The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-08

The sales of city real estate in Bur-
ington for the first quarter of the pres
ent year aggregated one hundred and
thirty thousand dollars.
Thomas Fitzgerald, in an Island Pond
mill, was struck by part of the gear and
received bad cash under the left eye.
The same day, in the same mill, Walter
NOV lost finger i'm a planer. George
Foster fell from staging and was badly
hurt about the head.
The Brandon Republicans organized
Blaine and Logan club Monday night
with these officers and a large number of
members: President. G.. II. Holbrook;
vice presidents, IF. II. Button. f. NJ. Pierce,
G.. W. Briggs; secretary, George Briggs;
treasurer, ). b. Ryder; executive COM
mittee, f. j. Ormsbee, +. III. Harrington,
H. Clark; finance committee, George
Briggs. A. Il. Draper, DR.. Z. w, Peck
A Brattleboro stamp is said to have
been sold to New y ork collector the
other day for $500. The origin of the
stamps is thus explained: In 1916 the
postmaster of that place had some
stamps made in order to obviate the ne
cessity of using the pen. 1t was merely
private convenience, and the sole i'm
portance of the stamp is due to the fact
that it is the first eyer used in America.
The next year stamps were ordered by
the government.
The building owned by G., o. Bcebe
and n. +. Tue kcr and occupied as a fac
tory by the North Bennington boot and
shoe company, at North Bennington, was
burned on Wednesday. The fire broke
out in the engine room. The heirs of
nd hot 1. No1
lington comprise the company. The loss
to the company is estimated at $50 900;
insured for $4,000. The building was
insured for So 1000. A large number of
persons are thrown out of employment.
-Herdld.
The Rutland county Democrats made
these nominations Tuesday: For sena-
tors, Joseph Larcau, Rutland, G.. III.
Forbes, Brandon. Il. j. Humphrey,
Poutney, S. f.. Smith Shrewsbury;
sheriff w. b. Thrall Rutland; assistant
Judges, NJ. ID. Harrington, Mt. Holly,
Seth Thompson. Fairhaven; States at
torney. f. ID. Reardon, West Rutland;
high bailifl, Il. =. Mcacham. Pittsford
Judges of probate, Rutland district, W.
b. Butler. West Rutland Fairhaven dis
trict, j. NJ. Currier. Castleton.
The Bennington county Republicans
made these nominations on Tuesday:
For senator. John V. Carney of Ben
nington and John Curtis of Dorset: as
sistant Judges. w. 5. Bentley of Sand
gate and Samuel j. Gardner of Pownal
sheriff. j. l.. Mccall of Rupert States
attorney. Edward l.. Bates of Benning-
ton Judge of probate, Lovcland Munson
of Manchester and +. l.. Siblcy of Ben
nington. The resolutions heartily APP
prove the platforms and indorse the can
didates of the national and State conven-
tions, and present the candidates This
day nominated as worthy of the support
of the voters of Bennington county. The
| resolution also recognizes the Importance
of the national contest this year and the
duty of every Republican voter to cast
his ballot at the September election.
From the forthcoming report of the
superintendent of the Vermont State pris-
| sy we find. says the Windsor JourRdl,
that there are 50 now in confinement. or
less than were reported August |. 1852.
The number of different prisoners during
the two years is III. In that time 30
have been committed by the State courts,
and by the United States court. One
has been recOmmttcd from the insane
asylum, and 8 have been received for
safe keeping. During this time 80 have
! been discharged The uniform coed
health that has prevailed is shown by
only one death from disease. One exc
cution. that of Mrs. Mealler, is reported.
| The average daily number confined is IS.
OF those committed since the last report
l6 men are from Windsor county. 10 from
Bennington, ! from Wash ngton and &
from Windham and elsewhere. Twenty
were committed for petty and grand lar
ceny, 8 for arson, 5 for burglary and !
for assault with intent to kill. 1t is
worthy of notice that the largest number
committed is between the ages of 20 and
30. OF the whole number, II are natives
of Vermont, II of New York, of Maine,
and the rest from different States and
countries. There are in confinement IL
married and 4G unmarried, and widow
ers. Seventy-three of the prisoners can
read and write, can read, 8 can neither
read nor write. OF the long-timers,
are sentenced for life, for - years, and
= for 20 years.
tate Treasurer Dubois has prepared q
statement of the receipts and disburse.
ments for the year ended July 81, 1884.
1t is the first statement made since the
corporation tax law went into operation
anu IL liluS lLtu ny Iilc DOSlOIl
JomnarS correspondent The total re-
ceipts from corporations assessed under
the new tax law for the year 1888
amounted to Sl96,6 1S.5l. There was re-
ceived from other sources the sum of
S2l2, 40l .j3, or IA total of Si39, 0S3.0l to
the credit of the State for the year. The
treasurer paid auditors orders to the
amount of 1920, S32.l7 and court orders
amounting to S111IS.S 50. The amount
of cash on hand and deposits in banks on
the 3lst day of July was SlS.l -. IS. The
immediate liabilities of the State amount
to but S5O,3l0.37, in the form of tenn
porary loan. The available assets to
meet this Indebtedness is the cash on
hand amounting to SlS,ll9.lG. which
would reduce the debt to $50, l60.9l. On
the first day of August the treasul er paid
the Vermont Insane asylum trustees the
sum of $50, S35.3l. for the support of in
sane, tran lent and criminal and the in
sane poor. This latter sum and the net
amount of the temporary loan aggregates
stu oot. III tO meet which is the balance