The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23
Local News.

Postotlice Inspector Field of Rutland
was in town Saturday.
Charles 6. Steele. a former resident.
has been visiting friends in town.
Mr.. Osborne of Boston has been visit
ing his family. lie left for Boston We'd
nesdaH.
Hon. John w. Stewart arrived home
from Washington on Saturday. He re-
TUNED to that city Tuesday night.
Yesterday - Asccnsion-day - was OBJ
served at st. Stephen by morning ser
vice, with sermon and holy communion.
Robert b. Thomas has sold his farm
on the East Mddlchury road to Messrs
Allen and Rogers consideration, Sl200.
Monday was the busiest day of the
season with our merchants. The price
of butter ranged from Is to 20 cents the
latter for grass.
Abraham Langwoithy has bought the
house and lot of VIM. Kyle. in the
northeast part of the village: considera-
ton, 81 800
The ladies of the Congregational
church will give an ice-crcam and straw
berry festival ut the lecture room on
Wednesday evening. June 4.
C.. Gordon. the blacksmith. is not to
leave town after all. He has hired out
to Mr. st. Clair. who bought his shop
at the entrance of the fair grounds.
Rev. T.. +. Rogers. a member of the
college class of IS. has become pas
tor of the Wallingford congregational
hhrch. going there from Hamilton.
n. Y.
The local wool market is active Just
now. t. ID. Twitchcl has bought TO-
600 or l2.OoO pounds of the new clip.
The prices are Is to 20 cents for un-
washed.
Rev. c. c. Frost. who recently held Il
series of temperance meetings at Bird
port, is in town again. 1t is said that he
intends to make Middlcbury his home
hereafter.
c. 5. Caring of Constantinople deliver
ed very interesting lecture at the Grad
ed hool, Friday afternoon last, on the
people and customs of Turkey. He left
here for Rutland Tuesday.
Jewctt Wilcox. formerly of this place.
is managing Hotel Lafayette at Lake
Minnetonka, MINI. The house is 745
feet in length by - wide and has be-
tween 300 and 400 rooms.
The w. c. T. L. held pleasant and
profitable meeting ut President lIamlin's.
Wednesday afternoon and evening. An
essay by DR.. HaIsey was one of the fea-
lures of the literary programme.
The Democrats are to hold II caucus at
the Addison House tomorrow (Satur-
day evening for the choice of delegates
to the State and district conventions
which meet at Montpelier June !.
" Esmeralda, well-known play that
has been very successfully produced by
the Madison Square Theatre company.
is to be given at the town hall on We'd
nesday evening, June IL, by local dra-
matte club.
So far as we can learn no clue has
been found to the whereabouts of the
burglar or burglars that robbed the
postoflice in this village last week. The
amount of the money and stamps car
ried of was Sjl.l3.
Mrs. Mary Baxter of Seymour street,
aged 16 years next month. walked to
East Middlebury cemetery five miles. on
the 10 inst. arranged the grave of her
former husband and returned to her
: home the same day.
Rev. Mr.. Sargent of New Haven
preached in the Congregational church
on Sunday morning, in exchange with
Rev. Mr.. Speare. At o'clock a tenn
peIance address was given in the church
to very large audience by c. c. Frost.
Rev. }. j. Noe, pastor of the Metho-
dist church, who has been attending the
general conference, is expected home to-
dav or tomorrow. As the repairs upon
the church have been completed, it is eX-
pected the usual services will be held on
- Sunday.
our Methodist friends will be glad to
learn that the general conference, now in
. session at Philadelphia OH Monday voted,
- to :. to restore the Burlington district
: to the Troy conference. The district was
made part of the Vermont conference at
the last session of the general conference,
. in 1880.
: +. A. Bonds skating rink was used for
the first time last Friday night. when a
large invited party gathered there. Sat
urday night it was opened to the public
and has since been in successful opera
/ ton. The floor is one of the best in the
? State aud the building generally is well
adapted to the purpose for which it was
built.
{ Potter Chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
elected officers on Tuesday evening, as
| follows: Grand high priest, W. IL.
l Goodnough; king, c. ID. Earl; scribe,
. f.. L. Russell; secretary, $. ). Brooks
> treasurer, II. l.. Sheldon captain of the
host, VIM. IL. Cobb; principal soiourner,
b. b. Brown; commander of the first
! veil. Peter f. Goodrich; commander of
: the second veil. Chas. +. Piper; com
mander of the third VEIL w. ii. Kings
ley.