The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-24

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A pleasure boat % feet long, making
eight or nine miles an hour and using
Kerosene for fuel, has been put ON Lake
Champlain.
The annual muster of the national
guard of Vermont will be held this wear
mt St Albans, beginning Tuesday, Aug.
%, and lasting five days
H. f. Bingham of Bakersfield is said
to be the most likely of the II applicants
to get the place of national bank examin-
| or.
Lectures on temperance are to be de-
llvered III the State in September by
Col. Balm of Kentucky and Miss Lucia
kimball of Chicago and in October by
Mrs. Lathrop of Michigan.
The veterans of Windsor county hold
a reunion at Windsor August 12, and
large attendance is locked for, along with
William Nj. Evarts, Gov. Pingree, G. G.
Beman, and many Grand Army men.
Arnold Bros. Il Co. have resumed
working their silver mine at Hortonville
on large scale. They have put up a
building containing three crlshers and
intend to add other necessary machin-
cry soon.
A cannon-ball which his step father
picked up on the Bennington battlefield
70 years ago is owned by Dummerston
man. 1t weighed four pounds, and was
undoubtedly fired at the battle of Ben
nington in 1777.
A petition is being circulated at Bran
don for another special town meeting to
rescind the vote of the last meeting to
put the soldiers monument in "the
triangle" and to see if the town will vote
to put it between the Congregational
church and Engels block
Albert H Tuttle, postmaster at Rut-
land, has been suspended and L. w.
Redington, judge Of the municipal court,
succeeds him. The reason of Mr.. Tut
ties suspension Is not stated. Albert
Landon has been made municipal Judge
in place Of Mr.. Redington.
Hon. Charles W. Porter, secretary of
State, and Miss Florence, daughter
of the late Charles w. Bailey, one of the
wealthiest young ladies i'll the town, were
united i'll marriage by Rev. j. H. Hincks,
at Montpelier, last Thursday evening.
Eight hundred people, including many
persons OF prominence, We're present.
The duties collected at st. Albans dur
ing June amounted to S14,134. This is
exclusive of the goods sent forward in
bond, on which duties are collected at
port of destination. Among the free
! goods entries at this port during the
month were 100000 dozen of eggs, valu-
ed at $4,000.
The people of Ludlow and vicinity
are making preparations for an elaborate
celebration of the seml-centennial of
Black River academy, founded IN 1885,
and one of the Oldest and best institu-
tions of its kind in the State. The date
for the celebration is August 2G, and
among the alumni who have already
signitied their intention of being present
are Ex-Governor Proctor OF Rutland,
Hiram Hitchcock, ESD, of the Fifth
avenue hotel, New York, and Judge r.
w. Clark of Brattleboro.
The night express bound north over
the Passumpsic railroad was thrown
from the track near South Barton Thurs
day because the spikes holding the rail
had been pulled out. The engine and
two cars passed over all right, but the
third car together with the sleeping car
were thrown off. No one was very seri-
ously injured; several were bruised and
jammed somewhat. If the train had
gone over the bank many would have
been injured if not killed, as the bank
was very high and rocky.
The report of President Clement of the
Rutland railroad to the stockholders for
the year ending June 30 shows that the
corporation has no notes payable out
standing. and that besides the $40, 630.-
96 of rent due and unpaid, it has cash
now in bank, and the larger part of it at
interest, S46,SS6.6l. The item of interest
received on money loaned is the first
shown by the books of the company in
its entire history, The action against
John b. Page, late president of the COM
pany, to recover certain amounts claim
ed to be due from him to the company,
is now pending on exceptions in the Sup
RENE court of Vermont A dividend on
the preferred stock has been declared of
81 per share, payable August l, 1885, to
preferred stockholders of record at the
close of business July %. The stockhold-
ers had their annual meeting at Rutland
yesterday.
The Boston journal correspondent
telegraphed this from Washington con
cerniIg the recent visit of b, B. Smalley
of Burlington to that city :" Mr.. Small
ley is outspoken in his loyalty to the
administration. lie says that the New
England Democrats are of course disap-
pointed that things should move SO
slowly, but are convinced that the Presi-
dent believes the success of the Demo
cratic party to be only second in impor-
tance to the prosperity of the country,
and that every act on his part is dictated
by a desire to promote both objects. He
says that if Mr.. Cleveland thought he
was moving too slowly for the good of the
party he would not hesitate a moment
to change his course. He says that the
President has ample opportunity for
observation and has good advice, and
the Democrats have enough confidence
in him to take it for granted that what
ever course he adopts is the wisest that
circumstances permit. Mr.. Smalley