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

Dora. left town yesterday for Bridport.
where they are to spend the winter with
Mr.. Abel Rice, Mrs. Moore's father.
The part of the Park House which they
have occupied will be closed during their
absence. Whether they will remain at
Bridport longer than till spring they have
not yet decided.
Lieut.. Trafton and Cadet Ayers of the |
Salvation army closed their barracks
Wednesday evening, and held an outpost
meeting in the Good Tempars hall in
East Middlebury. Although it was a
stormy evening there was a good attend |
ance, and much interest was manifested;
and many expressed a desire that the
meetings be continued.
Letters addressed to :. Il. Austin, Mrs. |
Lila Archer. +. \. Pratt. Theodore Bou
dra, Fred. Burdick. Mrs. Mary Browe,
Mrs. Kate Foot, George Fits. Freddie
Fuller, +. W. Fuller, \. r. McMahee, ID.
4. Perry, Mrs. a. b. Perkins, Mrs. II. l..
Townsend, Royal Tanner. John Roberts,
Alvin Shepard, Edward +. Upham and
George Warner have remained at the
post-oilicc one month uncaled-for.
\ large number were present at the
'baslict tea" at the Congregational lee
ture-room on Friday evening last, the
gathering embracing many from the
other churches. Col. T. NJ Chapman
acted as auctioneer to dispose of the lunch
baskets. The sale, it is needless to say,
was the source of much amusement.
Prices ruled high, one young man giving
1928 for basket which he considered
specially desirable The net profits to
the ladies from the entertainment were.
about so.
His friends here have been panied to
learn that Prof. f. II. Higley met with a
serious mishap at his home in Groton,
Mass, on Monday of last week He had
been out to the shed for an armful of
wood, and, while going in with it, slipped
and fell upon the piazza floor. His left
shou der received the full force of the
fall, and was badly broken and iammed
llt NloNloIS dlt vi ODllllOIl llldl IL W Ill Dt
two months at least before he can again
attend to his duties as professor of Greek
} at the boys school at Groton and organ
ist of one of the principal churches of
t Worcester.
! The Catholic fair which closed on
Tuesday evening of last week was very
successful. Owing to the indisposition
of Rev. Father Lane, which has pre-
: vented him from figuring up the accounts,
! we are unable to state the net proceeds.
= \ handsome amount was realized. howcv-
| cr. Among the articles drawn and those
lucky enough to draw them were: Cham
Der set. Mrs. Nelson Lawrence; silver
= watch. Miss Lizzie Carroll: easy chair,
A Will Tulley; set of silver spoons. Miss
: Mary Calvin ton of coal, George Hodges
of Ripton: cord of wood. Miss Julia Car
f roll: pair of boots and suit of boys
n clothing, DR.. William H. sheldon; bar
a rel of flour, Miss Katy Carroll; mann
f moth doll, Peter Champagne.
The controversy over the Main stree
o and Merchants Row bridges in this vii
. lage is quite likely to be settled AMIGA
4 bly, and to the satisfaction of all concern
: ed, at the hands of the legislature. Tn,
general law requires all railroad bridge
to be of a certain height in order to avoiC
. iniuring brakemen on freight trains. Las
spring the railroad people came here t.
raise thpSp-thp tIp EnISrnna
church p inches and the other eight in
ches, whereupon the town got out an in
J. junction and stopped them. 1t is nov
i proposed TO exempt these bridges from
/ the operations of the law and compel tn
u railroad to maintain at a distance of D
feet on either side of them an arrange
Il ment in use outside this State for warn
g ing brakemen of the presence of tn
y bridges. a hearing was held before tn
1t railroad committees of the Senate AM
e. House at Montpelier, Tuesday evening
r Among those who were there to atten
ID it were Hon. l.. ID. Eldredge, A. u. Tul
id per, Esq, Mr.. Beckwith and c. NJ. Wild'
Is Esq
TO Mr.. Darwin Hill died at his home i
4 this village, yesterday morning, of cor
l. sumption. He was native of Yves
:, Cornwall, but left that place when quit
r a young man to take the position of cler
of in hotel at Pttsford. lie afterwar
I'd held like positions in Brandon, at ii
" Addison House here and in the Rockwe
House at Glcns Falls, y. Y. 1t was 81
IN or seven ago that he resigned his place !
in the Addison House to go to Glens Fall
AZ There he remained till two years ag
re when, in consequence of IA severe attac
" of typhoid pneumonia, his health hecan
~ much impaired. lie spent the followii
I'm winter in the South, but without obtail
ing the relief he sought, and year ag
last summer he came to Middlebury
-. live. lie has since steadily failed, no
~ withstanding the best of care and medi