The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15
State and Vicinity.


on Monday night the speaker being Hon.
j. l.. Martin of BrattleborO.
Hon. Frederick Billings has sent his
check of $500 to the Republican State
committee for campaign purposes.
The Mary Fletcher hospital at Burling
ton is undergoing repairs and will not be
open again till the first of October.
Orion Clark, for many years a popu-
lar BrattleborO barber, hanged himself
Saturday. lie had been experimenting
with patent rights and the second time
they caused him to fail, he became crazy
and committed suicide.
There have been issued during the past
year in the Vermont Mutual fire insur-
ance company of Montpelier ll,l22 pol
icies. insurng property to the amount of
Sl3 ,G20 ,055. and premium notes taken on
the same amounting to 5000, 4l2,3l.
A number of Burlington Baptists who
were turned out of the old church have
formed the Bcrean church and Prof. +.
II. Gould. late of Newton theological
seminary. has accepted the unanimous
call to the pastorate of the new organ
izaton.
Albert Pitkin of North Pomfret,
young man twenty-five years of age. was
thrown from horse while driving cows,
and struck on his head. breaking his
neck. Less than IA year ago his mother
was found dead near the spot where the
fatal accident occurred.
Hon. l.. +. Chittenden of New York,
formerly Burlington lawyer and regis
ter of the treasury under President Lin
coin, has given the university of Yer
mont large and valuable cabinet of
shells, containing from two to three
thousand species, and "A rare collection
of the eggs of American birds.
The Lamoille county Republicans
nominated this ticket on Monday: For
senator, X. &. Christy of Johnson Judge
of probate, K. 5. Page (the present in
cumbant) assistant Judges, Hiram Waite
and Earl Guyer; sheriff, +. w. Potter of
Belvidere; States attorney, II. NJ. Nc
Farland of Hyde Park.
A shocking accident occurred at Mid
dletown Springs on July 18th. by which
James Matthews came near losing his
life. He was at work in the hay field
with his brother-iD-law, Harvey Cairns,
and was on load of hay. when the latter
drove under Il tree. the branches of which
swept him OIL. and he fell, striking upon
a stake in the oX-cart. which penetrated
his body, inflicting a terrible wound. His
condition is a critical one.
Chittenden county Democratic nomi-
nations: Senators, A. Z. Grinncll of
Burlington. Herman \. Phelps of Mil
ton. Joseph II. Smith of Bolton; Judge
of probate, c. j. Alger. Burlington; as
sistant Judges. Noble X. Miles, Hines
burgh, Harry NJ. Small, Huntington;
States attorney. j. }. Enright, BurlinS-
ton; sheriff George W. Woodwork. Jr.,
Underhill; high bailitf, John j. Shea,
Burlington.
| A. A. Earle of the White River Junction
| Landm0rk has been sued for $1,000 for H.
bel by \. G.. Wheeler, II local merchant,
and his printing office and house were at
tached. Earle makes practice of black
guarding people, and his charge against
Wheeler w that he had :" Just returned
from a three weeks drunk at Greensboro
pond" where Wheeler has been stopping
| Wheeler was formerly a travelling drum
mer and has good reputation.
1t is not generally known that portion
of the first church ever built i'm Windsor
is still standing. but such is the fact. A
correspondent writes that the main part
of the rectory of st. Pau's church, on
the corner of Court and Pine streets. is
the same old Westinghouse. The old
building which stood near the site of the
"Old South was at first used for Il
school-hOusc. town-house and meeting
house. The Legislature of Vermont held
its session in it in us.
+. +. Willis of Bridgewater left his
home on Wednesday afternoon of last
week to go to a neighbours, two miles
away. and nothing has been heard from
him since. Fears are entertained that he
has committed suicide. as he has been
very Respondent lately, and had had
severe headaches. He is young man,
about 10 years of age, sandy complexion,
rather tall and slim; was dressed in a
dark suit of clothes, and wore thick
| boots.
This is list of the principal Vermont
fairs for this year: Franklin county,
Sheldon, September 30; White River
Valley, Bethel September 30; State,
Burlington, September Sill; POultney
industrial society, Poultney, September
oil; Mad River Valley, Waitsfeld, Sep
TENDER lG, Il; Caledonia county. st.
Johnsbury, September lG-lS; Champlain
Valley, Nergennes. September lG-lS; La
noble county, Morristown, September
1925; Windsor county, Woodstock, Sep
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field, September 25-27.
The Brattleboro Independents met the
other night and adopted this declaration
of principles; " We, the undersigned Re-
publican voters and citizens of Bratte-
boro, disappearing of the political record
and public career of James q. Blaine and
considering him to be an unsafe man for
the presidency of this country, de hereby
place on record our protest against his
nomination and our determination not to
aid in his election" A committee of FIVE
was appointed to obtain signatures to the
declaration.
The house and outbuidings on Alex
ander Stewards farm, in the north part Of
Cavendish, were destroyed by fire last
Saturday morning, between eight and
nine o'clock. The outbuildngs were
totally destroyed with most of their con-
tents; the barns being across the road
escaped. Loss about $1,000; insurance
on house Sl00, on farming too,s 500.
The old man Stewart is supposed to have
smoked in the woodshed and thus set the