The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-23
State News.


The State prison now contains but Sc
smallest number for many
years.
Bishop Bissell confirmed a class of
l6 persons at Trinity church. Rutland
sunday.
The Lincoln iron works at Rutland
were damaged by fire to the amount of
81 900 on Thursday morning, the 18th.
A Williston COW distinguished herself
by climbing two flights of stairs and
up in wood-she chamber
The grist mill at Irasburg of Willard
f. Merry was burned on Saturday. Loss,
5000. The insurance nearly covers the
loss.
Mrs. Meaker. whose execution will
take place Oh the Both inst, at tho State
prison, has quieted down considerably
during the last few weeks.
Gov. Barstow has appointed William
=. Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury commits
sioner to represent Vermont at the
Denver exposition.
Michael McCabe. wood chopper en-
ployed by John 5. Smith on the mountain
near Factory Point, VT. was struck by
a falling tree last Saturday and instantly
killed.
After the recent storms the Whining
ton and Jacksonville stages found it i'm
possible to get through, and the mails
were carried on snow-shoes. the snow
drifts being from 10 to II feet deep.
At Lnnenburg, Jerome johnson. his
wife and their infant child all died in
side of fifteen hours-the former from
malignant erysipelas and the latter from
rheumatic fever. They left two small
children.
The fish commissioners are taking
steps to stop illegal fishing in the lower
end of lake Champlan. Sheriff Halbert
of st. Adams last week arrested Herbert
Donaldson and John Hilliker charged
with illegal fishing with seines oil Hog
Island.
Patents have lately been issued to
these Vermonters: +. l.. Maranyille.
ass gnor, one-half to n. ID. Nicholson.
Rutland, attachment for ovens of cook
ing stoves John Prince. West Randolph,
hoop shaving machine; James Sheehey,
st. Albans, box or case.
The directors of the Lamoille Valley
extension railroad elected these officers
at St. Johnsbury: President. W. L.
Frost; vice-president, Horace Fairbanks;
treasurer, w. p Fairbanks; clerk, A. b.
Jewett. The company will issue $780,
900 in bonds for completing the road.
Benjamin Porter, over so years of age,
while walking on the railroad track was
struck by the wings Of snow plOw and
thrown down an embankment, and nearly
buried under the snow. After some decid-
ed!y lively scrambling for man of his
age. he succeeded in getting out, more
Snara1 DtJJn
dunn.
There are seventy new entries on the
docket OF the Washington county court,
ten of which are divorce cases. The
jury has returned a verdict for the de-
fendant in Stevens VS.. Dudley. in which
the plaintiff claimed damages by reason
of injuries received at the county fair in
1874 by collision with team which the
defendant, as marshal, forced frem the
trotting track. The case has been tried
twice before. resulting in disagrecments
of the jury. and has been one of great
public interest.
There is n prospect of a controversy at
BrattleDorO. he opponents of the
Blattleboro and Bennington railroad had
an article placed in the warrant to rescind
the recent vote of aid to the road, and
were out in force at town meeting ana
carried by good majority Il vote to re-
scind. One of the leaders in this move
ment was lawyer, but the lawyers on
the other side claim that this vote can
have no effect because the vote of aid
was fully completed under the statute
by securing the assent in writing of a
majority of the voters and of the grand
list.
John Rudd of Wilmington had an ad-
venture last week. He was leading
horse to water, and, the track being full
of snow, led the animal out one side
along the edge OF "A steep embankment.
The horse began to flounder in the snow
and MIR. Rudd saw he was nearing the
bank and tried to save him by getting
hold of his head. but was too late. and
both went of together. Mr.. Rudd was
buried in the snow and came near suf-
locating before he could eXtricate him
self lie froze the fingers of one hand
digging his way out. The horse broke
his neck.
Mr.. David Squires of Bennington says
that when he lived in Pownal. some fifty
eight or sixty years ago. he knew man
named Bumrord. who had been one of
Burgoyne's soldiers and Was at the battle
of Saratoga. Bumford told Squres and
others that just before the surrender of
the British at Saratoga, they put three
or four brass cannon into the river near
the mouth of Fish creek. Mr.. Squires
says that Bumford went to Saratoga
several times and dragged the river for
the cannon, but could not find them.
Would it not be worth while to make
thorough search for these cannon, with
the view of placing them upon the new
monument?-[ Troy Press.
There is case of alleged poisoning
at North Troy. A man named Milleo,
in company with several aequaintances,
called at the Line House" and called for
a pint of whiskey. The landlord, Mr..
Henry Fullerton, put the whiskey into a
bottle which had formerly been used for
bed-bug poison, but. as he supposed, had
been thoroughly scalded and clesnsed.
Milleo handed the bottle to one of his
companions, Courser by name, who
poured out some of the whiskey in