Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-12-14
MlDDLEBURY.


MlDDLEBURY.
Petit Jurors for the Coming Term of Adj
olson County Court.
The list Of petit jurors for the December
term of Addison County Court, all the towns
having complied with the law and therefore
being represented on the panel is as follows
Addison, Frederick owen Brdport, Ed
win X. Wolcott ; Bristol, Frank b. Sum
ner and Charles f. Sumner Cornwall G.
f. Ward ; Ferrisburgh, John v Dakin and
Charles f. Hatch Goshen, John B. Fer
son Granville, Royal II. Bostwicl, Han
cock George b. Church Leicester Merrill
White ; Lincoln, Lester A. Bryant and Asa
New Haven, L. c. Smith and f. H. East
a. Jachman Middlebury, Judson a. Wright
and Milo L. Day ; Monkton, John f. Ladd
man Orwell, l.. Stevens and d. b. Mer-
riam Panton, William Cuvcr Ripton,
Joseph Gee Salisbury, Munroy NJ. Doud
Shoreham, jonathan Russell and James NJ,
Baldwin Starksboro, J. Sylvester Hill and
Richard Clifford Nergennes, George f.
Young and George Kingman Watham,
John II. Sprague ; Weybridge, George w.
Cobb ; Whiting, Carl x. Williams. Five
of the cases set for the jury are suits of the
Lycoming Fire Insurance company against
different parties, and is understood that the
defendants will combine to make a test case
of one Of them
Sheriff Clark of Lincoln has reappointed
several but not all of his old deputies Some
of the others do not seem to care for reap
pointment.
The new dress and change in makeup
of the FREE PRESS take the eye of the
papers readers in this vicinity, and they all
hifrb1 ,,f+ 1,a Il x,,1
pearance and general excellence of the paper
Mrs Ann Carroll Stapleton, wife of Michael
c. Stapleton, died of rheumatism of the
heart after an illness of only days at / 80
p, m, on Wednesday, November %, and
was buried from the Catholic church on
Monday. December g. at 9 O'Clock a. M
Mrs. Stapleton leaves husband, four sons
and three daughters TO mourn her loss, the
sons all being graduates of Middlebury col
lege. She had many friends, who did
everything possible for her during the
time of her illness and DEATH which
was not expected until the last.
The funeral services were largely attend
ed by people of all religious denominations
| The McGibeny family are to give one of
| their fine concerts here on the evening OF
| Tuesday, December the 18th. The concert
! will be for the benefit of William =. Russell
/ post, G. A. r., of Middlebrry, a. the post
| had engaged the hall for the whole week for
/ a serie, Of entertainments by the Bohemian
/ glass blowers who exhibited here for tn"
/ posts benefit June last The glass
/ blowers viii have the hail the
other five nights of the wecl, commencing
1 December l,.-Thcre was good sized crowd
week and the sales Of butter were quite
large, the general prices being % and %
cents per pound, although in one case %
cents was paid for particular choice tuo,
-tharo, Earl. ir., went tosNew York on n
brief business trip on Thursday night eX-
press, and John c. Stapleton also Wcnton as
business trip to New ork on the same train
prior to his return home to New Haven.
Conn.
No little surprise was occasoned
here by the change IN the liquor
agency, as MIR. Vale had made a good
agent and no change had been anticipated.
Mr.. Sayre, however, is an old hand at
the business and will doubtless, give
as good satisfaction as formerly Letters
received this week make it probable that
NJ osrs George McCuc, \. B. Colby,
Peter Domclly and Charles r. Wtherill
will be home from South America this
month. If they left Buenos Ayree when
lItN tNIltt'lt'l 10 lllI snip II lut III new b Il
December 9.-Capt. W. +. Dewey, who was
appointed to make the annual inspection of
the Grand Army posts in Addison county,
completed his work by the inspection of the
post in Lincoln last Saturday afternoon.
That post, as we'll n those in Weybridge
Nergennes Ripton and Middlehrry, was
found to he in excellent condition
but it must be said that, owing to
internal strife the posts in Brsto
and East Mddlebury appear to bt
about on their last legs. 1t is hoped, how
ever. that the troubles can be satisfactorily
arranged
\ number of MiddlehurY Young men hav,
organized a theatrical company and intend
they say To take the road They are hay
ing frequent rehearSas, and expect to he
ready to start out soon ON their yentursOm,
undertaking.
George Riggs. son of Capt. Homer Riggs
special pension examiner, has gone into tn,
office of Secretary Albert Chapman of tn,
Vermont Mcrino Sheep Breeders association
"A, clerk, in place Of VIII H. Ellis, who re
Gently went 10 California to spend tho win
ter for the benefit of his health.
The Addison county officials, including
the assistant and probate judges sheriff and
State attorney, appeared at the county
clerk : office last Saturday and took the oatf
of office. The probate judges, sheriff anC
State attorney filed the necessary bonds.
Addison County Court commences mex
. Tuesday. Associate Judge Hon. Jonathan
Ross of st. Johnsbury will preside. There
are 80 law and II chancery cases, OF tn
nine criminal cases on the docket, five ar
rum cases. There are six divorce petitions
MILTON.
Miss Martha Ashley has gone to Osweg
to take lessons in short hand Miss Bessi
Ashley is clerking for f. l.. Whitney Pau
Brunell died Wednesday, Dec. 5.-Mis