The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-08-17
Late State and Vicinity.


ed at Poultney.
Barnum's circus will be in Rutland
Tuesday, September %.
EX-Gov. Page of Rutland has present.
ed a claim of from $20,000 to $50, 600 to
the directors of the Rutland railroad.
The dwelling house OF Collamer Per-
sOns,a East POultney, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday night; loss, $500. The fire
caught from lamp.
The Spiritualist campmceting at Queen
City Park, Burlington, opened on Tues
day. New buildings have been erected
and various Improvement made.
E. l.. Underwood, employed in the st.
Johnsbury and Lake Champlain railroad
shops at St. Johnsbury, was struck on
the head and neck by the lever of jack
screw, Tuesday morning, and instantly
killed.
| The body of Timothy F. Griswold
till recently of the firm of Griswold q
Frissell insurance agents, Burlington,
was found in the lake off that city, Thurs
day. How he met his death is not yet
known. He left home Wednesday.
| There is to be a fireman's muster and
hose race at Factory Point, Manchester,
Aug. 30. The prizes aggregate 500.
divided as follows; First prize, not to
exceed 60 men, 5000; second prize. not to
exceed 40 men. 500. Hose prizes ::
First prize, $50; second prize, $50; third
prize, 500.
| The town of Wilmington is considerably
stirred up over a $40 900 libel suit brought
by local clergyman against young doc
tor and townsman for defamation of char
racter. 1t is the elimination of petty
scandal that has agtated society in that
place for a number of months and has
developed lots Of bad blood and temper.
| A meeting of'failroad officials, repre-
senting the Grand Trunk, Central Yer
mont, and Northern, Concord and
Lowell railroads, was held at st. Adams,
Saturday, to arrange for a fast freight
ard passenger service between Boston
and Chicago. The arrangement goes in
to effect the 10th. Passenger trains will
run through in 40 hours.
Vermont agricultural fairs Franklin
county at Sheldon, 29th-3lst; Rutland
county at Rutland, September 81; I'm
ion exhibition at st. Adams, September
81; State and Champlain Valley associa-
ton at Burlington, September 1914 !;
Mad River Valley at Waitsfield, Sep
TENDER Is, 10; Caledonia county ut St.
Johnsbury, September 1920; Poultney
Industrial society at Poultney, Septem-
Der 1920; White River Valley at Bethel.
September 1920; Dog River Valley at
Northfield, September 25-27; Orange
county at Bradford, September 25-27 /;
Worlds at Tunbridge, October p.
A mob of Is men. young old, respect
BILE and rough, at Winoski village, Sat
urday night, chased the only policeman
of the village, John Debarge, into Green
leafs drug store where he hid and the
store was locked. Members of the crowd
called, xii him." Greenleaf telcphoned
for help. Sheriff Barton and two Bur-
} lingtOn policeman drove over and the
crowd wilted without resistance. TO
appease them Debarge was carried to-
ward Burlington by the sheriff as if 60
ing for the Jail, but he was released on
, the way. Afterward warrant was issu-
ed for his arrest, but he was not found.
lie is supposed to have skipped town.
The trouble arose by village trustees hir-
ing policemen ut $25 per month. An
Ignorant and pompOus French Canadian,
recently imported, made numerous blund-
ers and aroused Indignation.
Hon. George w. Hendee of Morrisville
has been appointed receiver of the sus-
pended Vermont National bank at st.
Adams. The directors of the st. Adams
, Trust company state that the business
will be closed up and a receiver appoint
ed. They do not apprehend that depOsi-
tors will lose anything in the end. A
New York syndicate has been examining
the Southeastern road with view to its
purchase. The latest information re-
| garding the negotiations is contained in
the following dispatch from st. Albans
to the Springfield Republican: George
X. Chapman, the representative of the
New York syndicate, who, with his
counsel, engineer, auditor and corps OF
railroad accountants and experts, has
been making a thorough examination OF
the Southeastern railway, has completed
the main portion of his work and decided
to report TO the syndicate in favor of its
! purchase. There is little reason to doubt
that the purchase will be completed with
/ in the thirty days for which they have
| the refusal. The price to be paid is not
\ known further than that it is sufficient lC
pay all the liabilities of the road anC
\ Barlow's in Canada, and leave a surplus
: which will probably be large enough tC
g adjust Barlow's affairs in this country"
: Plenty of rumors are floating about
: Rutland in regard to the financial embar
t rassment of the Dorset Marble company
: and other large concerns. AS far as ear
n be learned, these rumors are without /,
q foundation in fact, as the Dorset Marble
,. company is probably sound and solvent
8 The rumors have gained currency be
G cause eX-Gov. Page, who is a large stock
holder in the Dorset Marble cOmDany