The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-11
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costs at Rutland for selling rum. He
appealed, of course.
The Burlington wooden mill started
up Monday, having been shut down
three weeks for repairs.
Goddard seminary at Barre has
opened with over 100 pupils, an unus-
ally large attendance,
Capt W. IL. Bovnton, a noted North
field marksman, died last week of ap-
poplexy, aged 55 years.
Fair Haven estimates the damage
done to crops in that vicinity by re-
cent rain at $4,000 or more.
The Burlington school board has re-
solved that no person who has not been
vaccinated will be allowed to attend
school.
The skating rink company at Rut-
land has become financially embar-
rassed and will probably settle in in
solvency.
Henry w. Ecklev of Brandon, re-
cent graduate of Vermont university,
has been appointed principal of schools
at Harrington, Del.
Major N. z. Bowman wants the st.
Johnsburv postoffice. 1t had been re-
ported that he would succeed Gen.
Henry as United States marshal,
A Lyndonville man recently went to
Boston for steady job, fell in with
crowd of "good fellows" was knocked
black and blue and robbed of all he had,
$50.
Henry Ward Beecher says that his
earliest remembered address was given
in Brattleboro on temperance. He
was then a junior in Amherst col
lege.
John G. Sargent, just appointed
postmaster at Copperas Hill, has been
arrested for illegally distilling cider
brandy and will appear before Collect
or B. b. Smalley for the offense.
AT West Berlin, Monday, Joseph
Chase, 64 years old, was crushed by a
log that dislocated his right knee and
rendered necessary the amputation of
his left leg above the knee.
National Bank Examiner Hendee
completed last week Thursday the tran
saction of receiving from Hon. Daniel
Roberts, the discharged receiver of the
First National bank of st. Albans, the
effects of tho insolvent concern and of
passing them over to the new receiver,
Mr.. Writer'S.
Henry IL. Nichols, 81 years old, died
at Rochester last week of paralysis.
While helping to move the effects from
the burning hotel at West Randolph,
few months ago, two men who were
descending the stairs behind him STUN
bled and fell-the trunk which they
were carrying striking him on the back
of the neck. 1t was this hurt which ul-
timately caused his death.
H.AB Burpee and family OF Windham
left for New York recently because
their house was set on fire twice within
few days and their barn burned short
ly after. They did not feel safe in town.
Alexander Donly of the same place, who
committed suicide August 30, had left
his wife in Ireland and elOped with his
young housemaid. lie killed himself
to escape arrest for assaulting rela-
tive
Thomas ii. Brown, about 40 years
old, a Chicago paper dealer, was fatal
ly injured in Cole Il Coughs paper
mill at Putney Friday night by falling
into a 30-foot moving waterwheel.
Gardner and wife of Springfield, Mass,
were travelling in carriage to Man.
chester and stopped at Putney for the
night. Brown and Gardner strolled
into the mill and while watching the
revolving wheel from high slippery
platform, Mr.. Brown lost his balance,
fell headlong inside and was carried
around for two or three minutes before
the wheel could be stopped. Brown
died before the next morning.
Darwin G.. Pierce, 40 years of age,
transfer mail agent in the Rutland de-
pot for Is years, was arrested Thurs
day, the Sd, charged with robbing the
mails, aud put under $4,000 bonds.
Valuable letters have been missed at
Rutland since March and nearly the
whole mail of July II with bank papers
etc, amounting to $4,000, was lost.
Detectives have been at work several
weeks, and postal.card dropped in
the freight yard gave clew. Satur-
day Pierce's 1S.year-old son, Henry,
who had sometimes done his fathers
work, confessed that he was the thief
and was bound up i'll $1,000 for trial.
He had sold stamps at the stores and
this led up to the accusation and con-
tession. He burned letters without
money at his fathers office in the de-
pot. He commenced stealing in March
and could not leave of. He is a grad
uate of The High school, member of
the Sunday school, and bright and
popular. Over fifty losses in the mail
from Salem to New York were report
ed, and 500, 900 in checks from the
Rutland banks were taken on two
nights alone. Several hundred letters
were taken, parcels, gold watch
chain and photographs.
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