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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
County Veps.
BRIDPORT.


Butter brought % cents on Monday and
Tuesday.
Geo. d. Nichols cut his foot quite bad
ly with an axe last week.
E. NJ. Wheeler and wife returned home
from Michigan last Wednesday.
l.. w. Kingsland is doing the mason
work on Levi Pidgeon's new house.
RI. Hemenway is drawing his apples
to Middlebury. He has sold them to Mr..
Carr.
Miss Lucy Picket, sister of Mrs. o. P.
Gray, has gone to Michigan to visit
friends.
j. r. Payne, who has been with A. H.
Rice the the past two years, is now home
with his father.
There has been no preacher at the Con-
gregational church the past three Sun
days and sermons have been read.
C.N. Barnes and wife will soon COM
mence housekeeping in Port Henry,
where Mr.. Barnes is engaged in the boot
and shoe business.
Russell Walker, aged over so, has been
confined to the bed the past two weeks
with erysipelas, which has left him with
general debility.
c. w. Huntley had valuable mare
badly injured on wire fence last Friday.
1t is very bad cut on the left fore foot
just above the hoof, and it is feared he
will not be able to heal it sufficiently to
prevent lameness.
The oldest man who presented himself
at the polls on Tuesday was Asa Rice,
who is past 80 years of age. He says he
voted for William Henry Harrison, who
was the winning man in 1910, and has
now done his part to elect his grandson,
Ben, who will. he hopes, also be victori-
Gus.
While Arthur Burns was at the post.
office one evening last week he was in
formed that his horse was loose from
where he had been securely hitched, and
on the road home. When the animal was
caught, short distance away, square
blanket was missing, and search failed tc
reveal it. 1t is supposed the blanket was
taken off and the horse unhitched by hui
man hands. At any rate, it has no
"turned up" yet.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
EAST MlDDLEBURY.

Most of the sick are now improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Smith have gone to
visit their daughter in st. Adams.
Bernice, youngest daughter of n. Der
eau, is very sick with malignant diph-
liberia.
vs.. John Hunt died on Monday, AVER
Ll6ng and severe sickness. She leavesN
husband and three children. Funeral
services were held at the church on We'd
nesday, Rev. A. E. Carpenter officiating.
Friday evening, Oct. 10, was the date
of an exceedingly joyous occasion at the
house Of MIR. and Mrs. ID. A. Perry, in
celebration of the fifteenth anniversary
of their marriage. A company Of sixty
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
General 11ems.
MATTERS AT WASHINGTON.

President Cleveland and a small party
assembled in the library at the White
House Tuesday evening and received the
election news furnished by the associated
press over a special wire. Dispatc hes
were also received from personal friends
of the President. Besides the President
and Mrs. Cleveland. the White House
party included Secretary and Mrs. Whit
new. Mrs. Dickinson. Mrs. Endicott, At
tornev-Gpneral Garland. Representatives
Breckenridge of Kentucky and Foran of
Colorado. Mrs. Lamont and Assistant
Secretaries Maynard and Thompson of
the treasury department and Col. Wilson.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
ORW ELL.

