The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20

n. H., our popular merchant tailor, Mr.
L. Fletcher Chapman, was married [,
: Miss Matte G.. Bell of Newark, Ohio
Several members of his family wcr,
present at the ceremony, of which W,
have not yet received particulars.
Mr.. Chester l.. Clark is not easil,
deferred from pushing forward his EN-
terprises, and such little difficulties a.
. three or four feet of snow are yer,
. small, impediments. He is, as usual ii
L the wood business this winter, and ha,
already got out above two hundred cord,
of wood, and is still pushing forward
his work with vigor.
: A business change OF considerable
importance occurred last week Satur.
day. Mr.. Charles +. Cardellc purchased
firm of Il. Vallette Il Co. This firm has
high at home and abroad, and under the
new order of things its standing will not
deterioratc.
-Rev. Dir. Il. Labaree OBLIGATED with
the pastor in administering the commune
ion at the congregational church, last
sunday afternoon, and in his remarks
he feelingly alluded to his long connec-
ton with this church, and the interest
he still felt in her welfare as church,
and in many of the members rs individ-
uals. His remarks were. as always,
very interesting.
Mr.. John Alsovcr of North Benning-
ton, to whom we referred last week as
being killed by the cars at Blackinton,
txx.n
nephew of the late Joel j. Morrison, of
this village. His mother was sister of
Mr. Morrison and was raised here, but
she now lives at Lansingburgh. Young
Alsoycr was brakeman on the Troy and
Boston railroad and had been number
of years.
The police court news for the week
includes the arrest of three persons
Thursday night for intoxication and
their trial Friday morning. Their
names were Charley Manney, Myron
Fales, and George Minor. They were
each remanded for further disclosure
and each plead guilty of intoxication
and were fined the usual five dollars and
costs. and in default Of payment were
committed.
"A pleasant little incident occurred
ut the close OF the Methodist Sunday
school, last Sabbath afternoon. AS the |
superintendent was about to close the |
exercises, some one requested that the |
pastor be permitted to occupy little |
time. Rev. Mr.. Washburn then came |
forward, and in few appropriate re-
marks in behalf of the school, presented |
Mr.. Barker with an elegant copy of
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Mr.. |
Barker feelingly responded In fifty
chosen words.
--tieorge Brousso's saloon was visited |
by Sheriff Trip on Monday morning,
but William Brousso was in possession |
and claimed ownership of the property,
and no attachment was made. Wednes-
day afternoon, he again walked into the |
premises on Williams account and
found George i'll possession. He was
armed with writs against both parties,
however, and after making suitable in
qulries, served both processes and shut
up the establishment to await judicial
action thereon.
If we may judge from results Il live
ly scrimmage occurred at the Star shay
ing rooms on Wednesday afternoon.
What il was all about, and in fact, who
were the actors, are kept about as mum
as the Bennett-AIay farce down in Mary
land the other day. One thing only is
certain, and that is, Charley Turner got
A severe whack over the head, said to
have been done by chair, which gave
him a bad face and sent him away to
East Nliddlebury TO recruit. The pro-
prietOr was out
Saturday morning last, Sheriff
rripp received telegram from st. AL
BANS, directing him to arrest certain
hap who should present certain bag
gage check at the station, for a trunk to
DC delivered here. The trunk came and
ay uncalled for until into the afternoon,
when the driver of the Bridport stage
presented the check in behalf of man
who had engaged passage to that town
)y his conveyance. The sheriff waited {
or him near the post-ofiice and was
It length rewarded with the sight of .
nan who answered the description of |
he one he wanted, when he made the
lrrest. Concluding that his little game ,
vas all up, the arrested man owned :
Up that he had been stealing clothing, :
,tc., at st. Adams. He was kept in the
county institution over the Sabbath, !
md on Monday an officer from st. AL :
pans came after him and took him away. .
BY the favor of MIR. j. r. Ford, I
who, by the way, is authority on the J
weather record, we are enabled to give {
/ very complete record of the tempera-
urc in this village each morning from
he 18th day of December 1876, to the
9Th day Of January, 1877. IT is as fol-
ows: