The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-11
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week seven divorces were granted.
B. j. Douglass of PittsfJrd has lost
sixteen calves, by feeding them cotton
seed meal.
The First national bank of Orwell
has just paid regular semi-annnal
dividend OF five per cent.
The debt of $500 on the Goddard
(Universalis) seminary at Barre was
raised by subscription ut the recent
commencement.
A car of O'Brien's circus train took
fire going from st. JJhnsbury to Nor
risville on Tuesday and ten horses
we're badly burned.
AT Pownal, Amasa Thompson caught
large black bear in trap. Tie
bounty from the State and the bear
skin will bring him $50.
w. l.. Burnap is the pres ident of
the Burlington Blaine and Logan club,
organized last week by the principal
business men of the city.
A. N. Adams of Fairhaven has sold
his marble business and mills and
water power at Fairhaven to the
Waldo Marble company of Rutland.
The Vermont delegates to Chicago
have designated b. b. Smalley of Bur-
lington as the Vermont member of
the national committee for the ensuing
four years.
DR.. Sa nuel j. Allen of White
River Junction, who killed Edwin
Ilansell of Rockland, Mass, in Bos-
ton saloon last month, has been ar
raigned and pleaded not guilty.
A. N. Swain of the Bellows Falls
| Times was elected president of the
Vermont Editors and Publishers asso-
citation at Saratoga, Friday, where the
members had gone on their annual eX-
cursiOn.
The Fall Mountain Paper company,
Bellows Falls, are to put in two Edi-
son electric lights of j.000-candle
power each. They will have GOO drop
lights. They are also building a tower
on the east side of their mills, which
will be used as a finishing room.
Fred Scr:bner, "a former Montpelier
boy, who got into trouble at LittIeton
Mass, some time ago, being suspected
of having set several destructive fires,
was convicted of having set two fires
and sentenced to "A term of 20 years i'll
the Massachusetts State prison.
BY the premature explosion of a
small cannon at st. .Iohnsbury on the
Fourth, Andrew Morse and William
Stevens, lads about fifteen years old,
were seriously injured. Morse lost
one eye and had hole made through
his cheek into his mouth. Stephens
had one side Of his face and eye badly
bruised.
Frank Vim, near Sutherland Falls
was drowned Monday evening while
bathing. VIM was in company with
another man, and not being an expert
swimmer got beyond his depth and
was drowned before his companion
could reach him. His body was soon
after recovered. lie was about 26 years
old and unmarried.
Rutland national banks pay these
July dividends: Rutland County,
per cent; Baxter, 3 -; Clement, 3
Killington, 4. The old bank of Rut
land again passes a dividend, although
its condition is said to be improving
The State trust company pays 3 pei
cent dividend and the Rutland trust
company 3.
A bill has been passed by Congress,
and approved by the President author
izing the towns of North Hero and AL
burgh, in the county of Grand Isle, t
construct and maintain highwa,
bridge at some convenient point acros
that part of the waters of Lake Cham
plain which divide the aforesaid
towns.
The Congregational church at Pitts
), ford celebrated its centenary last week
r The church has had ten pastors, anon!
y them John lngersoll, father of Col
: "Bob," Rev. DR.. Willard Child, Rev
!. A. G.. Pease and Rev. DR.. Charlie
: Walker, father of Rev. DR.. G.. l.. Walk
a er of Hartford, CT. Among the speak
. ers at the anniversary exercises wer
e Rev. DR.. George n. Boardman of tn
. theological seminary at Chicago, H.,
r native of Pittsford, and Rev. DR.
Walker of Hartford.
e The Chittenden county Republican
!, made the following nominations las
), week: For Senators, Warren Glib
q of Burlington, Buel II. Day of jericho
T. Henry Brewster of Huntington; a:
J. sistant judges, j. S. Plat of Co
= chester, John T.. Smith of South Bun
&c lington; judge of probate, Torrey L
.. Wales of Burlington; States attorney
6, Chauncey W. Brownell, jr., of Burling
on sheriff, Joseph Barton of Charlotte
T. high bailiil, Albert Comstock Of Sout
/ Burlington.
ID We have related some surprisin
+. facts about the gold mines, but tn
most surprising event that has happier
- ed there so far was the finding o
e, Monday of two nuggets by Messr.
n Blum Ohe president of the company
r. r. and Trudo (the mining superintendent
S, weighing respectively 81 and S l.
j. pounds, both of the purest virgin golc
!. Mr.. Trudo will be allowed TO keep I'll
n treasure coming thus strangely INTO h
y possession, while the other has bee
"a presented TO Mr.. Blum as birthda
5. present. Wonderful spot, those Pl
q. mouth gold diggings.- LudiOW TH