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National Republican., 1886-11-16
FIRE ! FIRE ! FIRE !

Owing to the destruction Of the Shoe
Factory Of shaw, Cooling u Co. we
cannot size up on shoes made by that
firm for the present.
Therefore, we will close out all of
SHAW, COOLING & CO.'S SHOES
now on hand at a discount Of 10 per
cent. on regular prices
Ladies', call early for Bargains, and
bo sure and come before : T. NJ.
National Republican., 1886-11-16
Mems Scarlet All-wool
Medicated Underwear:

Shirts and Drawers, all sizes, 00c per
garment; sold hereabouts at " and CSC
as bargain. We acknowledge 1t Is n
dollar grade, but we can sell them at
'Oc. Shirts, "a to a inches; Drawers, 80
10 ~ inches Dollar Underwear for 00c.
National Republican., 1886-11-16

My notes are exhausted, and so is your
patience. hope you will pardon the fever.
sh and random remarks OF the Palais
Royals advertising man. That I wrote the
above when very sick honestly assure you
and my employer, Mr.. Lisner.
National Republican., 1886-11-16
rror. rmGLrs, E-s,rcct Rink to night.

KEEP Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup at home. Ply.
slcians prescribe II. Thousands take 1t. Price
% ptuls
National Republican., 1886-11-16
New Store! New GOOdSI
We ore permanently located now

our new store is large and light. We have
better facilities than ever ana AZ reouceu eN'
Ne cordially invite our friends aud the pub
lie 10 come in and take look nj our new
We viii delight you with a display of beau
tifll and st, ASH Nuulehs' .,,..
We are without doubt turning out me pest
fitting and most stylish 1ator'maue SUITS 10
lie had in the city AT our prices
National Republican., 1886-11-16
Reduoed Rates 10 Gettysburr.

GprAT suUu results from the ministralon
81. Jacobs Oil.-BdhimOc lmerican.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
EAST MlDOLEBURY.

Z. Baker ha, rented +. Paro', black
smith shop.
The potato vines on dry ground are
Affected with rust while the potatoes are
-ill quite small.
\. EnO> drives a new horse and car
rage, and \. Peck has added new car
Rage to his turnout.
&. W. Hewitt has nearly finished the
rcmodeing of his house and it is occu-
pied by his Son-in-law.
Willie A.. is at hi- fathers. y. Il. Foot
on weeks vacation He is a clerk for
marble company at Rutland.
Rev. l.. l.. Green will preach in the
church here at 10 so o'clock. August :.
All are invited to be present.
+. Rockwood'~ place has been sold 10
Wallace Walker of New Haven. Mr.
Lockwood will remain there till another
-nring.
Rev, u. Bo,worlh of Bristol will
preach in the church here ON sunday
next. August |, at o'clock p. IN. He
viii tell why he j. an Advent and why
h. keeps the Christian sunday.
The prevalent opinion is that the corn
crop will be Il failure. laying is nearly
finished There j. fair crop. The rye
crop. which was above the average. j.
mostly secured. The continued drouth
h.~ injured growing crops. and the sup
ply of water for domestic purposes i
short.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
SNOREHAM.

Mr.. \. {. Harris of Worcester. Mass,
is in town for several day..
Mrs. +. VI. Collins i home from Mas
>achu>ctt> spending a few weeks.
The ladies missionary meeting was
held last week Thursday afternoon at
Mr. b. b. Nottingham
\ few days since our fcrryman at Lar
rabcr'~ Point was seriously injured. \
spirited team attempted to pass of the
boat before the apron was let down. and,
n he FASTENED to let it down. the lever
flew up and hit his head. He was picked
up inSen>ibe.
The remains of Miss Emma Ingram of
Montpelier were brought here for inter
mcnt last Wednesday. She was sick in
bed only about a wcek-thc disease being
gastric fever. She was very energetic
and young woman much beloved. The
fond parents and sister have general
sympathy in their great bereavement.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
RIPTON.

