Middlebury Register and Addison county Journal from Middlebury, Vermont • 4

MIDDLEBURY REGISTER MARCH 25, 1837. tVoL. ut. escaping. The draft and ventilation I Gov.

Ormsbee ha appointed James G. of Douglas, Perley Kendrlck and other who have attended from hero will remalu at home until the fall term. been put In to run the provender stone and I expected to turn out forty bushel (County Xlcws. onductea through tube, and In case of accident no fire can ectte, and should the tube become battered tho In the potilblllty of fire. (Scncral lien? DOMIITIO.

Small-pox I epidemic at Los Angeles, al. A tire at the Chatnuqua (X. ground Sunday night destroyed S3 cottage, Involving a lo of about $73,000. There are 100 caw of black measle In the village of Locum Grove, Ohio, and up to Sunday seven death were n-jirted. Chicago merchant and manufacturer have orgaiilnl to rclat the railway com-panle In advancing the mileage of com mercial traveler.

The Ice gorge In the MUsourl river at Bismarck, D. broke Thursday night ami Friday morning the river rose very rapidly and to a great height, doing a good deal of damage to proerty. A few of the person wounded lu the Rosllmlale railroad accident are still believed to be In a very critical state. Symptoms of Injuries to the spine have unfortunately been detected lu several case. W.

E. Lawton, of the firm of Lawton Brothers, Xew York, deuler In phosphates, ha disappeared. It charged that he absconded to defraud hi creditor. His liabilities are placed at a million of dollars. For several year the captain of the British tramp steamer Femholme ha used oil In heavy storm to keep the waves from breaking over his vessel.

Oil saved his ship on his last voyage to Xew York, he says. A Frenchman, named Greene, drove a bllud horse off the bridge at Arctic, R. Friday afternoon and the horse, wagon and man tumbled to the bed of the river, 35 feet below. The horse was killed and the man mortally hurt. A large crowd, which was unable to gain admisson to a Catholic church in Chicago Monday, was congregated on the steps and platform leading to the edifice.

The platform gave way, and 23 ieopIe were Injured, at least one fatally. The Xew England railway managers, at the adjourned meeting in Boston, Friday, decided, under the new interstate commerce law, to prohibit free passes out of the State, and to iiermit each road to issue State passes at its own discretion. The Ohio and Mississippi Railway company notified members of the Illinois legislature that their passes must be returned, as they would be no longer of any value. The result is that a bill has been introduced to compel the road to reduce its passenger tariff from three to two cents per mile. Washington Sellgman, son of James Seligman, the New York banker, and head of the former firm of Washington Seligman Co.

of that city, shot himself in the head at the Hotel San Marco, St. Augustiue, Saturday afteruoon. He said that he did not wish to live as he had no friends and had lost a fortune in Wall street. The wound is serious but not fatal. The Chicago Daily Xews says the supreme court has reversed the finding ef the circuit and appellate courts in the matter of the will of the late Wilbur F.

Storey. The last will of Mr. Storey, bequeathing his property, including the Chicago Times, is thus declared invalid. The point was raised that at the time of making the will he was not a responsible person. Dr.

Z. T. Sowers, one of the most eminent physicians of Washington, declared Monday that there is danger that President Cleveland will not live through his term uuless there is a change in his mode of living. Dr. Sowers, six months before Mr.

Manning's illness, made the same prediction with regard to the secretary and advised a friend to waru him of his danger. He says the President doesn't take enough exercise. Charles F. Freeman, the Adveutist of Pocasset, who in December, 1883, murdered his daughter, but was adjudged not guilty by reason of Insanity und committed to the Danvers insane asylum for life, has been discharged by the order of the governor and council, several physicians haying testified that he could be discharged without danger to others, being completely cured of his mania. The Richmond hotel and St.

James hall at Buffalo were burned early Friday morning. The fire started in a cloak room on the ttalfl floor. The whole place burned like a tfnder box. The corridor in the center of the building acted as a great funnel, and as4 the flames streamed up the guests found taemselves imprisoned by a wall of fire, fhe screams of the guests could be heard for blocks. At many of the windows eould be seen frightened women in their' nightclothes calling for help.

