The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-03-28
Local News.

safely.
Smith & Allen are the builders of the
McCue 81 Sargent block now in process
of construction.
Miss Lucia Sutton has been seriously
i'll for the past week, but is now on the
road to recovery.
Rev. W. j. RILEY. late rector of st.
Stephens. is to deliver the Decoration
day address at Brandon.
Mrs. A. :. Dewey of Burlington is Wis
ting her sister, Mrs. John L. Rich, and
other friends in town.
&. NJ. Severance was in town early in
the week. He is teaching at Burr Il
Burton seminary. Manchester
Maple syrup and sugar are now abund-
ant They are of fine quality. The
price for sugar is Is and 20 cents.
j. f. Pierce has been quite i'll all win
ter. He was down town the other day
for the first time in many weeks.
Prof. j. +. Goodrich of the University
of Vermont was in town on Monday.
He preached at Ncrgennes on Sunday.
Edward f. Bond has sold his place. at
the south end of Court street, to b. b.
Brown. AN employee of smith Allen.
Between 40 and 80 tubs of butter were
bought in the local market, Monday.
The price for the best quality was -
cents.
Deputy Sheriff Cobb has bought the
Preston place. adjoining A. f. Manlcy's
farm. 1t contains 10 acres. He paid
81 800.
The summer term of the Graded school
opened on Monday morning. 1t is hoped
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her work next Monday.
Rev. Mr.. Moloncy is back again and
conducted the usual services ut the Cath
Ollie church last Sunday. He had been
i'll for two or three weeks.
The first of April is near at hand. when
the listers will begin their work. If tax
payers would get their lists ready. it
would save the listers time and the town
money.
Messrs. Bryant and Briggs, horse buy
crs. of Middleboro. Mass. are in town.
the guests of the Addison House. There
seems to be a large demand for good
horses iyst at present.
The Students who live hercabouts near
" all went home Wednesday to spend
the vacation. Professors Eaton and Stcb-
bins are also away. the former in Boston
and vicinity and the latter at his home in
Springfield, Mass.
The ice went out of the creek Tuesday
afternoon. No damage was done in this
place. The water is very high and will
probably continue to rise for some days.
There is an immense body of snow on
the mountains yet.
Gasca Rich. who was chosen third lis
| 3 al al ion hn pn-
signed. and H. Bruce Wright has been
appointed in his place. The board is
now the same as last ycar-Judge
Knapp. f. j. Matthews and Mr.. Wright.
Adolphus Happy. the Addison man
who was put in Jail here several weeks
since for failure to pay a tax of ninety
cents, has come to the conclusion that he
prefers his liberty and is trying to pro-
cure the money and get out.
The summer term of the college will
not begin till Monday. April II. 1t
should commence the 10th according to
the catalogue. but fast day comes the
llth. so that it was deemed best to defer
the opening of the term to the date men
, toned.
The death is announced of Mrs. W. j
Fish. at Miles City. Montana. early last
week, of heart disease. Mrs Fish was
well known here as Miss Randall. She
went to Montana last summer to Join hcl
husband, who had established himself il
business there rs a stock grower ant
: dealer.
The Green Mountain Pulp company. o
which A. III. Fisher is president. ha
' bought of Loyal Huntington of Wey
bridge the Huntington falls near thu
Peek bridge in that town. 1t is under
stood the company intend at once to be
; gin the erection Of pulp-lnil there
/ There is about 40 feet head mt these fall
and the water is said to be abundant II
: all seasons of the year. Another adyan
Y tage of the site is that the railroad run
g close to it. 1t is called one of the hes
water powers in tho State. The Creel
e is there somewhat greater in VOLUME
!, than here, the New Haven river empty
ing into it at BrOoksville. "
d The following is from the Beloit OWLS.
9 Free Press of the 10th inst. AT 3 o'clOcl
e Sunday afternoon Mrs. X. w. DoOlittle
l. the aged mother of Mrs. Chauncey A
Lathrop, quietly breathed her last. Sh
/ was about the house as usual in tn
p morning, but at about . o'clock, Will
j standing, she was observed to be strug
Cling for breath, as if choking Mr.
Lathrop was instantly at her side ant
| placed her gently in an easy chair, wher
n she remained in an utterly unGOnsciou
d state until death came at o'clock, whei
she passed away without struggle
Mrs Doolittle was born in New Haven
d Vt, 81 years ago Mrs. Doolittle'
q first husband was jonathan Wainwright
IT, of Middlebury, uncle of Rufus, q. {
p. and Charles Wainwright. He was
member of the old-time firm of j, q Il
- Wainwright. and died in 1919 Mrs
r7 Wainwright married Mr.. Pettis an
+ then Mr.. Doolittle. The remains wer
lie inferred here.
>, Z Edward II. Phelps, son of f j. Phell
al fof Burlington, was born in this tow
m June 80, l647, and died in Detroit, Mich
Re last week Thursday, of typhoid feve
rs The remains were brought to Burling
ii ton for interment, the funeral rakin
III place on Monday. The deceased wa
graduated from Yale in the class of lsl
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