Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-06-14

sold at the association rooms tomorrow
Saturday from 10 o'clock on. The
articles to be disposed of are desirable
and will be sold cheap, as money Is need
ed to settle up the Indebtedness of the
association. What remains unsold Sat
urday night will be put up at auction at
the rooms on Monday.
Judge Powers last week handed down
the decision of the Supreme court in the
case of John Bean VS.. w. w. Billings,
and petition for new trial in same matter
brought by Billings against Bean. The
decision affirms the Judgment of the
County court, for the plaintiff Bean, for
his damages and costs. The case was
tried at the last term of the Supreme
court by Messrs. Knapp and Upper for
Billings and by Mr.. Bliss for Bean.
Last Sunday was observed as Chldren's
day at the Congregational church and an
interesting service was held in the fore
noon. The pastor, Rev. Mr.. Keith,
preached an impressive sermon to the
young people and at the close presented
each member of the Sunday school be-
tween the ages of seven and nine years
with handsome copy of the Bible. The
church was prettily decorated with flow
ers, and the occasion will long be re-
iHtihDoitu w lut DlcScuJ.
The new silver-plated instruments, six
in number, have arrived and the members
of the band are diligently practcing upon
them. They are carefully made and
finely finished and appear to have been
secured at cheap rate. The organiza-
ton now has ID members, who are pro-
vided with first-class instruments and
with two uniforms. The open-air con-
certs will hereafter be given on Wednes-
day instead of Saturday evenings, and
Saturday nights Will be devoted to prac-
| tice.
Work on the steps of the Congregation
al church is under way once more and
good progress has been made toward
carrying out the plan prepared by an
Albany architect who was summoned to
look the ground over and say what the
requirements of the situation were. The
main platform has been lowered ten
inches. and there will be a step on top OF
it along the front of the church. The
wall at the west side will be lowered and
the front end of it will be laid on a curve
to meet the flight of steps leading down
from the platform to the sidewalk.
4 One of the saddest incidents of the
LJohnstown disaster was the death OF
Il Mrs. Ranney, vile or Kew. d. y. Ranney
of Kalamazoo, Mich. Mr.. Ranney was {
graduate of this college in the class OF
1899, and, accompanied by his wife, haC
started for Middlebury, intending tC
visit friends by the way and to be presen
at the semi-centennial reunion of his class
at the coming commencement. They
were on Il Pennsylvania railroad trail
which had just reached East Conemaugh
two miles above Johnstown, when tn,
flood swept down the valley. At tn,
first alarm some of the passengers wer,
for staying on the train and Others sough
safety in flight to the high hills acros
the narrow valley from the railway
Among the latter was Mrs. Ranney. Thu
last her husband saw of her she had 90
well on toward the other side of the vii
lage. \ part of the flood had alread,
n reached them and he could not Join her
The next instant the great mass of waite
struck the place and she was lost. II
and Others who remained in the tra
: were saved Mrs. Ranney's body wa
II not recovered. They were to have bee
: guests of Prof. and Mrs. Seely durin
II their stay in town.