The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-07
Local News.

Il. Z. Miller OF the class Of 81 was in
town over Sunday.
Miss Bessie Braincrd is visiting rca-
tivos in st. Adams.
Mrs. 5. G. Watts and daughter have
gone to Brandon to reside.
Miss Lizzie holland is spending n few
weeks with friends in Bristol.
Hon. Aldacc F. Walker of Rutland was
in town for a few hours Tuesday.
Rev. j. c. IIoughton will preach mt the
Congregational church on Sunday next.
Mrs. DR.. Bryant of Granville, Ohio, is
visiting at her brothers. Chester w.
Ross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel J. Preston have
arrived back from their wedding trip to
Montreal.
Hon. John w. Stewart and son re-
turned Tuesday from their trip to the
Adirondacks.
Frank A. Bond, wife and daughter,
Mabel, are at Lynn, Mass, for two
weeks stay.
Isaac Perry has received a dependent
relatives pcnson.The arrearages amount
to over 500.
Julian and Archibald Dewey of Phila-
George Ilammond's,
Rev. Mr.. Speare, wife and daughter
are at New Cisco, Me-, and will remain
about four weeks.
Mrs. b. :. Beckwith and son. Fred,
and Mr.. j. a. Bcckwith are visiting at +.
w. Peck's in Burlington.
The price of butter Monday was the
same as the week before-l3 cents for
the best and II for selections.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Colby rejoice over
the advent of a son, and there is new
daughter at Charles Westars.
The camping party at Knights island,
near st. Adams, broke up Saturday and
those living here returned home.
Smith q Allen are building large
horse barn and carriage-house ut Gov.
Stewards home, High street.
John +. Parker of the pension Office,
Washington DC e, is spending his vaca-
ton with his father, Prof. Parker.
DR.. and Mrs. Hiram Meckcr and fami-
ly of Granville. n. y, are visiting Mrs.
Mceker's father Myron LangwOrthy, ST.
Mr. and Mrs. w. S. Alden went Tues
day to Albany to visit friends and attend
the Grant funeral ceremonies in that city.
Julius V. Sturdevant, Il member of the
last college class, will take charge of the
Westport (N. Y high school the coming
fall.
Mrs. Coggswell of Rutland has moved
part of her goods into the store lately oc-
Cupicd by G.. G.. Smith and is arranging
| them.
A number went from here to Burling-
ton yesterday to see the exhibition of
Buffalo Bills "Wild West" combination
at Howard park.
Charles Starr, son of Wm.S Starr of Bur-
lington, Iowa. spent a few days here last
week, starting on his return journey
Monday morning.
John Hyde came home Tuesday from
ST. Johnsbury, where he has been the
past year. and is spending his vacation
with his parents.
+. W. Burke, formerly of this place,
has been appointed manager of the tele-
phone exchange at Cobleskill, n. v,
where he now resides.
The restaurant privileges at Howard
park. Burlington. during the State fair
have been rented by Deputy Sheriff Cobb,
who will sublet them.
+. A. Barney had two fingers on one
of his hands dislocated the other day, the
moving machine he was riding dropping
into hole and throwing him of.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. +. Marshall. Mr.. and
Mrs. +. f. Rich and Mr.. and Mrs. W. ID.
Lane go to Lake George to-day and will
be absent from town week or ten days.
Henry G. Wicker of Chicago. general
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railroad, visited friends in town last
week, He was accompanied by his fam
lily.
The village trustees have put down a
much-nceded sidewalk on the east side of
Seymour street, where there has hitherto
been an unreasonable depth of mud in
the wet season.
The work of laying the pipe from the
bakery pump across the creek to the
reservoir south of the Addison House is
substantially completed and the connec-
tons will shortly be made.
Mrs. p. Il. Bingham of Troy, y. V,
has rented of Rev. NJ. l.. Severance his
house on Weybridge street. now occu-
pied by Prof. Austin, and will remove
here with her family in the fall.
Prof. Austin preached at the Congre.
gational church on Sunday. The music
was exceptionally good. Prof. Higley
presided at the organ and Rev. and Mrs.
} c. 5. Murkland sang with the choir.
Charles ID. Belden of East Middiebury
was fined SO and costs (Sl1.3S) before
Justice Albert Chapman, Monday, for
assault. He appealed and gave bail. a,
z. Upper for the State; ii. ID. Maynard
for respondent.
business meeting of the Addison
p county w. c. Il. L. will be held at the
, Methodist church next Monday after
noon at three o'clock. The members OF
the Middlebury union are specially re-
quested to attend.
Prof. and Mrs. f. IL. IIigley left town
Monday for Worcester, Mass, going by
way of CastletOn to visit his brothers
They took their household goods and
will go to housekeeping on their arrival
in Worcester.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Porter of New
J York, Miss Cora Porter, Mrs. Henry
Peabody and Miss Mabel Douglas OF
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