Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-06-28
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. NJ. w. Thompson and daughter
of Lynn, Mass, are guests at Mr.. F. A.
Bonds.
II. G. Royce. Esq, has been in Bur-
lington part of the week to attend COM
mencement.
Mrs. Lyman Bissell and two children
of Independence, Iowa, are spending the
summer with Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Bissell.
Columbus Smith, Esq, of Salisbury
was in town on Tuesday. He has lately
returned home from Philadelphia, where
he spent week or more.
Principal Mallory of Thetford academy
is in town. Mrs. Mallory came several
weeks ago on account of the illness of
her mother, Mrs. Powell.
Mrs. Frank Winch and daughters, ac-
companied by Mrs. Ross and daughter,
will go on Monday to spend some time
with friends in Connecticut.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Preston of Mamar-
oneck, n. Y, are expected at Mr.. Low
et.'s tomorrow. They will remain in
town and hereabouts several weeks.
Mr.. John NJ. Shaw of Chicago is a
guest at DR.. Russels. He is a broker
and married daughter of Mr.. Charles |
Mussey, Mrs. Russell's brother.
Mr.. Philip b. Stewart was in town and
at Bread Loaf Inn several days last week,
returning to Boston Saturday morning.
He will come up later for longer stay.
" Mr.. Joseph Lawrence, for some three
IFyears past an efficient and courteous
clerk at the post office, went on Satur-
day to Long Branch, n. j., to take the
position of cashier in the Ocean House at
that resort.
Mrs. Thad NJ. Chapman was so unfor-
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of flight of stairs at her home on Mon
day. 1t was at first feared she might be
seriously injured, but happily those fears
were not realized.
Mr.. Seymour Edgerton yesterday re-
ceiyed his commission as Justice of the
peace. He was appointed by the govern
or to fill the vacancy caused by the re-
moval from the State of Judge Knapp.
N/The young people are getting home
from school. Miss Bessie Brainerd and
: Miss Carrie Bond are back from Abbott
academy, Miss Jessie Stewart and Miss
Carrie Steele from Northampton, Mass,
and Mr. II. II. Fletcher from Chester, Pa
Mr. Perry Clay of Cleveland, o., is in
town, having been called here by the
sickness of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. v.
V. Clay. Mrs. Clay is seriously i'll and
Clay is confined to his bed and is failing
rather than improving.
Mr.. A. II. Stratton, formerly secretary
of the local Y. NJ. c. A., and now at the
head of the association in the prosperous
manufacturing city of Dover, n. H., was
here for few hours on Monday. He
was on his way to Burlington to be pres
ent at the college commencement.
5 Y Lieut. Col Rodney Smith, assistant
lfpaymaster of the United States army.
was a guest at Col. Thad NJ. Chapman 5
on Saturday He is native of Orwell
= and graduate of the university at Bur-
. lington. In 1864 he was made an army
It paymaster by President Lincoln.
n n Rev. Mr.. Carpenter, rector of st. Ste
phen's church, has been in Pennsyiva.
mia the past week He received a cal
to the pastorate of a church near Phila
depEia, and went down to preach last
II Sunday and to look the ground over. II
4 is not believed that he will accept the
call.
X/Aliss Mary Hackett, who has been al
Hfnvalid for many years in consequence
of Overwork while teaching in the Grad
ed school, has lately returned from BOs
ton, where she spent the winter under
the care of physicians She has appar
: emily fully recovered her health an(
strength.
,e Messrs. A. j. Marshall and F. A. Bone
have been at Bellows Falls this week il
- attendance upon the annual meeting o
: the grand lodge of knights of Honor
- Mr.. Marshall in the performance of HI
duties as grand sentinel Ito which posi-
re ton he was reelected) and Mr.. Bond a
he representative from the local lodge.
u DR.. NJ. ID. Smith left home on Thurs
day night of last week for Lake Mime
ST tOnka, near Minneapolis, Mimi, wher
III he was to attend the meetings of tn
S. American institute of homeopathy whicl
have been held there this week. He
S. expected back early next week. DIR. Par
S, ker of West Cornwall is attending hi
d. pshepts in the meantime.
K. /C6v. Knapp and family reached thei
inf new home-Sitka, Alaska-June 10, b.
ed the steamer Geo. w. Elder, which lef
r. Victoria May 3d. On the same steame
of were the district attorney, the marsha
and other minor officials of the territor
7. who had lately been appointed. Tn
nd weather ''during the voyage was rain
10 and stormy, we learn from The Alaskan
s, the Sitka newspaper, which gets out
|. special edition in honor of the steamer
a coming. The paper is a curiosity G
" journalism. 1t is weekly; subscrptio
H. price, SO; single copies, ten cents. 1t
- four small pages are almost entirely file
NTH advertisements of Pacific coas
y railroads, the only local advertisers ben
one grocer, four lawyers and the "Ol
I'll Reliable" saloon, where they sell "cigars
Al etc..
~ nc Hon. George Hammond reached Rio
~ on his way to Buenos Ayres, May "A, an
az expected to sail thence to his destinatio
80 June 3 or 4. The last letters receive
81 from him were dated May "a, but tn
steamer Advance, now past due at Ne,
ay York, should bring later tidngs. In
is letter to Col. Fletcher, from Rio, Nj
r. Hammond says that he and the rest G
re the party are well and that all his stoc
is in good condition-better, if anything
he than when it left home. The tone of tn
ed letter does not indicate that he is at a
Ii delighted with the country. just aftt
nd reaching Rio the steamer caught fir,
w and as the cargo cOmDrised a lot of alcI