The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-23
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Coal has gone up % cents ton in Bur-
lington.
RoXbury woman claims to have
seen panther while out drying in that
town the other day.
Three St. A bans boys, named Burnett,
Merritt and Floody, have been sent to
the reform school for theft.
Edward Labode. while working in the
woods at Morrisville Friday, was struck
by falling tree and killed.
The tobacco product of Vermont is in
creasing. 1t was $50 pounds in 1910, r.
24j in 1850, and 81 ,432 pounds in 1880.
There was 40-mile bicycle race at
Bellows Falls Saturday. which was won
by Hobson in three hours, five minutes.
The rolling-mll property at St. Albans
has been leased to concern that will
manufacture boilers and other similar
work.
Rev. DR.. Goadbv, once prominent
among the Baptist clergymen of the
State, died at his home in Poultney last
week.
The Fairbanks Scale company, st.
Johnsbury, has paid during the past year
dividends on its capital stock amounting
to per cent.
Charles Taylor, % years old, employed
by the Vermont Marble company at Rut-
land, was caught between two slabs of
marble, Friday, and fatally crushed.
Judge Poland has removed with his
family to the old homestead at Water
vile, after having boarded ID years at
the St. Johnsbury House, ST. Johnsbury.
j. E. Snow, a Central Vermont brake
man, had Il leg crushed at Chester Friday
morning, was otherwise hurt and may
die. He had worked on the road since
August 81.
f. a. Morton, postal route agent from
st. Albans to Boston oyer the Central
Vermont for II years past, has been re-
moved. Frank b. Gillett, a Richmond
Democrat, succeeds him.
A tramp suffering from loathsome
skin disease appeared at Proctor one day
last week and gave the people of that
busy town first-class smallpox scare.
The visitor did not make long stay.
Jules Desjardine, Burlington slater,
was on the roof of j. V. Pages house
when the staging gave way. He slid 20
feet to the caves and fell % feet thence
to the ground. He fortunately sustained
no injuries beyond severe bruises.
Rutlanders are going into the steam
boat business. The Whitehall Times
says that II. Coates of that place is build
ing steam pleasure yacht for Landon
and Morse. The entire length of the
vessel is twenty-seven feet, twenty-five
feet keel, with seven feet beam. She
will be placed on Otter creek.
Thomas j. Tiffany, who while post
kmaster at Bennington in March, 1884,
absconded with government money and
was recently caught in Colorado, pleaded
guilty to embeZzlement in the United
States court at Rutland Friday and was
sentenced to pay fine equal in amount
TO the money he stole and to five years
Imprisonment in the house of correction.
The State Medical society which held
its annual meeting at Montpelier last
week, 80 doctors being present, chose
these officers Friday; President, DR.. d..
G.. Kemp of Montpelier; vice-president,
f. Il. Campbell of Bellows Falls: secre-
tary, DR.. j. 5. Richmond of Woodstock /;
, treasurer, DR.. Sumner Putnam of Mont
pelier; auditor DR.. c. M. Chandler of
Montpelier.
The corporation taxes paid into the
State treasury during the six months end
ing June 30 amount to SS4,237 of which
sum the railroads gave S3S 1853, savings
banks 49,, ,G9l, trust companies S7S52,
telephone companies S477, telegraph
S243, National car company $2l2S. steam
boat companies S249, express companies
1921. The Central Vermont system pays
S2l ,90G of the S3S, ,2G9 paid by the rail
roads.
Two men were killed, and one injured
so that he died Saturday, at State Line,
near Bennington last week Thursday
night. The Troy and Boston railroad
bridge caught fire and while attempting
: to save it two members of the North
Bennington fire department, James War
4 dell and MI. Burke, were instantly killed
+ by falling timber. c. f. Coy, promi-
+ nent business man of North Bennington
was hurt and died as above stated.
{ Trains have been delayed all the week.
Read these facts-it may save your life-Gil
3 more's Aromatic Wine cures suppressed msnstru
alton and painful monthly sickness.
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