The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-25
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daily edition during the Caledonia county
fair last week.
The American House in Brattleboro is
made to pay $500 and costs for 10 offen-
ses against the prohibitory law.
The club flew out of the strikers hands
during a game of ball at Bethel last
week and broke Carl Writings jaw.
+. b. Taft of Burlington has given the
University of Vermont fine collection
of Indian relics. most of which were
found near Milton. MINI.
In the Rutland county court Frank
Townsend has been sentenced to the
House of Correction for one year for Il
burglary in Pttsfield
There were two deaths of children
from diphtherja in Montpelier last week,
but there seems to be no reason to fear
an epidemic of the disease.
Edwin II. Trick. commander of STAN
nard post, Burlington. has received the
appointment of dede-camp for Ver-
mont on the staff of Gen. S. S. Burdett,
commander-in-chef of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
The somewhat famous libel suit of
the Bradley Fertilizer company of Bos-
ton against DR.. Cutting, secretary of the
cIdlC DOdlu VI agriculture. was SeUUleu
last week, DR.. Cutting signing paper
satisfactory to the company.
Norman Larock, a Burlington boy, was
found drowned i'll the lake one morn
ing last week. He had been missing
since the State fair. and it turns out that
while playing with some boys at boat
house, foot of College street, he fell into
the water.
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Prouty of Poul6ney will sail for Europe
on the steamship 'Wyomng'' from New
\ ork next Tuesday. They will visit Eng
land. Ireland and Scotland, and points of
interest in France and Germany. They
intend being absent about 10 weeks.
The eleventh annual meeting of the
Vermont Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will be held in the Congregational
church at BrattlebOro Wednesday Thurs
day. and Friday. September 30 and Octo-
ber | and ,. Each union is entitled to three
delegates. and churches in towns having
no unions are cordially invited to send
two representatives. Those wishing en-
tertainment should address, at once, Mrs.
Edward Wood. Brattleboro. Return
checks will be furnished.
Mrs. Sarah d. w. Cowles of BROOKLYN,
y. Y, wants $50. 900 from Raymond Z.
Camp of Orange for alleged breach of
promise of marriage. The complaint re-
cites circumstances attending their meet
ing in Orange in the summer of 1882, and
attentions which. it is averred, the
wealthy and mature defendant lavished
on the widow. 1t is asserted that an en-
gagement was made and a wedding day,
in March, 1891, was set. For two years,
| it is said, he continued the attentions, but
when the time fixed for the marriage ar
| rived he refused to carry out his promise.
The State Sunday-school convention
will be held in Burlington on Wednesday
and Thursday. Sept. 30 and Oct. !.
Among the nOtables to be present are j.
l.. Hurlburt. d. d.. of New York and b.
f. Jacobs. esq, of Chicago-two veteran
Sundayschool workers. With these and
Miss Lucia +. f. Kimball. who speaks
on temperance, together with the State
workers. the meeting can hardly fail OF
being a success. Each Sunday school in
the State is entitled to two delegates.
Free entertainment will be furnished del
egates. and the railroads will give free
return checks.
The story comes from Rutland that
Silas NJ. Waite, eX-presdent of the ruined
| BrattleborO bank. has been cruelty
treated by one of the attendants at the
| House of Correction. The accusation is
that Waite started to go upstairs for
| something when he was seized by At
| tendant Richmond, thrown to the floor
and otherwise maltreated so that the
prisoner is now confined to the bed be-
cause of his injuries, which rumOr says
may terminate fatally. The matter has
been brought to the attention of the pro-
per authorities. who will undoubtedly
investigate it.
Collector Smalley has lately reduced
the pay of some of his subordinates and
increased that of others. The list is as
follows: j. A. Arthur reduced from
S2j00 to S2200, w. 5. Greenleaf from
$1,000 to Sl400, Il. L. Sanborn from Sl400
to Sl200. j. +. Richardson of st. Albans
from $500 to $1,000, j. r. Armngton of
st. Adams from $3.50 per diem to 50. b.
+. Kelley of st. Albans from SO 30 to SO,
w. c. McGowan of Alburgh from SO to
81, +. c. Robinson of Island Pond from
$1,000 to $500. III. +. Randall of Island
Pond from $3.50 to SO, G.. w. Hill of
Island Pond from $3.50 to S3, j. FL.
Brooks of Canaan from 50 to 81. The
salaries of the following have been in
creased $. NJ. d. Smith of Newport
from S2.75 to 50. G. c. Merrill of Newport
from 81. - to So. The reductions ag-
gregate about S22OO per annum, ana
begin October |.
Regarding Lawrence Brainerd. once of
st. Albans, of whose arrest and capture
mention has been made. a private tele-
gram received at Winnipeg says he is at
Hamilton resting at the Queens hotel,
and will go there and join his wife at
once. To a friend he told the story of
his escape from the Boston detectives,
| Mipnaannlis which thnrOnUhlu
prised Chief Detective John O'Conner of
st. Paul, and Detective Sache of Chicago.
His trip from st. Paul was first to Oma-
ha, thence to Kingston, thence to Hamil-
ton via Detroit, ferrying across the river.
Way trains were us to avoid danger of
detection. st. Paul (Minn) dispatch
of the 18th says: detective Wood, of
Wiggin a Wood. the Boston firm from
whose special detective Branerd escaped,
is now here Offering $4,000 for the res
cOvery of Brainerd. lie still feels that