 40 me
are now employed at the works, the res
t of the miners having left town TO see
= employment elsewhere. A number G
the miners have found work in the MAJ
BILE quarries at Rutland.
Receiver Hendee of the Vermont nj
; tional bank at st. Adams, a Boston sp'
s cial SAYS, considers absurd the action il
Y stituted against him in the Canada
q courts by the trustees of the Southeastern
railway to recover possession of the MOI
treal, Portland and Boston railroad bond
Il held by the bank as collateral securit
r for loans made them. There is no re;
d. ground, he says, on which the truste,
- can base their claims, and they can onl
e get possession of the bonds by purcha
IS ing and paying for them. The bont
n were owned by Bradley Barlow befol
deposited with the bank, and were pledge
to the Vermont national, not only for h
n own Indebtedness, but also for LOAF
d made the Southeastern, of which he W;
~ president. Those who have institut,
this action are supposed to represent I
l. belong TO syndicate that made unaccep
n ed offers to the receiver for the purcha'
nf the hOnls