Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-04-26
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. c. b. Wright is slowly but stead
lily recovering from her long illness.
Mr.. Wetherby of Dandy has entered
the employ of Farnsworth & Co. as clerk.
Professor r. j. Wolfe of Burlington
college was visiting friends in town
this week.
Prof. Eaton is to occupy the pulpit of
the congregational church in Bridport
next Sunday.
Mrs. Frank A. Bond is again i'll. Her
condition is not regarded as serious, but
she Is nevertheless quite sick.
Mrs. Henry Sampson, her mother and
her son, Bert, have gone to Madison,
Conn.,. and intend to live there.
Mrs. c. Z. Rich of New York city and
her two children have been guests at Mr..
j. l.. Buttolph's for some days past.
Mr.. w. II. Smell will shortly go to
Kansas City, Mo-. and enter the employ
of Bracey Bros, railroad contractors.
Mr.. J. II. Sargent is back in Middle
bury to stay. He has sold the half
interest which he recently bought in
hotel at Nashua, y. II.
Deputy Sheriff W. II. Cobb was not so
badly hurt last week as he was at first
supposed to be. He is out and is able to
get about on crutches with some facility.
Rev. f. f. Reynolds, pastor of the NJ. f.
church at Ludlow, VT, spent portion
of Tuesday and Wednesday with his for
mer teacher and class-mate, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. Jackson.
Hon. Walter f. Howard is to deliver
the Memorial-day address at Fair Haven.
He has been at Highgate for a week past.
His father, who resides there, is very sick
and is not expected to long survive.
Mr.. A. G. Huntington of Clinton,
Mich. is in town on a brief visit to
friends. He has been in Boston to buy
machinery for the wooden mill of which
he is superintendent, and stops here on
his way home.
Rev. NJ. C. Stebbins, who went to
Springfield, Mass, last week Monday,
intending to return on Friday, was TAX
en- seriously i'll with heart disease. His
family were summoned and went down
to be with him. He was trifle better at
last accounts.
Rev. L. G.. Thompson, the Methodist
pastor, returned from conference on
Tuesday. He will preach his farewell
sermon next Sunday and will leave next
week for his new charge at Gloversville,
n. Y. The church of which he will have
charge there has over 500 members.
GlOversville is the head-center of the
glove-manufacturing industry of the
country and has three Methodist chur-
ches, besides Others of other denomina-
tons.
,K|Hon. Lyman E. Knapp, lately ap-
pointed governor of Alaska, has visited
Washington the past week. His resign
nation of the office of Judge of probate
has been accepted to take effect on Tues
day next, the 30th inst. His successor
has not been named as we go to press.
Gov. Knapp will leave here for his future
home on the 18th of May, if he can pos
sibly arrange his affairs by that time.
His family will 60 with him and they
will take up their residence at Sitka, the
capitol of the territory.
Hon. John w. Stewart goes today to
Boston. During his stay here of about
ten days he has dispatched Il tremendous
lot of business in connection with the va
rious offices. Last Thursday he spent in
Rutland and had all he could attend to
through the day. Saturday he had Il like
experience in Burlington and on Monday
visited st. Albans, where there were
plenty of patriots who wanted to be
heard. Middlebury has had numerous
otlice-seeking visitors during the days
Mr.. Stewart has been at home and it will
be lonesome here when he has gone
to the "hub," where his family are.