Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08

The regular annual communication of
Union Lodge, No. 2, F. and A. NJ, was
held on Monday evening. Officers were
elected as follows W. II. Brewster, w. NJ.
j. Hyde, S. w. &c. j. Mathews, j. w.
G. E. Pinney, treasurer; G. A. Piper,
secretary; and the following appoint
ments were made C. A. Chapman, S.
D.; w. NJ. Cushman, J. D.; c. II. Sever
ance, S. S.; e. p. Cushman, j. s.; c.
S. Sargent, chaplain ; NJ. A. Brooks, mar
shall; j. NJ. Peck, tyler.
The flag on Beckwith & Co.'S block,
the campaign banner at Pine Half and
Monday in honor of the Inauguration.
Mr.. Harrison White of Court street had
the campaign flag out in front of his
house not long after daylight and the
small boys of his family filled the snow
in the front yard so full of lesser speci-
mems of the stars and stripes that no
passer-by could have mistaken the poll
ticle stripe of the occupants of the prem
ises.
The last of the ''charity" balls, held at
the town hall on Friday evening last, was
more largely attended than any of the
series, about forty couples being present.
The music and the supper were excellent,
as was to have been expected. The net
proceeds, $50, have been turned into the
town treasury, making $4,000 in all
which the town has realized from this
source toward defraying the cost of the
new scenery. The hard times and every
thing else considered, the ladies have
done exceedingly well in their enter
prise.
1.-THE Volunteers of 'SS Hose company
4 have of late been considering the advisa-
bility of calling another village meeting
to see if the village will recognize them
as a part of the fire department. They
are now satisfied, after thorough inves-
tigation, that the power to so act is con-
ferred by the bylaws upon the board of
trustees. They have therefore decided to
have no village meeting, but to circulate
a petition among the business men, ask
: ing that the company be recognized, and
to present this to the trustees for their
consideration.
Messrs. c. II. Briggs and C. E. Anglin
of Brockton, Mass, who had been in
this vicinity a week or more for the pur-
pose of buying horses, shipped lot of
eight on Monday. 1t included the trot-
ting mare Letter B., purchased of Lyman
Goodell of Brandon; Irish Pat, bought
: of Mr. J. F. belong of West Cornwall /;
Dan, fast horse from the Addison
House stables; a Montelo colt, bought
in IT,, and other good ones from the
stables of Messrs. II. C. Sessions of East
Middebury, Asa Smith of Shoreham and
Z. G.. Farnham of the same town.
George Bullock of Cornwall was on
Monday held in 5000 bonds to appear at
the next term of the county court and
answer to Il charge of assault. He found
surety and is at liberty. The hearing
was before Justice NJ. A. Brooks. II
dpptdTcu llltl tIcIc Iiitl Dctll Il lcuu loI d
year between Bullock and his brother-in
law, Joe Murray, Jr., who says he was
assaulted. o. ~aturday night last they
had ii yh. ne course of which Muir
, ray was { ne arm with an axe
States Att, oy Wilds appeared for the
State and w. II. Bliss, Esq, for the
respondent.
! Mr.. j. Williams Macy, humorist ant
! buffo basso, will appear at the town hal
, on the evening of the 18th inst, under the
auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A. Tickets
will be sold at % and 35 cents. Tn,
New York Graphic says of him: "Mr
Macy is not only basso il pin profundo
, but an elocutionist and actor of talent
a His rendering of a Scientific Lecture OF
o the Busy Bee and the story of the Irish
: man on the GunbOat, were in style tina
put to the severest test the bands ant
buttons of the audience. Among tn
serious pieces in his repertoire was tn
Death of Benedict Arnold which h.
rendered with pathos and intensity o
. feeling proper expression of the them
: demanded"
There is no fresh news as to the report
: ed death of the horse kenilworth, whicl
y Mr.. Darwin Rider was taking to Soutl
O America, except this: Mr.. f. n. Bissell
while in New York, the early part of tn
h present week, went on board the steame
- Finance and saw Capt. Baker of tina
vessel. Captain Baker said that on tn
Tip up he met the Alliance below ST
: Thomas that the agent of the line at ST
Thomas told him, on the arrival of tn
Finance at that port. that valuabl
horse died on the Alliance before sh
. reached st. Thomas, and that the bod,
- was thrown overheard. But there mus
= be mistake about this, for Mr.. Ride
: wrote to his friends here from st. Thorn
: as that the horses were doing we'll. Tn