The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29

UHc paSIOGaUe OF Ine flTSI IGeSDNteflafl
church of Troy. y. Y. we have mention
ed. was installed Tuesday evening
G., G.. Leavenworth, till recently in the
employ of the Cutter Marble company.
has accepted a position with the Pro-
ducers' Marble company of Rutland.
Smith q Allen have been awarded the
contract to build the new town hall in
Bristol. The building in its general APP
pearance will resemble the one here.
Night Waterman Dickinson continues
to improve, but it is feared that he will
never fully recover from the injuries he
sustained. Page Potter is doing his
work.
Yesterdays dispatches report biz
zard and extreme cold in the Northwest.
The storm of last night here was not quite
a blizzard. but was severe after the warm
weather of the past three weeks.
Hon. John W. Stewart arrived home
from Washington on Sunday morning.
He has been in Burlington since Mon
day. in attendance upon the United
States court. Miss Elga. who has been
in Washington since the holidays. re-
turned home, also.
A call for wool-growers' convention
has been issued signed by Hon. Column
bus Deano of Ohio. president. and
Albert Chapman of Middebury. secre-
tary of the National Wool-Growers'
association. The convention will be
held in Chicago, May !.
Charles A. Chapman, son of Albert
Chapman. was married mt Ferrisburgh
Tuesday evening. to Miss Josie B.,
daughter of David Smith. Rev. A. +.
Carpenter, rector of st. Stephens, per-
formed the ceremony. Many friends
will wish Mr. and Mrs. Chapman hap
Ply future.
On Friday morning last DR.. G.. S.
Boynton of Brandon lectured before the
senior class at the college on "1hc Germ
| Theory of Disease" In the afternoon
he delivered popularized version of the
same lecture to the scholars of the grad
ed school. DR.. Boynton is microscopic
editor of the Ner EBgiand JourH0i Of
| UeHtiSty.
The me mbers of the Baptist church
gave their pastor and his family Il sur
prise party, Wednesday evening. at the
parsonage. After spending the evening
in pleasant social converse. they served
their own refreshments and departed,
leaving their pastors larder enriched by
HldnN lOullIS VI ntCtSNdllt~. dS lOhcllN
of their good will.
At st. Stephens church. on Sunday
next, there will be morning service with
Holy Communion at 10: 10. The regu-
lar session of the Sunday school will be
omitted. and evening prayer with an
address to the children will be held at
/ o'clock. Next Tuesday evening the
Rev. ii. NJ. Denslow of Trinity church.
Rutland, will preach in St stephens
church.
Dwight Bassctt was up before Justice
j. +. Stapleton. Saturday. on Il charge
of breach of the peace. He pleaded
guilty and paid the fine and costs.
amounting to SlO.77. On the same day
Frank Forrest was arraigned before the
same justice. charged with INVESTIGATION.
and, pleading guilty. was fined $500
and costs. S4.49--total, S9.49. which he
paid. James NJ. Slade. town grand
juror. conducted the prosecutions.
A recent issue of the JoWuoi. publish
ed at willows, Colusa county, California.
contains the following item: ID. X.
Wheeler. the painter, who lived in Will
lows number of years. died ut the cOun.
ty hospital. Colusa. the 9th of this
month. He was suffering from iheuma-
tism and went to the hospital about the
first of the month";" The deceased for
many years made his home at David
Lovett'S in the east part of the town.
Messrs. Chcrbino Il williamson ship
ped carload OF ewes from this station.
Wednesday for Athens. Ohio. They were
selected from 10 prominent fiocls and are
the best these gentlemen ever took to
"a ant "a
number of carloads. Messrs. Wood q
Kennedy of Michigan. who have been in
this vicinity week OF more. shipped a
carload home, Wednesday. Forty-seven
of the lot were bought of Cherbino Il
Williamson.
The town hall was crowded on Monday
evening. when the operetta. The Fairy
Grotto,'' was produced. There were
sixty performers and the scenery had
been brought from Boston for the. occa-
sion. Everything passed off pleasantly
and to the general satisfaction of the au-
dience. The cast of characters was as fol-
lows Fairy Queen. with ~ attendant
Fairies. Miss HOrtense Drake Puck Lottie
RHssel; Widow, Mary Phelps; Peter
Grim. the miser, VI. }. Stapleton. Miss
Hattie Chapman proved an excellent ac-
companist. The performance showed
that Mrs. ii. 5. FoOte, the directress, had
done her work well.
MessrS. Smith q Allen were up to
Mallett's Bay (COlchester) last Friday,
in company with 5. l.. GOodell of Bran
don. to make ESTIMATES for the removal
OF the marble mill at that place. Some
four years ago the Wakefield Varlegated
Marble company was organized to work
the uuarriPs at Mallptt's Raw and q loroa
mill was erected there. This company
and the Black and White Marble com
pany of Brandon have recently been con
soidated. 1t is the intention of the new
company TO move the Mallett's Bay mill
to some place nearer the railroad. 1t
may go to Brandon, but we do not Uni
derstand that "A definite decision has vet
been made.
5. Holton, the jeweler. has lately fin
ished a clock of novel design. 1t has but
one hand and the dial is divided into 60
parts. The hand makes a revolution
once ala hour The hour is shown