Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-02

DR.. Prime and Mr.. F. II. Harrington of
Brandon were in town Monday night to
conclude contract with Mr.. Clinton
Smith for extensive repairs on the Con-
gregational church of their town.
The boys composing the athletic asso-
citation of the Graded school propose to
have field day and are circulating
subscription paper for the purpose of
raising funds to defray the expense.
Mr.. Williamson's shipment to the Bos-
ton market on Monday consisted of IS
cows, l6l calves, six hogs and one sheep.
M. S. Carr on Tuesday shipped to New
Haven, Conn, Is cows and 80 calves.
Mr. Durham has returned to town and
work will be resumed on Monday at the
Severance quarry. Final arrangements
for pushing things have not yet been
completed, but something is to be done
this season,
The Sumner farm, north of Chapman
hill, the property of Mr. Twitchell, is
occupied now by Mr.. E. A. Kicker, late
of Weybridge, who is extensively en-
gagged IN training fast horses. lie has
eleven in his stable.
Mr.. ID. l.. Morgan of Rutland, one of
the men employed under Gen. Henry to
take the mortgage Indebtedness for the
census, has been at work here and else
J where in the county. He has completed
his work in Middlebury.
Mr.. o. Severance, acting for the viii
ness in trimming up the shade-trees in
the parks and along the streets. Many
willows have been cut down entirely,
and their loss will not be severely felt.
All the numerous cases brought by the
receiver of the bankrupt Lycoming Fire
Insurance Co. of Philadelphia, to recover
assessments levied upon residents of this
and surrounding towns, have been dis
+ continued, the receiver paying the
costs.
Postmaster Stewart announces that all
mails will close - minutes earlier than
, usual during the week beginning the 9Th
, inst. and ending the 18th The post
master-general has ordered minute
accounting of all mail matter sent out
during that time.
j. The name of Mr.. George w. Pinney
= was by some ones error omitted from
the list of the prudential committee of
. the West Cemetery association, published
l last week. subscriptions for making the
designed improvements on the premises
are being solicited.
Russell Post, G. A. r., at its meeting
: April l6, extended Il unanimous vote OF
e thanks to the Womans Relief corps, the
Ladies' Aid society and the people of the
village for their kindness in assisting in
the celebration of the anniversary OF
Lees surrender, April .. The entertain
). ment helped the treasury of the post tc
e the amount of nearly 500.
:, w. III. Bliss, Esq, and family have ia
). ken possession of the Severance house OF
;. North Pleasant street, which he ha,
o bought. Postmaster Stewart and fam
/ lily, who have lived there the past year
# have taken up their abode in Col. Tracy.
house on Court street. II. c. Royce
2 Esq, owner of the house vacated by Mr.
Bliss, is repairing it and will shortly oc
) cupy it.
Probabably the worst piece of road il
# the county today is that from the freigh
depot to the bridge at the paper-mil
falls. More than 80 loaded teams pas
oyer it every day, and the consequence.
of this traffic and the rainy weather O.
the last year and half are that the rut
are all the way from six inches to foo
and half deep. 1t required four team
and jack-screw to start up a load whicl
stuck there on Wednesday. 1t is likely
that extensive repairs will be made upol
the road the present season.
The rain on Sunday raised the water il
the New Haven river and Mr.. Fisher O.
the Green Mountain Pulp Co. and a gans
of men have been up there all the weel
driving down to the creek the logs which
were stranded just below New Havel
Mills when the water fell, three week,
ago. The work of getting into the boon
at the lower mill the logs driven dowr
Otter creek from Brandon was finished
on Saturday. 1t was the easiest ant
s most successful drive the company hai
u ever made.
The base-call nine of the college wen
to Burlington on Saturday and played
the nine of the medical college. The
: local players did not make a run, but the
''medics' made only three. The facts OF
Y the case are thus given by the RUTLAND
p Herald's Burlington correspondent: 'It