Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-03-18
QUEER CHAP N AN.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.


George Danyew of Bratteboro was in
town on Wednesday.
David Duquette of Vergennes was in
town on business Wednesday.
Mrs. Nellie Taylor of Ticonderoga is
visiting at H. G. Langworthy's.
Miss Mary Gee left last week for New
York on her regular business trip.
The green ribbon army was out in full
force yeterday in honor of st. Patrick.
The river has risen to within a few
inches of the high-water mark of last
July.
Elmer Barnum has been appointed to
be postmaster at Shoreham vice c. B
Kendall.
The asphalt paving of Main street was
yesterday cleared of its winters coating
of mud.
Mrs. w. II. Button left Wednesday for
Washington, ID. c., to visit her son, w.
H. Button.
f. r Stone will manage the opera
house for another year, having renewed
his lease of same.
The Hawthorne club will meet at Bat
tell hall with Mrs. Chas. Brainerd next
Tuesday evening.
Miss Katherine Brainerd of ST. Adams
reached here Tuesday to visit with
friends and relatives.
Mrs. F. A. Bond returns tomorrow from
HOlyolle, Mass, where she has been for
the past two months.
Harold, the young son of MIR. and
Mrs Caleb Nutting, is quite ill at their
home on Cross street.
Joseph Battell reached home Wednes-
day morning from Washington, d. c.,
where he has spent the winter.
County Examiner Boyce finished his
examinations at Middlebury last week.
He has had G4 candidates up to date.
The pension board held a meeting in
this village on Wednesday and six vet
Grams of the civil war were examined.
The Fortnightly club will meet Mon
day at 3 40 o'clock with Mrs. Bristol;
composers, Mendelssohn and Thome.
A number of the girls belonging to the
Sunday school were pleasantly entertain
ed last Saturday afternoon by Miss Mary
Phelps.
S. d. Surprise of the REGISTERS force
steps little high these days all on ac-
count of the arrival at his home on Sun
day last of daughter.
Tonight Hon. John w. Stewart will
give the last lecture of the series in
American history in the Ladies' library.
The lecture will begin at o'clock.
The thawing out of water main on
Main street last Saturday by the use of
steam generator was source of con.
siderable interest to loungers.
The young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. Liberty, who had been i'll with typhoid
fever and partially recovered, has had
relapse and is now critically i'll.
The robin has put in an appearar cp /;
he has been heard and seen by persons of
unimpeachable veracity. We may there
fore conclude that spring is upon us.
Professor Burt is to give a lecture be-
fore the Massachusetts Horticultural
society in Boston on Saturday on 1.-The
Resistanceof Plants to Parasitic Fungi"
The announcement is made of the
arrival of son and heir at the home of
W. b. Mills, now of Rutland. The
young man was born Tuesday, the
Sth inst.
In last weeks paper the headlines of
the account of A. p. Tupper's death gave
the cause as apopleXy. The cause was
neuralgia of the heart as stated in the
body of the article.
There isn't much time between now
and April for dog-owners to call at the
captains office and deposit a dollar. 1t
will take two of them to liquidate the
assessment after that date.
William Fales died last Sunday after
noon at his home on Case street. He
was only 80 years of age. The funeral
took place on Tuesday and interment
was made at the Case street cemetery.
Letters with the following addresses
are at the post office unclaimed Id.
Batehelder (2), Johnny Blair, Lennia
Blair, DR.. Geo. b. Coon ~, Geo. L.
-Congdon, r. d. Gordon, r. w. Wenton.
Mrs. c. w. Earl has been critically mi
the past week. On Washlngton's birth
day she became the mother of a fine boy.
A coincidence of the event was the fact
of the day being the anniversary of the
fathers birth. \
The death of Mrs. Chuncey Branch
occurred on Tuesday morning, the imme-
diate cause being pneumonia. The
funeral took place yesterday afternoon,
Rev. Mr.. Gooding officiating. Mrs.
Branch leaves a husband and son, Chas.
+. Pinney.
Pine Hall is undergoing a general
renovation, the ceiling receiving a new
coat of paint and other furnishing up
being done. This is in honor of the new