The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13
State and Vicinity.

Orleans county judges advertise for
proposals to put up county buildings. a
brick court house is contemplated.
Kendall Sears. 60 years old, hung him
self at Sudbury on Friday morning last.
lie had been bothered swapping farms.
Thomas Ready of Burlington has been
sent to State prison at hard labor for
three years for stealing a watch from the
residence of John w. Carpenter.
Madison j. Ball of Ferrsburgh hurt
himself the other day. lie was using his
knife when his hand slipped. the point
of the blade striking the ryelid. cutting
through to the eyeball.
1t is said that fully one thousand Yer
monters will join the emigration to
Dakota before fall, as the result of the
movement being organized by the Wind
SCR, Orange and Washington county vet
Grams.
The Burlington and Lamoille road en-
perienced another blockade by the storm
OF Monday evening. The train which
left Burlington Tuesday morning was
unable to reach Essex Centre and re-
turned.
The Burlington city election resulted
in the choice of Col. u. A. Woodbury..
Republican, as mayor by majority of
2G3. and of Seneca IiaZleton, independ-
ent Democrat, as city Judge, by IA MAORI
ty of HIS. The Republicans elected four
of five aldermen.
The railroads in the State paid taxes to
the State amounting to So 300 for the six
months ending December 81. This was
S2Gl1 less than for the same time the
year before, owing to falling-ofl in
earnings. The Central Vermont paid
S3l.G2O and the Passumpsic S7lSI.
Five wooden buildings belonging to d.
w. Aiken & Son, occupied as stores and
dwellings and comprising the business
part of South Hardwick, were burned
Saturday afternoon; loss about $1,000
The Aikens loss is $1,000. insured for
$1,000. The fire was caused by defect
i've flue.
The docket for the April term of the
Franklin county court contains two hun
dred ninety-three court cases and forty
eight chancery cases. Among the former
cases are some seventy-two growing out
of the Trust company failure. besides
several resulting from the suspension of
the First National bank.
The editor of the Manchester Journal
and postmaster of the place is not with
out hope. He says: There seems to be
considerable stirring up in regard to the
pOstoflices all over the country. Many
of the patrons of the Office in this village
have expressed desire that the present
official be continued in office under the
new admis istration.
John w. Peck is elected Washington
county commissioner. Some of the Mont
pclier boys" cast a number of votes for
him last year as Il joke, and this year it
was carried further by sending ballots
with Peck's name on through the county
and Peck was elected over the regular
temperance conventions candidate. lie
threatens not to qualify.
Cereal Scotield, living in the east part
of EnosburSh, in quarrel with his faith
er last week, drew Il revolver and at
tempted to shoot him, but missed him.
They then clinched, when Cereal drew II
knife and stabbed the old gentleman sew
eral times, but without INJECTING serious
wounds. He was fined only so and
costs, his father declining to appear
against him.
Three wooden buildings in BrattlebOro.
occupied by Plumber Armstrong. Fowler
Il Wells, shoe dealers, and j. b. Kirwan
furniture, were burned Saturday night.
causing Il loss of from $4,000 to $4,000.
The fire broke. out in ArmstrOng'S shop
and spread rapidly, threatening T. Vim
ton Il Sons paper mill, which was saved
by the fire department. The buildings
were partially insured.
The town report of Rutland shows the
indebtedness of the town. aboye the
available resources, to be Sl05.970. The
principal item of expense during the past
year has been the maintenance of the
poor, the orders drawn being Sl7.34S.
nearly equaling the total poor expense
for the preceding two years and being.
porportionately much larger than that
of any other town in the State.
AS Francis Russell was attempting to
go over the crossing near the sawmill at
st. Johnsbury last week with heavy
log upon his sled, he got stuck there,
when the passenger train going east
struck the load, breaking the log, which
was two feet in diameter, in two, drag
ging it into the bridge, doing some in
Jury to both bridge and cow-catchcr. No
one was injured, yet it seems Il marvel
that more damage was not done. 1t is
said that the log surveyed 800 feet.
Things are in bad way up in a ST..
Adams district. A correspondent tells
the Messenger that the boys and girls
of the school "do not attend it for the
sake of getting learning. but for hugging
one another" He further AYERS that as
there is more boys than girls at mite
after school the boys fife to see which
will get the girls to 90 home with" and
charges the teacher with playing what
is called 'tick-tack-too' with the girls
doearing school hours"
The entrance to the State exhibit at
New Orleans is faced by model of the
arch of Titus showing all the best varie-
ties of marble produced in the State
The twO-room house, Which is head
quarters for Green Mountain folks, con-
tains black bear and IA ferocious pam
ther, while the roofing slate presents a
variegated display of color as only Yer
mont quarries could produce. On the
lower floor is a Kitchen OF we olden
time hung with antique household arti-
cles of all sorts. Maple sugar making is
illustrated on a section of a maple tree.
At Bristol. last week, Mrs. Mehitable