The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-08-31
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Elghty-eight fresh air children arrived
thursday OF last week, from New York.
Ten stopped at Barton Landing and for
ty-tfiree at Newport, and are being dis
triDuted in adjoining towns. They re-
main until Sept. Z.
Frank Neddo, Frenchman, who with
Others broke froM the Berrien Springs
(Mich.) jail over a fortnight since, was
caught at Taftsville, near Woodstock,
the other day, and will be returned to
Michigan as soon as n requisition can be
produced.
The articles of association of the Rut-
land and Poultney railroad have been
filed in the secretary of States office.
The proposed road is to be built from
Rutland to the State line in Poultnev and
there connect with another road. The
distance is 10 miles and the capital stock
is $l50,000.
At Sutherland Falls. Saturday. the life
less body of boy named lIagan, about
10 years of age, was found suspended by
strap looped around his neck and fast
ened to the body of tree leaning over
the creek in the rear of the marble mill.
1t was decided to be case of suicide.
No cause for the act is known.
All persons who may have claims
st. Albans are notified by the COMP
troller of the currency that the same
must be presented to Geo. w. Hendee,
receiver, at the office of the bank. with
the legal proof thereof, within three
months from the 14th inst, or they will
be disallowed.
Charles p. Marsh of Woodstock. of
the class of 1899, has given to the Uni
versity OF Vermont one thousand dollars
for the endowment of a scholarship to
to be called the Edwin Wright Marsh
scholarship in memory of his son.
member of the class of 1872, who was
drowned in Lake Champlain during his
Freshman year.
Joseph n. Hemenway of Troy. n. V.
was shot at Bennington on the night of
the 10th, by his fathcr-in-law, Charles
lockwood, while endeavoring to force an
entrance to Rockwood's house to see
his child. Henmenw Y has been placed
under $4,000 bonds for his appearance
before the grand jury, and 800 to keep
the peace. lockwood probably will not
be arrested.
The fair of the Rutland County Agri-
cultural society will be held next week
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept.
., 6 q Z. Special effort has been made
to secure good show of sheep. A large
sheep barn is being erected on the
grounds for the benefit of all sheep
breeders. 1t is to be 100 feet long by 2j
feet wide, and will be constructed with a
carriage drive through the centre 10 feet
wide, with IL sheep pens on each side.
The first meeting of the creditors of
Jones, LamsOn IL Co. of Windsor, in in
sOlvency, was held last week before Hon.
VIM. III. Walker of Ludlow, Judge.
Hon. j. c. Parker of Qucchec was unan-
imouslv elected assignee. A statement
was presented by Jones. Lamson Il Co..
showing an Indebtedness of S497. .2SG. Ga. of
which 100000 is secured bv mortgages,
etc. and nominal assets of S343, ,49S. 81,
appraised ut Sl5S, S,SSl.li.
The Hon. Chas. Dewey. Inspector of
finance, last week instituted proceedings
in the court of chancery for an induction
against the st. Albans Trust company
and its officers from the further transac-
tlons of business. and the appointment
OF receiver or receivers to wind up the
affairs of the company. The petition
was heard before Judge Royce, who ap-
pointed Chas. w. Rich receiver of the ST.
Albans Trust Co. Rich is Il resident of
Swanton, but closely allied to st. Albans
business interests.
In the distribution of the tax paid by
savings banks into the State treasury for
the last six months of 1882 under the old
law, and now being distributed to towns
by State Treasurer Dubois, amounting
to 24,s7G.5G, 233 of the 2l0 towns will
participate. The city of Burlington will
get $2O76.9l; Brattleboro, SlS5l ~ ;
Rutland, $lGl4.9i; st. Johnsbury. $780,
81 and Montpelier, SGG9.22. and from
that down to Belvidere, which will get
only two cents; Brunswick. four cents !;
Glastonbury, ~ cents, and Lowell 81
cents. All other towns received from
81 upwards. This is the last distribution
to be made, AS under the revenue law
the tax paid by savings banks and trust
companies since the first inst, will re-
main in the State treasury, with the tax
received from other corporations, to
meet the current expenses of the State.
George w. Robinson, prominent cit
izen of Remington Centre, has recently
unearthed on the battlefield of Benning-
ton the skeletons of two human beings.
Accompanied by a couple of friends who
reside out of town, he went "Wednesday
To the battlefield to look over the various
points of interest, and as he reached the
place where the British intrenchments
were at the time of the conflict, he saw
what he supposed to be "a portion of a
round whitish stone, and made the re-
mark that it resembled a skull. Closer
scrutiny revealed the fact that human
skull was slightly protruding from the
turf. The skull after its long intermenJ
of LOG years was very well preserved,
and the course of a musket bali was dis
tinctly traced entirely through the bony
cavity. The ball entered the the skull
at point just above and little back of
the ear, and made its exit at point near
ly opposite. Satisfied that he had made
only the beginning of an interesting dis
covery, he repaired the next day to the
spot. a piece of land that has never been
plowed. and within sixteen inches of the
top of the ground unearthed two skele-
tons in one grave. The body of one was
} buried with the head to the west and the
other with the head to the east. They
were men of large stature, and it is sup
posed that they belonged to the Ameri-
can forces. Many of the bones are well