The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-15
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Mrs. DdllltS y. DdlGbll VI hUIldiu
fell on the ice while crossing the street
and broke both legs.
DR.. ID. b. Smith, who represented
Plainfield in the legislature of 1880, has
been fined for cruelty to his horse.
A movement is on foot at Rutland
for the formation of a law and order
league to put down the sale of intoxi-
cants.
Johnny Queen, native of St. Al
bans, died in New York the other day.
He was a well-known variety actor and
minstrel.
Bellows Falls built last year some &c
private dwellings. costing 100000.
About 1900 has been laid out in re-
pairs and improvements.
VIM. j. Lambert. mail carrier be-
tween the postuffice and the railroad
station at Burlington, has been arrest
ed on the charge of robbing the mails.
Nellie Fargo, an inmate of the Char
lotte poor-house, has starved herself to
death because blind man in Shell
burne to whom she was attached is
dead.
The selectmen of St. Adams have of
ferred reward of $50 for the discov-
cry OF the body of the German, Krauser,
whose supposed murder is mentioned
elsewhere.
According to the census report YER
mont produced in 1880 II pol ,077
pounds of maple sugar. The total pro-
duct of the United States that year was
1876 900 pounds.
Pensions to soldiers are sometimes
cruelty withheld as well as paid to
those who never deserve them. There
is case in town of an old soldier who
has become totally blind, homeless and
without dollar in money, while
YEARLY awaiting action at Washington,
and has to lodge and feed Oh charity
BrattlebOrO Reformer.
While Charles Whitcomb OF Hyde
Park was drawing ice on the Lamolle
his horses and sled broke through and
went down in ten feet of water. Being
alone, it was only by great exertions
he kept their heads above water until
help arrived. The horses were finally
rescued, though not until they were
very badly chilled.
A farmer of Richmond was driving
cow to the slaughter house of A. B..
l4uW dluS, WlcH tuc COW DcCduIc luIlOuS
and crazy, and went for the sleigh of
Ralph Jones, turning Mr.. Jones and
his wife out and tearing Mrs. Jones'
cloak and somewhat injnring her.
Several men got rope finally fastened
about the cows head, but the only way
that she was taken to the slaughter
house was by fastening her to a loaded
team.
A Chester dispatch of Thursday last
says This morning while Charles
Robbins, postmaster at Chester depot,
was entering his Office he was approch-
ed from behind by Warren Head, who
dealt him several murderous blows on
the head with club, inflicting very
severe injuries. Heald is 80 years old
: and has been considered harmlessy
insane for some time. IL held grudge
against Robbins, who is neighbor.
, Head was arrested and will probably
be taken to Brattleboro insane asylum.
Recently one of Capt. ii. l.. Shields
Jersey cows, on his farm near this viii
lage,w was tested for her butter capacity,
: and we are informed on undoubted au-
thority, that from seven consecutive
days milking there was produced sew
w II
ly worked butter. When it is remem-
bered that the weather was unusually
, cold mucn of the time, the thermome-
, ter marking about II degrees below
, zero, we consider this yield very re-
markable, and believe it can scarcely
be beaten or equalled in Vermont,
: where we claim to have some first-class
dairy cows. Benn,nQton Banner.
A murder is supposed to have been
committed up in Grand Isle county.
Oscar Won Blumental is the name of
, the alleged murderer. The MeSSen-
ger says: "Early in January Van Blu
, mental went from Burlington to Grand
| Isle to see another German named Her
= mann krauser, who worked for a
Grand Isle farmer, Charles Wilcox.
r lie induced krauser to come across the
lake with him, and they came as far as
: Lapham's bay, since which time moth
r ing has been seen or heard of Krauser.
There are suspicious of foul play, and
, those suspicious are not entirely
groundless. krauser had about 50 on
his person; and after the two had been
, away some time, Won Blumental re.
/ turned and procured an axe, rope, a
} large stone and hand sled at tie bay
A saying that he had caught some fish
5 and wanted to auchor them in the lake.
| lie afterwards appeared at the Wilcox
: farm house, covered with blood The ex-
= planned it by saying he had quite a tus-
t sci with large fish and became spat-
c tered with blood, and that handker-
1 chief which he left at the Wilcox place
3 was enc which had been given TO
9 Krauser some little time before. lie
S went to st. Adams and asked for Krau-
: ser's trunk, saying its owner had frozen
I his leg so badly that he could not come
+ after it himself, but was in st. Adams
I waiting for it. He was afterwards seen
, with some of Krauser's clothing on"
Won Blumental has been arrested at
5 Albany, N. Y, and jailed at st.
r Adams.
! A SENSIBLE MAN WOULD Use Kemp's Raj