The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-22
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Freeman Morgan's barn in Rochester
was burned the other day.
II is said that the first slate quarry in
Vermont was opened at Fairhaven
1915.
+. A. Shattuck of West Randolph
has sold Lambert mare to New York
parties for $500.
Albert Novali, merchant tailor Of
Rutland, has failed and his store is in
the hands of the sheriff,
A village charter will he asked by
the residents OF Sutherland Falls from
the next Legislature.
The Republicans of Rutland village
have hung ont two big Blaine and Lo-
gan banners with portraits,
A Franklin man dug out a live
sleeps eyes because the poor brute
persisted in jumping fences.
The Wcsttord cheese factory lately
sold halt of their July cheese for ten
cents per pound at the factory.
Charles Edward Dunn was arrested
in church at Bennington Wednesday
when about To be married, for stealing
gun.
John O'Hcrn, Dandy farmer, dis
embowcled himself with razor and
died i'll abou; % minutes. No cause
for the act is known.
Mrs. Stephen Wyman of Chester,
whose husband was sentenced to pris-
on for life last spring for murder
hanged herself. She was insane.
The Rev. Huber II, lIowes of Nor
risville, whose wife obtained divorce
from him last April on the ground of
intolerable severity, has Just remarked
her.
The Burrtt brothers of Manchester
recently captured their siXtieth bear
They have received nearly 81 800 for
the pelts and in bounties paid by the
state.
AT Castleton the house and outbuid-
ings of Wilson Walker were consumed
by fire. 1t was one of the best farm
houses in taslleton, and was built at a
cost of ; 600.
a stranger, supposed to be 5. Rod
United suicide at the Mortified House
in Mortified Thursday night of last
week by taking morphine.
DR.. &. :. l.. Leach has been made
president of the Swanton bank, and T..
=. Adams, vice-president. They report
the bank as in prosperous condition,
with deposits on the increase.
The cornerstone of the new $4,000
Catholic church at Bellows Falls was
laid on Sunday in the presence of a
large congregation, Bishop DeGoes-
BRAND of burlington officiating.
The Spiritualsts are holding a CAMP
meeting at Queen City park, Burling-
ton, extending from Aug. II to Sept.
10. a full array of home talent, aided
by eminent speakers from abroad, will
be in attendance.
The grasshoppers have been doing
great damage in Graf sburv. A curl
Gus circumstance in connection with
them is the fact that large focks of
crows are following and destroying
thousands of them.
An exchange says: A curious spec
linen of human being has been seen
in Searsbnrgh and Glastonbury recent
~. lie is of copuer color, with long
black hair, and ia barc-tooted and bare
headed. Ills reply to every question
asked him is eyes"
II is reported that a company is be-
ing formed in Rutland for The purpose
OF carrying on the business of mining
gold, silver, lead, copper and other
ores, and crushing, washing, milling
concentrating, smelling, etc, in Madi-
son county, Montana.
The comptroller of the currency has
given authority TO organize the nation
al bank of Windsor with a capital of
one hundred thousand dollars. Hon.
Hiram Harlow, who was president OF
the old Ascutney bank, will have the
same position in the new bank.
T.. ii. Stoughton Grand Army Post
at Bellowsi Falls cautions all eX.sold-
iers, sailors and prisoners of war
against IL. {. II. Lewis, a former mem
Der, as being the worst kind OF fraud,
obtaining tuhds from comrades under
false pretences from all parts of the
country.
Recently, a child four years old, of
John Aher, in Brattleboro, was PLAYING
with some children with matches,
which took fire, setting fire to the Aher
child's doll, which communicated the
blaze to the child's clothes. The moth
er endeavored to eXtinguish the flames
but the burns proved fatal, the child
dying the next day.
As the night freight train south over
the tutland road was approaching
brandon, recently, the netting in the
smoke-stack became obstructed with
coal dnst when the gas forced the door
! to the fire box open, and the flames
bursting out burned the engineer, Hen
ry Pratt, very severely about the head
bis injuries being serious.