Mrs. Jas. Conkey has not improved for
week past as it was hoped she would.
Communion services were held at the
Congregational church on Sunday morn
ing last. Rev. Mr.. Calhoun officiated.
Miss Affie Martin, who has a position
in the City hospital of Boston, has been
spending short vacation in town among
her many friends.
John Hall of Kansas spent last Sunday
in town, a guest of II. NJ. Root. Mr..
Hall is an extensive banker in Kansas
and several of our tOwnspeople have in
terests with him in Kansas banks.
Michael Sullivan met with very hea-
Wy loss on Saturday last in the death of
his promising young stallion, John l..
This horse was exhibited on the track at
the Breeders meeting in Rutland and al
so at Worcester. Mass, and did himself
credit in both places. The loss falls
heavily upon his owner, as he was val
liable animal and gave promise of max
ing his mark i'm the horse world.
We have omitted to mention hereto
tofore one of the pleasant gatherings of
the season at the town hall. We refer to
the leap-year party given by several of
our ladies on the Odd of October; and
notwithstanding the unfavorable wealth
er, about 80 couple assembled for the en-
ioyment of the evening. The hall pre-
scented a fine appearance, having been
decorated with flags, bunting and ever
greens and several suggestive notices
met the cyclone especially, which read
as follows:
"Brace up, boys and don't get blue;
Others marry and so may you"
After enjoying the mazes of the dance
for few hours all adjourned to the la
dies rooms below and partook of most
enjoyable meal, such as our ladies are IA
nous for; after which the dance was re-
sumed until the small hours, when al
went home voting it the most pleasant
party of the season. Much credit is due
the ladies for their efforts in making it {
success, especially to Mrs. r. d. Hall
Mrs. C. H. Cults, Mrs. c. C. Bascom
Mrs. C. B. Cook and Miss Jessie Girls
void.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
COUNTY AND VICINITY.

The kaolin works in Monkton have
finished working clay for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron w. Field of Fer
risburgh celebrated their silver wedding
on Friday evening last. Among the
presents was a S65 tea set. About 200
guests were present.
1t is reported that DR.. E. F. White, a
graduate of the Burlington medical col
lege in this years class, has purchased
the practice of DR. A. A. Dean of Bristol
and will at once settle there.
The gentleman from Monkton evident
ly thinks the seectmen are having too
easy time of it and has devised a method
of adding to their official cares. The bill
introduced by him this forenoon provides
that they shall attend to the extermina-
ton, eradication and eXtirpation of "tent
caterpillars. - Montpelier Daily Jour
nal.
a Pittsford correspondent writes ;
"There were made at the Nickwackett
Valley creamery in Pttsford over 5000
pounds of butter during the month of Dc
tober. The popularity of this creamery
has been constantly growing from its es-
tablishment and its product is eagerly
sought for from all quarters, so much SO
that during the month just past it has
been impossible to fill the orders as fast
as received. These orders are all from
consumers and the services of commission
men are not required, although they arr
continually clamoring for generous
shipments. Orders are constantly beins
received from New York, Boston an(
surrounding towns, Troy and Saratoga
but by far the largest part goes to Rut
land, where it may be found on the Ia
bles of the two principal hotels as wei
as large share of its most refined prl
vate families whose greatest anxiety a
the present time seems to be to be as
sured that they can have it next season.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
BRISTOL.

The Masons are painting the outside of
their hall.
Wallace MCGEE started for California
Wednesday.
A child of II. S. Smith is reported sick
with typhoid fever.
1t is said that Merle Sneden, son of
Geo. Sneden, is better.
A young daughter of Henry Brown is
very i'll with pneumonia.
The tuition scholars attending the
graded school this term number 40.
DR.. Dean has sold his practice to DR..
White, recent graduate from Burling-
ton.
The Citizens band gave an open-air
concert last Saturday night. They never
played better.
G. II. Bartlett and wife arrived in town
on Saturday night. Mrs. Bartlett is a
daughter of the late S. r. Cain.
S. r. Cain died on Sunday. Mr.. Cain
had been in poor health for a year past
He had been one of our most prominent
business men.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
New HAVEN.

