Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-08

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Huntington and Starksboro.
Mr.. j. w. Pitts has rented of Mr.. Bat
tell the store on Merchants Row next to
Mr.. Cushman's and will open there next
week branch of the New York twenty
five cent store. Miscellaneous and fancy
goods of all kinds will be carried.
n Lowell (Mass.) dispatch of the lst
inst. announces the death there, that
day, of Mr.. j. Edwin Conant, senior
member of prominent firm of New
York railroad contractors. Mr.. Conant's
first wife was Miss Rutherford of this
town.
1t seems that Mr.. G. NJ. Fletcher lately
bought of Hon. l.. ID. Eldredge fourteen
acres of land on the west side of south
street, and that he is to build on that,
instead of upon the smaller tract on the
opposite side of the street which he pur-
chased last spring.
The official notice of the fourteenth
annual meeting of the Vermont branch
is to he held here on the 9th inst. ap-
pears in another column. The meeting
will open with "A reception at Mr.. G. 5.
Wainwright's on Tuesday evening" the
2Gth,
President Brainerd's brother. Rev. +.
II. Brainerd, was in town for a snort
time last week, leaving here on Thursday
for California. He has resigned his pas
torate at Sherbrooke, p. O., and will re-
main permanently in the far west. Mrs.
Brainerd's i'll health was the cause of the
change.
Apples are quite plentiful hereabouts.
and the same is true of the fruit region
up in Chittenden county. Reports from
Western New York indicate that the crop
there is less than the average. Buyers
are taking all the first-class fruit they
can find, but prices have not yet been
fixed, though 81 is talked.
Messrs. Dean & Jennings shipped by
express from this station, Tuesday. two
Stowell rams, one year old past, to Col.
c. III. Bell of Wellsburgh, West Va.
The price received was good one. Col.
Bell is a prominent breeder of fine sheep
and is president of the United States
Sheep Register association.
Mr.. David NJ. Burke, whom the Presi-
Ident recently appointed United States
iconsul at Puerto Cabello. Venezuela. left
here Monday morning for Washington.
lie will sail from New York on the 18th
inst. for his new field of labor Very
many friends here will wish him pros
porous voyage and Il pleasant career in
the diplomatic service.
James NJ. Slade. Esq. went out to
West Cornwall, Friday, to act as counsel
for the respondent in the case of State
vs.. III. +. Taylor, who was charged with
IA breach of the peace. The trial was
had before Justice |. l.. Eells and iury
of which DR.. Porter was foreman, and
resulted in Mr.. Taylor acquittal. Judge
Knapp appeared for the State.
The annual inspection of Paramount
Engine Co. took place yesterday after
noon. No attempt was made to have a
parade, the object of the affair being to
see If the apparatus was in good work.
ing order. 1t was found to be in excel
lent condition. In the evening the com
pany gave its annual ball at the town
hall, which was well attended.
The Pittsburgh Telegram of Friday
last contained this announcement :-'Mr
i. Neville, for the past four months clerk
at the Cumberland House, has found il
necessary on account of poor health tC
resign his position, and will shortly re.
move to Enosburgh Falls, VT, to engage
in the drug business. His many friend.
here will regret the necessity of his de-
parture and he will take with him abund-
ant wishes for success in his bushes.
enterprise"
Messrs. George Hammond, Geo. Me.
Cue, Harvey Smith and Wesley Wooster
were summoned to Montpelier Monday
to testify in the case of Chas. Selnas
against the State Agricultural society
and the Champlain Valley association
At the Joint exhibition in Burlington in
1884 Selinas had IA leg broken by the mis-
guided blow Of man who was trying
his strength at a striking machine, anC
Selinas wants damages. The verdict i.
not yet announced.
The meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms
on Sunday afternoon was conducted by
Mr.. Parsons, The subject was Bible
study and the attendance was larger than
usual. The young mems Wednesday
evening meeting was led by Mr.. j. W
Lovett. Next Sunday Rev. A. De F.
Palmer will speak. 1t is expected that
the penmanship and bookkeeping elias :.
es will begin in less than two weeks