The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20
Local News.
DR.. c. +. Prentiss is in Washington.
Mr., George c. Walker is making a
brief stay in town.

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Mr.. George c. Walker is making a
brief stay in town.
Hon. C. W. Rich of st. Adams was
registered at the Addison House on Mon
day.
The town reports are being printed at
this office and will be placed in the hands
of voters early next week.
The winter term of the graded school
will close on March 6. 1t is understood
tina: the Adelphi society will give an ex-
hibiti on the evening of that day.
TWENTY-FIVE couples had dance at the
Addison House on Wednesday evening
1t was a pleasant party and they had an
enjoyable time. The dancing ceased at
midnight.
Rev. 5. A. Parker will preach in
Sunday evening at o'clock; subject
who is our Judge of what we shall be-
lieve?"
Hon. B. G. Northrup of Connecticut
the wel-knOwn lecturer on rural i'm
prOvement and kindred topics, was in
town on Wednesday and lectured before
the high school in the forenoon
Mr.. Oscar Z. Goodnough. brother of
W. FL. Goodnough, has come to town
and will probably remain permanently.
He has been a resident of Boston for
some years past
A child of James McLaughlin's, aged
l6 months, was buried from the Catholic
church yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Nc
Laughlin, who has been an invalid for
more than year, is quite seriously i'll.
At G. A. h. fair held in Windsor last
week. the vote for the most popular cler-
gyman gave chair to Rev. z. Cunning
ham, Father Maloney's pred cessor as
pastor of the Catholic parish here.
The old trotting course on the creek
near this village has been scraped, and
either today or Tuesday there will be
race between horses owned by Watson
G. Hamilton and Geo. Wssell of Bird
port.
Very few people were in town on Mon
dsy and hardly enough butter was offer
ed to establish a price. The figures
were substantially the same as for sever
al weeks past from 20 cents down, &C.
cording to quality.
A correspondent in district No. 3 writes ::
The meetings of the temperance society
in this district have been very interesting
this winter, and have been well attended
The society, with the school, will hold an
exhibition on the evening of Thursday.
the 26th of this month; admittance, l5
cents.
About one hundred persons attended
the party given at Mr.. A. A. Fletcher's
on Tuesday evening for the benefit of the
Ladies' library association. Music by
Mrs. Pitts and Mrs. Miner, a recitation
by Miss Audie Brainerd and spelling
school, conducted by Mr.. C. NJ. Wilds,
added to III" evenings entertainment
Excellent refreshments were served In
abundance. $50 was realized, which
will be devoted TO the purchase of books.
Rev. c. s. Murkland has been burned
out at Chicopee, Mass. The Republican
of The 18th gives this account: "A defec-
tive chimney in dwelling belonging to
the Ames estate and occupied by Rev.
Charles S. Murkland on Grape street,
caused blaze at 3 o'clock last evening
that ate out the upper part of the build
ing and damaged it to the extent of about
$1,000. The furniture had no insurance,
but was taken out with little damage
The fire crept around the chimney from
top to bottom, got into the attic, and for
an hour and half detied the tiremen and
two streams of water. The upper story
and roof of the main building were most
ly destroyed, the L remaining unframed.
The house was insured for "a, ZOO in the