Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-19
LOCAL NEWS.


and yesterday was the heaviest for years. |
Yesterday morning it was very warm.
Rev. c. b. Moody was in town Satur-
day and Monday visiting at DIR. Kings
ley's. lie is preaching still at Barton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Flint of Roches- |
ter. n. Y, have been in town the past
two weeks on visit to his mother and
sister.
Mr.. j. b. Cherbino of Weybridge has
come home from Montana. after dispos-
ing of the Merino sheep he took out
there.
Hon. j. W. Stewart went to Montpel
Ter, Monday, and thence, Tuesday night,
to New York by way of White River
Junction.
Assistant Postmaster Burke has learned
of the safe arrival of his brother at
Puerto Cabello. where he went as United
States consul.
Messrs. +. r. Clay, II. W. Brewster,
Postmaster Peck and Mr.. and Mrs. Gasca
Rich were among those who went to
Boston on the excursion last week.
The creek is now free from logs: but it
took the combined efforts of half a dozen
men during all last week and part of
this to get them over the falls and out of
the eddy.
Thanksgiving services will be held this
year at the Methodist church at the usual
hour of morning service. Rev. Mr.. Palm
or. pastor of the Baptist church. will
preach.
Mr.. J. J. Nancy, DR.. Sheldon'> clerk,
has been i'll at his home in East Middle
bury for nearly five weeks with asthma
and bronchitis. At last accounts he was
somewhat better.
Miss RoyS of Rutland has IA class IOf
nine in painting here and comes up
Wednesdays to give them lessons. She
is a daughter of Bridgemaster Roys of
the Rutland division.
Though more snow came week ago
it did not suffice for sleighing hereabouts.
l'p on the mountains there was more and
the stage from Ripton to Hancock was
able to 90 on runners.
Mr.. Alexander of Akron, o., father of
Mrs. G. b. Wright, and his young son
have come to town to accompany Mrs.
Alexander home. She has been for sey-
eral weeks at Prof. Wright's.
Mrs. Baxter, whose death by drowning,
last week, has been mentioned left her
money-S500 or S600-to Rev. Mr.. Cun-
Z, ningham of BrattleborO, a former pastor
of the Middlebury Catholic church.
There will be a Harvest Home festival
at st. Stephens church on Thanksgiving
day. The church will be appropriately
i, decorated. The services will begin al
10 30 a. m, and are to be very attractive
t The butter market was not particular
ly active, last Monday, owing to the bad
/ condition of the roads. The prices paid
were the same as those of the previou:
two weeks-lS to % cents for fair tC
+ good and % cents for selections.
There was a pleasant wedding, Wed
| llcSNtlN evenings AZ NIL - ~ bollpll :
. the contracting parties being Miss Mar
ella Smedley and Mr.. Horace James o
Cornwall. Rev. Mr.. Speare performed
the ceremony. The guests We're chiefly
IS relatives of the bride and groom.
The Commercial Union Telegraph
company's line men were recently il
-, town on their way to Rutland. The,
were engaged in Stringing two NOR
k. wires on the poles which the compan,
5, erected, early last summer. 1t is under
stood they will soon open an Office il
oil town.
The semi-annual examination of CON
70 mon-schOol teachers was held a
" school-house hall on Wednesday. n
one who intends to teach the comm
tn winter appeared, but several pupils c
IL the graded school took the examination
Rev. Mr.. Palmer, the town superb
=" tendent, conducted it.
Mr.. j. w. Pitts went on Monday t
rs Burlington, where he has taken pos
N. ton in McMahon's store. His famil
left town Wednesday for the Queen cit,
ri, The New York 25-ccnt store which NJ
Pitts lately opened in the Battell bloc
I'd will be managed by his father, who III
ar, moved his furniture sales-room there.
Messrs. j. A. Donahue & Co. have bee
nd busy all the week at the Valette bloc
~ getting ready their stock of goods. III
o. store has been placed in thorough repa
p. and hastily decorated by Mr. Bennett
=. men. Mr.. Donahue has taken the Dou