At the third floor windows two guests were seen to fall back into the flames. There were 125" persons in the hotel, 70 of whom were transient guests, 8 boarders, and the remainder porters, bell boys and the families of the proprietors and' clerks. Twenty-two of these were rescued from the windows by the firemen, 22 are at the hospitals and a large number made their escape by other means. The origin of the fire is not known. A number of lives were lost, but' the estimates vary widely.

Wilson of Bethel, Oil H. Caprou of Leicester, Edward If. Itaudall of Poult-ney and George J. Bond of heartbmg under act Xo. of the session of 10, for the purpose of establishing true meridian Prof.

Peter Collier, formerly connected with the university of Vermont and State board of agriculture and afterward chemist of the department of agriculture at Waxhlngtou, ha gained hi suit lu the court of claim for $5000, claimed to be due him for service rendered a exiiert In analyzing sugars for the treasury department. A colored woman, Adella Thompson, year old, was arretted at Itutlaud Mon day night. She had been threatening people with a loaded revolver. She claim ed to be a private detective, mid said that for fourteen year a man had been follow-lug her, trying to murder her. She has been declared Insane and sent to the asy lum.

S. L. Griffith and Griffith A Mclutyre have 100 horse teams and 20 yoke of ox en at work thl winter drawing lumber from off the mountain down to the car at their work at Dauby, to be shipped away. Although the snow ha hindered theui, some the team have drawn on an average from 12,000 to 14,000 feet of lumber per day. Thomas F.

Meagher, for whom a war- raut Is out for the murder of Charles A. Hawkes at Bennington last December by pushing hhu from a building, died Saturday night at his father's house lu Xorth Bennington of consumption. It Is said that he has been securely hidden and cared for at his father's for five week or more. Meagher's life was Insured for Major John A. Salisbury of Rutland died on Sunday at the age of years When a young man he weut around the Horn to San Francisco and remained lu California two years, and also resided for some time In Iowa.

He went to the front In the rebellion as a captain in the tenth Vermont In nineteen hard- fought battles, and at Cold Harbor was brevet ted major for gallantry. Since the war he had been engaged in hotel enter prises. The building at Swanton occupied by Beeman Brothers, manufacturers of buckles and suspender trimmings, and by the swanton Suspender company, was holly destroyed by tire Monday evening, involving a loss of about $50,000. Bee man Brothers lose $25,000 to $.10,000, in aureu lor me suspemler com pany's loss is $20,000, Insured for $4000, C. F.

Smith loses on the building $2000, insured for 91500. The origin of the fire is unknown. At its annual meeting in Burlington Friday, these officers were elected by the Vermont State Dental society for the en suing year President, Dr. E. E.

Mc- Govern of Vergenues; first vice-presi dent. Dr. W. H. Spencer of Poultney second vice-president, Dr.

G. W. Hodman of White River Junctiou secretary Dr. T. Mound of Rutland treasurer, Dr, W.

II. Munsell of Wells River; executive committee, Dr. W. H. Curtis of Hard- wick, Dr.

F. M. Schell of Rutland, and Dr. George F. Cheney of St.

Johnsbury The society voted to hold its next meeting at St. Johnsbury on the third Wed nesday in March, 1888. The State board of commissioners to buy a site for the Bennington battle monument spent two days of last week in Bennington with the result that written refusal was taken of five parcels of land for the monument site, this con stitutlng about one-half the amount of land which it is proposed to acquire, The remainder was left open to consider ation. The intention of the board is to procure a site of about three acres, which will be laid out as a park in the center of which the monument will stand. The President of the United States and the governor of Vermont have jointly ap proved of the erection of a monument 250 feet high, instead of one of 300 feet as the association at first proposed.

Thirty-nine foreign fire Insurance com panies, representing several hundred million dollars, were licensed by the in surance commissioners to transact busi ness In this State for the year ending March 31, 1887. Four home fire com panies, representing a capital and having assets amounting to were also licensed. The total amount of risks Written by the two score foreign and home insurance comtitffe licensed in 1886 was, in round numbers, the premiums and assessments paid tliere-on bv oo-lfcy holders being $532,000. The value of property burned in 1886 In Ver mont was nearly $700,000, on which the insurance was'sotne $340,000, or less than one-half of the' Value of the property, The losses by fire aljove insurance footed up nearly $360,000. There were 105 fires reported during the year, the largest number occurring in October, when there were 17.