Miss Kate Roscoe is home from South
Hadley.
Charles DePontee has gone to Middle
bury to work.
Communion services were observed
last Sunday. There were two additions
to the church by letter.
Mervin Twitchell has been in Bristol,
caring for Merle Sneden, who is very
ill. The latter is graduate of Beeman
academy.
The working club have filled and sent
two barrels of bedding and clothing and
% yards of rag carpeting to the Santee
agency for the Indian school.
A music committee has been appointed
for the purpose of looking into the mat
ter of a change of singing books for the
Sunday school and prayer worship. 1t
is likely some new work will be intro
duced.
On Friday evening of this week the
young people of town are invited to
meet at the vestry for the purpose of
organized young peoples society for
Christian work. Tea will be served at
half-past six o'clock.
A correspondent writes as follows
from Vergennes to the Burlington Free
Press:
An article in the Free Press, Friday
Oct. 10, respecting the finding of young
Mckinney, runaway pupil of st. JOS
eph's college, Burlington, does injustice
to one of the best known and most res
pectable families in New Haven-that OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William French. The two
boys came to their home weary anC
hungry, and craved food and shelter
which were freely given. On hearing
where they were from Mr.. French. coun
selled them to return at once. Murphy
consented to do so and returned as far al
Nergennes. Mckinney said he would
rather die than return and said he die
wish to see his mother, who lived il
Brooklyn, n. Y. Mrs. French wrote t,
his mother, and the boy did also, asking
her to come and take him home. Mrs
Mckinney being in Burlington and hear
ing where he was, did call, and Mrs
French, whose sympathies were deeply
exercised for the apparently feeble ant
sOrrowing lad, surrendered him will
pleasure to his mother. who kindl!
thanked her for the kind treatment givel
her son. There was no disposition mani
tested to hide the boy by Mr.. and Mrs
French, but rather the reverse.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
CORNWALL,

We are rejoiced at having a few pleas
ant days.
The stone school house in district No.
is undergoing repairs.
Miss Amber b. Carr closed successful
term of school in district No. last Fri
day.
Henry Hit of Fond du Lac, Wis, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. "a. Foote a
few days last week.
Quite little excitement was occasioned
here last week over the disappearance of
Edwin Ellsworth from home, Wednesday
afternoon. 1t seems that without the
knowledge of the family he went on the
mountain near by to cut some poles, and,
losing his way, he remained on the noun
tain all night. In the morning he found
he was near Frank Halls. quite chilled
but without having much injury other
wise. He went to Mr.. Halls, where they
cared for him and took him home.
The fall term of school in district No,
closed Oct. PC with appropriate eXer-
cises. The scholars having no absent
marks were Anna James, Mary James
Estelle Lane and Sanford Lane. The
scholars having no tardy marks were
Bertha Adams, Mary Adams, Eva Boulia
Anna James, Mary James, Henry James
Estelle Lane, Sanford Lane, Carol
Morse, Ethel Sanford, Arthur Sanford
Fannie Thrall, Buel Thrall, Ernest Van
clette, Mabel Vanclette, Eta Vanclett
and Harry Vanclette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
VERGEN mn ES.

Dressed poultry is sent to the Boston
market weekly.
Miss Perry of Boston is visiting Her.
rick Stevens family.
States Attorney wilds of Middlebury
was in town Thursday.
Miss Lucy Gee is in a critical condition
with an attack of fever
Sol. Sans modern minstrels gave an
entertainment at School-house hall Mon
day evening.
James White began buying apples at
the coal dock this week, for the New
York market.
Sprigg & Co. shipped one car of stock
this week to the Boston market; also q
lot of poultry.
Amos Willmarth has moved into tht
Wright house on Nam street. His health
is not very good.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
of DR.. E. w. Shipman and Mrs. Marth;
Jackman of this city.
The dancing school under the manage
ment of Prof. F. c. Aubrey of Burling
ton was opened Friday evening.
Ira j. Blakely, wife and daughter
started for Ohio on Tuesday of thi
week. Solomon Field accompanied
them.
Prof. w. II. Sanborn, the horse trainer
was at the Stevens House Saturday. H,
divulged his secrets of training horses t.
quite large class at SO each.
The Congregational society expect the
church will be ready for services abou
January l. When completed it will b.
a great improvement on the former hous
of worship.
DR.. Orange Gage of New York, VIII,
has been confined at the Stevens Hous
for some time, started for New Yorl
Tuesday, accompanied by NJ. NJ. Yott o
Ferrisburgh.
The steamers Water Lily and Gazell
have had a very successful season. Pas
senger business is about over for tn
season; towing canal boats is now thei
principal occupation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
DOMESTIC.

