Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-16
VEROEN MES.

VERoeNNEs.
The Baptist revival meetings came to
close Friday evening.
ID. o. Noonan shipped a car of cows to
the Boston market Monday.
Members of Stevens Hose will give a
public dance at City hall the Goth inst.
Saturday, market day, was well attend
ed; prices were the same as last reported
F. NJ. Pierce and wife of Ripton have
engaged as help for DR.. Shipman and
wife.
Prosper Elitharp of Bridport is visit
ing his son, Harmon, and family in this
city.
Peter LaBombard, who is ill with con-
sumption, is not expected to survive
long.
RAINY Plude, aged IS, who had been i'll
for some time, died on Friday of last
week.
Elder Freeman of Charlotte and w. Fl.
Lang of Burlington were in town on Fri
day last
Judge of Probate Smith, who was i'll
for few days, is again able to attend to
the duties of the office.
Dr. N. Tousley of Panton, one of the
Oldest practicing physicians in the county,
who has been i'll, is again out.
Mrs. Philo Bristol is dangerously i'll
with pneumonia. She resides with her
daughter, Mrs. George +. Stone.
A special communication of Dorchester
| Lodge, No. /, will be held at Masonic hall
on Wednesday evening of next week.
Hosea b. Willard and l.. Stickney Of
| Port Henry and Mrs. John w. Ross of
Rutland were in town on Saturday last.
| james f. Winans of Basin Harbor has
engaged with Henry, johnson & Lord of
Burlington as travelling agent for Penn
/ sylvania.
/ +. w. McGettrick of st. Adams has
been invited to deliver the address,
Memorial day. by the officers of Ethan
Allen Post.
Henry p. Fisher has purchased the C.
ID. Keller tannery buildings and yard,
which he will use for saw mill and
lumber yard purposes.
Miss Eva A. Scovel, assistant in the
post-oflice, went to Boston Tuesday on
short vacation. She will be the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. +. o. Kimball.
The funeral of Edward Bostwick, who
died in Panton on Tuesday, the 9th, took
place at the Baptist church here on Fri
day, Rev. II. Ii. Sherman officiating.
George Hurlbut of Monkton fell from
load of hay and broke an arm and badly
injured a shoulder. He is brother Of
Samuel Hurlbut, formerly of this city.
The Vergennes Graded school adj
journed over to Thursday last week on
account of the teachers institute at Bris-
tol. Principal Morrill, and Miss Bass at
tended and took part.
Arthur b. Taber was notified Saturday
by telegram of the death of his brother,
Nathan, at Lincoln, Neb., aged about 80.
The remains will be brought to North
Ferrisburgh for interment.
Electric lights, change of the main
track of the railroad with the depot near
the Keller tanEery and soldiers monu-
ment are the three most important things
in the minds of the average citizen.
At the annual election of officers, Tues
day evening, of the st. John Baptist
society, A. Richards was elected presi-
dent; A. Mayhem, vice-president; n. j.
Renaud, secretary; A. Pigeon, treasurer.
The Eben Rider house, occupied by
Moses King and family, near the Walt
ham and New Haven town line, was
burned on Friday evening with contents.
The loss is about $500; insured in the
Continental for about $1,000.
The Vergennes, Waltham, Pantop and
FeTisburgh Detective association met at
thelStevens House on Saturday AMI for
president elected Frank ID. Barton OF
Watham; secretary, Henry Allen OF
Ferrisburgh; treasurer, William wv
Booth of Vergennes; and chief detectives
for each town. The cash in the treasury is
S4s.52.
At the meeting of the stockholders OF
the Vergennes national bank on Tuesday
c. L. Stevens was reelected president
Il. S. Drake of Bristol, vice-president
Andrew Ross. cashier; C. ii. Strong
assistant cashier; dividend declared
semi-annual, "a per cent; the directors