The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06
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street.
Only twenty-seven out of one hundred
and fifty telephones were removed in
Rutland on account of the advance IN
rates.
BY the premature discharge of a blast,
George w. Jenness of Barton was quite
badly injured about the face and hands,
though not fatally.
During October IA letters bearing the
new specia-delivery stamp were received
at st. Albans and the messenger got Sl.l2
for his months work.
A detachment of the Salvation army
will invade Rutland about the 14th inst,
and will make that place headquarters
for operations in surrounding towns.
At the meeting of the State Bar asso-
citation a committee was appointed to
prepare a bill for the next legislature
modifying the present law relating to
mesne and final process.
Receiver Price last week paid to the
stockholders of the bursted First nation
al bank of Brattleboro a final dividend of
10 SIS per cent. This makes total of 65
per cent paid back to the stockholders
on their assessment of % per cent
Russ Green, an express messenger
running between st. Albans and Mont
real, was arrested by the Canadian au-
thorities Wednesday for smuggling. A
Montreal jewelers. stock worth $4,000
was seized in connection with the case.
The State Bar association chose these
officers at Montpelier Friday: President,
G. n. Dale of Montpelier; first vice-pres-
ident, j. NJ. Tyler of Brattleboro; secre-
tary, George W. Wing of Montpelier;
treasurer. Hiram Carleton of Montpelier.
The couple that recently eloped from
Elmore have returned to the girls home
after being married and taking a short
tour in New Hampshire. Mr.. Wheelock,
the groom, is II years of age, and the
bride not yet 10.
AT West Haven. Monday, Samuel Wait
of Benson dropped dead by the roadside
soon after having left house. He was
fish peddler; and a widower He
leaves several children, the youngest
about five years old. y boy aged about
ten years was with him when he died.
A st. Adams dispatch of Monday says
George w. Foster, an old resident of st.
Adams. died this forenoon, after two
years illness from pneumonia. He was
about 80 years old, had been many years
a director in the defunct First national
bank, and was mixed up with o. \. Bur-
ton in number of law suits growing out
of the bank failure. He was considered
rich.
Adirondack Murray turned up in st.
Johnsbury the other night with lecture,
and after the lecture lectured the people
because local paper had called his life
a wasted one. He said he had graduated
from the ministry and for six years had
studied to fit himself for another kind of
work. Now have graduated. he said,
and you who say | have dropped down
and out from among forceful men may
live to hear me drop up and in among
them soon.
The Vermont Bible society elected
these officers at its meeting in st. Johns
bury last week: Joseph Poland of Mont
pelier, president; Rev. Leonard Tenney
of Waterbury, Rev. II. A. Spencer Of
Montpelier, vice-presidents; Rev. L. H.
Elliott of Waterbury, corresponding sec
retary and agent; Rev. j. o. Sherburne
of Northfeld, recording secretary +. A.
Fuller of Burlington. treasurer. The
treasurer's report showed contributions
the past year of over $1,000.
Receiver Writer'S call for bids on the
First national bank property at st. AL
bans has been responded to by eight bids,
most of them from the premises now oc-
cupied by the bank. The highest was
S353G by Ii. l.. Townshend, who buys
probably for Proprietor Stroud of the
American House. The receiver recon-
mended the acceptance of this bid by the
controller, and doubtless the property
will 90 at that figure. The indications
are that the receiver means to wind up
the concern as soon as possible.
The people of North Clarendon propose
to have pOstotlice fight. 1t is claimed
that S. y. Mason. who has just been ap-
pointed postmaster there, is an offensive
partisan" who always voted the Repub-
lican ticket, and was prominent men,
Der of the Blaine and Logan club in the
last campaign. The fifty or more fami-
Z lies who supported Mrs. Lincoln for the
? appointment propose to have Mason re-
, moved before he takes possession of the
office. and are already looking up his
record" which they claim is not spot
/ less.
The Young Mems Christian association
e of the state opened an annual convention
: at St. Albans Friday. Forty delegates
were present These officers were elect
| ed: President. l.. w. Hawley of Brattle-
I boro; vice-presidents, {. P. Harris OF
I Rutland and Prof. Deering of Burling-
/ ton; secretary, w. ii. Hopkins of st. AL
= bans; assistant secretary, l.. o. Jones of
st. Johnsbury; railroad secretary, y. 5,
T. Fl, ury of st. Abans. The international
t committee was represented by +. w
D Watkins, who addressed the convention
/ regarding the work in the South. Satur'
: day morning the treasurer's report was
read, showing balance of Sll7.ll in the
treasury. Rev. Henry Fairbanks spoke
of the matter of non-attendance al
church. c. p. Harris of Rutland intro
, duced resolutions concerning work among
4 inmates of work-houses, which were re-
ferred TO the executive committee, who
are expected to report upon them at the
next convention. In the afternoon the
State committee were requested TO EN-
ploy State secretary during the coming
+ year. provided they could see their way
clear to meet the expenses, which viii
be about Sl5OO. Nearly $500 was sub
scrbed at the last session for this pur
! pose. Russell Sturgis, jr., and Others
discussed college work and there wa:
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