The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
Local News.
Bring on your wood.

| o6tOOht anu hAO'So Ooes
Charley Lyman, of Orange, Mass
is in town, spending the holidays.
Thomas Mcclure offers his hous
on South Pleasant street for sale.
j w Abernethy will spend poi
ton of his vacation In Brooklyn, N Y.
Wesley Phelps has returned t
Dartmouth college to resume his stud
les.
Everybody mas beon shopping
The merchants think 1t merry Christ
mass.
Mrs. Charles Steele, who has beef
visiting in town, left for st. Alban
Wednesday.
Col. Jewett Wilcox Is in town
We learn that he proposes to spend Tn,
winter here.
Rev, E, P Hooker, gave the adj
dress st the Forefather's Day celebra
ton in Barton.
George II. Langworthy, Sen., and
wife have gone to Washington, ia
spend the winter.
Miss Nellie Bell, daughter of w. d.
Bell Is at home, having recently arrived
from Minnesota.
-Vennor predicted q seventeen hour
snow storm to begin Wednesday. Ven.
nor is q great predicter.
The cotton mill has an additional
number of hands from Canada and il
now running a large force.
Good hard wood is quoted at S4.5C
per cord at present. Considerable comes
into town in spite ofpoor shedding.
Miss Gertrude Fletcher and Mis-
Lizzie Buttolph are home on vacation
from st. Agnes Institute, Albany, N. Y.
Mr.. Thomas Buckley has returned
from Kansas. We understand he in.
tends to return in the spring with his
family.
ANY shortcoming in our paper
this week may be ascribed to the fire
which pu. our office work several days
in arrears.
The annual meeting of the Yer.
mont Merino Sheep Breeders Associa.
ton will be held in Middlebury, on
Wednesday, January ~, 1881, at II
O'Clock, A. NJ.
The officers and members of the
executive committee of the w. G. T. u.
are invited to meet at Prof. G.. ID.
Mead's, Monday evening, at O'Clock,
December 81.
Mr.. e. H. Sheldon, who has been
visiting his friends in town, leav es
next Monday, going first to Baltimore
to spend few weeks, whence he re-
turns to California.
The ice harvest has begun In earn
est. John Goodro is rapidly filling his
own and other peoples Ice houses, and
others are laying in their stocks. The
Ice Is splendid in quality.
The annual Christmas tree and sup
per for the little children of the Con-
gregational church was given at the
vestry Wednesday evening. They were
all on hand and happy as usual.
w. J.. Fish has been visiting friends
In town. He came from Minnesota
last week. We are happy to learn that
he has received q very advantageous
position with Minneapolis publishing
firm.
The Congregationalists, noticed on
another page, with such contributors as
Prof. Austin Phelps, Rose Terry Cooke,
Susan Coolidge, President Bartlett,
Marion Harland, Rev. l.. w. Bacon,
Mary Clemmer, and others, cannot fail
to be enjoyed in the family. We cor
daily commend it to our readers.
Since the little scare the fire war;
lens have been on their rounds, per-
picking their victims with orders to
,traighten up perfectly safe stove pipes,
plaster up innocent cracks in stoves, or
but pieces of zinc half an inch wider
under the same. The fire wardens are
doubtless useful institution, but they
cause considerable profanity.
Rev. E. P. Hooker gave in his re-
signation as pastor ofthe Congregation
al church last Sunday. He will occupy
the pulpit two Sabbaths more. He
goes at once to Lawrence, Mass, to
which place he received call some
time since. The severance of the rela-
tions which have 20 long existed be-
tween the church and pastor occasions
universal regret. Mr.. Hooker is most
popular as a pastor and as citizen, and
It is rare that man is SO generally be-
loved and trusted by all. The tenth
of his pastorate was cele-
brated last September. They have been
years of faithful work on his part and
of growth In strength to his church.
A meeting of the church was called yes
terday to consider the calling Of q coun-
ty council for his formal dismissal. "
1.-THE County court adjourned last
Saturday morning, after q short time
spent in calling the Chancery docket.
The following divorce cases were
heard on Friday:
Emma E. Hope Us David Hope, for
willful desertion.
Hattie A. Champlin as Geo. W. Cham
pin, for dssertion.
Ellen Abair Us Alex Abair, for deser-
ton.
Geo. e. Vallette Us Carrie A. ysllette,
for desertion.
Jerry Morgan Us Lavinia Morgan,
for desertion.
NJ. ]. Barlow Us N. A. Barlow, fol
dultery, In this case the sixteen years
old daughter of the parties testified that
her father had committed incest with
her.
Christina Wheeler as. William M
Wheeler, for desertion.
Mary Ross as. Frank B. Ross
Granted for intolerable severity. Gus.
tody of minor children granted tt
petitioner, also leave to resume hel
maiden name.
In the cases Of Milo E. Bcntly Us Idi
d. Bentley r. ID. Chase rs j. A. Chase
Hattie K. Patno as James M. Patno
Sarah G. Shackett vs Marshall T. Shack
EFT; Mary Fassett Us. Grin A. Fassett
Edwin r. Rich by his guardian as
Julian G.. Rich; the bill was dismissed
In the last case the court held pa,
forma that the guardian could no
maintain the action. Exceptions wer
taken TO the supreme court.
State Us. Simon Abelson, for attempt