The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-04-20

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A house owned and occupied by
Lorenzo Ellis and one owned by Sally
Parker and occupied by John McNuty.
at Proctorsvlle. have been burned.
Loss partially covered by insurance.
An old resident of Wllamstown says
that 40 years ago tire last of March. he
drove to Montpelier on wheels. the
roads being as good as in July. On the
18th of May following two feet of snow
fell there.
The chandelier in the Congregational
church at Randolph fell on Sunday even
ing and set fire to the floor and pews.
but by prompt action in first smotherng
the flames with cushions and then bring
ing in snow. the building was saved.
The only son of Oscar Gilmore of
Tinmouth, five years old. fell head first
into pan of boiling. sugar last Thurs
day, and. although the little fellow eX-
claimed Mamma, don't cry, I'm not
burned much," the chances are that he
cannot live.
Mrs. Loren Richards of Richford has
sued Dan Moore of East Berkshire to
recover five thousand dollars for loss of
her husband, accidentally killed while
intoxicated. The action is brought un-
der the civil damage law, Moore being
the alleged seller of the liquor.
Ferdinand G. Clough an employe in
Lewiston Bros. tannery ut Enfield n.
H.. committed suicide, Sunday morning.
by shooting himself through the head
with revolver in his room ut his board
ing place. He was - years old. unmar-
ried and belonged in Norwich, this
State.
A Swiss, ut work for Grand Isle
farmer, was drowned on a recent Sun
day morning. He went to the lake for
Il pail of water, and when missed search
was made for him. Through the ice
hole they could see the pail in the bot
tom of the lake. and the body was soon
after found and recovered
An attempt was made to wreck train
near rattleboro. lately. While ap-
preaching West river bridge the engi-
neer noticed heavy stick of timber
across the rack. Had the engine struck
it, there must have been loss of life. 1t
is supposed to be the work of tramps
for the purpose of plunder.
At Fair Haven. short time ago
Oliver Preston had his hand badly man
gled by coming in contact with circular
saw at the saw mill of J. ID. Wood.
Emerson Wood. who went to his relief,
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the sudden breaking of the belt would
have been sawed in two.
High water in the Misisquoi river did
considerable damage at Swanton. last
week. The saw and plaster mill of \.
h. WanZer was swept away and nothing
but IA few splintered timbers are left to
mark the spot. Ills loss is probably four
thousand dollars and damage to the cX-
tnnt nf Si< thnus.pI t,.
others.
Mr. Parker Leach of Rutland is the
possessor of Il Book of Common Prayer
bearing date of lSl6, in which is record
ed the marriage of William Arthur and
Malvina Stone. father and mother of
President Arthur. The marriage ccre-
mony was performed by REV. Charles
c. Cotton, minister in Dunham. l.. Can't
da. on the 18th day of April, lS2l." The
| book also contains record of the births
of Regina Malvina Arthur. born March
q, 1922, in Dunham. l.. Canada. Jane
Arthur born in Burlington. VT, March
II. 1921 and Almeda Arthur, born Janu-
AIRY -, 1876. in Jericho, Vt.
A strange misfortune is that which
has befallen Dea. John Hull. former
resident here. but who for several years
has been a keeper at the State prison at
Windsor. Mr.. Hull awoke, last Thurs
day morning, to find himself totally
blind. His son, Rev. j. Mervin Hull.
the prison chaplain. went into his
fathers room. on the morning named.
and found his father crying, and on ask
ing what troubled him, was astounded
by the intelligence that he had lost his
sight. Physicians were summoned, but
no relief was afforded, and on the day
following he was brought to his home,
in this village, where he now is, the
blindness being accompanied by a ten
dency to mind alteration. At first
blindness was total, Mr.. Hull not being
able to discern lighted lamp in Il dark
room but at last accounts his condition
was somewhat improved and he can
now see large objet is, though very dim
| ly. We do not learn that there were
any premonitory symptoms in the case,
and the calamity befel the victim as in-
eXpectedly as suddenly.-[ Ladlo,c Iri-
buRe.
A hearing was had at st. Albans. Fri
day night last before Chancellor Royce.
on the petition of John \. A. Griswold
of New York and Charles X. Williams of
Rutland, who asked to be allowed to en-
ter as parties to the Langdon suit. After
argument by counsel the petition was
denied the court saying in substance:
The petition should be disposed of with
cut delay: to hold it over might shake
the confidence of parties interested. who.
had not yet entered into the plan for
settlement; the result would be to ser-
ously impede the progress of that plan
lie viewed the question rs one OF discre-
tion rather than of law. Although there
was clause in the bill in the langdon
case under which these petitioners might
have been made parties, yet it would not
| be right on the eve of tins settlement of
the litigation. The introduction of new
parties at this stage might result disas-
trously to the large numbers who had
entered into the plan of settlement, and
thwart the consummalion of so desirable
an end as the close of this long litigation
lie should dismiss the petition. lie felt
safer in taking this course, because he
believed there was nothing To prevent
these petitioners from commencing n
separate action on their own account in