The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-01-24
Aseisttr.
TUESDAY. Jan. "a. 1871.
RUTLAND AND BURLINGTON RAILROAD.
Middlebury.


ing the thermometer indicated 220 below
zero in several places in this village.
LIBRARY SociABLE. The members Of
the Ladies Library Association are invi.
ted to meet socially at Mrs. Kitchel's, or
Friday evening next, at seven o'clock.
Mrs. Van .Vliet is making arrange.
ments to divide up her land on Main St.
into building lots of convenient size and
shape, and she will soon put them into
market for sale. 1t will afford fine OPP
portunity for such as wish to purchase.
New SToRE.-Benson x Andrews have
fitted up the stand formerly occupied for
the Post Office in No. | Aliens Block
and they will keep constantly on hand to
furnish the public, fruits, confectionery,
tobacco, nuts, teas, coffee, spices, oysters
&c. No liquor will be kept.
"A young boy by the name Of Hall,
living at the Cheshire marble quarry,
while at play the other day, broke the
shaft of the thigh bone. DIR. Day was
called to attend The bone was skilfully
set and splintered, and we understand
the fracture is doing well.
Mr.. w. Healy, of Dansville, n. Y,
has purchased of o. Severance, Esq, the
Sumner farm, short distance north of
this village, for $1,000. Mr. Healy, has
also purchased so acres of pasture land
of f. r. Clay, Esq, lying one mile south
of the Court House, for $4,000
The Addison Association of Congre-
gational ministers meets with Rev. Mr..
Hooker in this place on Wednesday and
Thursday Of this week. There will be a
public service at the church, on Wednes-
day evening. The subject of the confer
ence will be "Religous Revivals,' the
discussion to be opened by Rev. w. n.
Bacon of Shoreham.
We clip the following from the Elk
horn (wis) Independent We regret to
learn that Charles n. Bell, one Of the
best teachers in southern Wisconsin, has
resigned his position as Principal Of the
Elkhorn Public School, We hope the
Board will be as fortunate in securing a
Principal for the future as they have
been in the past.
The friends of the portrait painter,
MIR. Benjamin f. Mason, will be panied
to learn Of his death which occurred at
his home at Woodstock on the 10Th inst
He was well known in this place and some
are aware that he was here when he was
taken with his final sickness. His age
was sc years lie had no family, Mr..
l..
has been here more or less during the for
ty years since that time, leaving in this
place more than hundred portraits.
f. r. Clay announces New Store,
New Goods, New Styles and New Prices.
1t will repay our citizens whether they
wish to purchase or not, to call and see
his beautiful and commodious store in
Lane g. Clay's new block south side OF
the bridge Certainly, ifyou wish to see
the best millinery establishment in the
State, and learn what are the very latest
styles, you should step inside of No. 3.
Lane x Clay's block.
We learn from the Nashville Tenn. J
Union that our old friend II. s. Tuthill,
Esq. of that City, has been commissioned
Assistant United States Attorney Tor the
District of Middle Tennessee. Mr.. Tut
hill was formerly Attorney General for
the Nashville District under the state
government. and this appointment in the
United States Service gives general salts
faction Mr.. Tuthll was graduate OF
Middlebury Collge in 1868.
PERsoNAL.-We are glad, to chronicle
the recovery Of Charley Rowley, so far
as to be able to come home with his faith.
er, the Doctor, on Saturday morning last
Young Rowey is, we believe, a member
of the Senior Class in Andover Theolog
zeal Seminary, and he was there during
the long and dangerous illness through
which he has just passed. The Doctor
was with him most Of the time, and h,
looks as if he had also had fit of sick
ness.
Horse TRoT-There is to be tire,
days horse trot on the ice, lat. Middebury
on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
Jan. %, 90, and 27. Four purses will
be trotted for, making in the aggregate
s400. This meeting was deferred unit
this time on account of the thaw whicl
spoiled the ice for trotting at the time i
was first announced Several promnen
trottcrs are now here from abroad AM
they will remain unit the meeting on tn
25th.
On Wednesday afternoon, on com
plant Of States Attorney Clark, |. Brad
ford Parker was arraigned before Justic
Knapp for assault and battery upon tn
person of o. F. Comstock. On hearing
the respondent was fined SO. and costs
from which decision he appealed to tn
County Court.-On Thursday, Comstocl
was brought before the same Justice, b
the States Attorney, charged with'breac
of the public peace in accepting Parker
challenge to fight in the street, He wa
fined So and costs.
New INSURANCE AND Pension AGENCl
james II. Benson, Esq. formerly {
the pension bureau in the Department {
the Treasury in Washington, has opene
an office in Aliens Block, for the pro-
ecution of the business of Life and Fin
Insurance and obtaining pension claim
Mr.. Benson has been Clerk in the Pei
sion Bureau for number of years, di
charging his duties with great acceptanc
and receiving the recognition oft in Il
way of frequent promotion. lie is ageI
for several of the better Life and FIJI
Companies and we see no reason why |
will not soon work up first rate busine
in this line, while his former relations
the Pension Bureau give him extra iacil
ties in that department of his work.
CHANGE OF BAsE.-The Register Boz
Store has been removed from the o
stand in Brewster's Block, to the o
quarters of +. II. Clay in the Regist
Block. north end of the Bridge. r.