The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-08

The Green Mountain Pulp company
are building a telephone line from the
freight depot to IIuntington's falls. 1t
Will connect the two mills of the com
pany with each other and both of them
with the freight depot, and. through the
telephone line between the freight depot
and passenger station, with the telegraph
office.
The postmaster problem seems to be
solved. Two Democratic papers. and
perhaps more. have announced that
Charles G. Peck would be appointed to
succeed Mr.. Hammond. Mr.. Atkins.
who is in Washington, telegraphed to his
paper, the IrgaS, to this effect. and no
doubt he had good authority for the
statement.
A hearing was had at the court house.
Tuesday, before County Clerk Vain
wright, to whom it was referred, in the
case 5. c. Gibbs against ID. w. Smith.
1t is Ripton case and a horse is the
cause of the litigation. II. Ii. Mcleod,
Esq, is the plaintiffs counsel and Ell
drcdgc q Slade and A. Z. Upper. ESD,
defendants. There was large attend
ance of the fellow-townsmen of the par
ties.
Capt. Edwin Rich, formerly of Co. E..
18th Vermont regiment, died at his resi-
dence in Shelby, Mich, on Monday,
April ~. His age was 63 years. The
funeral was one of the largest eyer held
in the county, the members of the &. A.
X. having charge of the services and
turning out in large numbers. Deceased
was universally respected by a large cir
Gle of acquaintance in his western home.
Three daughters survive him-two resid-
ing in Vermont, Mrs. Brown of Whiting
and Lizzie Rich-and Miss Katie j. Rich
of New York city, who was present at
the burial.
Bad boys may profit by reading this
extract from the State laws: "A person
who Intentionally shoots, or otherwise
wounds. Kills or destroys. entraps, en-
snares OF captures, a robin, blue bird,
yellow bird, cherry or cedar bird. cat
bird, king bird. sparrow. lark bobolink,
thrush. chockadee, peewee. wren, warb-
Ter. martin. linnet. plover. tattler. phoebe,
creeper, bunting, swallow. nighthawk,
whippoorwil, ground bird. humming
bird. or destroys the nests or eggs of any
of said birds, shall forfeit ten dollars.
which may be recovered in an action of
debt, with costs, by any person who
sues for the same
Intelligence has been received here of
the death, at Mount Hope, near Balti-
more, Md, last week, of the Rev Francis
Cunningham. the younger brother of the
former pastor of the Catholic church of
this village. The cause was paralysis.
After the first attack the patient was re-
moved from Troy, n. y, where he had
been stationed, to Mount Hope. that he
might have better treatment, but sec
ond attack proved fatal. The deceased
was only about 30 years of age. During
his college course he spent most of his
vacations with his brother here and was
well known to many Middlebury people.
Arbor day was not observed here with
the enthusiasm that was shown in some
other towns. The chief reason was that
the tree-planting business was pretty
thoroughly done here twenty years ago
and not much further activity in that di-
rection is required Messrs. Henry l..
Sheldon and G.. j. Moore set out a num-
Der of evergreens In the Park House park
and number of residents devoted the
day to clearing up their yards. There
were no exercises at the college or the
graded school. The bank was closed
and the stores shut up for the day at six
O'Clock. Several picnic parties went out
one to Lake DunmOre