J. B. Barnard of Cleveland, Ohio, has just had a consultation with the Central Vermont managers at St. Albans with reference to an indestructible safety car- heater which he has invented. It consists of a double cylinder, a cylinder within a cylinder, made of the best steel an Inch thick, constructed in a way that only the inner cylinder is heated, there being an air passage between the the heat radiating through the outer by means of air-draft at the base and holes in the outer cylinder.

The opening to receive the coal is placed on sliding bands grooved into the cylinder secured by three locks, so that hi case of accident there is no possibility of burning coals bride of Plttsford, and D. R. Taylor and wife of IlrUtol, at If. K. Taylor's.

New Havin. Mr. Harry Carter I quite feeble. Dr, Prestou ami family loft town thl week. School meeting comet next Tuesday evening.

Mrs. E. 11. Hlckok Is thought to be Im proving. Ml Homiagle wa taken quite III the early part of the week.

The death of Mr. Mansfield not unlooked for. Mr. Henry Ward I alo very low. The amount of public money to be di vided In till town to-day (Friday) I Mr.

Chas. Suiting of Munger street, father of Mr. Mow Del'outee of thl place, Is very sick at tho home of the latter. Tho Sunday-school has given and sent 10, with $4 additional from private Individuals, to Rev. James L.

Barton of Ilarjioot, Turkey, to be used In his mis sionary work In that place. The spring term of Boeiuan academy oMued on Tuesday with about the usual number of students. Kent Knowlton, sou of Rev. Stephen Knowlton of Greensboro, Is In attendance at the academy. There will be a class of eleven to gradu ate the coming June.

At the church meeting, last Friday, the pastor's resignation was considered, and a committee consisting of Deacons Doud, Potter and Barrows was appoint ed to act with the pastor and a commit tee of the society In calling a council to consider the question of dissolving the pastoral relation. The society has a meeflug on Monday next. Mrs. James Thompson, mother Hi ram Ihompson of tins town, uicKtn Bristol lust week, at the home of hnr daughter, Mrs. Hathaway, with whom she had been staying this past winter.

The funeral was attended last Saturday, and the remains brought here to be placed beside those of her husband, ho died two or three years since. Her age was 83. The school in district No. 2, taught by Miss Alice Himuan, closed Friday, March 11, with a public entertainment in the evening, consisting of recitations, dia- logues, and a drama, "The Law suit," which latter brought down the house. Academicaus might as well "throw up the sponge" and let Young America come to the front.

The entire exercises were fine, and did credit to pupils as well as teacher. Panton. Miss Lorette Allen Is stopping at her sister's, Mrs. Andrew Roseoe, at present. Wm.

C. Xewton of West Ferrisburgh has been very sick for several days with malarial fever. Dr. E. W.

Kent of Crown Point, X. has been spending a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Kent. Arthur Tappan has purchased another fine horse from Weybridge parties; he seems to think he must keep his number good.

Hiram Sprague was out on Monday evening with a sleigh-load of children from district Xo. 3 for a sleigh ride. The children have been treated to several sleigh rides the past winter. Rev. H.

C. Robbins has closed his pastorate with the Baptist church here, and, accompanied by his family, Is to spend some time at Colchester visiting relatives previous to locating elsewhere. Rev. J. S.

Mott had a finger and the bone in the hand removed last spring. It healed up apparently sound, but has recently broken out again. He went to Burlington a few days ago to have it treated. The roads are badly drifted and are becoming somewhat soft these sunny days. People anticipate bad roads and high water this spring, and are making preparations to stay at home as soon as the break-up conies.

Mrs. Hoxie closed a successful term of 16 weeks' school In district Xo. 4 on Fri-pay last, which was entirely satisfactory to the patrons, who speak loudly in her praise. Mamie Allen received the prize for spelling, having misspelled only three words during the entire term. Charles Spauldlng lost a good cow, recently, that had given milk all winter he perceived nothing the matter with her when let out at 10 o'clock, but at 5 p.

m. she was bloated badlyy and died before dark. Several others have had cows sick a few days after calving, but none have died, however. Weybridqe. Miss Xellie Richards is quite ill with a cough.

School meeting comes next Tuesday evening. Miss Cora Bingham spent last Sunday with her friends here. L. C. Sturtevant leaves for Boston next week after horses.

Mrs. E. L. Sturtevant Is Improving as fast as could be expected. James Baldwin takes possession of his new home (the Hunter place) this week E.