The imprisoned Arctic whalers have
safely worked their way out of the ice.
The Monticello Ladies' seminary at
Godfrey, H.. was burned Monday; loss
more tn an Sl50,00O,
A United States express messenger
was robbed of about $4,000 in Louisiana
last Saturday morning.
An explosion in a Pennsylvania mine
Saturday night killed sixteen men and
Others are expected to die.
The Chicago police do not credit the
alleged discovery in Virginia of Tascott,
the murderer of Smell, the millionaire.
Col. Dudley has begun suits against
the papers which published the now ia
nous political letter attributed to him by
Democrats.
Mrs. Frank A. DeGroot of Millburv,
Mass. gave birth to four girl babies the
other day. All are likely to live and the
mother is doing nicely.
! Half dozen drunken rowdies mounted
on mustangs wantonly ran over and Killed
respectable man in the street at College
Point, n. Y, Sunday night.
A man supposed to be Tascott. the
murderer of Mr.. Smell, the wealthy Chic
agoan. has been captured in the northern
! part VI -tuiiciNt NOuhtNs sunni
While Mrs. Salie Siebel was burning
brush near Wichita. Kan, her clothing
caught fire. Her little daughters dress
also took fire and both were fatally
burned
Frank Day, a young Canadian was
stabbed and killed in Chicago at midnight
Sunday, by an unknown man. Day was
shouting for Harrison and his assailant
was intoxicated.
Stupendous Democratic registration
frauds were discovered in New York
State. In Albany 240o fraudulent
names have been erased; in Troy 100
have been taken off by order of courts /;
in Cohoes, 1000; in the town of Water
vliet, l60
Berman, sole partner of L. Berman q
Co.. Russian-American bank exchange,
Is Orchard street, New York, is missing,
and the bank closed. The depositors In
the bank are mostly Polish Jews. and the
amount that Berman Is supposed to have
absconded with is about $4,000.
Attorney General johnson began suit
at San Francisco, CAL, Monday In behalf
3 of the State of California against thS
American Sugar Refinery company. The
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
WEYBRiDGE.

Our sick are as well as could be eXpec-
ted.
Election passed very quitely, with two
thirds the full vote out.
\ fine boy came to c. c. Tiers on cleo
ton day morning. He is for Harrison
and Morton. sure. Daniel Twitchell has
a fine daughter little more than a week
old. She will be follower of Mrs.
Fosters party rather than Miss Will
lard's.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09

friends and relatives had gathered to
make merry and suitably recognize the
event. Though succeeding in complete
ly surprising the hostess, they were never
theless handsomely entertained. There
were presented to the host and hostess
silver and household articles to the value
of ego as memento of the occasion and
a token of the good will and esteem of
their friends.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09

Pittsford, closed Nov. 2. Dora Mead
won the first prize for steady attendance
and close application to her studies. Miss
Beaudry is a successful teacher and has
given good satisfaction. She has been
hired to teach the winter term in the
Dyer district.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
SHOREHAM,

Mrs. frankie Needham has gone to
Port Henry for visit of few days.
Election day was very quiet but inter-
for several years.
Mrs. r. II. Holmes started for Man.
chester, N. H., on Monday, the sickness
of her brother being the occasion of her
going.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
THE HoRsE-BREEDERs.

1t is announced that the annual meet
ing of the State Horse-Breeders' associa-
ton is to be held at the Pavilion in Mont
pelier on Wednesday, Nov. II, at p. m.,
at which time officers will be elected for
the ensuing year and the location OF the
next annual exhibition decided upon.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31

Are you disturbed at night and broken of your
rest by sick child suffering and crying with the
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31
MEXICAN ROBRERs CAPTURED.

Tive of the Three Wen who Attacked "a
Tax Collector In Jail.
NoGALRs. A. T. May 3l.-Officers in
pursuit of the parties who last Sunday
attempted the murder of the Tax Col
lector of Msgielena District, Sonora.
succeeded in capturing two of the three
robbers. and lodged them in MaQdelena
Jail. The Tax Collector had 81, 900 in
Mexican silver in his wagon when at
tackled. The penslty 10 Mexico for high.
way robbery is death.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31

HEAVY RAINS IN COLORADO.

