The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-25
ESfofe 2J1eps.
Rutland's street railway is in full oper-
alton, and is well patronized.

ID years in State prison at the Windsor
county court for burglary.
Edwin G. Watson, prominent citizen
of Hartford, died Sunday of cancer of
tn e stomach.
One day last week the Rutland House
of Correction had ! 10 inmat es. the largest
number in its history.
Joseph White of Rutland will settle
with his creditors through the court of
insolvency.
The Salvation army will invade Ben
nington On New Years day. 1t is good
field.
Montpelier's debt on account of its wa
ter-works is S50,000,a and $4,000 more has
been authorized.
Two Brattleboro men have been found
who get drunk on Jamaica ginger. That
is not new scheme in this region.
The Salvation army has been in Bellows
Falls three weeks and has made a good
impression by its methods work and
| Bennington Center has 1G inhabitants
who average so years of age. The aggre-
gate of their ages is 1884 years, and the
Oldest is 80.
There has been large increase in the
number of Grand Army posts in the State
during the past year. The present num-
Der is 92.
Mrs. Patrick Agau. a Fair Haven
woman. was taken with fit of coughing
one day last week and died in very few
minutes. She was 81 years Of age.
A strange cattle disease has appeared
in Williston and 1t proves fatal in every
case. The victims gradually waste away
as if with consumption.
Mails coming into Vermont from Mon
treal by way of the Central are fumigated
at st. Albans, where building has been
erected for that purpose.
The adjourned annual meeting Of the
Champlain Valley association and the an
nual meeting of the State Agricultural So
ciety will be held at Burlington Janu-
ary 6.
A two-horse team worth $500 owned by
A. l.. Petts of Otter River. Mass. be-
came frightened at Montpelier Monday,
IAN in front of a freight train and was
killed.
The iron bridge in process of construc-
tion across the Winooski river near Bur-
lington gave way last week. The trestle
and temporary bridge were also carried
away.
The Rutland bicycle rir,. was sold at
auction the other day by the assignee for
1929. The thing cost $4,000 a year
and half ago, when it was built by
! stock company.
Rutlanders have started subscription
for Rev. and Mrs. John II. Parr, who
were driven from Quitman, Ga, and the
school burned over their heads, on ac-
count of their keeping school for ne
groes.
The late David Whitaker of Bethel
has eight children living, the youngest of
whom is 20 years old One of these, David,
Jr., is 81 years old and has 10 children
living, the youngest being 3S years old.
Over 10000 shares of the Ely Copper
Mining company's stock with par value
of S5 a share were recently sold for S24,
or half mill share. About five years
ago this property was valued at some
$400.000.
The State Grange is moving for the es-
tablishment of State railroad commits
sion, and has instructed its secretary to
r prepare and circulate petitions asking the
next legislature to pass an act providing
for such officials.
Thomas Welch of Richmond, % years
old, slid from NOW, the other day,
, while helping to run a threshing ma
! chine, and fell upon an iron bar, which
entered his body to the depth of IL inch
es. He lived but few hours.
The divorce case, Doying against Doy-
ing, lately tried in the Caledonia county
, court, was noteworthy. The husband
tried to show that his wife caused the
, death of three children by carelessness,
and asked for the custody of the two re-
naming children. Mrs. Doyiug was Civ
en- divorce, custody of the children and
property in trust for them
Abraham G.. Parker q Sons general
u store at Pownal was entered Saturday
night by four masked men, who blew
open the safe and carried away consider
able money end many valuable papers. A
a reward of 500 is offered for the capture
of the thieves.
Guy Meigs' l5-year-old son, Johnnie,
while swinging cane at st. Albans
saturday, struck the hammer of a loaded
Y gun held in the other hand, which went
d off, shot away part of one side OF his
: face and broke his skull. He will die.
The Vermont association of Road and
Trotting Horse Breeders will hold its
: annual meeting at Burlington. Wednes-
t day, January l3, at one O'Clock p. m. A
a meeting of the executive committee will
t also be held at the same place al 10
e O'Clock the same day.
The January term of the Rutland coun-
: ty supreme court will begin January rs,
: Chief Justice Royce and Judges Powers,
f Rowell and Walker sitting. The docket
d contains IL cases. Anon these are the
; four liquor cases against John O'Neil of
5 Whitehall. n. Y. known as the Jug
cases, wherein it is claimed that O'Neil,
It who sent liquor from Whitehall to Rut-
@ land parties &c. o. D." in jugs of two or
S three gallons, technically sold liquor in
;, Vermont, the fines for which, if he is ad-
II judged guilty by the supreme court,
:. amount to over $1,000 and months i'm
h prisonment.
u Prot. Barrett of st. Lawrence county, n. Y.
speaking of pulmonary diseases. says; not ont
death occurs where twenty died before
Downs Elixir known. over fifty years o
$ constant success places Downs Elixir at the
- head of the long list of cough remedies.
- The reason why Arnica n Oil Liniment is SC
u popular with the la lies is because II not only
II very healing and soothing but its odor is not 81