The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-05-29
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NJ. Dorr, Daniel Crofut, Martin G..
Rice and Bradley Fish.
The annual convention of Congrega-
tional churches aud pastors is to be
held at Bellows Falls, beginning June
9, continuing three days, comprising
from POO to $50 delegates.
The Windsor county court began its
session in Woodstock Tuesday, Judge
Russell $. Taft presiding. The husi-
ness promises to be very light. The
whole number of law cases on the
docket is only l09. OF the 100, ID are
divorce cases.
This extraordinary story is going the
rounds: A horse belonging to Ed
ward Phalon of Pittsficld began bleed
ing at the nose while working in the
field recently, and finally save some
snorts and threw live mouse from the
nostril The mouse was as lively as
ever and MIR. Phalon had some trouble
in catching it.
Arthur IL. Scott and VIM. j. Sell
fridge, indicted for robbing the post
office at Bellows Falls last November,
at which time about $50 in money,
postage stamps and two regist cred let
tiers were stolen, were tried at the re-
cent session of the United States court
at Windsor. The Jury could not agree
and were discharged and the cases
nolle-prossed.
Work on the new court house IN
Newport was begun last week and will
be vigorously prosecuted until its COM
pletion. The courthouse will be 80
feet in width and 30 feet in length, with
projecting porch % feet wide. The
foundation walls are being built of
split granite and tho superstructure
will be constructed of hard cherry-col-
Ored brick.
A political episode occurred at Lud-
low, the morning after the election of
General Logan. Il. +. Hathorn raised
a large Hubbard squash last season,
with the name of John A. Logan on it
so large that it could be seen across the
street. lie has kept it in his store all
winter and many have asked for seeds
from it to plant this season, but Mr..
Ilathorn refused to cut it till Logan
was elected, and accordingly when the
news of his election arrived yesterday
morning, amid cheers and the raising
of the flag, the seeds were called for
and went like wild fire; the squash on
being cut proving sound as a nut, like
General Logan himself, Here's to the
live Republicans of Ludlow and thanks
for our share of the seeds !-BcHOrS
FuHS Times.
At the recent session of the United
States court at Windsor the grand Jury
found bill of indictment against Ed
ward A. Sowles of st. Adams for max
ing false representations to the bank
examiner in regard to the condition of
the st. Adams national bank. Oscar
A. Burton Of Burlington was also in
dicted for perjury, in making oath on
the several occasions when he was
elected director, that he was the own
er, in good faith and in his own right,
of the number of shares of stock stand
ing III his name on the books of the st.
Adams national bank, whereas it was
claimed that he held those shares mere.
ly in trust for Edward A. Sowles, who
always received the dividends. The
cases were continued to the October
term, which is held in Rutland.
The next regular reunion of the Sth
Regiment Vt. volunteers will be held
at Montpelier, on Thursday, June Is,
1880, afternoon and evening. This
meeting is called at this time to make
arrangements for the excursion to the
Shenandoah valley, also to organize a
rifle team which shall accompany the
excursion, and compete for the prizes,
as per notice sent out. Capt. Geo. N.
Carpenter will give another of his
entertaining poems. Capts. ). E,
Howard, Mcfarland and Col. Ii. f.
Hill will have papers relating to the
history of the regiment. The commit
tee on regimental history will report
progress. This will be an important
and interesting meeting, and full at
tendance is desired. Gen. 5. Thomas
of Fairlee is president of the organiza-
ton and G. NJ. Ferrin of Essex
Junction, secretary.
Drs. Linsley and Tinkham have on
exhibition at their Office peculiar
mOnstrosity. 1t consists of twin lambs,
the hinder parts of which are separate
and perfect. The two bodies are fac.
ing each other and Just behind the fore
legs they unite and form one trunk and
one neck about twice the usual size.
There are two partly formed heads, each
having two eyes, but the heads are
back to back, and face the sides of the
separate bodies, as do each pair of front
legs and each set of ears which in them
selves are perfect. Three of the ears
are i'll line, but the fourth is attached
about midway Of the neck This curl.
osity was secured from E. l.. Freeman
of Andover the fore part of March, was
mounted by ii. A. Brush of Milton and
is to be placed in the University muse
um.-Free Press.
A Bellows Fails dispatch of NIonday
says: Two women entered the depot
in Springfield, Mass, late in March,
with an infant Is days old, and asked a
lady in the waiting room to hold il a
minute. They went out and did not
return. The child was sent to an or.
phan's home and died the next day. A
post-mortem examination showed thai
death was caused by large dose OF
opium. Detectives worked up the case
and finally papers were put in the hands
of cOnstables here for the arrest of Mrs
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