Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-17

returned nome, Monday, from orange,
Mass, where they have been visiting
Mrs. Bingham's brother.
Mrs. II. b. Robinson of Blue Island,
ILL.,, sister of DIR. f. p. Russell, is visit
ing friends in town. Mr.. Robinson is
expected to arrive tomorrow.
Messrs. Il. w. Pitts and Fred Ham
mond are running one of the large res
taurants at Howard park, Burlington,
this week.
Messrs. G.. ID. Miner and j. A. Wright
went, last week, to Texas to dispose of
the sheep shipped thither about three
weeks ago.
Rev. W. n. Bacon, for many years
pastor of the Shoreham Congregational
church, was in town Wednesday. He is
now pastor of a church at Coventry.
Prof. and Mrs. Brainerd Kellogg of
Brooklyn were in town this week. They
had spent the summer travelling in the
West and were on their way home.
Mr.. Edward Whitney has acted as
night watch this week, during the alb
sence of Mr. Cobb, who is on police duty
at the State fair, Burlington.
II. S. Noe, son of the Methodist pastor,
left on Monday for Middletown. Ct.
where he will enter Wesleyan university.
He had been one year in college here.
Mrs. Clinton Smith of this town is one
of the speakers at to-day's session of the
Vermont W. c. T. Unions annual meeting
at Mortified, which began yesterday
and closes this evening.
Winthrop Ward, for some time past
clerk in the shoe department at Mr.. Shell
don's store, has given up the position
and gone to Athol, Mass, the home of
his parents.
Mr.. j. c. Donahue has gone to Mariet-
ia, Ca, where he will remain through
the winter in the employ of marble
company. He spent last winter in the
same place.
Joseph b. Cobb and Jesse Campbell
left town Monday. They went to Hud-
son, y. Y, where they were to Join a
dramatic troupe and remain in its em-,
ploy through the fall and winter.
Captain Gray of the Salvation army
has gone to Southern Illinois. The army
will not withdraw its forces from town.
but intends to keep up the fight indefi-
nitely. Its barracks were leased for a
year.
Mrs. Isaac Lavonchee has gone to st.
,Joseph's hospital, Montreal, with her
youngest son, Ernest, for the purpose of
having an operation performed on his
knee. He has been sufferer for wear
past.
Butter sold at considerably higher
prices in this market on Monday Nine
teen cents was paid for the best. The
amount brought in was not large and the
quality of good deal of it was below
the average.
At the presentation of Nancy & Co., at
the town hall, tomorrow evening. doors
will open at o'clock, but the perform
ance Will not commence till half-past
eight, in order that the business men of
the village may see the whole of the play.
Misses Jessie Stewart, Aggie VAIN
Wright and Carrie Steele left town on
the morning mail train, Wednesday. for
Northampton, Mass, where they are to
remain at school for year. Hon. j. W.
Stewart went with them.
Mr.. F. b. Hyde, who is a studentat
the Union Theological seminary. New
York city. and has spent the summer
preaching in that city and vicinity. ar
rived home Saturday. He will return to
his studies in a few days.
A. Z. Upper, Esq, has bought anoth-
er building lot, on the hill north of the
college, of Mr.. Twitchell, and has begun
the erection of a second tenement house.
Mr.. Upper has already had number of
applications for the house Just complet-
ed. There is, at present. a great demand
ici wv SUI VI ltlltlDtUlS.
MIR. W. A. Tyrrell, manager of F. W.
Smith and company's marble
mill at Belden's Falls, has rented the
larger part of Mrs. Goodrich's house on
Academy street, and moved in this week.
His son, w. A. Tyrrell, Jr., has lately
taken Col. Il. NJ. Chapman's new tene-
ment house on South street.
Mddlebury is seldom visited bv a
troupe of so little merit as the Uncle
Toms Cabin combination that showed
here on Friday evening. Eva and the
colored singers We're the only redeeming
features. The two Marks were eXecra-
BILE clowns, whose stOck-in-trade consist
ed nj stale gags. The audience was
large.
y Mr.. Frank II. knowlton, who was
graduated from the college in the class
of 1884, has lately spent several days
here. lie is in charge of the DEPARTMENT