An Almost steady D0wn.pOur for Days.
DENVER. Col May 3l.-A marvellous
rainfall, which s.perhaps. at it's culmina-
ton to-day, has existed in Colorado for
the past few weeks. Never before in the
history of the State has one fifth such
rain fallen in similar period. Last
week has witnessed down.pour every
afternoon, and for something over fort
night there was a steady fall of rain,
sometimes for 36 hours at stretch. Now
the wide prairie resembles almost a vast
lawn. so smooth and bright is the green
sward around the city OF Denver.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31
Constipation

C0nsti patton
Is universal and most troublesome dis
order. It causes Headache, Mental De-
preston, impairs the Sight and Hearing,
destroys the Appetite, and, when long
continued, causes Enlargement Of the
Liver, Inflammation of the Bowels, and
Piles. Constipation is speedily cured
by Ayers Pills.
For a number of months was
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Appetite, Dyspepsia, and q disordered
liver. Myeyes also troubled me. was
compelled to wear shade over them,
and, at times, was unable to bear ex-
posure to the light. was entirely
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three boxes of Ayers Pills. have no
hesitation in pronouncing this medicine
to be the best cathartic ever made. -
James Eccles, Poland, Ohio.
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/ took at the suggestion of friend, have
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proved my general health. w. Keeler,
Amherst, Mass.
I suffered from Constipation, which
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31

There are in America over four mil.
lion farms. large and small. They cover
nearly twenty million acres of improved
land, and their total value is something
like $40 OOO, 900, 900. The estimated
value of the yearly product of these farms
is between 81, OOO, 600, 600 and 5000,
900. 900.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31

Neither mind nor body can act heafhfully, If
the bleo Is vitiated. Cleanse the vital current
from impurities by the use of Ayers sarsaparila.
This remedy purifies the blood. recruits the
wasted energies. and restores health to the de-
bilitated System.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31
ssCIAL DEMOCRATS sENTRvCED.

SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SENTENCED.
Convicted or Circulating seditfOus
Prints.
BERLIN. May 3l.-Twenty.nin social
Democrats of this city have been sen.
fenced to imprisonment for terms vary
ing from two to six months for circulating
seditious prints.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31

It is a curious fact that while the an
nual supply of quinine for the whole
world is about G, 600 600 ounces, the con.
sumption of this drug in the United
State is more than 3,lOO.O 600 ounces, or
nearly oue-half of the product.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31
Raftsmen Crushed.

LACROSSE, Wis, May 3l-Five men
were badly crushed. three of them fatally.
by a heavy crib of lumber sliding on
them. They were engaged in releasing
crib that had caught at the rivers edge.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31

SYDNEY, N. s. W., May 81 The
Cinnamon recently released under habsas
corpus in accordance with the decision of
the Supreme Court, have returned to
Hong Kong.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31

Probably the Canadian Pacific has the
longest main line of any company, it's
line being about two thousand nine hun
dred aud five miles; the main line of the
Northern Pacific is about two thousand
miles In length.
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REDUCTION Or WAGES.

An order Issued by the G. VI. a st r. X. u.
MILWAUKEE,. May 3l.-General Man
ager Roswell Miller, of the Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railroad, has issued
q letter to heads of departments. ordering
q reduction of wages to the minimum.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31
BLAINE IN PARIS.

He has Recovered from Ills Cold.
PARIS, May 3l-Blaine has recovered
from his cold and Is still staying at Hotel
Bendau.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1888-05-31

Johm Bright EecOvertng.
LONDON, May 81. John Bright, NJ. P,
site now 10 favorable condition, having
passed the crisis.
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GENERAL >HER'OAN's CONDITION.
Another Chan .e for the Worse.

AhOaher NHHH 90 TOT the WOrsT'
WAsHINGToE, May 3l.--General Sher-
idans condition has again changed for the
worse, and he is now as critically i'll as at
any time of his sickness