Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-07
LOCAL NEWS,

a large Harrison and Morton flag flies
over the residence of Mrs. j. A. Wright,
South Pleasant street.
The check list of this town contained
7S9 names when completed. Nearly 40
of those on it were out of town election
day.
Mr.. J.P. Douglas has just received from
Illinois one of the finest portable hay
presses in the State, with a capacity of
eight tons a day.
Butter sold here on Monday at 10 to II
cents. A little better was done on a very
few tubs, but they had to be extra fine to
bring over II cents.
The Ladies' auxiliary will meet at the
Y. NJ. c. A. rooms tomorrow Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Important busi-
ness will be transacted.
A local correspondent writes, evidently
in a s~atirical vein: "Dr. Russell is enti-
tied to credit for spending the day Tues
day in scratching the name of Mr.. Shell
don from the justice ticket"
lie Ilullu1U l1eTdlu IL III tTIOI III say
ing that ''the Episcopal parish choir fes-
tival will be held in Vergennes the last of
the present month"; 1t will be held here
next month.
Messrs. Smith & Allen have been
awarded the contract for repairing the
Congregational church at Nergennes,
which is to be thoroughly overhauled.
Work will begin at once.
Congressman Stewart and C. NJ. Wilds.
Esq, went out to Bridport last Thursday
night and spoke to a large audience at
the Congregational church on the politi-
cal questions of the day.
Five freshmen were on hand at college
yesterday morning, when the fall term
opened. More are coming, in a day or
two, and the prospect.o of a fair-sized class
is good. Most of the old students are
back.
The Democrats had their only demon
s~tration of the campaign at the town
hall on Monday evening, when Hon. +.
Z. Davis of New York spoke to them.
There wa a fair attendance, and, from a
Democratic standpoint, the speech was
good.
The funeral of Mrs. Russell. wdo&of
the late DR.. VIM. p. Russell of this place,
was largely attended on Saturday after
noon at ) o'clock from the residence of
her son, DR.. f. p. Russell. Court street.
Rev. Messrs. Keith and Carpenter otfci-
Lated. The members of VIM. 2. Russell
post, Ora. r., were present in ah@ay.
NJ. D. C. West. an aged resident 0f1he
: toFn,died on Monday afternoon at his
Tome on the creek road a mile south of
Fthe Village. He had been afflicted with a
complication of diseases, but was at the
village only a few days before his death,
The funeral was attended from the house
Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Keith Off
e iciating.
Letters addressed as follows have re.
manned at the ~postoffice one month un.
called for: j.. c. Caves, NJ. D., Clarinda
Clark, Arthur Dayle, Fred a. Dupaus
1 u iiitNhNONh' hii Ia CliiO
Mrs. F. d. Powers, Carley T. Morgan
a Jay B. Smith. Frank Sheldon. Mrs. Johr
Roche, Paul Shacket. Edward Trombley
. Miss Eva Whitney.
Hon. L. d. Eldredge, Middlebury':
representative-elect, was serenaded a
a his home on Weybridge street Wednesday
evening. The local band furnished thu
music and speeches were made by Mr.
= Eldredge, James NJ. Slade, Esq, and Mr.
George Hammond. Then the GROVE
. were invited in and pleasantly entertain
: ed and provided with refreshments.
Mr.. V. E. Burdick had his right shoul
der broken Tuesday afternoon. He wa;
taking a load of his patent ladders to thu
freight depot and was riding on the load
! 1t slipped off and he went to the grounC
with it. DR.. Smith attended him. Mr.
Burdick was just getting about after hay
t ing suffered serious injuries in the rail
road accident at Rockingham last spring
n The colonial flag, one of those men
t fi6ned last week as owned by Mrs
TNheeler of Vergennes, has been present
fed by her to the Sheldon museum. 1t il
: about 6 feet by 3 in size, and well perfo
d rated with bullets received in the actor
at Plattsburgh. Next Tuesday being tn,
h 18th anniversary of the battle, it wilbb,
displayed at Park Place to commemorart
u 1.-The event.
During last Friday night the ropes OF
the Prohibition flag pole were cut by
some ill-disposed person. Mr.. Jackson
a the artist, climbed the poles Tuesday anC