Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25

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Mr.. f. +. Bond has exchanged his !
house for the one on South Main street
owned by Mr.. Thomas Towle and occu-
pied by Mr.. f. E. Rich. Mr.. Rich will
remove soon to MIR. Bonds present resi-
dence and Mr.. Bond will take up his
abode where Mr.. Rich now lives.
y class of GO persons was confirmed at
the Catholic church on Sunday afternoon
by Bishop DeGoesbriand of Burlington.
The bishop came down Saturday after
noon and was the guest of Rev. FIR. Lane
while here. They went to Bristol Sun
day morning and the bishop held con-
! firmation service there in the forenoon.
Selectmeu Matthews and Seeley made
an examination of the village bridge over
the creek yesterday. They found it in
rather bad shape, but think it can safely
be used till another summer. Then an
entirely new one will be needed, as the
timbers are so rotten in the present
structure that it is not worth repairing.
Letters addressed as follows have re-
manned at the post-otlice two weeks I'M
/ claimed: Miss Atwood, Katie Mack,
Mrs Josephine Abare, Miss Ellen But
ton, Sarah Boulia, Mrs. f. W. Crane,
Miss f. Stone, Miss Ellen, Ellen Cormier,
Geo. Blair, G. c. Paine or viii Haynes,
Silas Piper, W. II. Peck, Paul Shackett,
Fred Wheeler.
Mr.. Clinton Smiths force are engaged
in making the improvements on the court
house provided for by the legislature ad
its recent extra session. They includd
gables Oh the sides and at the rear, those
pn the sides for the support of the chiml
heys and those III the rear for additional
Rooms to accommodate iuries. Minor
changes will also be made in the interior
of the building.
Charles Mack, who works at Belden's
Falls, was drunk on the streets here Sun
day afternoon and Officer Dickinson
took him to jail. When arraigned on
Monday before Hon. l.. ID. Eldredge he
pleaded guilty and paid the fine and
costs, something more than Sll. He
disclosed on bottle which he said he
had had in his trunk for three weeks
States Attorney Bliss prosecuted.
George Minor, arrested by Officers
Cushman and Dickinson Wednesday
night, was up before Justice l.. D..
Eldredge yesterday morning for intoXi-
cation. He said he wasn't drunk, but
after very brief trial was shown to
have been So He was accordingly fined
s. and costs, S12.03 When asked to
disclose he again insisted that he hadn't
been drunk and was sent back to Jail to
think the thing over. Grand Juror j.
NJ. Slade prosecuted.
George Wmmette of Salisbury was
taken in hand in the village, Tuesday, by
Deputy Sheriff Cobb ana jailed. Wednes-
day morning he pleaded guilty to intoXi-
cation before Justice Eldredge and paid
the fine and costs, Sill He said that
one Henry Marselles of Salisbury got
alcohol at the liquor agency here, that
they drank of tins and that afterward he
bought two glasses of ale of John O'Con-
nell at the Logan House. O'Connell was
brought in, pleaded not guilty, was
proved guilty of two offences and was
fined $50 and costs. He appealed. Mar
settles will be arrested and haye his hear
ing to-day. The State was represented
by Grand Juror Slade and Mr.. Upper
appeared for O'Connell.
The storm which struck this section
between and o'clock last Friday night
did considerable damage. 1t had been
Oppressyely hot all day. The amount OF
rain was not large, but the wind blew
furiously and the flashes of lightning
were frequent and vivid. An elm tree il
as was a similar tree on Mr.. G.. c. Chap
mans premises. The tall smokestack at
the Blanchard mill near the depot was
Frustrated. The roof was taken off the
brick house at the paper-mill bridge oc.
cupied by William Gotta. Many trees in
the village streets were stripped of their
branches, the few willows which are
left suffering the most severely, Much
fruit was blown Off the trees in orchards
and "ple apples are cheap in conse-
quence.
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