Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-21

EX-Gov. Dillingham; was in town on
Friday and Saturday to hear the evidence
in the case of Manning VS.. Leighton,
which was referred to him. The men
are lawyers. Manning lives in Lowell,
Mass, and Leighton in Washington. The
suit grew out of the Alabama claims.
Mr.. Upper is the plaintiffs lawyer and
Messrs. Stewart & Wilds are Leighton's.
The teachers of the High school and
pupils from that room and the Grammar
school made a pilgrimage to Montpelier
on Friday. The party numbered over
20. They came home on the late train
that night, having seen the Legislature
and all the rest of the Montpelier aggre-
cation of beauty and brains, to say
nothing of the State house and its other
contents.
Frank II. Bascom, of whose death in
Montpelier On Monday an account is
elsewhere given, once lived here and
carried ON the drug business in the store
now occupied by Mr.. Storms. He was
IA genial man and made many friends,
who will regret to learn of the sad end
of his career. The funeral was very
largely attended at Montpelier on We'd
nesday, many of the prominent Masons
of the State being present.
Butter brings substantially the same
price as last week-15 to 81 cents. Eggs
are worth 30 cents. Potatoes are still
''off,'' and buyers said Yesterday that 60
cents was the best they could offer. The
finest hay brings So at the station. Grain
is still going up. Oats retail at about
60 cents and corn at about ~ cents a
bushel. 1t is predicted that oats will go
to - cents before the winter is over.
The farmers of this region are said not
to have a quarter enough for seed.
Letters with these addresses have re-
manned at the post-office one month un-
called for: D.. c. Brownell. F. ii. Foss,
DIR. E. j. Hall, Mr.. will Merit, Mr.. Mike
McMahon, Augustus Mathews, n. ID.
Phelps, Louis Perrault. Loyn Richards,
Chas. ID. Sumner, Frank Stevens, Miss
Sarah Donahue, ). Forest, Mrs. Azulia
Kenworthy, Mrs. n. W. Merrill, Mrs,
Anna Larsen, Mrs. f. 5. White, Mrs,
Clary Sears, Miss Helen G.. Silliman re-
turned from dead letter office, Alba
Brown.
Yesterday was quite wintry. The
ground was frozen and the air chilly and
full of snow. Up to that time the weather
had been exceptionally mild for the most
part. Sunday was as warm as Septem'
Der and out in the fields occasional but
tercups and dandelions were to be found
Stories of late vegetation are numerous
Mr.. John Houston had a pea>tree il
bloom on the 18th inst. and Mr.. n. G
March showed tomatoes, still fresh
which had been picked but a few day:
before that date.
The village trustees held a specia
meeting on Tuesday evening to consider
"A petition for a new highway across thu
east side of the yard at the freight sta
ton. Inasmuch as it was doubtful
whether a road could legally be pu
through there, and for the further reasol
that it did not seem wise to lay out road
in that region till the location of the new
passenger station is determined upon, i
was deemed best to deny the petition. |
is understood that the matter will b.
taken into the county court at the com
ing term.
Mr.. Allan Foote died on Monday at hi
home on Foote street. lie would hav,
: been 80 years old on Jan. > next. Th'
funeral was attended from the house II
II o'clock on Wednesday. Rev. Mr.
Keith kindly consented to remain an,
conduct the services. Mr.. Foote wa
= born in this village, in "A house whicl
stood where the residence of Mr.. G.. c
: Peck now is, but when fourteen months
old his family removed to the plac
on which he lived till his death. He wa
! an active, capable man in his prime
universally respected and esteemed.