The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-04
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The st. Johnsbury academy opens
with 25O students.
The fall term of the University of Yer
mont opens September 10.
Postmaster Redngton will try to get a
Tree delivery system at Rutland
| The Spiritualists of the State are hold
ing their fourth annual assembly at Bur-
lington.
Rev. C. j. Wilson has resigned the pas
torate of the Baptist church in East
Poultney.
Oliver Corriere of Winooski was
drowned recently in the river. He was
subject to fits.
Alexander NJ. Hulng, Bennington
Center lawyer of g. was married We'd
nesday to Miss Mary Green. aged 20.
Round Grove campmeetng at Fairhav-
en- Will open September s. instead of Sep
tember as announced, and continue ten
days.
Senator Edmunds and eX-Govs. Proctor,
smith. Farnham and Barstow, and Lieut.
Gov. Ormsbee, reviewed the troops in
muster at st. Albans last week.
AT Maquam Bay the other day Justin
Greene fell from moving machine and
received several bad cuts upon the head,
besides having one finger amputated.
a Chester dispatch of last Friday saws:
1t has been very cold in this section for
the past week. y frost last night did
considerable damage. The top of Ascut-
ney mountain is covered with snow.
The principals of the three normal
schools at CastletOn, johnson and Ran
dolph have agreed to raise the standard
OF admission and of graduation and to
add physiology to the course of study.
Since the claim was made that the old
est man in New England was a Maine
man. aged lOG, Ludlow brings on a citi-
zen who was l07 Aug. II. and recently
walked into the village, two miles and
half from his house.
An abandoned horse and carriage were
found in the woods at Westminster by
Sherlil Lowell of Bellows Falls, supposed
TO be stolen property. A man and
woman who had left it there were arrest
ed. one at Springfield and the other below
Bellows Falls.
Is. Is. Smalley took charge of the Bur-
lngton custom house Tuesday as col
lector. His patronage comprises 81 Off
| GERS and employees. OF these one draws
$500 year, two SlS00. two $1,000, one
$1,000. one $1,000, and the rest from 81 .Gj
to $3.50 day.
The centennial anniversary of the for
nation of the Brandon Baptist church
was celebrated at Brandon, Wednesday
of last week. Dr. Thomas. for 10 wears
pastor, and now 81 years old, delivered
the historical address. \ large number
of former members were present.
Sheriff Melendy of Londonderry and
Constable George made a descent last
week on the Avenue house of A. McDon-
aid and the restaurant of Frank Morgan,
both in Bellows Falls. seizng quantity
! of liquor in each place. At trial the
former was fined Sl2G and the latter
Sl02.
Burlington has a Brush-Swan Electric
Light company, who chose these direct
ors f. G. Kennedy, A. O. Humphrey,
w. \. Crombie Joseph Aud, L. L.
Woodhouse. At subsequent meeting of
the directors +. {. Kennedy was chosen
president, l.. E. Woodhouse, treasurer,
George w. Wales. secretary and clerk
The plant will soon be put in.
All the employees of the Delaware and
Hudson Central Vermont and Boston
and Lowell railroads entering Montreal
have been vaccinated. and the most strict
watch is kept to prevent the trasporta-
ton of persons from infected districts.
| The Montreal authorities seem to have
the disease well in hand and visitors to
the city hear little about it.
John Doyle, Swede IL OF Il years of
age, in Jail at Ncwfane on charge of
stealing, escaped Sunday evening. While
Jailer Underwood was taking two pris-
oners upstairs for the night. Doyle, who
was ahead with light, threw the lamp
at Mr.. UnderwOod's head, cutting a cash
and partly stunning him, then rushing
into rear chamber he jumped from an
open window. He has not been heard
| from.
Chelsea has lot of foolish merchants.
The town is removed from the railroads,
and Chelsea man runs stage line to the
nearest station. But the commercial men
hire teams at the railroad station and
make the round trip to the village in
day Fifteen mer chants have conspired
together and unanimously resolved to
patronize no drum mer who does not
patronize the stage line. If the drummers
use the stage line they are compelled to
stay in Chelsea all night.
Col. Herbert +. Hill of Boston visited
the works of the Vermont Marble COM
pany at Proctor on Wednesday, in COM
pany with Gen. Stephen Thomas, to see
the monument which he will erect to the
memory of the Sth Vermont on the battle
field of Winchester, Va. next month. Col.
Hill invited his old regiment and brigade
commander, Gen. Thomas, to meet him
there and inspect the monument, which
is completed, save the inscription. Gen.
Thomas and Col. Hill start September Is
with the excursion of Sherldans veterans
for the Shenandoah Valley.-Ruldnd
Herald.
Nerve-lile and yigor restored in men and wo-