Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-08-19
State Veps.

Much damage was done to roads and
crops by severe thunder storm in Pow
nal and SALISBURY on Friday.
The town of Chelsea has voted s15,-
600 to aid the Chelsea, Tunbridge and
South Royalton railroad company.
Charles II. Abbott, proprietor of the
South Royalton shoe shop at Chelsea.
has disappeared, leaving creditors to the
amount of 100000 or $4,000.
Four Swanton rum holes were raided
last Friday, and a large quantity of in
toxicants seized. Each of the propre-
tors was asked to pay S52 in fines and
costs.
st. Augustines Catholic church. Rev.
William j. O'Sullvan pastor, was par
TALLY burned at Montpelier on Sunday
evening. The loss is several thousand
dollars.
During a recent thunder storm, Fl.
Skeels of Barre came in contact with an
electric light in his meat market and
was thrown across the room. The shock
was caused by the lightning striking the
wire.
The annual report of Hon. II. F. Field
of Rutland, State treasurer, shows
SIPS, S22.3S available for the current fiscal
year. July |, 1892, to June 30. 1893.
The total resources are S537 ,995 40;
liabilities, S109,173.0l.
Two barns and two sheds, all adoin-
ing, full of hay and grain, owned by
Curtis Frazier of East Burke, together
with quantity of sugar and some calves,
were burned by lightning during a thun-
der storm last week.
United States Cattle Commissioner
Miller and State Commissioner Williams
killed seven cattle in Barre Saturday. the
property of II. C.. Harris. five having
died previous to this. They have the
new disease called anthrax, which is be-
lieved to be spreading.
Fire started in the box shop of the
Connecticut River Lumber company at
Mclndoe's, Tuesday morning, and afte
devouring the shop the flames quickly
spread to the lumber piles containing
from four to five n illion feet of lumber.
The lumber burned and smouldered
all day, and at night the great lumber
yard was mass of burning coal. The
company has not estimated its loss, but
it will probably be about 100000: insur-
ance, $4,000. The box shop will be re-
built.
There was bad storm up in Jericho |
on Thursday night of last week. 1t be-
gan with cloudburst, and the Brown
and Lee rivers were swelled to such pro-
portions that many bridges and mills |
were swept away, and damage to the eX-
tent of thousands of dollars was done.
Seven of the nine bridges over the Lee
river were swept away, while two of the
five on the Brown river shared the sameI
fate and two more were rendered impass-I
able. Many bridges and culverts on theI
smaller streams in the vicinity were also
carried away. The highways were bad
ly damaged. Acres upon acres of corn
potatoes, oats, wheat. barley and other
crops were totally submerged by the
water. and now that it has withdrawn
are covered by muck and sand and
strewn with the debris of the mills and
bridges. Full grown trees were torn up
by the roots and whirled down the cur
rent like straws. At Stowe there was a
genuine fre-het, Friday afternoon-the
largest for thirty years. The direct loss
to the town and to individuals will BID
several thousand dollars. Five bridges
were washed out, and Fosters tub fac
tory was destroyed. The crops on tho
low meadows were spoiled. Much dam
age was done in Underhill, the bridge on
the Brown river being carried away
Tine tracks of the Burlington & Lamoilld
railroad were washed out and traffic ID
still suspended.