The successful school taught by Miss
Edith Howe in district No. 6 came to a
close on the oath inst. This is the roll
of honor: Those not absent or tardy-
Alice Murray. Laura Robbins; tardy but
not absent May Jones, Grace Jones
absent but not tardy-Bernice Harring-
ton, John Robbins.
The Democrats are rejoicing over the
appointment of one of their number, G..
j. Hodges, as postmaster, not that the
appointec can from the nature of his
business attend to it. but that a Republic
can has lost his official head and perhaps
expect that the wholesome CD example
will convert the town to Democracy.
G.. \. Bakers store was discovered to
be on fire about Il p. III. the 26th inst.
1t having recently started. the applca-
ton of few pals of water eXtinguishrd
the flames, after causing loss. mainly
by smoke, that cannot well be estimated
$500 and possibly more. From indica
tionS it appears that window had been
broken into the back store, where the oil
was commonly kept, and the fire started
in a barrel of straw. We are not inform
ed a. to the insurance. but doubtless it is
sufficient to cover the loss.
The school in district No. |, taught by
Miss Lizzie y. Spoor, closed on the 2lth
inst. The pupils having no absences
were: Ada and Viola Damon. Minnie,
tardy-Ada and Viola Damon. Jennie.
May and Minnie Kirby. Nora Manning.
Helen, Eugene and Harry Downer. John,
Kent. George Nathan, Roy and Whitney
Kirby, John Hodges. Arthur and John
Manning; tardy oncc-Celia NarneY,
Jennie Narncy: absent oncc-Arthur
Manning; number of scholars. %.
The school in district No. for the
past term has been taught by Miss Clara
Chapman and to those scholars that have
attended has been great benefit, though
it is Il lamcntahlc fact that the roll of
absentees and tardy ones was very large,
though no fault of the teacher. This
is a list of those that for department and
scholarship rated at 90 or over-Nina
Goodro. Eunice Billings, Maud Bentley
Blanche T.aFrance. Maud Goodro. Wini-
fred English. Flora Damon, Loren Bak-
cr, Agnes Billings, Guy Damon, Grace
Stowe. Claudia Smith. Lena Lee. Forest
English.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30

amount of labor and some money, judi
ciously expended, would make his resi-
dence and surroundings one of the most
inviting on the lake shore.
Lewis Gordon of Addison was arrest
ed by Officer Z. Gorham and taken be-
fore Justice G.. w. Grandey for stealing
IA light double harness from :. Taylor of
that town. lie claimed to be able to
prove an alibi. In order to enable him to
do so the case was laid over until Wednes-
day. In default of 500 bail he was re
manded to the custody of the officer.
Dr. F. W. Coe has fine cottage at
Barn Rock harbor, about opposite Basin
harbor, where he and Mrs. Coe are enjoy
ing the bracing mountain air and the
beautiful views of lake and Vermont
scenery. Mr.. H. II. Burge and wife and
Lieut.. Booth and family are the doctors
guests. The change from Wyoming to
Vermont air is having an invigorating
effect on the lieutenant.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
General l1eps.
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate on Wednesday, the DIST
inst, Mr.. IIOar reported favOrably bill
to repeal the tcnurc-of-oflicc act. The
reports on the Payne election case were
discussed, Messrs. Logan and Teller
speaking. In the House the Interstate
commerce bill was debated. Thursday
in the Senate the Payne reports were fur
ther debated. The House spent the day
in trying to get at the oleomargarine bill
and finally ucceeded.-Friday the ma
jority report on the Payne election mat
ter Chat there should be no investigation
was adopted, and the sundty civil appro-
pration bill taken up. The House CON
Cured in the Senate amendments to the
oleomargarine bill.-Saturday the Senate
passed the Sundry civil bill. The House
did nothing of consequently Monday,
the Senate, after amending, passed the
deficiency appropriation bill. The House
acted on the railroad grant forfeiture
bills.-ruesday nothing of importance
was done in the Senate. I'm the House
the report of the conference committee
on the river and harbor bill was heard
and further conference ordered
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30

Judge Barker at Boston ON Friday
found that it is lawful for BARRIERS to ply
their trade in Sachusett, ON sunday
More poisoned ice cream. Forty per
sons We're made seriously i'll at a Bap-
tiSt church festival in Passport. Maine.
on Thursday.
1t is understood at Albany that PreSi-
dent Cleveland, wife and friends will 90
to the Adirondacks Aug. - or - and
stay four to six weeks.
The storms of Saturday in the North
wheat. In north Dakota alone the dam
age is estimated at 800, 600 bushels.
\ canvass of the Republican delegates
assembled in State convention in Arkan-
Sas showed them to be nearly unanimous
for the reorganization of Blaine in lSSS.
Connecticut, New York and Wisconsin
have declared boycOtting to be Il crimi-
offence. These are the only States where
the question has been brought to trial
before ii jury.
The advance sheets of the lSS5 census
of Rhode Island give the total pOpula-
tion as 30l Isl, gain of 27.753 over the
census of lSSO. only six towns in the
State have a population exceeding 10000.
\ big storm about Pittshurg, Pa, sun
day morning did damage to the amount of
nearly S35O,0O0 1t appears to have been
confined to western Pennsylvania and
was the most severe known for many
! years.
Charles IIutchins, general business
agent of the American board of commits
SonerS for foreign missions. was run
over by IA train AT the Lowell station,
Boston, Friday, and died from his in
juricS.
Catholic circles of New York city are
greatly excited over the reported mar
riage of Rev. William j. sherman, assist
ant pastor of the church of the Visitation
in South Brooklyn, to Miss Tillie Mccoy
Father Sherman is ~ years old.
Mrs. c. Il. JayneS had hand satche
containing money and diamonds valued
at $1,000 forcibly taken from her at Chi
cago Monday night while passing by the
Leland House in the full glare OF the
electric fight. The thief was not caught
The last ray of hope entertained by th'
hOp-growers throughout New York Stat
vanished Tuesday morning, says dis
patch, The crop has been ruined b.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
CORNWALL.

