The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-21

Oiu blttTs VI VT. II. Tss Chhitlu VI WE
Cornwall. The respondent waived exam
ination and was held for trial in the sun
Of five hundred dollars for appearance o
the next term of the Addison connt]
court. In default Of bail be was commit
ted.
The first hop of the season at tn,
Glen House in East Middlebury came Of
on Friday evening Of last week. Som,
twenty-five couples participated, ant
there was a large number of observers
There was altogether too much drunken
ness and far too many quarrels and 6ghti
about the premises for the credit Of those
= present, one or more being SO bad off as Il
necessitate being put out.
The citizens Of Middlebury and
vicinity are improving the beautiful
weather in repairing aHd getting ready
for winter. AS an evidence Of the amount
of this kind Of work going on just now
may be noted the fact that Messrs.
Swiney & Sargent are overcrowded with
work and have six weeks work ahead.
They are seeking all the help they can
get in the tiusmith line.
Among the architectural improve
ments of the season may be noted the
residence Of Mrs. j. A. Wright, on Pleas.
ant street, which is receiving the addition
Of new front, including tower, and new
roof raised some feet higher than the old
one and constructed on the modern style
of architecture. When the work is com.
plotted the house will have very attract.
i've appearance. Mr.. Joseph Brouillet is
doing the Joiner work aud Mr.. Hunt the
brick work.
MIR. L. ii. Morton had the misfor.
tune. on Tuesday, to fall from the walk
on Pleasant street into the deep ditch,
striking upon his hand and arm, and
dislocating the shoulder Ho was taken
up and carried into his house. faint with
pain, but at first refusing to have
physician called. Next day Dr. Eddy
was called, but the injured parts were so
inaamed and swollen that the doctor
thought it necessary to administer chic.
reform and called DR.. Russell to assist
him. The limb was set and the patient
has since been doing pretty we'll though
it is not quite certain there was not also
O fracture
Tuesday night. Oct. 10, MIR n. }.
Severance of Shoreham lost from his past.
ure four steers, one three year old and
three two year olds. He commenced
searching far and near. and at length,
Thursday morning of thisIweek, he found
three of them in Whitehall, The other
had been slaughtered. The man in whose
possession they we're found described the
man of whom they we're purchased and
the description correspondent with that Of
William Wright, who was bound over
on Thursday for stealing Mr.. Sanford's
cattle in Cornwall. Friday, Mr.. Sever.
ance camo to Middlebury, and the
necessary papers were madelout charging
Wright with the offense At this writing
The rase is unfinished.
E/-Mrs. Sophia 8, Allen, widow of the
late Deacon Ira Allen. died at her resi-.
dence on Court street, Wednesday morn.
ing about seven O'Clock, after compare.
lively short illness, at the age of seventy.
eight years. There was complication Of
diseases which. acting upon system
weakened by age, soon overcame the vital
forces, and death ensued as above stated.
Tho funeral will be attended from the
house this friday afternoon at half past
three O'Clock. Mrs. Aliens maiden name
was Sargent, an old Middlebury family,
the third of Eve children, three daughters
and two sons, of whom the two remaining
sisters reside in Middlebury, Mrs. Vain.
wright and Mrs. Mcdonald, and tho sons
William and Samuel respectively reside
in Troy and Chicago. Mrs. Allen lived
in Burlington few years during the life
of her former husband, Mr.. George A.
Allen, but after his death in 184S, she
was married to Deacon Ira Allen OF this
place, aud returned here to spend the
remainder Of her days In the homo OF her
childhood. OF her children, Mr.. George
g. Allen resides in New Haven, Conn,
Mrs. Dugald Stewart in Middlebury, Mrs.
Gen. j. Nj. Warner in Albany, N. Y,
and Mrs. Judge Park in Norwich, Conn.
Mrs, Allen was member of the Middle
bury Congregational church from her
younger days, except during the time of
her residence in Burlington, and was always
among the active ones in every good work,
and her departure leaves q vacancy that
is not easily filed. She occupied high
social position. and was universally rec.
ognized as lady Of the old school, affable,
polite and overlooking with kindness of
heart toward all. which won for her the
loves respect of all who knew her.
KINOBIrUARy. Francis A. Leavenworth,
10 promising member of the Junior GLASS
in the college, and oldest son of Capt.
Abel H. Leavenworth, principal of the
state normal sshool ct Randolph, died at
the residence Of Miss Emily Starr in this
village, after an illness Of about three
weeks. Of typhoid fever. ct the age Of
twenty years. His father and mother
were present during his last hours and at
his death. Tho funeral services were
held at Miss Stars residence, the relig.
ious exercises being conducted by the
pastor. Rev. Mr. Hooker. and President
Hubert. The whole College and many
citizens were present. President Hubert,
his classmates, and members of HIS col.
lege society,as we'll as the family friends,
accompanied the remains to Hinesburgh,
where they were taken for interment al
the old family home. AS the procession
passed New Haven, where the deceased
fitted for college while his father was
principal Of Beeman Academy, the school
and large number Of the citizens joined
in paying respect to his memory. The
following, from the pen of an intimate
college friend gives, an idea of the esti.