The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-28
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Montpelier has a new opera house with
audience room G2 feet square and seating
500 persons.
Birch hill. near Brandon. has lately
been visited by catamount, which did
some damage to cattle.
Hon. George b. Loring. lately commits
sioner of agriculture, will make the adj
dress at the State fair, Howard park,
Burlington.
+. ii. Pattee. one of the selcctmen of
klchtord, fell from his chair while eat
ing dinner Monday and died almost in
stantly OF apopleNy, aged 30 years.
William johnson. Brattleboro car
| pentcr, who was knocked down bv a
team recently, has become a ravng man
lac in consequence and is committed TO
the asylum.
The special delivery system will 90
into elect at the following post offices
October |: Bennington, Brattleboro, Bur
llngton, Colchester, Rutland, st. Albans.
st. Johnsbury.
Frank Wilbur ran away with the con-
tents of the money drawer of Charles
Bedard's grocery at POultney. last
Thursday. He also owed small debts
about the place.
Luther Daniels, aged 81 years, once
prominent merchant at Rutland. died
there Friday. He was president and
treasurer of the Rutland savings bank
for % years.
The night clerk in the American House
at Burlington was assaulted Friday
morning because he refuses to open the
safe, and was violently handled The
assailant escaped.
a Central Vermont passenger who was
hurt the other day at Bethel will hereaf-
ter keep his head inside the cars when he
travels. He had his Uranium badly
bruised by striking it against the bridge
! there.
The Farmers and Mechanics exchange.
or grange store" and Thurbers bak-
cry in Bratteboro were robbed Sum
day morning. From S22j to $500 cash
was taken from the former and so from
the latter.
During recent thunderstorm Ira Bar
ton of Norwich lost one half his flock of
sheep of 9G old ones. IL lambs, and 4
black sheep. 1t divided them equal, most
ly under tree where the lightning
struck.
The christian Messenger, the Methodist
organ of the State. has been sold to
Charles Morse, formerly of the Ne,rS-
dcotcr of hyde Park. Morse takes DOS
session September |, and will move the
sheet from Montpelier to SWanton.
At Burlington the other night thieves
| broke into the stOre-rOom at DR.. Clark's
retreat on North avenue and partook of
| the eatables, and about the same time an
unsuccessful attempt was made to enter
a house on King street, but the thieves
were frightened away.
Steps have been taken by the Ben
nington Monument association to get the
! payment of the appropriations voted by
Congress and Vermont, Massachusetts
and New Hampshire. and it is hoped to
get the foundation laid during the COM
ing year, ready for the superstructure.
a painful accident occurred at Bellows
Falls last week. Charles O'Neil. a ma
chine tender in the Fall Mountain paper
mill, was caught on pulley Wednesday
and carried over the shafting. One
thumb was torn from the socket the
cords were torn out to the elbow and a
leg was badly bruised.
Another special town meeting was held
at Brandon Monday to see if the town
would rescind the vote and action of the
meeting held July !, directing that the
soldiers monument be erected in the tri-
angle at the junction of Park and Frank
lin streets in front of +. j. Ormsbee's
house. The town voted not to rescind.
-Four of the members of the Vermont
Bar association have died the past wear,
and there are IA now. They were ad-
mitted to the bar in the various connties
of the State as follows: From Addison
six, Bennington three, Caledonia nine,
Chttenden 10. Essex two. Franklin II,
Lamoille II. Orange 10, Orleans eight,
Rutland II, Washington y, Windham l3,
, Windsor ID.
I The Bennington Historical society
chose these officers at its annual meeting
last week; President, Hlland Hall;
vice-presdents. Rev. Isaac Jennings.
| Thomas White. and Mai. a. B. Valentine;
recording secretary, Edward l.. Bates
corresponding secretary, Charles NJ.
Bliss; treasurer, Ellis \. Cobb; eXecu-
tive committee, Oln Scott, chairman.
Charles Thatcher, l.. f. Abbott, Alfred
Robinson, a. j. Dewey.
There is an interesting case at Dunn
merston. The town. sues one of its
listers, George Knapp, for $4,000. Twen-
ty-siN instances are given where the in
ventories are not properly filled out, and
whom the selectmen threatened to sue
have paid taxes on property which was
kept out of their lists. The law is very
specific and strict in these matters, and
subjects lister who takes an inventory
which does not answer its requirement
to penalty of 500 for each case.
The executive committee of the social
reunion of the General Assembly met in
Rutland Friday and learned that 207 of
the 2iO towns had been heard from and
these reported the names of 24l0 old
members of the Legislature. The COM
mittee are confident there are 5000 eX-
members living The oldest member re-
ported is Ely Chamberlin of Craftsbury,
who was member in 1922. An interest
ing feature of the exercises that are to be
held October and will be reception
in the State-house by GOV. Pingree and
eX-Govs. Rvland Fletcher, lIland Hall,
Frederick Holbrook j. Gregory Smith.
Paul Dillingham;, John b. Page, John
w. Stewart, George W. Hendee, Horace
Fairbanks, Redtield Proctor, Roswell