Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-12
LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs. 5. j. Northrup.
John jackson was out coasting Tues
dav. 1t was his seth birthday.
Prof. and Mrs. Albee are at Prof. Park
er's. Mr.. Albee is in very poor health.
The young people of the village have
made the most of the moonlight evenings
of this week in coasting.
The seniors of the college and some of
their friends are reading Chaucer Friday
evenings at Prof. Wright's.
A delegation of the sporting fraternity
went up the creek Friday and laid out
race-track on the ice near Mr.. Vests
house.
Dennis Calvin, who has worked in
Earl IL Barnum's hardware store for some
time, has entered the employ of Farms
worth 81 Co.
The town auditors are hard at work
getting the town report ready for print
ing. March meeting comes early this
year, on the I'd.
Two union gospel meetings were ap-
pointed for this week, one last evening at
the Methodist church and the other this
evening at the Baptist.
The Grand Army post and the camp
of Sons of Veterans have rented the up
per story of Columbus Smiths building
and are fitting it up for their use.
Mr.. Klock, one of the special students
at the college, preached at Vergennes on
Saturday, at Ferrsburgh Sunday morn
ing and at Vergennes again Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Jehiel Wright, who lives near the
upper pulp mill, was the victim of an UNI
fortunate accident last week. She slip
ped and fell breaking one of her legs
close to the hip Joint.
Josie NJ. Benton, of whose death on the
10Th ult., aged II years, mention was
made last week, was the adopted daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. f. G.. Seeley and {
daughter of the latter's brother.
The annual meetings of the county
temperance society and the county TEN
perance convention take place next weel
Wednesday at the Congregational churcl
in this place. The official notices are il
another column.
The dance at the town hall Wednesda!
evening was attended by about 10 couples
The tiremen appeared in uniform. A
excellent supper was had at the Addiso
House. and the Middebury orchestr
provided good music.
Buel Preston, who has long lived i
the eastern part of the town, died yer
suddenly on Thursday Of last week of
lung trouble. He was in the village tn
early days of the week and was not take
sick till Wednesday night.
" Mrs. Austin. wife of Samuel ID. Austin
died at her home in the ca, part of tn
!. town Sunday morning of brain trouble
resulting from heart disease, with Whic
she has long been afflicted. Her age wa
| go years. Mrs. Austin was taken sick o
Jan. %. while visiting her son. \. |
Austin. here in the village. The funer;
, was attended from the house on Wcdne
: dap AT 10 am, Rev. Mr.. Noe officiating.
' Mr.. Bonds skating rink will soon be
thing of the past as rink. Smith Il y
:. lens men began Monday to remodel II
i building for use as Il store, which NJ
Bond will occupy with the clothing d
q partment of his business. The chang,
:, in the structure will include the remov
IS of the gallery, the putting in of gla
front and the erection of IA piazza at Il
II entrance. The store will be one of Il
Il largest in the State devoted entirely
) clothing. The building is 30 feet wi,
and no long.
lie j. ). Morgan, who was arrested la
k, week for intoXication and on his Fri
said that "A man whom he met in one
the stores proposed TO procure liquor
the town agents if he (Morgan) wou
e. furnish the money, and that liquor tn
n obtained was the cause of his inebriet
II decided that this man was George Go
9. of Ripton. who was arraigned befC
Justice Albert Chapman on Saturda
charged with procuring liquor from t
IS town agent by false pretences.
IL pleaded guilty and was fined so a
~ costs, SG.S5. Cove was also charg
re with furnishing: but the case was CO
ic tinued to the 9th of March. Special Pre-
!" ecutor Upper for the State.
Is This warm weather i, likely to la
30. bad effect on the carnival at Bl
~ lington next week, though the manage
.w keep up good courage and are Ia
,e, at work preparing for the event. I
show opens Monday and closes Frd;
Round-trip tickets, good going these da
= inclusive and returning till Monday
v 22d inclusive. will be sold nj railro