L. Moody Is to make extensive re pairs upon his dwelling this season. Dr. Twitchell is home from a profes sional trip, for a sliort time. Dr.

Cobb is still absent. Merle Sneden returned to his studies at Beeman academy on Monday. The of provender iter hour. The mill at Itocky Dale In Bristol will start up about April I. J.

M. Moore Is the new proprietor and he I to manufacture furniture stock. He expect to use from 130,000 to 200,000 feet of second-growth white ash annually and employ 10 hand. Medad Partch, employed In the grist mill at North Ferrisburgh, was caught by revolving shafting, Tuesday, and whirled about several times. He dually caught hold of a timber and rescued him self.

No bone were broken, but It was a narrow escaie. Stak IXtwz. P. II. Dolan of Rutland fell on the ele vated rtllroad track lu New York Friday and was literally cut to piece.

Warren hat ust lost Its oldest Inhabit ant In the person of Mrs. Sarah Allen, who wa In her 99th year. Dr. W. 8.

Webb of Burlington I to have a steam launch built by James Averlll of Champlaln, X. Y. The President has a pointed Herbert W. Martin postmaster at Bennington and X. P.

Bowman at St. Johnsbury. The medical department of the I. M. at Burlington has opened with an attendance of nearly 175 students.

Three towns, Cabot, Stoekbridgc and Weston, voted to return to the old district system of schools at the March meetings Mrs. Barrett, mother of lion. Rock- wood Barrett of Rutland, ha been strick en with apoplexy. Site Is 01 years of age. The sixth session of the training school for nurses will ojen at the Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington, on Thursday, May 5, and continue four weeks.

A horse which had reached the age of 38 years died in Burlington the other day For 30 years it had been the property of Mr. E. C. Loomis of that city. St.

Johnsbury- base-ball enthusiasts are trying to get up a strong nine in the village, and talk of securing Smith and Alien of last year's Harvard nine. Rev. M. A. Wilcox, formerly a Baptist pastor at Burlington, has been invited to become president of a college at Kalama zoo, with a salary of $2500.

At Bennington, Saturday, Tom Stewart was fined $910 with an alternative sen tence of over 3000 days in the House of Correction, for Illegal liquor-selling. Plans for extending the Burlington breakwater about 250 feet have been ap proved by the board of engineers, and there is a prospect that work may be begun the coming summer. Tho trustees of the soldiers' home are of the opinion that the failure of the dependent pension bill to puss will double the number of inmates in the new home the first year after it is opened. Rev. S.

G. Pratt, who has been for nine years pastor of the Baptist church in St. Albans and who resigned his pastorate a few days ago, will take holy orders and join the ranks of the Episcopal clergy. A public meeting was held at Burling ton Monday night in the interests of yachting on Lake Champlaln. W.

II. II. Murray is forming a new yacht club which he says is well supported by the best people. Edward C. Redlngton, one of Vermont's leading financiers, died Monday at his home In Bradford, aged 76.

He was born in Keene, X. and had been connected with various banks in the eastern part of the State. Henry Bowers of Crown Point Center was killed at Fair Haven Thursday morning by the cars. He was driving across the railroad track, when the locomotive struck the sleigh, completely demolishing it, and killing Mr. Bowers.

The St. Johnsbury Young Men's Christian association celebrated their 31st anniversary Sunday night, with addresses by II. C. Moore of Boston and by local clergymen. The association are flourishing and their last year's expenses were 1000.

Henry Lee of Rutland Was found dead on the highway in Benson. It is supposed that he was traveling on foot to visit a son at Keesevlile, X. and becoming chilled, fell by the wa' and froze to death. He was seventy-five years of age. It is reported, says the Rutland Herald, that Mr.

E. D. Hinds of Pittsford has refused $1000 for a two-year-old colt sired by "Waldo," and that Dr. W. S.

Webb of Burlington has bought "King Wilkes," record 2 :22 1-2, sired by the famous stallion "George Wilkes." St. Johnsbury liquor-dealers were raided the other day. At the St. Johnsbury House 15 gallons in bulk and 50 quart bottles were seized at the Avenue House 10 casks were seized, containing from one quart to 20 In the saloons raided nothing was found. Robert Bowman has been sentenced to four years in State prison by the Rutland county court.

