The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-25
County News.
VERGENAES.

The Episcopal choir is preparing
for Easter Sunday, and the church is 10
be beautifully decorated as usual.
Tho Shade Roller Company have
lust added another valuable sounding
machine" to their extensive business.
Rev. d. f. Estes will deliver a
lecture upon "Scenes in Germany" at
the Baptist church, next Wednesday
evening.
SO much anchor ice gathered i'll
the wheel pit of the Vt. Shade Roller
Co., that they could not start the wheel
last Thursday morn.
Tho friends of II. II. Preblc of
Bridport, Vermont, were agreeably
surprised on receiving wedding cards
bearing notice of his marriage TO Miss
Emma Towncr of Shorcham, OH We'd
nesday last.
Last week a select party of friends
and neighbors joined in pleasant sur
prise party ut the residence of Mrs.
George Fisher, where choice cdiblcs
and v'ands were dispensed in bouniiful
proiusion, and the evening spent in
most enjoyable manner.
The Union Gospel Temperance
meeting will DC held in the Nj. Il.
church next Sunday evening, com
mencing ut seven O'Clock. The meet
ing will be the anniversary of the I'm
ion Gospel Temperance meetings, and
will be made as interesting as possible.
G. Il. .. Kimball will be chairman of
the meeting.
| On Saturday eve. pleasant COM
pany gathered at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. s. M. Burroughs, the occa-
sion being the iortv-sccoud anniversary
f1hcir wedding day. The guests in
due season were invited TO an excellent
supper, TO which they did ample JUS
ticc, after which the company dispers.
ed to the parlors where the evening
was agrcCably pqsscd with music and
social Intercourse, and the guests in dc-
parting wished their hospitablc enter
tainers many similar returns OF this
pleasant anniversary.
"A sensation was created during the
election of the water commissioners, by
a statement made by Mr.. Thomas
Mack, of the former board, to the
effect that he had legal evidence in his
possession showing that the damage
and breaking of the water wheel of the
city pump works, sometime since, was
the work of a miscreant who had in his
possession duplicate keys to the engine
house and plot had been laid to des-
troy the pump, ETC., all of which would
soon be made public. The party has
since fed from the city.
| CRY ELECTION.-Thc charter cleo
ton was held Tuesday. The attend
ancc and vote was not large. The
meeting was called TO order ut lOI
O'Clock, and Col. j. ii. Lucia, CLERK
read the notice and announced nomina-
tions for tic office of mayor in order.
Mr.. j. G.. llindes nominated Hon. 2.
e. Woodbridge, and Mr.. T. G. Middle
brook nominated Hon. Geo. w. Gran
dey. "A ballot resulted in Che election
of Gen. Grandcy. The following OIL
GERS were then elected:
Aldermcn-F. w. Coe, ID. Ii. Levi, |
Ahira Scovcl, =. Maxlield.
City Clerk. III. Lucia.
Voted to elect three members to con-
stitute the Board of Common Council,
as follows: Amos Wethcrbce, Law
renee BARLEY, Myron Bristol.
A contest ensued on whether to ap-
point an overseer of the poor or allow
the common council to act as such.
Motions and counter motions followed.
Hon. Edward Seymour moved TO elect
an ovcrseer of the poor and ballots be-
ing called for resulted in 60 in favor
and 40 against. Mr.. Lawrence BARLEY
was then elected to that office.
City Sheriff Stephen Bates.
Constablc-G. +. O. Kimball.
Listers-G. +. o. Kimball, j. G..
Hindes, Hon. j. ID. Smith.
Highway Surveyors-Ea Eastern dis
trict, Roma Plude; Western district,
Austin Gaunya.
Superintendent of Schools Hon
Geo. w. Grandey.
Sealcr of Weights and Measures
VIM. Crosby.
Sealcr of Lcather-James Rock.
Fence Niewers-Patrick Lyon. j. G..
Ilindcs.
Pound Kccpcr-John Donnoly.
Grand Jurors-Geo. W. Grandcy, IL.
j. Talbot, ID. II. Lewis
Water Commissioners Andrew Ross,
G. Kimball, a. Ladukc.
ScXton-T. Fish.
The attendance was not as large ms al
several previous elections, and but lit
ne ,ne interest manifested except upon
.he school question. The office OF SUI
perinlch1eht OF schools was closely
contested, ana the result is thought by
so,lc 10 loreshnuow change III the
scno"i.noaru' Inc school district meet
'hR Ior 'h's purpose occurs next iucs-
way eIc'' ""eh warm cohles'ls OK
pco'co'
Tuesday evening after the clrtion.
the Vcrgcnncs band assembled IND front
of the Stevens House and serenadtd the
mayor elect. Gen. Grandcv was called
for, and responded in happy nhnncr
and invited them to his residence,
where, owing to the illness of lis near
neiohbor. Mrs. Kelley. il uould 40 i'm