Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-12-18
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LOCAL NEWS.


A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
II. Sanderson on Saturday.
DR.. Martin has had his house and DR..
Sheldon's store connected by a private
telephone line.
The Interior woodwork of Mr. Sterns'
drug store in the Brewster block has
been reprinted.
Mr.. Bundy, the express agent, has
just had the interior of his Office bright
ened up by coat of paint.
The graded school will close today
for vacation of two weeks. The win
ter term will open Monday, Jan. 4.
Mr.. Charles d. Lane of this village
has been chosen assignee of the estate OF
Mr.. II. E. Sanford of West Cornwall In
solvent a
Il Mr.. Charles F. Rich and Miss Mary Z L
Fales, both of Middebury, were married.
Rt the Methodist parsonage on TuesdayI
by Rev. j. G. Gooding.
We send out with this weeks paper
supplement containing the public acts of
the last Legislature. 1t will be seen from
act No. 1872 that improvements on the
Addison county court house have been
authorized.
The Baptist Sunday school is making
arrangements for quite varied pro-
gramme for Christmas eve. Miss Mamie
Tobin of the New York school of Ex-
preston has kindly consented to assist
in the programme.
Prof. Brainerd Kellogg of the Poly
technic institute, Brooklyn, N. Y, will
give lecture at the college chapel to-
morrow Saturday evening at 80
o'clock on Edmund Burke, the orator."
His friends and the friends of the col
lege are invited.
cold wave arrived Monday morn
ing, but not specially severe one.
From Monday night till well into Tues
day night the wind blew a hurricane,
the accompaniment of a cyclone that
ragged along the Atlantic coast all the
first of the week.
The price of butter varies considerably
owing to the fact that the offerings are
of all qualities. The best winter is
quoted at - cents. Eggs still sell for %
cents dozen, though the price in the
city markets has fallen seven cents a
dozen within a few days.
There will be no services at the Bap-
fist church next Sunday except Sunday
school and the Endeavor meeting. The
Endeavor topic is Joys that were born
into the world with Christ; reference.
Luke 2:S-20; leader, r. S. Benedict;
leader of the Juniors, Phil. Crane.
The fourth entertainment OF the Bap-
fist c. +. lecture course has been post
poned from the 18th until after New
Years. Rev. c. B. Atwood of White
hall, who is to give the lecture. entitled
1.-The soldier and citizen, announces
that the lecture Will be of especial in
teTest 10 veterans.
A young son of Joseph Forrest was
run over Wednesday night by heavy
wagon near the home of the family on
Weyhridge street and had leg broken.
The driver of the team either did not
know or did not care what had happened
and kept on his way. The boy was
found near Mr.. Youtt's house by some
of the family and taken home, where DR..
Russell attended him.
1t is believed that the thief who broke
into the Sanford drug store last week
Is the same man who operated later in
Vergennes. The officers have been
looking into the matter and find that
man having on an overcoat exactly like
that stolen from Mr. Sanford crossed
the lake from Charlotte to Essex, n. Y,
the next day after the Vergennes burg
ioi lNo' -NO bloNN VI nm has SluSC DNtI
obtained.
Mr.. Charles II. Williamson had an
ankle broken in bad shape Tuesday
afternoon in driving accident. He had
a young horse on a light wagon and was
on the East Middlebury road near Mr..
Branch's, a mile east of the village,
when his horse was frightened by the
tapping of blanket on a horse hitched
by the roadside. Mr.. Williamson was
thrown out upon the frozen ground.
His horse was speedily caught and did
no further damage.
The Baptist, Congregational and
Methodist churches will next Sunday
hold two union services IN the interest of
the Vermont Bible society. The morn
ing service will be in the Congregational
church, and the evening service in the
Methodist church. Mr.. Elliott, secTe-
tary of the society, viii address both meet
ings. Those who wish to contribute to
this undenominational State work will
have opportunity to do so. All are
cordially invited TO attend the services.
The work on the new iron railroad
bridge over the New Haven river at
Brooksville was practically finished last
Sunday. The bridge is of the lattice
girder deck pattern and was made and
erected by the Edge Moor bridge works
of Edge Moor, Del. 1t is In two spans,