He Is forty-eight years of age and has already spent 22 years lu Jail. When the present sentence 18' completed he will be 62 years old and' Will have spent just one-half of his life in prison. Dr. Mlddleton Goldsmith of Rutland, one of the leading physicians in the State, has given $5000 to the New York Pathological society, the income to be used to establish a course of lectures upon diseases of the nervous system, before the society, of which Dr. Goldsmith was one of the founders.

One of the most severe storm ever known here visited on Tuday. Four teen Inches of snow fell, accompanied with a strong wind. Our commission er were promptly on hand and all was sereue by noon of edueday. E. M.

Perclval and family have decided to return to their home In Dakota. In their short stay among they have made many friend ho will regret their their leaving, and they will carry many kind wUhe for their happiness to their western home. Whitino. The sick about town are all getting better. Mis Helen Parker ha gone to Prot-torsvllle to visit a sick aunt.

Mr. and Mrs. Mutot, futher and mother of our village blacksmith, are visiting here this week. Mrs. Peck and daughter Maud were home last week from Friday until Sunday evening and then returned to Brandon.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lackey have re turned from the north part of the State. They report any amount of snow; in some places It Is ten feet deep. C.

F. Church lost a young mare one day lust week. She ran away down the railroad track until she came to the open trestle-work on Dr. Wright's land, Jump ed into that and killed herself. A brother of Dr.

Ballard, the former owner of Old Columbus, has just returned to Schuylervllle, X. with over $1300 paid to him by M. B. Walker for the services of the old hore. Mr.

Walker had tlje horse on shares, was to have one-half of the actual earnings of the horse, and. of course, has the same amount of money himself. VEROENNE8. Chas. O.

Stevens is much better. Mrs. H. P. Elltharp Is attending Mrs, Peters of Rutland in her capacity as a nurse.

Hay shipments from this depot, during February, were 120 tons shipjtcrs, Booth Walker and Booth Bros. D. O. Noonan shipped a carload of p(i tatocs. Monday, for Boston market.

He paid 35 to 50 cents per bushel. The Xew York train due here at 7 did not arrive the night of the storm Tuesday until half-past nine o'clock Tuesday was red-letter day In the storm calendar for March. The fearful wind and the volumes of snow made traveling almost impossible, G. H. Sprigg shipped 40 calves to Boston market, Monday last.

Brigh ton and Watertowu markets are closed to cattle on account of the presence of pleu- ro-nneumonia, introduced by western cattle. A. W. Cheever, well known in westeru Vermont for his connection with the Xew England Farmer, was one of the se riously injured at the Bussey bridge dis aster near Boston. He was taken from the wreck insensible, and remained so all day.

He is some better. When here last, and it was not very long since, he was the guest of the American. Vrs. Abigail Thompson of Bristol in HipH nn Tlinrarlnv In her year, leu nine ciiuuieu, an ui wiioiu arc living one in California, another in Xe- vada. a third in Wisconsin and one in Iowa.

Mrs. R. T. Bristol and Mrs. A B.

Rose are daughters. There are 30 grand-children and 38 great-grandchll dren. She died at the residence of Mrs Adeline Hathaway. Her remains were taken to Xew Haven for burial, Satur day. W.

W. Hawkins has been jauitor for the graded school for the past year. He fills the place well, in eyery particular, and we hope he may be retained, no mat ter what changes are made in the pruden tial committee. The report of the pru dential committee of the graded school shows careful management and a good result. The receipts have been $4,691 expenses, $4,531.61, leaving $59.39 in the treasury.

The committee recommend the levying a tax sufficient on the grand list to raise $2,400. It Is hinted that the defeat of the 8th article in the warning for a town meeting, Tuesday last, may lead to an effort to change the management of the graded school at their annual meeting. Howard, Peck Davis have a steam sawmill near the foot of Grand View monutain. The lumber furnished is maple, beech, basswood and oak. Although teaming is often difficult, the firm shipped by rail during February 42 tons of lumber.

The cattle shipments for February have been 60 tons. G. II. Sprigg Co. are the regular dealers for Boston market.

The kaolin shipments for February, by Goss Gleasou, were 60 tons. This firm have a depot of their own. Butter shipments have been light. The shipping report, furnished us through the courtesy of J. F.

Whalen, station agent, shows only 11) tons of butter for last month. The same good authority enables us to report 50' tons of furniture shipped In February; manufacturers, Smith Ketcham and Friable Daniels. The total business for February, 1886, was 293 tons and a fraction for February, 1887, 444 tons. County Gleanings. Col.

