The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-18
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only two of the 10 Congregational
churches in Caledonia county have settled
pastors.
Most of the larger postoffices of the
State are out of postal cards. .;and cannot
get more ut present.
ID. Z. Harrington of North Danvile. Il
mill and patent medicine owner, has fail
ed. Indebtedness $4,000.
The University of Vermont opened the
lOth at Burlington with freshman class
OF % in all departments. There are 15
young women now in the university.
winter carnival, with toboggan slides
and all the rest, is to be held at Buring-
ton next winter under the auspices of the
Coasting club.
The cane rush at the University
OF Vermont between the two lower class
es came Saturday morning after chapel
exercises, and resulted in favor of the
freshmen.
Steps are being taken by the national
government towards establishing a
quarantine on the line between Canada
and the United States on account of small
poX in Montreal.
Unknown persons entered the carriage
house of Dr.S .WilcoX.a physician in Ben
nington, and ruined two carriages bv
slashng the tops with knife, and bor-
ing holes in the box and running gear.
Mrs. DR.. knights of Springfield and
Miss Susan Daniels of Grafton. riding
between Chester and Grafton Friday were
run away with. thrown out and both
seriously injured. Their recovery is
doubtful.
The unterrified of Morristown have a
new scheme. Saturday night the voters
of this persuasion held a meeting and
nominated G. A. Rich for postmaster. j.
{. Robinson, the present incumbent, has
been postmaster % years.
On recent night Joseph Whites fami-
ly at Springfield was disturbed by noise
in the barn. and an investigation showed
that three men were in the barn mutlling
Mr.. Whites horses feet. They ran from
the barn. and have not been seen since.
Diphtheria is said to be making seri-
ous ravages in Pownal Gilbert Sarbuck
died on Wednesday morning of dphtbe-
, ria and the funeral of Mrs. Edgar Mer-
chant who died of diphtheritic sore throat
was held Sunday. Other eases are re-
ported.
, Jack Ackerman. one of party of men
employed on the farm of Smith Taylor Of
tINlSCd w CuC HIS gram. dSsdulItu u ltl-
low laborer named Forrest Rollins with
"A scythe and nearly severed his right arm.
The wound is very dangerous one.
Ackerman is at large.
A rather singular incident occurred on
the train between this city and Howard
> park Thursday evening. Just before the
train reached the depot. a child who sat
| in IA womans lap gave two shreks and
died Instantly. The child was about six
months old, and seemed well enough and
, cheerful Il moment before it died. Moth
ing is known as to the cause of the little
ones death.-Free Press.
, At Lyndon. the other day, Il. Pages
boys We're sent to drive some sheep out
of the field into the pasture. when near
,, the woods bear suddenly arose out of
some hazel-nut bushes quite close to
them. Bruin prepared to give them
welcome embrace: advancing, erectly
? with outstretched fore arms. The boys
, ran home faster than they ever thought
they could run before.
a thief was captured at Morrisville
Friday night while trying to rob III. A.
Slaton Il Cos safe. He had been suspect
l ed of being connected in a recent robbery
at Enosburg Falls and was followed to
( MOrrisvile by detective. a number of
men were stationed in the store and
pounced on him when he began to drill
, the safe. His name is Leonard Gibbs
: and he lives at Enosburg Falls.
Rutland has a smallpox scare. Kittie
b. Haynes, Il ten years old daughter of
Joseph II. HAYNES of South Royalton.
was taken sick last week at the house of
e her grandfather, DIR. B.H. Haynes, on the
t corner of West andElm streets, and is now
thought to be suffering from a mild attack
/ of varioloid. She went to school last
. week Monday and on Friday an eruption
: appeared which the doctors think is vario-
loid but they say it may be chicken-poX.
The scholars in all the schools are un-
dergoing examination and those needing
it are being vaccinated.
S. NJ. Blake, Bellows Falls astronom-
er, identifies the new star in the East re-
Gently discovered as the Star of Bethle-
hem" In his astronomical reading, he
} notices the record of a temporary star
appearing IN the years 945. 1864 and
, again in l572, the intervening time av-
eraging 3l4 years. Tracing the appear
ances back. it would about hit the date
of the Savior's BIRTH and looking for
ward, he expected it to appear again in
} 1884. Thus, he reasons. it Is the star the
wise men saw. He says he was expect
ing il. and discovered a new star August
: u, WHICH ne DelleNeu was Ille one. n
day OF so after its discovery was announc-
ed from the Harvard observatory.
: John Magee's son Freddie, l3 years
old, was accidentally shot through the
head on Friday at Shelburn and cannot re-
, cover. While Freddie and his brother were
at work in the garden they saw wood
chuck, and both ran to the house for the
gun, which they knew their father kept
loaded i'm closet. As both boys were
anxious to gain possession Of the gun,
+ quite a scuillee took place between them,
: and by accident the hammer of the gun
caught upon something and was dis
+ charged, the whole heavy charge of b.
+ b. shot entering the head of the Oldest
e boy. The charge entered directly below