Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-06
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LOCAL NEWS.

lows hall next Sunday.
The price of butter in this market on
Monday was the same as the week before,
Is to % cents.
Mr.. Joseph Battell has sent two colts
and the horse Thought to Hartford. Ct.
to be trained.
Messrs. C. p and w. c. Langworthy
have dissolved partnership and the for
mer will continne the business.
The annual election of st. Stephens
parish. which should have been held on
Monday evening, was postponed one
week
Most of the stores in town will be
closed all day today. The postoflice will
be open from to 10 80 a. m. and from
3 80 to 6 80 p. m.
John Champlin, whose illness at the
town poor house was noted by our East
Mddlebury correspondent last week,
died there on Saturday.
The funeral of Mrs. G. w. Lawrence.
who died the LIST inst, of consumption,
after a lingering illness, was attended
from the house on Tuesday.
The spring term of the college nomin-
ally began yesterday, but on account of
Fast day the work of the term will not be
fairly entered upon till Monday.
As has been announced, Fast-day SER
vices will be held at the Methodist church
at II o'clock this morning. The sermon
will be preached by Prof. wager.
The Green Mountain Pulp Co. has a
large number of logs on the bank of the
creek just this side of Brandon village
and will drive them down stream when
the water subsidies.
Hon. John l.. Martin of Brattleboro,
ex-speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, will make the Internationally adj
dress here. The exercises will be under
the direction of Russell post, G. A. r.
There were further hearings before the
commissioners in the matter of the claim
of Mr.. Childs of Weybridge against the
Isaac Drake estate, Monday and Tuesday.
Then an adjournment was taken to MAY |.
Rev. DR.. White of Middlebury will
preach at the Union service at DR.. Halves
church in Burlington, on Fast-day morn
ing. He will repeat the sermon at the
Congregational church in Middlebury,
Sunday morning, April s.
Appropriate services were held at the
churches on Easter Sunday. A CORES
pendent tells of those at the Congrega-
tional church in a communication printed
elsewhere. The Easter Offering at st.
Stephens was large, about $500.
A Middlebury lady who is visiting in
Washington writes ''The weather is
warm and beautiful and the grass fresh
and green. 1t is a delight to be where
the streets are so clean and free from
mud. How pity you Vermonters."
There is to be meeting for discussion
at the Munger-street school house on
Tuesday evening, the 18th inst. The top
les considered will be, "Why am Re-
publican?" and "Why am Prohibi-
tionistT Every one is invited to attend.
While it was showing Monday fore
noon residents of the village were start
led by what sounded like sharp explo-
sion. 1t turned out to be very loud
thunder-clap, but those who did not see
the flash of lightning which preceded it
were quite at loss for few moments
to account for the noise.
Mr.. Albert Evarts, formerly of Sails
bury but of late a resident of Utah, is in
the county buying up Merinos for the
Utah market. He has already bought
and gathered at the sheep barn on the
fair grounds here about 300 head, which
will be shipped hence in few days.
The school in district No. (the Seeley
district closed on the 10th of March
with an interesting exhibition. Miss
Cora Beach was the teacher during the
whole school year of "a weeks, and gave
such excellent satisfaction that she was
hired Saturday for another year by the
prudential committee, Mr.. p. b. Cloyes.
The South American trade in live stock
promises to be good this season. Messrs.
Chas. II. Witherell of Cornwall and j. A.
Wright of this place will ship horses,
cattle and sheep there the last of this
month; DR.. Porter of Cornwall and a