The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-10-12
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W. II. Lombard's house. about mile
from Montpelier, was burned Satur
day night with most its contents; loss
about $1,000; insured.
A general term of the Supreme court
Is ordered to be held at Montpelier, COM
mencing the 23d. There are 81 cases on
the docket; II of them have been heard
once, but are ordered to be re-argued.
Black diptheria has made its appear
ancc in the southern part of Albureh,
and Is raging with terrible malignity.
Three deaths have occurred and there are
three very bad cases, the result of which
has not yet transpired.
a new golden text was brought out in
one of our Sunday schools last Sunday.
when little four-year-old girl rose and
repeated for her lesson the following
tllant l1od FOR my new baby BROTH
er?'-S. Johnsbury Cdledonian.
The business portion of Passumpsic
village was burned on Sunday. The
fire originated in the Passumpsic Pulp
company's mill, which was destroyed,
with Smith II Golbraith's rake factory
and f. L. ~ III. X. lde's flour mill; total
loss about s2O,OoO, insurance $1,000.
Friday morning. at Roxbury, Mrs. !.
l.. Warmers hotel, barn and dwelling
house, and Erastus Spaulding's two
barns, 80 tons of hay and sleighs were
burned. The origin of the fire was in
cendiary. Loss $1,000; partly insured.
remarkable man was Alexander
Nelson, who died at Ryegate, August
H.. lie was born in the same town
July Is, lSO2, and always lived on the
home farm. The points for which he
was noted were his great size and
strength. lie was six feet four inches
in hight barefoot, and weighed 225
pounds. Alexander, known as Big
Alex" was quite spare and lean, but Of
great strength, so that he could lit a
large cask full of cider and drink from
the bung-hOle,
The insolvency proceedings against
Bradley Barlow of st. Albans will set
aside his transfer of real estate to the
Vermont national bank, leaving its only
assets of S50l 900 in railroad bonds. Re-
celver Hendee must sell these bonds at
81 cents on the dollar if he pays the de-
positors in full. The Canadian Pacific
offers 30 cents for them and Hendee is
trying to get more. If the insolvency
proceedings against Lawrence Brainerd
are sustained they will set aside his trans
Ter of $4,000 worth of property to the
st. Adams trust company, and the out
look for the depositors grows more and
more discouraging.
The Howe Scale company of Rutland.
which has been for some months in en-
barrassed circumstances, has surrendered
all its property and notes and bills to
John W. Cramton, John A. Sheldon
and lockwood Barrett, well-known bust
ness men of Rutland. who have taken
possession of the works and will here
after carry on the business as trustees or
managers. These men represent the
syndicate which has been entered into
by % of the citizens of Rutland for the
purpose of keeping the works running,
IT being agreed among the members of
the syndicate that they will lend
their credit and guarantee the paper of
the trustees or managers to au amount
not exceeding 100000 at any one time
These trustees or managers are to
carry on the scale business in their own
name, without any connection with the
Howe Scale company, and will raise
money and pay off the employees at once,
and the other indebtedness of the COM
pany as soon as possible. When all the
debts of the company are paid it is un-
derstood these trustees and managers
are to surrender the property to the
Howe Scale company.