Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23

The ladies have arranged to hold one
of their charity balls at the town hall on
the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 4. The
Howard Opera House orchestra of Bur-
lington will furnish the music and the
ladies the supper a large party is ex-
pected, as this will be their last dance
before Lent.
Rev. A. Macgeorge, State evangelist,
has been conducting series of special |
meetings at the Baptist church. lie will
preach there this (Friday) evening and
on Sunday night. In spite of the in
clement weather, the meetings have been
quite well attended, and some interest
has been developed.
A regular January thaw set in on
Wednesday. During the night it began
to rain and kept at it all day yesterday.
The roads are worse than eyer in spots,
where the track was over deep drifts.
These have softened and let the horses
feet through There were symptoms of
change in the wind last night.
The Indian outbreak has given rise to
lot of nicknames of local celebrities,
some of which are very fairly descriptive
of the leading characteristics of their I'M
willing possessors. "Big Medicine Man
Always Dry, "Sittng Barrel'' "He Dog
Afraid of the Bake shop, "Little Man
Afraid of the Stairs, are some of them.
The evening trains south on Monday
evening were quite late because of an
accident at Shelburn. The engine of a
pig train jumped the track and three cars
followed it, blocking traffic till after 0
o'clock in the evening. The cowcatcher
of the derailed engine ploughed into the
banking of tenement standing close by
the track.
The suspension of the American ma
tional bank of Kansas City, Mo-, which
was announced in Tuesday mornings
papers. is of local interest from the fact
that its president was Mr.. II. p. Stimson,
who graduated at the college in the class
of II. The capital of the bank was ST.
900. 1t does not look as if the failure
would prove bad one.
Forty-two head of sheep destined for
the Australian market were shipped from
this station to New York Tuesday morn
ing. They belong to Messrs. j. A. Wright
of this village and j. c. S. Hamilton of
Bridport. The latter will accompany
the shipment through to Sydney, New
South Wales. 1t was the plan to leave
New York for London tomorrow on
National line steamer Mr.. Wright went
as far rs New York.
Letters addressed as follows have re-
manned one month at the post office not
called for Moses J. BOudry, William
Boutelle, F. Carmody, Mr.. c. Gilbert,
Sem Grosman, Thomas Hogan, Jas. c.
Kirby, Mr.. a. Revint, James Shields,
Narcisse Trembly, DR.. 7. c. Tredeau CD,
Miss Flora G. Foote, Miss Annie A.
Gould, Mrs. Emma c. Newell, Miss Grace
Roscoe, Mrs. Joseph Seanit; returned
from dead letter office, c. NJ. Jenny.
Rev. DR.. Seaver conducted service al
the Congregational church last Sunday
He will continue to preach there, with
the possible exception of one Sunday in
March, till April /. Then, or about tina
time, Rev. DR.. George N. Weber, who
has accepted call to the pastorate o.
the church, will begin his term of ser
vice. He will bring his family here anC
settle down to stay for year at least
ha oh lie m no
having secured so able pastor.
The illustrated lecture by Mr.. hobart!
Harper at the town hall tonight viii
without question be a fine thing. Tn,
New York Herald says of him: "Th
entertainment given by Mr.. hobart
Harper of London, at Niblo's Gardel
theatre last evening, proved, in the III
. sense of the words, a genuine success
- The rolling views are really admirable
and no less interesting in its way is Mr.
Harper's explanatory lecture. Not tina
everything Mr.. Harper said was positive
ly new, but his manner of saying things is
The audience was thoroughly pleased.
=. Tickets are on sale at Sterns.
The most severe storm of the season
came on Sunday. 1t showed hard al
k day, with the exception of an hour or s.
h in the afternoon, and the wind blew
t hurricane. 1t was, altogether, as BAT
a day as is often seen. The snow cease,
e in the evening, but the wind kept up al
t night. The roads were filled in man.
e places to the tops of the fences, and 1t wa
Monday night before all the sidewalks o
o the village could be cleared. Mr.. Bing
ham, the stage driver from West Corn
q wall, did not get into town till noon, an,
then only by much taking down of fence
and shoveling, while it was nearly nigh
;, when the Bridport stage made its ap
:. pearance. The services at the loca
= churches were but SHINY attended Sunda,
morning. In the evening no attempt wa
. made to get the people out to the Con