Mr.. Eli Stevens i on the sick list.
Mrs. James Dougla, is home again.
Mrs. Della Thomas i visiting friends
in Ncrgcnnes.
Haying i nearly finished and harvesting
il coming right along.
Miss Maria Douglas has returned from
her vacation trip to Lake George.
Threshcrs are getting their machines
ready for operation. with the eXpecta-
ton of heavy jobs this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller of Whitehall, y.
\ ., were in town over Sunday, guests of
her sister. Mrs. +. ID. Scarf.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. q. Atwood, who are
in the West. write their friends that they
intend to return home in September.
The Douglas creamery continues to
do thriving business, and. a far as is
learned. gives perfect satisfaction. The
demand for the produce is daily increas-
ing at prices ruling above the highest
market quotations.
1t is a somewhat singular fact that the
three deaths which have occurred in the
~cOvel family within the past fourteen
months have all been upon Sunday and
on the communion sundays at the church
which they were accustomed to attend.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
ORWELL.

j. {. Thomas i more comfortable and
-its up little, but Is not considered out
of danger.
IIaying is nearly through and the har-
ycSting of wheat, barley and oats has
already begun, with a prospect of fair
yield and of good quality.
Rev. l.. \. Austin of Mddleburv
preached to a good audience at the Con-
grcgatiOnal church on sunday morning
last from II. Timothy ii.,3 and gave us
good sermon.
Mr. Fred Wright has returned to his
accustomed place AS salesman in the store
of Messrs f. NJ. Wright q Co., after an
absence of several months spent at the
Poughkeepsie Business college. He is a
popular salesman and his many friends
will be glad to see him in his accustomed
place of business. Mr. George Wright
of New York city is in town, the guest
of his father, Hon. f. NJ.
Wright; and Mrs. ROllin Gale and son
of Canton, n. Y, are guests of Doctor
n, Gale. Mr.. Calvin Fairbanks and sou
are guests of her brother, Mr.. IL. II.
Young
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
County lleps.
BRISTOL.


c. f.. Smith has his new barn up and
enclosed.
II. p. Shcrwin is finishing the outside
Of his new barn.
\ large delegation of Bristol people is
camping at the lake now.
Jonathan bike is quite feeble now; also
Mrs. Eastman and Mrs. TandOn.
DR.. f. G. Prime has been quite sick for
a few days. He is now improving.
People in this vicinity are generally
through haying. The crop is good.
There is to be a game of base ball be
tween the fat and lean men on August
IL.
The selcctmcn have appointed two po-
licemen. f. Is. Patterson and O. G. Cram
dali.
The Peoples Theatre Co. closed a
weeks entertainment here last Saturday
night.
The Democratic county convention
Will w Il'lu lHI' dboul tllt -lNt VI .Nu-
gust
The Baptist committee are building Il
new platform in front of their house of
worship.
Floyd Briggs. who ha, been stopping
a; the State hotel at Rutland for several
weeks. has returned home,
Rev. j. W. Mctcalf and family of Fac
tory Point are visiting in town. Mr..
church here.
Col. Dun,hcr i stating his barn. He
has put in new ,ills and raised it up and
pat a basement under it, and will have a
rood building when completed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
OTHER WASHINGTON News.

