Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-05-18

Pierce bought the whole lot, paying 1915
for it.
Mr.. j. a. Donahue of Donahue & Co.
has left town for good, having gone to
Essex Junction, where the firm has
bought stock of goods. Mrs. Donahue
and his brother will remain here till
about July l, in order to dispose of as
much of the stock on hand as possible
and not move it.
This is merchants week" in Bos IN,
when reduced rates on railroads and at
hotels are given merchants from outside
visiting the Club" OF Middlebury
merchants only two, Mr.. Beckwith and
DR.. Sheldon, availed themselves of the
chance, most of the others having alrea-
dy been to market the present season.
Letters addressed as follows have re-
manned at the post-office one month I'M
called-for: +. ID. Aines, f. L. Galley,
II. Burwood, Albert Battles, Mrs. Noble
G. Fem, John Gregory, j.. j. Griffin &
Co., John o. Hale, Thomas G.. Harrng-
ton, Charles Lapine, d. w. Reide, E. E.
Smith, Miss Ella Thresher, Miss Hattie
WEIGH.
At the annual meeting of the w. c. 7.
T., Wednesday afternoon, the officers of
the past year, with one exception, were
elected to serve the ensuing year. Mrs.
NJ E. Purple of Woodstock, who spoke
in the evening at the Methodist church,
is a fine elocutionist and made many
strong points which ought to be brought
more frequently before the minds of
thinking people.
Farming operations have kept our
friends outside pretty closely at home
for the past three weeks; but good
many were in town on Saturday and
Monday. Butter came in quite freely on
Monday and brought from Is to q cents
for fair to good and % cents for the very
best. Most of the creameries hereabouts
have begun making, so that the offerings
of dairy are likely to fall off in number
next week.
The damages on the burned block are
nearly all repaired. Bond Bros. will
move back today and open for business
in the old quarters tomorrow. Mr.. Tup-
per, too, has his end of the block sub
stantially in order and Mr.. Marshall will
occupy it in few days. The concern
which makes the corrugated iron ceiling
that Mr.. Negus is to put in his store was
burned out at Pittsburgh, early this
week, and that will delay his work two
or three weeks. Mr.. Clay has new
windows in.
Rufus Wainwright, Esq, and Messrs.
Charles d. Lane and VIM. X. Remele,
commissioners on the estate of the late
Col. Isaac Drake of Weybridge, have
rendered their decision in the matter of
the claims against the estate made by
Miss Emily Bowdish and Mr.. John A.
Child. 1t is, in substance, that the for
mer is indebted to the estate in the sum
of about 5000 and that the latter owes it
SIG. There have been numerous long
hearings and the case has excited con-
siderable interest, especially in Wey-
bridge.
The village trustees at their meeting
Tuesday evening accepted the resignation
of II. f. Smith as chief of police, and
appointed Col. 7. NJ. Chapman to fill the
vacancy thus made. They also voted to
recognize the new fire company, to allow
them to manage the pumps at the Sun
mill and at the bakery and to control the
hand engine and the hose cart which be-
longs to it; also to share the hose, etc.,
equally with the old company. The new
company met Monday evening, adopted
a set of bylaws and continued the COM
mittees designated at previous meeting
to look up the cost of hose carts and to
obtain subscriptions. The latter COM
mittee has already secured pledges for
over 500.
Timely and good advice, applicable to
all places, is given by Rutland's health
officer, as follows: 1.-The season for clean
ihS up has SciiC. IHCl ildS Dttu
the winter more or less accumulation of
rubbish about most buildings. The
warmth of spring and summer will soon
make it unhealthy. Coal ashes, vegetable
and animal waste, or other refuse is
found everywhere. Let those who
occupy stores or residences as well as
those who own such give attention to
their surroundings and clean up their
back yards and out buildings as soon as
the weather will admit. After the spring
cleaning do not allow this refuse to accu-
mulate during the warm weather again.
A little attention on the part of every one
in this matter will add immensely to the
appearance as well as the health of the
village"
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr.. W. ID. Lane and family will remain