The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-06-04

All Good Templars are requested
to be on hand tomorrow evening a
/ these is business of importance to com,
before the lodge.
This morning in the county court
Anthony Little plead guilty to the
charge of larceny, and receives one
year in states prison.
AS "Sime" Madigan was driving
Mr.. Bruce Wright's team Saturday, the
horse became frightened and ran away
throwing "Sime" out, rem into the
fence and smashed things in general
The horse was uninjured.
There were loud and disturbing in.
dications about midnight last Saturday
night that the officers did not find al
the beer in town during their opera.
lions that day. IL is pity that no Off.
Ger is ever around TO look into these
performances.
In view of the fact that the saloon
keepers disposed of their liquors in
such large quantities last Saturday, il is
proposed that they be prosecuted under
| the United States revenue law for en-
gaging in wholesale liquor dealing with
out license.
There was quito crowd at the fcs-
tival given by the ladies of the Metho-
dist society in the park last Wednesday
evening. Large quantities of strawber-
ries and ice cream were disposed of to
those who were hungry for such arti-
clcs, 1t was a decided success.
Among the many items crowded
out last week was notice of the very
excellent sermon preached in the pulpit
of the Congregational church by Rev.
w. A. Remele, on the morning of the
preceding Sabbath. Ills many friends
were greatly pleased TO hear him. Rev.
G. W. Brooks assisted in the services.
Mr.. Alphonso Amidon, living over
on Case street, some time since had q
hand amputated as the result of dis
eascd condition, which started from a
blister, il is said. lie is poor man de-
pending upon his own labor for support.
He receives much sympathy, and we
hope something more substantial, in
his misfortune.
The vcstry of the Congregational
church has been improved in appear
ance and comfort by putting in efficient
ventilating apparatus and by wains-
coiing the walls TO a height of three or
four feet with ash paneling. Further
improvements are being made. w. S.
Goodrich has been doing the work, and
he has done it well.
After the liquor raid of last Satur-
day was finished, Joe Cobb received
another barrel of beer which he had Or
dered some days before, and incautious-
ly crowed over his fellow victims, who
had nothing whcrewith to replenisb.
Monday morning Joe received another
call and was relieved of his last barrel,
after he had retalled about onc-third OF
it. Moral, when engaged in defying
the law, keep your mouth shut.
TIL ere are considerable complaints
made about the condition of the Mid
dlebury portion of the highway from
the three mile bridge to Cornwall.
Several wagon springs and axles have
been broken there within short time,
and if the road is not attended to there
may be some damages to pay. We I'M
dcrstand that the attention of our select
man has been duly called to the matter
so that it will probably be repaired.
The ladies' prayer meeting, held in
the vestry of the Methodist church
Tuesday last, was called by the request
of the National Temperance Union,
its object being to petition Divine
guidance for the conventions to meet i'm
June to nominate candidates for presi-
dent of the United States, and that we
may have a temperance man still at
the head of the nation, and also that
sentiments may rapidly in
crease throughout the broad land,
which we call land of liberty.
Last Saturday Officer w. III. Cobb,
assisted part of the time by Constable
Munroc, visited the saloons of A. b.
Colby, w. Ii. Ellis and Joe Cobb, with
a search warrant and relieved them of
what fluids he could find. AT Ellis and
Cobb's he only secured half or two
thirds of a barrel of beer from each
but at Colby's quite general assort-
ment of whisky, gin, wine, two cases
of champagne, eighteen bottles of bran
dy, and five or six quarts of mixed lig-
uors, valued at about one hundred and
10.
was secured. The confiscatcd articles
were lodged at the town agents until it
is determined what to do with them.
There was much rejoicing in the
Journal Office over the illness of Judge
Knapp, from the expectation that he
would be obliged TO have his libel
suit against the proprietors of that
-,
that way, however. Mr.. Knapp was
on hand when the case was called,
and their attorney requested con-
tinuance, on the ground that princi
pal witness was absent. We are told
that this witness could have been forth
coming Il they had wanted him. 1t
had been the intention of the journal
man to claim that Mr.. Knapp had be en-
shamming sickness in order to avoid
coming to trial, and they were much
disguised at the turn matters took.
They had, however, we are told, taken
the precaution TO have their witness out
of the way.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ancc Union consider themselves fortu-
nate in having secured Miss Townslcy,
the celebrated evangelist, for lecture
on temperance. She gave her very able
and interesting lecture in the Methodist
church last Sunday evening. At the
appointed time large congregation
was assembled to listen to her. The
meeting was opened by Mrs. Sturte-
want, who read the forty-first chapter
of Isaiah. The singing was peculiarly
appropriate and fine, the first hymn be-
ing "Praycr for the Incorporate, and
the second one, "Seeking to Save"
While the second hymn was being sung
four young ladies, Misses Eva Kingsley,
Florence Ford, Clara Stowe and May
Ross distributed through the congrega-
ton the temperance leaflet, "One Glass
of Wine"