Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-06-07
VERGEN N ES.

VERoENNEs.
Miss Jennie Dumas. aged 10. died May
% at A. Disotell's.
Quarterly meeting services were held
at the NJ. +. church on Sunday last.
Moses Yott of North Ferrisburgh. the
nurse is at Mr.. Stebbins' in Cornwall.
| The city baseball Grub played the Re-
form School nine Wednesday afternoon.
Charles Hammond of Chicago is visit
ing at Herrick Stevens, his father-in
law.
Captain Homer f. Riggs. government
pension agent, was at the Stevens House
Saturday.
S. S. Gaines, proprietor of the Stevens
House, returned from his trip to Deca-
tur, Ala. Monday.
The warm weather has greatly i'm
proved the appearance of vegetation in
this vicinity.
Twelve men from the Quincy granite
quarries arrived Saturday for the Barn
Rock works.
Henry Allen of Panton is not expected
to live long. He has been in poor health
for two years or more.
Miss Annie NJ. Bottsford of this city
was the author of the poem read at the
Decoration services May 30
Herrick Stevens and daughter, Jennie.
attended the funeral of Gen. Hammond
at Crown Point Thursday last.
G. II. Sprgg & Co. shipped one car of
stock to Boston Monday and on Thurs
day sent a car of sheep and calves.
hal r. 70 ha
city tiremen-the Stevens hose, Nolunt-
teers and Hook and Lader company.
Lawyers, jurymen and other interest
ed parties vent to Middlebury Tuesday
to attend the opening of county court.
Herbert Brainerd of st. Adams was
registered at the Stevens House last
Tuesday; also f. a. Morse of Rutland
John j. Barnard and John Harrington
attended memorial services at Brandon,
representing the Mt. Calvary command
cry.
Edward Washburne of New York made
his father visit Thursday last. He is
an employee Of Thrall & Co., Maiden
Lane.
Charles B. Strong Of West Addison
started for Boston and Portland, Me-,
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days.
H.C. Royce will move to Middlebury
in about two weeks, having entered into
partnership with w. H. Bliss, Esq, at
torney.
Coal by the boat-load is now being re-
ceived by the dealers. George X. Thorn
took possession of the HickOk yards
June |.
Fish in large quantities are caught be-
low the falls, bass and pike being plen-
tiful. The close time for fishing expired
Saturday last
The steamer Harris from Ottawa, Can
ada, with two barges loaded with curtain
roll stock for the Vermont Shade Roller
company, arrived Friday.
George Ross Il Co. are to open their
new dry-goods store this week. They
will occupy the store made vacant by the
moving of Hustled, the tailor, up stairs.
The steamer Water Lily makes regu-
lar trips to Westport, stopping at inter-
mediate points. She leaves her dock at
about a. m, returning at about p. m.
Thomas Drake of Bristol has been cleo
ted vice-president of the Nergennes ma
tional bank to fill the vacancy made by
the death of David Smith of Ferrisburgh
The Lake Champlain Granite Co. have
at their works at Barn Rock about ~
men employed. The granite is of fine
quality, and will undoubtedly find ready
sale.
The shaving house of L. Gotta & Co,
was destroyed by fire Saturday. The
wind being in the right direction, 1t was
the only building destroyed. The loss is
small.
The steamer Reindeer, licensed to car
: ry 1000, will leave this city at 30 a. m,
June ID, for an excursion to Providence
Island; fare for the round trip, 90 cts.
children, 35 cts.
: Parties are now the order of the day
for days sport fishing down the river
to the lake. Several houses are located
on the lake shore by persons of this city
Fishing is good and good time is enjoyed
by all
Vergennes was crowded Decoration
, day. The parade by Ethan Allen Post
G. A. r., Sons of Veterans, Reform
School and City tiremen was well man,
aged and carried out. Rev. j. ii. Bond
of Keeseville, n. Y, made the address.
Superintendent Andrews of the State
Reform school and wife went Tuesday tC
Bennington TO attend the Baptist STATE
Sabbath school convention. Hon. j. A
I Andrews and wife of Johnson, the par
ents of Supt. Andrews, accompanied
them.