The President has referred the oleo-
margarine bill to the encouragement
for an opinion as to its constitutionality.
All indications. in Colonel Lannon'S
opinion, now point to Secretary Man
ming, resuming charge of the treasury
portfolio in October.
The collections of internal revenue dur
ing the last fiscal year were sllG.9O2. 9l5.
an increase of S4.4Sl,7 24. The cost of
collection was 1861 per cent.
The ,undry civil bill, as it passed the
Senate Saturday, appropriates in all S2i.-
1880, or an increase of -. lOG,S5O over
the amount appropriated by the bill a. it
came from the House. The items added
by the Senate are S7l7.5l5 for public
buildings. SjlG.75O for lighthouses,
Sl0G. Gj2 for the coast survey and Sl,7G5.-
9O2 miscellaneous.
The Senate, by unanimous consent. has
inserted an amendment in the sundry
civil appropriation bill appropriating
'-''Ns''' loI Ilul~lllll- INV I''tId Ill bull'llHS
at Montpelier, VI. 1t was intended a. Il
special compliment to Senator Morrill,,
who j. absent from the Senate for the
first time in 20 years from sickness, and
whom senator SpOoncr of Wisconsin. in
making the motion, referred to "a 'thc
father of the Senate"
senator Blair has favOrHhly reported
back to the Senate from the education
committee the Joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution in re-
lation to alcoholic liquors and other
poisonous beverages. 1t provides that
from and after the year 1900 the manu-
iacturc and sale and importation of dis
titled alcoholic Intoxicating liquors. eN
ccpt for medicinal, mechanical. chemica
and scientific purposes and for use in the
arts, shall cease. The report which aC
companies the proposed amendment say
the committee does not deem it necessary
to discuss the evils of the use of alcohol
but believes the people have right tt
decide what measures shall he taken fol
the regulation or eXtirpation of thi'
| traffic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
FOREIGN.

The Marquis of Salisbury has under
taken, at the queens request. to form Il
cabinet. The probable members of it are
not yet named.
Serious conflicts took place at Amster-
dam sunday between the populace and
the police and troops, arising from the
prohibition of popular games on sunday.
Cholera is abatng in Japan, but about
200 deaths are still reported in the three
cities in which the progress of the dis
ease has been most marked. The report
ed mortality is ~ per cent, showing that
the disease is of the most malignant type.
Judging by the popular vote at the late
elections in Great Britain home rule is
not so greatly in minority as might be
supposed. The vote stood: Unionists
and Conservatives LASS, 900, Liberals
l,4lG, OOO-a majority against home rule
of less than 10000.
\ small farmhouse near Hull, L. O.,
where IA number of people were seated
about a coffin watching over the dead
body of a woman, was struck by light
ming during "A heavy thunder storm sun
day night. The lightning came down
the chimney and stove pipe, struck the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
WEST CORNWALL.

A welcome rain came Tuesday, night
aad morning.
Matte Field has gone to Weybridge, to
teach school.
f. :. Haskell lately took trip to Lake
George and Fair Haven.
Mrs. Field of Vergennes has been
spending few days at H. F. Deane's.
Mrs. Charles Vail of Rutland, with her
husband and children. has been spending
several days with her brother, Frank
Randall.
Among the late arrivals is a little girl
at Warren Norton's. The little lady was
very welcome, and will be a nice play
mate for the three-vear-old boy.
Several of the young people of Middle
bury lately paid Miss Hattie Hamilton Il
visiting, coming out in the early evening
Oh hay wagon. OF course they had a
good time.
DR.. Smith of Middlebury has lately
removed Il cancer from the right cheek
of &. r. Dimmock. The operation was
Il successful one and the check is grow
ing new flesh and will soon heal and will
not scar badly, it is hoped.
Will Sessions has had an opportunity
to go to Rutland as clerk for firm there
and partly decided to 90, but has con-
cluded by request to remain longer with
his present employer, F. ). Haskell.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
WHITING.

The sick about town are better,
Il. W. Kidder and wife visited II. e.
Brown and other friends last week.
Joel Quelch has gone to work for FIG.
Wright, at his old home, once more,
Mrs. c. W. McAliSter and little girl of
Elgin, H.. were visiting Mrs. c. \. Farr
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. G. Stevens of Cam
bridge, Mass, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. +. Parker,
viii Foster of Moriah. y. Y, has
come to town and is laborng for Allen
ketchum IL Son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Williams, who had
been visiting friends in Benson, returned
ON Sunday evening.
DR.. Julius Carpenter and wife of Caro-,
Tuscola Co., Mich, have been visiting
Mrs. :. r. Baker and Ed.
Mrs. Hattie Allen, formerly Miss
Thomas, once teacher of our village
school, is stopping with Daniel Holmes
and wife.
Mrs. Newcomb of Waltham, mother of
Mrs. W. NJ. Mayhem, has come to spend
few weeks with her daughter and fami-
| ly. She is very much out of health.
At this writing Mr.. +, q. Wright i,
very much better and the doctor says by
being careful he may come out all right.
1t was "A very narrow escape, however.
a. Bryant was called home by tele-
graph from York State to see his wife
who was very sick. DIR. W. =. Wright
was the attending physician. She is
much better.
A part of the Congregational sunday
school classes entertained full house
last Sunday evening. 1t was an inn
promptu affair; still everything went
off like clock-wOrk and all seemed to en-,
JOY it.
The ladies of the town met at Mrs
Edgar Chattertons last week. There
was full attendance. The usual bust
ness was transacted. The next meeting
will be at Mrs. +. G.. Fairs on Wednes
day afternoon, Aug. 1. All are inviteC
to attend.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30

