Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-19

II. Barnes; regatta committee, w. F!
Hendee, T. P. w. Rogers, W. II. Lane,
jr.
A delegation of some 80 people left the
vicinity of st. Adams the other day to
join the Vermont colony of Loyalton,
Oak. Letters from that place tell of
increasing prosperity. One birth is thus
far recorded in town, girl, who will
bear the name of Loyalie.
Brattleboro doesn't seem to like the
Salvation army, as the detachment there
were attacked the other evening, while
on their way to their encampment after
their regular street parade, by crowd of
young men and boys, who threw volley
of eggs, ice and snow at them.
William II. Root of Burlington
died Thursday night, the 18th inst. He
had held the position of city clerk for
Is consecutive years. Being a prominent
Mason, he held the Office of secretary of
the Grand Lodge of Vermont. He was
SO years of age, and leaves son and
daughter.
Alphonso Knowlton of Bridgewater
met with IA bad accident the other day.
He was drawing a load of logs, when his
sled slowed against the bank and stopped,
throwing him behind a young horse
which kicked, striking him with such
force as to break both bones of his right
! To- l,n L.,
Frank Carpenter, who was Il lieutenant
in the Eighth Vermont regiment, has
copies of the Richmond Inquirer of 1864.
He was then a prisoner in Libby prison,
and was a subscriber to the Mquirer,
paying $40 for three months subscrip-
ton. He paid Sc for the insertion of Il
personal, which was copied in New York
and led to his release.
The committee on the history of Odd
Fellowship in Vermont held a meeting at
Rutland recently and the details of its
publication were agreed upon. 1t is eX-
pected that the first volume. covering the
time from 1915 to 1870. will be completed
during the year and be ready for the
Grand Lodge session of 1887. III. l..
Stillson is to be the author.
The st. Johnsbury telephone war prom
ises to end in new scheme, according to
the Cdledonian. The same manager will
control the business, the company will
put in the instruments and then sell 800
calls at six cents each, If this number
of calls is not sufficient for a year, addi-
tional calls will be sold at a considerable
discount from the regular price.
The insolvent estate of Lawrence Brain
erd. the absent president of the st.
Adams Trust company. was wound up
last week. the second and last dividend
amounting to about two cents and five
mills on the dollar The claim of the
Trust company against the Brainerd es-
tate amounted to little more than S259.-
600. and their share of the last dividend
amounted to SG3G9. making nearly SD
600 in all that the Trust company gets
from that source.
Judge II. II. Wheeler has Just given Il
decision in the case of Receiver G.. w.
Writers of the First National bank of St
Adams against Albert Sowles and other
directors. The receiver brought bill
of revivor against George b. Foster. adj
ministrator of George W. Fosters estate
and the Judge dismisses the bill on the
ground that the cause of action does not
appear to survive by the laws of Vermont
The effect of this decision is to release
the estate of George W. Foster from al
liability for his acts as a director in the
bank.
:. II. Wood of st. Adams. assistant
adiutapt general of the department OF
Vermont. G.. \. r.. has sent out Il circu-
lar to post commanders urging them to
see that both the adutant's and quarter
masters reports are made out and mailed
on the first day of April, July, October
and January, to the assistant adiutant
general. The circular also states thai
the per capita tax for 1856 is eight cent,
per quarter for each member in gooC
standing. money orders and drafts tC
be payable to F. f. Greenleaf, \. Q. NJ
general, Burlington, to whom all order,
for supplies should be addressed. The
assistant acknowledgement wishes tC
bring to the notice of newly-clected pos
officers the fact that the standing of thi,
department ut national headquarters i,
governed largely by the promptness ii
which quarterly reports are forwarded.
General 01epS.