The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-06

IStfeet. Al AnPaflNVaN thls spring size
and her daughter will commence O
thorough renovation and Improvement
of the premises. including the grounds
which are capable. of an extraordinar,
amount ofbeauty. & y : \ J
AT the regular weekly meeting o.
the Lake Dunmore Lodge of the |. o
q. +. held at their hall in this village Oh
"Wednesday evening, the following cleo
tive officers were duly Installed: N. Fl
Rider, n. g.; W. W. Swiney, V. c..
G. T.. Pinney, trcasurer.' George II
Langworthy. secretary. s.-e Cd
Next week is The week of prayer
and ii will be observed as usual by the
Methodist and Congregational churches
in this village, in accordance with the
recommendation of the Evangelical Al
lance, with such variations in the pro.
gramme as may be deemed desirable Ia
meet the local necessities.
Tho pleasant custom of making and
receiving New Years calls was more
generally observed than usual in this
village. Very few furnished refresh
mcnis. and none wine. The ladies al
one place furnished all their gentleman
iiNhNi' shiiiiiH .ul'pii ti'ih thht way Nitii
beautiful button-hole bouquets.
There is the best legal evidence that
nothing which can be ranked under the
head of intoxicating liquor Is had for
sale in either of the two most prominent
eating saloons in this village. The evil
dence IL in the form of the sheriff's re-
turn, NON iarentus est, upon warrants
for search and seizure, last Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. Henry II. Tomlinson of Mem
phis, Tenn, who had such Il narrow es-
cape in the late Ashtabula disaster, is
an only brother the late VIM. III. Tom
linson, who died here on the 10th ult. lie
had been teleeraphcd to come and see
his brother, who was then at the point
of death. and was returning home at the
time of the accident.
The Register comes To our readers
this week in an almost new dress. II
was impossible to make the change
quite complete, this week, owing to the
delay of the material by the detention Of
Heights at Pittsiord, and on account of
the extra labor involved in the change.
We shall now be enabled to give an .cx-
ira amount of reading matter.
"A series of Entertainments was given
by the Middlcbury Cornet Band on Mon
day, Tuesday Wednesday, and Thurs
day evenings of this week in Academy
hall, consisting mainly of the sleight OF
hand performances Capt. Thomas,
the celebrated magician. There were
not large audiences the first two eve
nings, but the last were better attended.
The prudential committee of the
Congregational society, through W. s.
Goodrich, Esq, chairman, made their
annual statement of the condition of the
society's finances TO the congregation at
the close Of the religious services, Sun
day morning, from which il seems the
society is in debt about 5000. Subscrip-
lions were taken for weekly and annual
payments for the coming year.
The Grand Lodge |. O. &. Il. meets
at Bennington next week Tuesday and
Wednesday. Cold Spring.Lodge will be
represented by Rev. ID. +. Brooks and
Mr.. Almon Enos, delegates. Officers of
the Grand Lodge from Addison county
are Miss Abby Matthews, Grand
worthy vice templar, Miss Helen
Boardman, inside guard, and Mrs. A.
z. Upper, state deputy.
1t is with pain that we announce
death of Mrs. Edna (Bingham) Stowe,
wife of Edmund l.. Stowe of Seymour
street. She has been in decline for
some time with that fell disease. con-
sumption, and the end came on Thurs
day night. The funeral services will
be held at the house on Sunday after
noon at two O'Clock. The deceased was
II daughter of Mr.. II. G. bingham of
thiSx1llage. -
C-Mrs. IIuldah (Murray) Tuppef,
wife of Mr.. Eiam Upper, died at East
Middlebury of typhoid pneumonia, on
Sunday morning last, December 81,
aged eighty years. The deceased form
erly lived in this village until her mar
riage with Mr.. Topper some thirty years
ago. She was member of the Metho-
dist church here and there for above
fifty years, and was universally recog-
nizea as II noble christian woman.
Washington engine Co. No. /.
held their annual meeting ut Firemen's
hall on Tuesday evening. Foreman
OComor declined a reelection on ac-
connt of the difficulty with his eyes.
The following were elected officers for
the ensuing year: Foreman, A. ).
Tracy; First Assistant. &. &. Hunting
ton; Second Assistant, ID. W. Adams
clerk. :. Brooks; auditor, James Nj.
Slade; pipemen, 5. Brooks and G. n.
Dickinson.
All the rifle match at Mr.. Geo. Ham
nond's place, last Monday, the challeng-
ing team were again beaten. The dis
lance was 800 Yards. The following is
the score OF the two teams by members,
the possible score for each man being 20,
and for each team 800:
s. Holton, eslF. 4. Holisy. 6