The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-23


ST. Johnsburv academy has 32j stu
dents. 200 of them being from out OF
town.
joseph Greene of Swanton, who is
said to be l02 years old, is in good health
and clear mint.
The town of hitingham voted lGl to
100 not to aid the proposed Brattleboro
and Wilmington railroad.
Five stores and four dwelling houses
were burned at Bradford ON Monday.
The loss will exceed $4,000.
Vermont has 3G.3S inhabitants pc,
square mile--a less number than any
New England State except Maine. b.
1t il believed the cost of breaking the
roads ia the town oi Woodstock after "a
recent storm will amount to $500.
An effort is being made to organize a
company for the manufacture in Hut-
land of the Rigby paper car wheel
There is to be new National bank at
Rutland. with II capital of SlOO,0O0 and
the privilege Of extending it to S;'O0,OOO.
Scarlet fever is spreading in the north
ern part of Windsor county, Royulton.
Barnard. Sharon. Stockbridge and
Bethel being afflicted now.
Oliver Cameron's three-years-olu
daughter fell into ii kettle OF boiling
soap, ut Buffers island. and received
burns from which she died.
According 10 the census of lSSO. only
;hrce States exceeded Vermont in tll'
yield of corn per acre. The average pei
acre OF all the States was 80; in Yer
mont 800.
The Ransom Guards of st. Albans,
after being in continuous service toi
eleven years, have voted to disband in
the spring, when their term OF enlist
lnrnt expires.
Tlr whole amount Of liquor sold by
agents in Orleans county las: year was
SO ii gallons. or about one and on, =
sixteenth gill to each OF the 22OS3 il =
habilanls of the county. BIZ
Charles Cushman OF Rutland. who Jump
ed his bail ut Boston during proceedings to
bring him To this State Tor subornatioIl
of perjury. has been recaptured and will
probably now come to Vermont.
Oscar W. Richardson. who recently al
tempted suicide at BiatLleboro. was
placed in the asylum. There lie turneu
The hoi-waler faucet in the Bathroom
and sat in boiling water until fatally
scalded.
The mean height of Lake Champlaii
above tlde-level has, after seven years
observation of fluctuations. been com
puted by Nerpianck Colvin, superintend-
ent Of the Adirondack survey, to bt
9G.5G feet.
The State Agricultural society and til,
Champlan Valley Fair association will
hold joint lair at Howard Park, Bui-
lingtVn, on Monday, Tuesday. Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday, September
l0-l4 next.
Mrs. F. A. Stevens. lady who has
since 1893 been among the most active oi
the Home for the Frlendless OF Chicago.
died in that city February s. She was
born 50 years ago in BroOkiield, aud was
educated in Newbury.
The annual statement of Burlngton'>
finances shows that the total boudet
debt OF the city is now S3GG. 49,. ~, rt-
ductiOn oi SlO.lS4 Is having been made
during the year. The assets are 81 ,Ul6..
9S more than the liabilities.
Il. Ii. Rice Of Lyndon Center choppe
down large tree in his sugar place the
other day, cut ii into logs aud drew it IL
his house. While chopping up the log,
the next day he found TWO live coOns il.
one of them and captured them.
john L. Mason of Pownal. aged 90
has married Miss Anna .Winslow. ageG
y. Mason is wealthy farmer and All
old resident, has son 10 years old anu a
large family. The mother OF the young
bride formerly kept house for Mason.
A young man named Blanchard whose
home is in Massachusetts, was fatally
injured while lie was at work il
lloadley's saw mill. Bennington, the
other day. 1t is reported that both arms
and one leg were literally torn from the
body.
Chester w. Searles, L. S. mail agent
from R,chiord to ST. Albuns, has been
suspended and new man appointed in
his place. Mr.. Searles has been in the
serv ice over / years, and during Il pol-
ton of this time ran from Newport to
st. AlDans.
Samuel Martin of POultney has been
taken 10 the Brattleboro insane asylum.
1t is alleged his lunacy was caused by d
DlOW on Tie heau struck by MS latiler.
When arrested at POultney, several
knives and loaded seven-shooter were
found ON his person.
The Boston and Northern Telephone
company. which has control of the en-
changes at Bellows Falls, Rutland. Bur
linglon and st. Abans, are to put in a
through line from Boston TO Montreal.
run Il wire from Burlington TO Montpe-
lier, MiddleseX and Waterbury.
George Carpenter of White River
Junction, while engaged in shackling
freight cars in the Central Vermont rail
| road yard, at White River junction,
slipped and fell between the cars and
! was run over. Both legs were crushed,
one above and one below the knee.
John Ii. Dutton, an old bachelor. lives
all alone in Sherbune. does his own
cooking; is general shoemaker, harness.
maker, carpenter, makes his own clothes
and eXpeuds his spare moments in
piecing up bedquilts, his last quilt con-
talning 1886 pieces 81 inches square.
In Whitingham. 30 feet of the roof OF