The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
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ow and son being administrators.
Orson Hayes, who recently escaped
from the reform school at Vergcnnes,
was recaptured at Saratoga Saturday
night.
Jason Searle, young man of St.
! Aibans, had AN attack of bleeding at
the nose and bled TO death, the ply
siciaus not being able to stop the flow.
Laura Williams, the well-kuown trot-
tie owned by J. a. Williams and L. A.
Drew of Burlington, has been sold Tor
$1,000, to go on stock farm &C oss the
lake.
Tho Vergcnnes Baptists are trying
to complete their church, begun over
ten years ago. About $1,000 is need
ed, and Rev. Joseph a. Freeman, who
projected the church, is soliciting sub.
scriptions.
f.. &. Gallar's meat market and gro
cory ut st. Adams were burned out
Monday, almost all the stock being
destroyed and slight damage done to
the building. The stock was insured
for $500
1t is reported that Hon. John f..
lNenney of Nebraska City and j. ID.
Mcfarland have purchased, or are
about to purchase, from II. T. Cuts,
Orwell, for $4,000, the bay stallion Ad-
olson Lambert, record = y.
The executive committee of the Rut-
land County Temperance society has
nominated ). l.. Peck of Ira for county
commissioner in place of Hon. ID. +.
Nicholson of Rutland, who was nomi-
mated by the convention, but declines.
The Burlington Free Press has been
figuring up the local pay-rolls, and
says that 81 100000 year is paid for
labor in that city. The Sheppard a.
Nurse lumber company paid 81 ,G44
in October, the j. II. Gates cotton mill
81 800 and j. II. Booth S7,6GS.
Receiver Rich is reported as being
of the opinion that depositors in the ST.
Adams Trust company will be paid
sixty per cent. The receiver is pre-
pairing to pay dividend of twenty per
cent, and checks will soon be sent by
mail to all depositors to this amount.
This dividend will disburse about S11G,-
600 to depositors.
A reunion of Company "F'' of the
2nd Vermont regiment was held at
Montpelier, on Thursday evening of
last week. The company, under Capt.
f. V. Randall, organized at Mont
pelier and was known as the "Capi-
tai Guards" OF 80 men who went
out with the company in 1861, IS are
now alive.
AT West Burke, a boy named Bishop
climbed up Oh the window stool the
other day, got his fathers powder flask
containing about half pound of pow
der, and tried the experiment ofturn-
ing some on hot stove. The powder
took fire, followed the stream into the
flask and an explosion followed, mang-
ling one arm and burning his breast and
head terribly. 1t is probably a fatal
injury.
a father and sou, named Bell, at
Fairfax, have been held for trial for
assault on each other. The father
threatened to kill his wife because she
wouldn't make over her property to
him, and attacked her with a club.
The son, l6, attempted to defend his
mo her, disabled his fathers arm with
a blow, and then, with his mothers
help, held the father till help came.
Public sympathy is with the boy, who
has found bail in $4,000, while the ia
Their remains in Jail.
The Moseley e Stoddard Manufac-
turing company of Poultney, are max
ing arrangements to build additions to
their present mandatory. One build
ing will be located at the east side
and adjoining the present building,
and will be 27Xll0 feet, two stories
high, to be occupied for a mqnufac-
tory; the other,or the north end of the
lot, 3OX6O. also two stories, to be used
for store-roJm.
The will of the late A. Laid of
Georgia contains bequest to the Yer
mont State convention," and the Bap-
fist State convention have put in
claim for the money bequeathed, on the
ground that the testator had been a
strong believer in that denomination,
and consequently must have intended
to remember them in his will. The
question seems rather mixed, as there
is vermont Baptist State conven-
tion," and "Nermont Universalist
State convention" but no permanent
organization known as the "Vermont
State convention" referred to in the
will.
George NJ. Colt of Brattleboro, about
90 years old, shot himself twice, prob
ably fatally, just below the heart. lie
was suffering from melancholy and
had been in poor health tor some time,
never having rec vered from disease
contracted and wounds received while
soldier in the late war. During one
battle he was nearly shot to pieces,
receiving dozen wounds. lie had
quite an experience with rebel prisons
and while at Andersonville managed
to white out with a jack knife a very
passable violin OF full size and quite
sweet tone. This instru nent whied
away many an hour for the prisoners,
and Mr.. Colt was allowed to bring 1t
North with him when he was ex-
changed.