The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-05-26

CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD DiREcr-
oRs.-The annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Central Vermont railroad
was held at st, Adams, on Tuesday, aud
the following Board Of Directors elected
j. Gregory Smith, St. Adams John
b. Page, Rutland Benjamin p. Chen
ey, Boston John Q, Hoyt, New York
John II. Schultz, New York Worthing-
ton G. Smith, St Adams; Joseph CLARK,
Milton; James r. Langdon, Montpelier;
Jacob Estey, Brattleboro j. H, Kim.
ball, Bath, Me-, George NJ Rice, Wor-
coster, Mass, Jacob Edwards, Boston,
The four last named are new men,
being elected in the place Of T, w. Park,
William Butler Duncan, S, i. M. Bar.
low, and John &. Mccullough, who have
sold their stock,
Thursday evening a meeting Of Direct.
ors was held for the election of officers
The following is the result Of the cleo.
ton
Presidcnt-IIon, j, Gregory Smith,
81. Adams.
First Vice. President John B..
Page, Rutland.
Second Vice Presidcnt-Ilon. Worth.
ington G. Smith, st Adams.
Treasurcr--H. G. Lockwood, St. AL
bans.
Clerk-IIon. George Nichols, North
field.
CRUSADERS, BE CAuT1ous.--It is ri
mored that a certain saloon.keeper not
many miles from Brandon was waited
upon by deputaton of ladies while in
the act of rinsing his whskey barrel with
few gallons of water they impor
tuned him to stop the ruinous traffic
He Immediately rolled the barrel out Of
the door aud emptied the contents upon
the sidewalk, and declared to the gratifed
ladies he would sell no more such stuff
The fair deputation left him with heart y
concentrations,
Miss NELLIE's MARRGAGE-I Washing
ton, May 2l.-The marriage of Mr.
Sartoris 10 Miss Nellie Grant took place
at o'clock this morning, by Rev. DIR
Tiffany in the east room Of the executive
mansion. The room was decorated will
plants, flowers and evcrgrcons. Al
arched floral platform was raised on thu
east side Of the room in which the core
mony took place There were eigh
bridesmaids, and Fred. Grant was tn,
only groomsman. The bride wore q whit
satin dress, deliberately trimmed with poin
lace, and her hair adorned with orang
flowers The bridesmaids wore Mise
Barnes, Fish, Drcxol, Dent, Porter
Conkling, Sherman and Frelinghuyseu
The ceremony was according to the Meth
odist Episcopal church, and was performe
under beautiful floral bell, the President
Fred Grant and Miss Barnes being tn
only relations on the platform during tn
ceremony. Immense crowds were presen
in all varieties of fashionable costume;
, Vice President Wilson, Speaker Blaine
Gen. Sherman, Sir Edward Thornton an
) other prominent personages, with ladie
we're among those in attendance. Th
, company then viewed the wedding pre-!
ents, the Marine Band performing choic
music. The presents were extremely eli
CANT and costly, several being from men
bers Of the cabinet, while Presider
Grants present was $4,000. After tn
= wedding breakfast, the guests were pre-
t scented with boxes Of wedding cake. Nj
n and Mrs. Sartoris left at LAO ococ
t for New York on special train. whic
l was decorated with flowers. The Pres
9 dent and Mrs. Grant leaves for New Yoi
/ Friday to take leave Of the new marie
;, couple OH their em5arkation SaturdG
n for Europe.