Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-27
LOCAL NEWS,

Most of the stores in town are now
closed every evening in the week except
Monday and Saturday.
Three persons were baptized at st.
Stephens church last Sunday; two of
them were students of the college.
The lowest thermometer reported was
at Shoreham, where it is said to have reg
istered 45 below on Sunday morning.
The Hungarian Gypsy quartette drew
a large house at the town hall on Tues
day evening and entertained them hand
somely.
The younger daughter of Mr.. Martin
O'COnnor fell from traverse the other
day and sustained fracture of one of
her shoulder-blades.
The Addison County association of
Congregational Ministers had pleasant
and fully-attended meeting with Pres-
dent Brainerd on Tuesday.
There is no change to note in the price
of butter in the local market; indeed, the
transactions nowadays are hardly large
enough to establish price.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Merino strengthening association is to
be held at the Addison House on We'd
nesday, Feb. s, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The last term of the county court
was profitable one for the Stvte. The
amount of liquor fiues paid to the county
clerk was 81 ,337.17. 1t is needless to say
that the like record has not recently been
made.
There was pleasant surprise at the
home of NJ. c. Riley on the 9th inst.
About fifty neighbors and some from
town attended. 1t was the 18th annver-
sary of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Nj.
G. Riley and they were remembered with
several handsome gifts.
The invitations are out for dance to
be held in the town hall on Wednesday
evening, Feb. l, under the management
of the married ladies of the place. The
managers hope that every couple will be
on the floor for the grand march, which
will take place promptly at s o'clock.
The date of the presentation at the
town hall for the benefit of the Grand
Army of the drama, BREAD on the Wa
ters," was fixed for Wednesday evening,
Feb. s, but owing to the rumored en-
gagement of the town hall for that night
it may be necessary to change the plan.
The college quartet went to Addison
on Wednesday evening and gave a very
acceptable concert, according to our
correspondent there. They had rough
ride home, coming back after the concert
was over. Tonight they sing at Port
Henry and tomorrow evening at the
church in Bridport.
The town hal was crowded about to
its capacity on Thursday evening, the
10Th inst, when the Fisk Jubilee Singers
appeared there under the auspices of the
Y. NJ. c. a. In the audience were rep
resentives from several of the neighbour
ing towns. The concert was in every
way a success, and it put something over
S43 into the treasury of the association.
There was meeting at st. Stephens
church yesterday of delegates from the
Women's auXilaries of the churches in
Lamoille, Chittenden, Rutland and Addi-
son counties. The blockade of the rail
road and the severe storm delayed pro-
ceedings and the meeting was not opened
till nearly noon. The attendance was
good, all things considered. Dinner was
served in the chapel by the ladies of the
parish. There was sermon, communion
service, addresses, ETC., and the meeting
was interesting and profitable.
, Another of those severe storms tina,
; have characterized the present winter sci
in Wednesday evening. 1t began to blow
from the south and to snow, but before
midnight the wind had changed into the
north. Snow fell all night and all day
. yesterday, while the wind grew stronger
, The sleeping train from the south du,
= here at a. IN. yesterday did not arrive
till the middle of the forenoon, and tn
hours late. The country roads are al
!, full, and travelling by road or by rail i
. likely to be seriously retarded.
e A dispatch to the st. Paul Pioneer
Press from Browns Valley, Mimi, tell
of terrible state of things there result
ing from the cold weather and storms
Fuel has been scarce for several weeks
!, no trains having been able to get Their
with coal since Christmas, and the lates
!; dispatches say that provisions, also, ar
n getting low and that unless the road |
: speedily opened great suffering must ell
t sue. This is the place for which Mr.. an,
Mrs. A. w. Varney, who were marrie'
. here early in the month, started, MI
Varney being principal of the schoo