Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-30
LOCAL NEWS,

Mr.. G. f. Towne has leased the Lake
Dunmore House. Salisbury. for the
season.
Seven people went from here to New
York to attend the Grant monument
dedication Tuesday.
The new band stand in the Addison
House park is nearing completion. The
reorganized band is expected to give
open.air concerts during the summer.
The listers have completed the abstract
of the grand list and will meet at the
town clerks Office on Tuesday next to
hear those who feel aggrieved by their
actor.
The contract for erecting the addition
to the Addison House has been awarded
to Mr.. c. w Ross of East Middlebury.
The building is to be ready for occupancy
in June.
A new railroad station IS being built at
Belden's to replace the one burned last
summer. 1t will be of wood and of
about the same size and style as its pre-
decessor.
Mr.. c. c. Glazier of New Bedford,
Mass, has been in town this week look
| ing up maple lumber for a Boston firm
which wants it for making the rims of
bicycle wheels.
Mr.. [. Il. Blumenthal of Hartford,
Conn. was in town Saturday and Mon
day to buy horses. \ large number were
brought in for his inspection, but he pur-
chased only six.
Rev. d. w. Lyman, the retiring pastor,
preached his farwell sermon at the Bap-
fist church Sunday evening. Rev. W.
n. T. Dean will occupy the pulpit next
Sunday morning and evening.
The first base ball game of the season
will be played on the college grounds at
3 80 next Monday afternoon, wheA the
Vermont academy nine of SaXtOn's River
will try conclusions with the college nlne.
The Green Mountain Pulp company's
log drive down the New Haven river is
nearly completed. 1t was unusually
successful this year, the continued rains
keeping the water up to the proper
height.
The Addison County Ministers club
met on Tuesday at Mrs Franklin
Hooker's, Academy street. Eleven
members were present. They held two
sessions and had papers and discussions
relative to their work.
Mr.. c. w. Ross has sold the house on
North Pleasant street which Mr.. James
A. Smith and family have occupied to
Mr.. T. b. Smith of Brandon. 1t is
understood that DR.. and Mrs. w. H..
Kingsley are to reside there.
=, Mr.. VIM. Kyle and Mrs. X. \. Sey-
4 mour were married at the Catholic
church on Sunday by Rev. FIR. Gelot.
They will live at the Ann NJ. Chapman
place on Pleasant street, which Nj. Kyle
recently bought and is repairing. +
John Morcomb, for many years a resi-
dent of the village, died on Sunday at
his home on Academy street. aged -
years. The funeral was attended from
the house at , 80 o'clock Tuesday after
noon, Rev. d. w. Lyman officiating. =
/Mr. B. F. Wales received a telegram
yesterday announcing the death from
Y pneumonia of his older brother. Luther
I A. Wales. of Union Springs, y. Y. The
funeral will be at Mr.. Wales house on
+ Weybridge street at o'clock tomorroW
. Saturday afternoon.
Residents on the west side of the vii
lage who depend upon the old aqueduct
s for their water supply are in trouble
r The pipes have been more or less out OF
:. order all the spring and the managers
have failed as yet to get things into
- shape.
a Rev. Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts of Washing
n ton, d. c., spoke at the Methodist
church Monday under the auspices of The
w. C. 7. T., on The subject of Sabbath
observance. He is a forcible and inter
. esting speaker and we regret that lacl
of space prevents the publication of the
substance Of his remarks.
: In compliance with general orders
from the state headquarters and from
chapter 3, article xiv, of the rules anC
p regulations, as May 80 falls on Sunday
e the preceding day, Saturday, May 20
will be observed by Russell Grand Army
post as Memorial day. The exercises
n will be held in the afternoon.
y Sunday was the hottest April day il
e many years, the mercury getting up to 81
in the shade. Tuesday morning it wa
down to freezing and the snow storm
10 then on, which finally turned to rain, con
70 tinued till Wednesday afternoon, Whel
n. the country became visible the high hill
ID and mountains both east and west wer
white with snow, which is still to be seel
on the higher peaks.
= The members of the senior class of tn
e high school gave a very successful
Is dramatic entertainment at the town hal
rs last Friday evening, when they Pre
d. scented the comedy, "a Scrap of Paper
There was large house and the elias
realized quite profit from their effort
Il. All the actors acquitted themselves wit
great credit. Excellent music was al
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