The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-22
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has gone to Europe to buy more Suffolk
cattle.
The Burlington city tax for the coming
year will be ITO cents on dollar of the
grand list.
Alexander d. Pierce of Fairlee COM
mitted suicide, Friday night, by cutting
his throat. He was IS years old.
The total taxes for all purposes upon
inhabitants of Rutland village for 1883
amount to III cents on the dollar of the
grand list.
In the case of Weeks VS.. the town of
Lyndon, for injury on the highway. a
verdict of $4,000 in favor of the plaintiff
has been returned-$l, 900 more than the
former verdict.
Excitement is reported in the vicinity
of Isle La Motto just now over the dis
covery of silver on a farm owned by
Brainerd and Holcomb. The specimens
gathered are reported as promising well.
George L. Norton of Derby had two
year-old steer killed recently by bear.
Mr.. Norton was absent for several days,
but when he returned he set trap for
bruin and caught him. The bear was
very large one, weighing 400pounds.
w. w. Pecks new steam saw mill in
Morristown. with about 100000 feet of
sawed spruce lumber, was burned the
other day. Loss, about $1,000; insui-
ance on the mill and lumber for Sl3 800.
The mill was built last summer at the
cost of 5000. lncendiarism is suspected.
Company ID was organized at st. Johns
bury. last week. with these officers
Abel w. Roberts. captain: VIM. S. Boyn-
ton. first lieut.; James III. Thompson,
second lieut.. The company was muster
ed into the First Regiment National
Guard of Vermont by Col. Greenleaf of
Burlington.
John Q. A. Wards statue of Lafayette.
for the University of Vermont, was fin
ished at bronze foundry in Philadel-
phia on Monday. 1t is of heroic size,
and represents the distinguished patriot
with smoothly shaver face and clad in
the simple costume of an American gen
tleman of little less than hundred
years ago.
There are in Vermont l02 chartered
lodges of Free and Accepted Masons,
having membership of 772S. There are
also 9 subordinate communicates with
! 763 Sir knights. The subordinate coun-
ellis of X. and 5. M. number 10, with 7S9
members. 1t is safe to set the number
of individual members of the Masonic
fraternity in Vermont at about $780,
A Boston despatch says: The consoli-
dated per cent. bonds of the CONSOLE
dated railway of Vermont are now being
signed. President Smith will be ready
to issue them to the holders of Vermont
and Canada securities July 1. 1t is not
vet decided whether the consolidated
company will operate the lines or lease
them for operation to the Central Yer
mont.
The Fairbanks scale company of St.
Johnsbury have just completed an iron
frame railroad track scale the platform
of which is eight rods long, less two feet.
Ii is to be used for weighing loaded coal
cars while in motion. The engine is
switched round the scale, the momentum
carrying them over and the weigh master
is enabled to get the gross weight by the
patent beam made specially for the scale.
AT the annual meeting of the National
Car company, held at st. Adams, June ID,
the following directors were elected
Lansing Mills, James r. Langdon, 10. ID.
Hatch, Nj. Hall Stanton, Gilman Cheney.
Herbert Brainerd, +. Curtis Smith. At
a subsequent meeting of the directors,
Mr.. Mills was elected president, +. 5.
Stranahan of st. Adams secretary and
treasurer, and Hon. 10 ID. Hatch of Bur-
lington auditor
a scapegrace has been through this
part of the State, fleeing landlords and
livery stable men. In Vergennes he
secured IA horse and buggy of Richard
Maldoon, ostensibly to visit the lake
towns to do jobs of silver plating. The
next heard of him was line to Mr. NAL
doom from Whitehall, where he had
boarded the horse and failed to pay his
bill. The horse and buggy were recov-
cred. The absconder books himself as
from Waterbury and Watertown.
The court at Woodstock overruled
Friday. the motion to set aside the verdict
as to four of the respondents charged
with assault with intent to kill upon Mr..
Barrel at Windsor and pronounced SEN
tence as follows: William Gallagher,
seven years in prison; Edward Gallncy,
six years John and Frank McClintOn.
; one month Imprisonment and fine of
$3.50 each; Frank Gallagher, one month
imprisonment and Il fine of $50; George
, Field, two years in the House of Correc-
: ton.
Mr.. George w. James of North Ferris
burg has in his possession a Bible that
has 'th Interesting history. ne picked
it up on the battlefield of Cedar Creek
and from inscriptions in it it appears
that it was presented to Mrs. Lucy
Woodruff, on the evening of her mar
riage, May /, 1914. Mrs. Woodruff pre-
scented it to one A. j. Best, member of
the 18th Indiana volunteers and at his
death it came into the possession of John
Benton Major, of the l3Sth Pennsylva-
mia volunteers. Major also appears to
5 have been killed in battle, and the Bible
then fell into Mr.. James hands.-Free
; Press.
The SSth annual general convention of
! the Congregational ministers and
churches of Vermont concluded three
: days meeting at Newport on Thursday.
a last. The convention voted to adopt IA
resolution calling for the observance of
I, Children's day annually in the churches
on the second Sunday in June. The con-
vention elected the following officers for
1884: President, Rev. Cyrus Hamlin.
! ID. D.; vice-president, Deacon j. NJ.