Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24
LOCAL NEWS,

ton will preach at st. Stephens Episcopal
church next Sunday.
The college quartette and orchestra
went to Crown Point yesterday to give a
concert there last evening.
Rev. S. G. Beane of Salem, Mass, will
preach at Odd-Fellows' hall next Sun
day at the usual hours of service.
We shall not undertake this week to
give list of the sick in the village, our
space forbidding the publication of the
directory.
The town auditors are hard at work
getting up the matter for the town report,
which will be printed and distributed as
usual in due time.
Messrs. Farnsworth & Co. have bought
G. w. Fassett's stock of stoves, etc., and
rented the store in the Allen block which
he occupied. Mr.. Fassett will enter
Farnsworth & Cos. employ.
The funeral of Walter H. Langworthy,
late of Burlington, was largely attended
on Friday from the house of his brother,
Heman, on High street. The services
were conducted by Rev. Mr.. Thompson,
the Methodist pastor.
The lecture on Egypt" which Rev. T.
A. Hopkins of Burlington will give here
tomorrow Saturday evening for the
benefit of the ladies' library is highly
commended by the press of the towns
where he has spoken. The place of the
lecture has been changed from the library
room to the lecture-room of the Congrega-
tional church. Tickets are sold at 25
cents each.
The annual meeting of st. Stephens
branch of the church temperance society
will be held in st. Stephens chapel this
friday evening at s o'clock. All inter-
ested in the objects of the society, which
are, the promotion of temperance, the re-
moval of the causes which lead to in
temperance and the reformation of the
Incorporate. whether from the excessive
use of spirltuous liquors or opium, are
cordially invited to be present.
The banks in Vermont were stirred up
the other day by the receipt of notice
from Collector of Internal Revenue Page
of Portsmouth, n. H., whose internal
revenue district includes Vermont, in
forming them that they must pay tax
of 10 per cent. on all Canada bills paid
out by them, whether to individuals or
whether sent to correspondents in the
Dominion for redemption. The bank
here has ceased altogether to handle Ca
madam bills.
Frank Plumley, Esq. of Mortified
has accepted an invitation to address the
Republican club of Middlebury at its
next meeting, which will be held at the
town hall on Wednesday evening, March
Z. He is an excellent speaker, fully in
formed on the issues of the day. Those
who hear him will be entertained and
instructed. All the Republican clubs of
the county are invited; also all the
ladies'. A more detailed programme of
the meeting will be given next week.
Miss Jessie Couthoui, the recitatiOnst,
had good audience at the Congregation
al church on Wednesday evening, and
she gave a very fine entertainment in
every respect. Her hearers were liberal
in their applause, as they ought to have
been. The musical part of the pro-
gramme, which included solos by Miss
Carrie Bond, was excellent. 1t was in
charge of Mrs. Miner Mr. c. S. Cornell
of Burlington, who was expected to
assist, telegraphed at almost the last
moment that he could not come.
The remains of Edward X. Denison
were brought here from Pittsford on
Monday for interment. He was son of
the late Albert II. Denison, who former
ly lived on the place south of this village
till recently owned by Mr.. ii. Bruce
Wright. Edward r. died on Saturday at
the home of his mother in Pittsford
His age was 81 years. Two years ago he
came home from Nevada, where he had
position as mining engineer, was soon
after stricken with paralysis and has
been in falling health ever since. The
remains were accompanied here by his
mother his brothers, Frank and Charles,
and by his brother-in-law, Rev. j. II.
Williams, and other friends. DR.. w. ii.
Kingsley had charge of the arrangements
here.
A hearingswas begun Thursday, and
probably will not be closed till tomorrow,
before the commissioners-Rufu VAIN
wright, Esq, Chas. ID. Lane and w. r.
Remele-on the claim of John A. Child
of Weybridge against the estate of the
late Isaac Drake of that town. Mr.. Child
contends that the estate owes him a con-
siderable sum; the administrators, j. f.
Cotton and II. b. Hagar, contest the
claim. Mr.. Childi and Col. Drake did
business together for 32 years, carrying
on anywhere from three to five farms in