The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12
State and Vicinity.

1t is stated that outside parties are
about starting another bank at st.
Albans.
The Orange county veteran soldiers
reunion was held at Chelsea on Friday
of last week.
"IIank" White, the well-known min
strcl, will represent the town of Read
ing in the Legislature.
A. ID. Martins box shop and dwell
ing house at North Springfield burned
last Friday. Loss over $4,000.
Fletcher has a young woman who
has been bride, mother and grand
mother in less than six months.
Henry f. Coffin made two desperate
efforts to drown himself at Montpelier
Friday and was finally placed in Jail
He is a dissipated character.
The sixth annual festival of the Yer
mont Episcopal church choir associa-
ton will be at Woodstock, Thursday,
sept. 49,
The Barlow property at Brandon and
Sudbury has been disposed of at fair
prices. The property at Brandon and
Sudbury sold for $500.
A Montgomery willow measures Is
feet around two feet from the ground
and the branches make circle 30 feet
in diameter.
The stockholders of the First nation.
al bank of St. Adams have been assess
ed 100 per cent on their shares to pay
the banks creditors.
Myron Amber, in jail at lIvdepark
for arson, and one Lewis, in for stealing
hides, escaped Monday by cutting a
hole through the floor and underpin-
ming.
Editor NJ )loney of the Rchf0,u Gu
.eHe has again been arrested. lie was
indicted by the grand jury of Lamoile
county for defaming the character OF
Chief Justice Royce.
Vermont has now three former gov
age: Inland Hill of Bennington, Ry-
land Fletcher of Cavendish and Paul
Dillingham; of Waterbury.
Alonzo Durham, while mending
fence in the woods with his father al
Bethel, was struck by falling tree and
his back broken. lie is not yet dead
but cannot long survive.
E. j. S'oddard of Barnet has been
appointed "A special pension examiner
for Vermont undera recent act of Con-
gress at a salary of $1,000 per year. lie
was one of those examined at Burling.
ton about two months ago.
In Bennington county errors are
claimed in the election returns from
Stamford, Peru and Bennington. The
Republicans claim Robinson defeat fol
sheriff by ten votes, while the Demo.
Gratis insist that Mccall, Republican, il
defeated by six votes.
Ludlow has all infant phenomenonir
the shape of bowl wears old, weigh
ing 245 - pounds. He is not above
medium height for l2-year-old, but he
is as large round as Il hogshead. His
flesh is firm and he is all right as re
CARDS deformity, excepting the left
foot, which has six toes.
The 10th animal State Sabbath schoo
convention OF Vermont will be held a
Swanton, September II and IS, in the
/ Congregational church. The commit,
tee have aimed to have it especially
practical and stimulating, so that schools
and workers may feel the impulse fol
"more and better work" all through
the year.
An exchange says that NorthiielC
with population of 1856 boasts sever
physicians. We can do better. New
port, with a population of 2i25, has sew
en- resident physicians in active prac
tice, one laid by on account of i'll health
and colored physician besides. AnC
yet most of our people still live
/ NewPoH EEPTeSS.
The new rink the Burlington Skat
ing Rink association was formal,
opened on Wednesday evening for pub
lie inspection and skating. The build
ing is l56x70 feet in size and cost $4,000