The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-03-21
Local News.

doors, and has resumed his place as ;
night Waterman.
Walter Sheldon. a recent graduate of |
our college. and. we believe. clergy |
man, is visiting in town.
A new general catalogue of the col |
lege is in course of publication. The |
last one was issued in 1871.
1t is now said that Mrs. Bitncy's pen
sion amounts only to- 500. instead of
100, as was first reported.
Mrs. II. S. Foote being detained in !
New York, her singing classes will be
omitted next Saturday and Monday.
The carpenters have the frame for the
McCue q Sargent block well under way
and portion of the timberS are already
in place.
Prof Parker is quite sick and has been
confined to the house nearly two weeks.
He is somewhat better now, but is not
yet able to be out.
Mrs. LOOMS, mother of Mrs. +. Il.
! Clay. fell while in the woOdshed at Mr..
Clay's. Monday. and was quite severely
injured. She is IS years of age.
The docket for the June term of the
Addison County court is in the hands of
the printer. There are 90 court cases
,.
The spring term of the Graded school
will begin next Monday, the 24th 1t is
feared that Miss O'Leary's state of health
will not permit her to resume work at
that time.
Mrs. Jacob Dewey has sold her house
on Court street to j. b. Benedict. who will
move from the Victor Wright place and
occupy it. The consideration is not stat
ed.
The morning train north now goes
at : 90 instead of S :01 o'clock. This is
the only change affecting Middlebury in
the new timetable which took effect last
Monday.
Rev. NJ. L. Severance, principal of
{ Burr a. Burton seminary, Manchester.
returned home yesterday morning. lie
had been visiting friends in town the
past week.
4 DR.. NJ. d. Smith has rented the j. B.
Steele place. on South Main street, and
b. will occupy it next week. During the
winter he and his family have had rooms
/ at Mrs. brakes. Academy street.
The best grades of potatoes are being
a bought for shipment here at % cents a
bushel Boston and Providence dealers
/ think that they will be sold in those
markets as low as 20 cents before long.
The sleighing in the village was near
; w gone early in the week. but the storm
= of Wednesday night and yesterday inn
proved it. In the northern part of the
. county wheeled vehicles have been in use
for week past.
a. Chapman & Co.. merchant tailors and
! dealers in ready clothing, etc. have
begun business. as will be seen by thell
E. announcement elsewhere. They have a
!. pleasant store.&nd will doubtless succeed
in their enterprise.
St. Patrick's day passed here unobscrV-
+ ed. There were few people in town.
and those who came had business. The
II sales of butter were not large. but the
II price was better-32 cents beng palu
TOR the highest quality.
:. l.. b. I.amson and +. \. Bassett, in
spcctors of the postollce department
were in town. Wednesday, looking into
the affairs of this postoilicc. 1t is unnec
essary to say that they found everything
Il in satisfactory condition.
A horse belonging to Royal +. Bent
ley of Ripton got loose on Weybridg'
N street. Sunday night, and. after Ions
TO run about the village, brought up il
Stoves mill shed. The sleigh was bad
h. ly used up, but otherwise nothing wa
ii harmed.
r Middlebury parties are soon to erect
probably in a central location IN the vii
lie fage. a roller skating rink. Work vii
u be begun in a few days. The buildin!
will be 60 by 100 feet in dimensions
=, These Kinks have proved very popular
n elsewhere, and doubtless this one VIII.
re Joseph Gotta, an employee of the Greer
Mountain Pulp company, was up before
D. Justice l.. +. Knapp, Wednesday. charg
" ed with having on the 18th inst made III
at assault on Edgar q. Piper. lie wa
fined 50 and costs, amounting to SlO.Sl
5. which sum he paid, Grand Juror Justu
r. Cobb prosecuted.
- Edward Parker has returned home
He has been in New York during tn
No winner, taking the final course of lecture
W at the BELLEVUE Medical school, frOl
which he was graduated the other day
q, standing ninth in class OF l6s mem
Iy bers. He was member of the class o
of 1850 in this college.
Rev. A. G. Hardy of Concord, \. ii
'e' secretary of the Provdent Mutual Relic
Il association. was in town Wednesday t
r., organize sub-association here. The OF
- ficers of the local association are: Tru'
:; tees-Albert \. Fletcher, Geo. l.. Porter
l'9 /. F. FarnswOlth; clerk, l.. K. MelleI
% There are about twenty members.
George Hammond went, Monday morn
nc ing, to San Francisco. He was accom-
IA IA panied by Mrs. Hammond. His objeC
in going was to dispose of the sheep sci
to California for export to Australi;
nd but not shipped because of the closin
ne of the Australian ports. He will /
ICE away 30 days at least, and possib
we much longer
~ The wife of r. E. Bentley of Ripto
nv has left him. 1t is reported that befol
Ma departing she bought goods to the valu
rh. of S96 of one Of our merchants and Ia
ry. them charged to her husband. MUG
ns- sympathy is expressed for Mr.. Bentle,
an who has been kind HUSBAND providin
al for his wife and children with everythir
ale needed for their comfort.
- Randall Hammond leaves today Il