The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21
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The Salvation Army is laboring with
the Essex Junction sinners.
Bears are quite numerous upon the
mountains east of Rutland.
Peaches, sweet potatoes. tobacco and
grapes ripen in some parts of Rutland
county.
-Four tons of fishing-rods were recently
shipped to England from Chubb's factory
at Post Mills.
a five-years-old son of II. w. Kinney
was attacked with hemorrhage of the
lungs at st. Johnsbury recently and died
in ten minutes.
Mark w. Cassidy, former resident of
Rochester and a brave Union soldier,
died of sunstroke in Washington, Aug.
$, aged - years.
The Catholic clergymen of the diocese
of Burlington will hold their annual re-
treat in Burlington, beginning Septem-
bel 2l and continuing one week.
One Uriel Cutler of Woodford was
recently driven up tree by bear, and
kept in confinement all night. In the
morning bruin and her cubs sauntered
off, and he wended his way home.
Silas G.. Dunton's house in Rutland
was destroyed by fire Monday night;
loss on building. $1,000; insurance, 81
800. There is suspicion that the fire
was of incendiary origin.
While Sheriff Miles of Orleans county
was getting of train at Rutland Friday
night, having prisoner in charge, the
pistol in his pocket accidentally exploded
making an ugly wound in the hip.
Rutland village has been sued for S1O,-
000 damages by two citizens for keeping
defective sewer near their houses caus-
ing, they claim, the deaths of two chill
dren of one and one of the other.
Lieut-Gov. Ormsbee, in his suit against
the town of Brandon to restrain 1t from
putting up IA monument in front of his
house, has been sustained in a prelmi-
nary hearing by Judge Neazey of Rut-
land, and the Injunction remains.
At Berkshire. the other day, a cyclone
took off about a quarter of the roof of
new barn recently built by Mr.. Loverin.
1t also took up a quantity of hay which
was piled in cocks and carried it for
about half a mile in the air.
The Burlington college of languages
finished ten years of its existence We'd
nesday, the 18th. and DR.. Sauveur of the
school was given fine bronze bust of
Moliere, eXGov Chamberlain of South
Carolina making the presentation
speech.
Samuel A. Huntington of Rochester
village committed suicide by hanging
last Wednesday forenoon. His hat and
vest were carefully laid aside. and in his
vest pocket was found this note: mo
one will ever know why | did this. |
am sober and in my right mind" His
age was 63. He leaves wife and five
children.
A German pedler was robbed in Rich
mond the other night. He was walking
along when he met a man, also on foot,
who drew pistol and demanded his
money or life. The German gave him
Sl.50 and told him that was all he had.
After firing one shot and further threat
enings, the thief demanded his overcoat
and took it.
Five hundred Windsor county veterans
held their annual reunion at Windsor
Wednesday, the 18th, and 1000 people
saw the parade. Col. George w. Hooker
was toast-master and addresses were
made by Marsh o. Perkins, Coils. Childs,
Pingree and Seaver, Capt. Fay and Rev.
IL. A. Van Dalsen. A campfire was
held at night.
Francis L. Stone, recent graduate of
the theological school at Canton, \. Y,
and since teacher at Island Pond, was
ordained at the Universalist church in
Rochester Friday forenoon. The clergy
men taking part were ). 4. Parker of
Bethel, Prof. G.. NJ. Harmon, College
Hill, Mass; b. G.. Russell and G. 5.
Guernsey of Rochester, and b. M. Til
lotson of Woodstock, who preached the
sermon.
Much damage was done in the south
and east parts of the State last week by
freshets. Along the valley of Otter creek
in Pittsford, Brandon, Clarendon and
Wallingford meadows were oYertlowed
and thousands of tons of hay damaged.
A White River Junction dispatch of
Friday last SAYS: The heaviest rain
storm here since 1869 came yesterday
and during last night. The highways
are badly washed and many bridges are
swept away. The damage in this town
is estimated at $1,000.
Capt. Albert Edwards house at Rich
mond was entered by burglars on Thurs
day night of last week and some Sl50 in
money was stolen. The burglars passed
near the bed where Mr.. Edwards slept,
fastened four doors open. took all the
clothes from the clothes press and car
ried them into the kitchen, and apparent
ly searched them, took pair of new
trousers and light overcoat and all the
baked food in the pantry. a large NUM-
Der of matches were partly burned and
left on the floor.
The supreme court has rendered de-
cision in the defunct st. Adams trust
company test case of Croun against
Lawrence Brainerd and other directors
of the company,to recover losses sustain
ed by the failure of the institution. The
court cOncurred in the opinion of Judge
Royce of the Franklin county court sus-
tanning the defendants demurrer on
the ground that no actual loss had been
proved. The suits were brought against
the directors by virtue of section in the
charter providing that the directors of
the trust company should be personally
liable for the losses of depositors.