C. H. Joyce of Rutland has been engaged by Ethan Allen Post of Ver-gennes to deliver the Memorial day address at that place. Allen Percival's grist-mill at Xorth Ferrisburgh is undergoing thorough repairs. A new Hercules Water-wheel- has Bridport.

Ml Helen IVttlhono lost it valuable cow last week. The two entertainment of last week putU tho debt of the Congre gatlotml society. TUum that went Mid It paed oil Well. A number of our peoplo went to Shore-hnui lunt Friday evening to liear the Shorehnm dramatic club reuder their lant piny, 'The Danger Signal." They reported a good time. Bristol.

M. W. Wilson teems to lie slowly falling. The graded school dose thl week Friday. Arthur Stlckuey wa home from Burlington last Sunday.

Tlte extra tiK-ottiiga at the Advent church closed Sunday night. Clayton Blcknell has gone Into Dr. Kent's drug store a clerk. X. F.

Dunsheo expect to start for Iowa some time thl week. O. ('. Crandull ha moved Into 1U new home, purchased of C. P.

Abernethy. There are rumors of a maple sugar festival at Holly hall In the near future. Mm. Harrows has sold her place on West Pleasant street to Kollln Carl of Starksboro. Oliver Frank has so far recovered from his recent shock as to walk about the house.

C. K. Smith has been quite out of health for a week or two pant. He Is now getting better. The Boston 0era company Is billed here for Thursday and Friday evenings, March and April 1.

Keklel Hanchctt Is stopping with his son, C. K. Hanuhett, here In the village, for a while. He is in poor health. The Masonic sociable Monday evening was a pleasant affair.

A goodly company assembled nnd all passed off pleasantly. Wallace McGec Is making arrangements to opeu a blacksmith and wheelwright shop on Garllleld street this spring. C. W. Hulett has taken the contract to saw the logs in the yard of the Itristol Manufacturing company, haul on the logs and haul oil' the lumber.

K. B. Eddy and wife of Hull, P. were in town last week. Mr.

Eddy has made arrangements for a $700 monument, and for the expenditure of about 875 on his burial lots in our village cemetery the coming summer. EAST MlDDLEBURY. Thirty-five couples attended the base ball club party. Jacob Siteyer has oneued a branch meat market in the King place. E.

J. Olmsted is home from the hospi tal and is improving, but is not able to work yet. There was a very pleasant party, numbering about fifty, gathered at C. F. Part ridge's, Tuesday evening, March 15, to pay their respects to Darwin Witherell, For several years Mr.

Witherell has been one of the reliable singers of this place, and for three years past has been the leader, doing all he could in that capacity to gratify the public. A purse of $17.60 was presented to him, which was the first intimation that the party was for his benefit. With a few well-chosen words he thanked the donors and Mrs. Partridge for kindly opening her house. Goshen.

Mrs. Nathan Capen has recently been on the sick list, but at last accounts was better. A hard storm greeted us on the 22d. Snow fell to the depth of about one foot and In places it was badly drifted. Miss Abbie Baird, daughter of Wolcott Baird, died on the 22d after a sickness of about ten days.

The funeral was on the 23d, Hey. E. Mathews oflkiat ing. She was about 19 years of age and a very estimable young lady. Her death is a great loss to the family and to society Lincoln.

Minot Grant of South Lincoln Is on the sick list. The Ladies' Aid society will meet with Mrs. Watson Morgan March 30. All are Invited. Dr.

Dodge was called to Warren on Monday to see Alfred Atkins, who is thought to have cancer of the stomach, He has lately been removed from Granville to the residence of George Brooks. LEIOE8TER. Farmers have commenced making sugar. The prospect is that the sugar season will be short. Miles Story recently made a large sale of his wool nearly 7000 lbs.

all of his own raising. It brought 23 cents. John Mack of Salisbury met with misfortune last Wednesday night. On his return from Leicester Junction, while going through the swamp road, he miss ed his way and drove Into Leicester river near Luther Barker's house. Before it could be gotten out the horse chilled to death.

It was valued at 9200. West Cornwall. There is some stir among sheep men. Mrs. Alverton Bingham and children visited her brother, Garrison Foote of Crown Point, N.

last week. Among the arrivals in town last week were V. Rixford and Thomas Stringham.