The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-22
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The grand list of Brandon is about
$4,000 less than last year, or 81 .03j 900.
SIS Bennett's 1G-year-old son, Herman
who couldn't swim. went in bathing at
Chester. Sunday, and was drowned.
Burlington Democrats talk of starting
a weekly organ with Lawyer Algcr as
editor.
At Cambridge Junction, Friday. one
Emerson, Il 23-years-old carpenter, hung
himself. Cause. dependency resulting
from long sickness.
First Lieut.. Crosby +. Miller, 4th artil-
cry, has been detailed as professor of
military science and tactics at the Uni
versity of Vermont ut Burington,t to sue
coed Lieut.. Tutherly July |.
Mrs. Maggie +. Smith, wife of John
X. Smith, pilot of the steamer A. Will
liamS threw herself from the steamer into
the lake. Thursday, between ESSEX. n.
y, and Burlington Temporary insanity
is the supposed cause.
/ At Woodstock. the other day. Gilman
Thomas dragged his gun by the muzzle
while crawling up to shoot crow, and
got the charge, with bits of clothing and
Il button driven into his side and up I'M
der the ribs. He may not die.
According to a Castleton correspond
ent an apple-tree there 50 years old and
nine feet in circumference yields from
20 to 30 bushels of fruit every other year
of these varieties. Pound-sweetS, rus
sets, seeknofarthers. golden pippins and
common apples"
Addison county furnishes five members
of the chorus at the coming Rutland mu-
steal festival-Mrs. c. IL. Bowker and
Miss Agnes \. Bowker of Orwell. Mrs.
Ella Needham of Leicester Junction. Miss
Nellie NJ. Austin and Miss Fannie Z.
Sprague of Nergennes.
Wilbur +. Perrigo, charged with stab
bling a policeman. and Francis Beruve
held for grand larceny. escaped from the
Burlington Jail last Thursday night
They stood on Il bench or table and cut a
hole through the ceiling into the room
above, which was unoccupied. and thence
reached the roof of the piazza.
In the Rutland county court. Saturday
the two State cases against eX-Gov. join
B. Page for embcZZlement of Rutland
railroad funds were nolle pressed because
of the result of the civil cases of "A like
nature recently tried and decided in
Pages favor. The four cases against j
NJ. Haven, eN-treasurer of the road. fOl
embeZZlemcnt have been continued to
the next term of the county court.
The subcommittee of the board OF
State library commissioners, after look
ing the ground over, has recommended
to the full board plan for a new wing
to the capitol building, partly in the real
OF the west wing. This plan was submit
ted by Mr.. Richardson of Boston and con
templates tire-proof building of grant,
better building, to say nothing of con
venience, and at less expense. than coulC
be erected separately.
Luther Adams, who had been State
senator, States attorney and prominent
lawyer, shot himself at his home il
Chester, Monday. He has been ill al
winter, but Monday seemed better than
usual. His daughter had just left hi,
/ room, but Immediately heard shot and
/ returned, finding her father with bulle
hole in his breast and barely conscious
, Being asked the cause of the deed he re
, piled TO avoid future suffering, and dice
without struggle. He was rs years old
The Vermont State Splrtualist associa
ton will hold its next quarterly conven
, ton at G. f, Randall's hotel hall, Hyde
Park, June .. 6 and !. The speakers To-
the occasion will be Albert +. Stanley o
Leicester, Mrs. Fannie Davis Smith o
: Brandon. Mrs. Emma l.. Paul of Morris
T. vile, Mrs. Abbie w. CrOssett of DuX
! bury, Mrs. Lizzie ), Manchester of Yves
: Randolph, Mrs. Sarah A. Wiley of Rock
ingham, Mrs. A. L. Brown of st. Johns
a bury Center. Mr.. Alonzo f. Hubbard o
d Tyson Furnace, and others. The rail
II roads will give free return checks t,