The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
State and Vicinity.

deaths in Cornwall during the year 1884
At Wells, the other day, Mrs. w. B.
Spencer gave birth to two boys and one
girl
The Vermont Baptist Sunday-school
convention is arranging to hold a meet.
ing at Poultney in June.
1t is said that Rutland folks have or
dered $4,000 worth of lottery tickets
bought for them this year.
Some time during the year Mai. A. B.
Valentine will rebuild his large knitting
mill at Bennington, burned two years
! ago.
The Chicago Sons and Daughters of
Vermont held their Sth annual banquet at
the Palmer House in that city Jan. 20.
About $50 were present.
DR.. 5. j. Allen of White River June.
ton. VINO pleaded guilty to granddaughter
at Boston last week, was sentenced to
five years in the State prison.
! L. L. Durant of Montpelier thinks his
character has been damaged So 900 by a
paragraph in court report published in
the argus last summer and sues that
sheet for libel.
Members of the bar in Rutland are agi-
tatlng the subject OF erecting a building
in which the lawyers offices will be 10.
Gated and in which provision will also be
made for library open to all of them.
The trustees of the soldiers home
provided for by the last legislature, met
at Rutland last week and appointed
Warren Gibbs and Gen. Wells of Bur
lington and Geo. II. Childs of st Adams
committee to draft bylaws, etc., for
a permanent organization and authorized
the chairman to call meeting to make
such organization.
A part of the farm of jackson Miller.
living near Burlington, about an acre in
extent. is said to have sunk 80 feet. The
earth upon all sides of the depression is
almost perpendicular. and the tops of
trees that went down can be touched by
persons standing upon the brink. The
theory Is that springs undermined the
ground, and that the effect of the frost
caused it to sink. The land Whereabouts
is sandy.
Commander Kinsman of the Vermont
department of Grand Army men stated
at the grand encampment at Rutland
that - posts and 900 men had been add
ed to the State department. A women's
relief corps was organized with Mrs. G.
w. Hooker of Brattleboro as president
The department elected these officers
Commander, w. L. Greenleaf of Winoos.
XII; senior vice-commanuer, c. Z. Graves
of Bennington Junior vice-commander. Fl
X. lde of st. Johnsbury; chaplain, Elihu
Snow of Ludlow.
The Burlington Philharmonic society
will hold its fourth annual festival at the
Howard opera house March 10 to 10. in
elusive. Carl Zerrahn will conduct and
Mrs. ii. F. Knowles. soprano; Mrs. Ella
Cleveland Henderson, contralto; Willis
Clark, tenor, and d. NJ. Babcock. basso.
will take part. Blaisdell's orchestra viii!
do the orchestral work. Among the nro-
auctions will be Handel's noble orator
10. The Messiah" Max Bruch's Fair
Ellen" or the Siege of Lucknow" and
the best selections from Elijah"
George K. Hollis spool and bobbin fac
tory at Burlington was burned on Satur.
day. The fire originated In the dry-room
and the flames bursting through the walls
in great fury were the first intimation of
danger. The alarm was immediately
sounded and the fire department respond
ed promptly, but the flames gained such
Roadway that their efforts could not save
the main part Of the mill and their atten-
ton was directed to the brick engine and
bOiler-roOms. The fire Quilted these COM
pletely and all were DESTROYED save sec
ond playhouse on the opposite side of the
engine-house from the mill. The fire de-
partment worked until dark, combining
the fire to the engine rooms from the
lumber-sheds surrounding the manufac-
tory. The loss on machinery and stock
is $4,000; insurance $500. The building,
engine and boilers belonged to Lawrence
Barnes and were valued at $40. 900 insur-
ance S5250. Almost at the beginning of
the fire as Second Captain E. +. Parker
was passing near the engine-house the
front wall, without warning fell GU. and
Parker was instantly killed. His skull
and right hip Were fractured. A bow
named Kenney had foot injured In an
alley between the front and other build.
ings where hundreds had passed back and
forth, and 1t was miracle that but one
was killed. Mr.. Parker had been for
some years clerk in Turk Bros clothing
store and was highly respected by al,
who knew him. lie was member a
the Ethan Allen fire company.