The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

Springfield Fire and Marine company. A
light pair of horses delayed the steamer
some ten minutes in getting to the fire"
At the " mission" to be preached at
st. Stephens next week, the Rev. How
ard +. Hill of Montpelier will be the
preacher Monday and Tuesday. His sub
iect Monday evening will be " The Mess
age" Tuesday afternoon, 1.-The Hereditv
of SIM Tuesday evening, Gods Re
quirements." The preacher of Wednes-
day will be the Rev. Herbert NJ. Dcnslow
of Rutland, who will speak in the after
noon and evening. His subject in the
evening will be ALIENS or Fellow Citi-
zens'" Thursday the preacher will be
Rev. Thomas Ockford of Chester. Ser
vices each afternoon at 3 30 and every
evening at /
The new and pleasant home of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Clinton Smith was opened to the
w. c. II. L. Wednesday evening for their
regular monthly parlor meeting. A cor
dial invitation was extended to all in at
tendance at the county temperance con-
vention. Between fifty and sixty were
pre- sent. Refreshments were served i'm
abundance, after which the evening was
spent in listening to reports of work done.
and words of cheer from prominent tenn
perance gentlemen present. Music and
reading also added largely to the enter
tainmrnt. The meeting adjourned at
about nine o'clock to meet with Mrs. w,
w. Thomas the third Wednesday in
March.
The Abilene (kansss) Chronicle of re-
cent date gives this account Of the mar
riagc Of NJ. l.. Pierce, a former resident
of this town: Thu sdav evening of
last week Witnessed IA mt ST happy event
the marriage of NJ. l.. Pierce of Green
wich, n. Y, to Miss Salie croft. at the
residence of the brides parents on Broad
way Revs. Wake and Mccarthy officiat-
ing Mr.. Pierce formerly resided in our
city, but returned East few years ago.
where he is doing we'll. lie is an intell-
gent, honorable, industrious youn-s man,
and is making IA success of life. The
bride is an admirable young lady, who
Will be a faithful and devoted wife She
is Il young lady of fine accomplishments
and Mr.. Pierce is certainly 10 be CON
graduated upon having won such life
companion. The wedding was one of
the most happy that it has been our good
fortune to attend. The house was filled
to overlooking with guests, who were
most royalty entertained, and who great
ly enjoyed the occasion. The young
couple have the best wishes of a large
circle of friends. The presents were
numerous and very fine.
Mr.. A. p. Upper has been appointed
special prosecutor for this town under
the provisions of the law passed by the
| Legislature of 1884. That law provides
that whenever twenty or more legal
voters in any town shall present TO the
governor petition in writing, verified
by the oaths of the signers thereof. set
ting forth that the criminal laws of the
State are not properly enforced in such
town by reason of the neglect or inetf1-
cheney Of local prosecuting officers" etc.
lit shall be the duty of the governor forth
with to appoint one or more judicious le-
gal voters of said town as specia prose
cutOrs Of criminal offences within such
town and to issue commissions to the
persons so appointed. which shall eX-
| pire at the end of the then-eXisting CUB
ernatOrial term" The special prosecut-
ors so appointed have the same power
as town grand jurors in the prosecution
of crimes within the town and have the
right to appear in the county and Su-
! preme courts lin prosecutions by them
instituted, and there to control the trial
and disposition of such cases. but it
shall be the duty of the States attorney
to assist in the trial, in the county and
| Supreme courts, of all cases so insti-
tuted.'
Up TO yesterday there was scarcely
business enough in town to warrant keep
ing stores open. The storm of Monday
filled in the roads. making hard travel
ling, so that few came to town. Tray
cling by rail has been much nterfered
with. The cattle train which left here
on Monday had gotten no farther than
Rutland at noon of Wednesday. No mail
came direct from Boston between Mon
day and Wednesday nights. At one
time Tuesday there We're 10 engines
stuck in the drifts between Rutland and
Bellows Falls. The drifts in some of
the cuts were said to be the worst with
which the railroad managers have had to
contend in twenty years. Trains are run
ming regularly now. Tuesday morning
the mail from the north for this office
consisted of five letters and one paper.
the carriers not being able to reach the
depots from the various offices on the line,
with the exception of Nergennes. The
damage done by the storm hereabouts
WAS considerable. The Munger-Strcet
school house lost its chimney. At VIM.
Cars place, east Of the village, a barn
was unroofed; and all along the east
side of the town more or less damage
was done farm buildings and fences.
Tuesday it took till night to get the walks
in the village plowcd out. The snow
was fortunately quite light
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