The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18
State and Vicinity.

Editor McMastcr of the Age gets the
Woodstock postoflice.
The village of Bethel has lately put in
water-works to protect it against fire.
Rutland people talk of lighting their
streets with electricity.
The Catholics of Montpelier realized
$1,000 from "A fair they recently held.
Montpelier has a new public library
and 600 volumes have already been
bought for it.
zone later set is among the gifts in
list of wedding presents published in the
Manchester Journal.
1t takes a barrel of -four day to make
bread for the prisoners In the House OF
Core elton at Rutland.
In the vicinity of Mortified, Barre and
Moreton Tuesday, the Sth., the thermom-
eter settled to IA, IL and Is degrees below
zero.
The State board of agriculture closed a
two-davs meeting at Morrisville Friday.
The secretary, DIR. II. A. Cutting was
in charge.
A country youth went to Burlington
and rode back and forth over the novel
horse-railway. four miles long, % times
on Thanksgiving day.
A mail train over the Passumpsic kill
ed a horse near st. Johnshury one day
last week and badly injured boy named
Ives who was driving.
A boiler in C. Il. Holden's steam saw
mill at North Chittenden exploded the
9TH. killing John Rivers. 10. and scaldng
William Dinner, the engineer.
Reports from st. Adams announce the
discharge of 100 men from the car shops
of that place. which are for the winter to
be run on thler-quarters time as they
have been running for two months
past.
An Italian section hand on the Della
ware & Hudson railroad was killed at
Fair Haven Saturday evening while help
ing the rest of the gang to get hand
car off the track upon the appearance of
wild" engine.
The Salvation army began operations
in Rutland Saturday. The pastors of the
place are divided in their opinions of the
armv-some believing in it and its work
and Others disappearing it.
Some one tried to burn Northrop's block
! at Fair Haven the other night. The in
cendiary put rags saturated with kerosene
in the stairs and halls and fired them.
Fortunately the flames were discovered
before much harm had been done.
Frank II. Foster left Swanton two
weeks ago for Maiden. Mass, to sell a
carload of potatoes and apples. He got
500 for his products and while in Boston,
was robbed on the streets of 5000. He
was last seen in Maiden when he started
for home. 1t is thought he fell into bad
hands, was robbed and perhaps muir
dered.
While trying to load block of marble
at the Goodsell quarry, Isle la Motto, the
other day. Philip Paro. workman. was
killed by the derrick falling upon him il
consequence of one of the guys breaking
1t was a new derrick that had only beer
used few days. Is inches square by
nearly 10 feet long. AS the guy snapped
it hit Paro in the side of the face anC
head and knocked him into the air 81
or 80 feet, cutting the side of his face an(
check open. He was picked up uncon
scious and taken to his home. He Onl,
lived two days. Another man workin;
near by was slightly injured.
, Bradley B. Smalev of Vermont has
gone to Washington to try to convinc
Republican senators that he is not an of
fensive partisan" and therefore SHOULD
be-comfirmed in his appointment as col
lector at Burlington. The country ha
heard of Bradley b. Smallcy before. Fl
was and is secretary of the Democrat
national committee. While Secretar,
. Vilasis removing Republican postmaster
for having served on county committee
. or for editing country newspapers,
, will strike the country as ridiculous tina
= Smalley should expect immunity iron
: the "offensive partisan" construction
p Nc,1 York Tribune.