hcdl lchcu' boou % HopS HOW DrlllS o'
to - cents against 6 to 10 cents six weeks
ago.
Prince Sadanam Fushimi. the crown,
prince of Japan, arrived at New York
Sunday on the Umbria from Liverpool
He is about six feet six inches high. and
dresses in ordinary citizen costume. He
is good-looliing, and wears a dark
moustache and goatee. He will 90 home
by way of San Francisco
New York society is agog over report
from Paris that young George Gould has
pretty Edith Kingdom of Dalv's
theatrical company. Jay Gould SAYS he
knows nothing about the matter and
believes the story false. Miss Kingdom
comes of an old New England family and
was born at Boston i'm 1864.
Mrs. John Prill of Pttsburg. Pa.
frightened by the lightning Monday.
rushed into her room for a vase of holy
water to sprinkle upon her head and in
that way ward off impending danger. In
her excitement she seized bottle of sui
phuric acid and doused it plentifullv up-
ON her face and head. The fluid burned
her horribly and she i, disfgured for life
and may lose her eye-sight.
Col. W. II. Bolton, chief of the divi.-
ion for handling Second-class matter at
the Chicago postofce. and John r.
stewart. the weigher, were arrested Mon
day charged with the embezzlement of
public funds by means of making false
returns. The poSt-Ofiice inspectors claim
to have traced shortage of $1,000 from
November, lSSl. to November 1855. and
intimate the total shortage will be from
$4,000 to slOO.OOO.
Mrs. andre Bairoli, an Italian woman
of Cleveland, O., sunday sent her SON TO
y. y. Bartlett'S drug store for 10 cents
worth of cream tartar and the same
amount of sugar of milk. Three chill
dren were sick and they and the mother
also partook of the medicine. Instead of
sugar of milk, the druggist gave the lad
arsenic. and that night the mother was
dead and tbo throo .chi11n,, -.
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
SALISBURY.

The Rev. W. ID. Williams, agent of
the Vermont Domestic Missionary socic-
ty. will preach at the congregational
church in Salisbury next Sunday, Au-
,ru-t
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30

The difference between buzz saw
and "A bull dog is that when the former is
most dangerous it never shows its teeth.
-Netc HdoeH uOrHing Ne,cS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-04

Pvsssoxs. The snhject o. penstonine
soldicra was incidentally discwesea ~
nearly ~ The orators, al over the 'Ann,
IN Mondav. and most Of them wouio
mt the pension upon The fact o. disa.
blljsv. Two mea<uree We think shonln
onessjopsblv IL enacted together ~
e,cnvreea. Every soldier who was hon
orablv discharged shcIId have pen.
aicn. as IN evidence OF the unetInted
nasriosism ~ thr American pforie. and
their generosity 10 The country's defend.
err. while this Is true. means should
he devised % paw them that would MOI
tax the poor man too heavily. BY reas.
on OF che management ~ the war. and
legislation ineiieut sher,tO, thos-snds =
wer havs hen ensbled 10 aecumm'aes
sver-Rruwn fogsuneA which would hav'
heen Utterly impos<ilie 10 ihe@ without
she W. ~ Tho academia, legislation tot
bowfng Il. A. they were thus immense' :
Aene 6ssed ~ the sacrifices Of the sol
sliers. and their fortunes are generally %
jnveaaed - % insure them enormou'
6xed incnmea. no more just sosrce q
draw upon tor the funds necessary q
nav every soldier = pension can b I'm
nRined than these large incomes. ana
graduated tax on III incomes say ove!
IS O0n. from whatever source derived
would b ~ net Of jnesice. and wenl<
tend 10 remove . great danger 10 w
freedom OF our conmtry, ~ keeping
down On arissocraiic class Congres
should enact the two measures together