Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-03
LOCAL NEWS,

Warmer, clear weather is what the
signal service predicted yesterday.
Mr.. Peter Champagne has cleared up
and flooded the ice on the creek just
above the bakery for skating rink.
The members of senior class of the
college and their lady friends were enter
tanned at Prof. Eaton's on Friday eve
ming last.
Col. Tracy, Geo. McCue, c. II. Will
hanson and Walter w. Martin represent
ed Russell Post at the State encampment
in ST. Johnsbury, this week.
Mr.. r.. W. Pitts and his brother-n-law,
Mr.. Hurley Cook of Whiting. have opened
an eating in the rooms in McLeod's
block formerly occupied by Burke & Co.
The annual meeting of the Sheep
Shearing association comes next Wednes-
day. at the Addison House. The notice
of the secretary, printed elsewhere, gives
particulars.
The snow is reported to be from three
to three and "A half feet deep in the woods
in Ripton. The last fall is light and
feathery and does not hinder logging OPP
erations, which are in full progress.
The College Quartette gave concert
at Bridport last Saturday evening and
will appear at Port Henry tonight, their
visit to the latter place having been post
pOned one week on account of the storm.
Peron, the well-known baseball player,
has signed an agreement with the College
Athletic association to come here and
train the boys. He will arrive in town
shortly and at once begin work.
The shooting gallery and billiard saloon
in the Dyer block, run by Mr.. Smell, has
lately been painted, kalsomined and gen.
orally renovated in handsome shape,
holland Bros. doing the work.
The stock exchange has been moved
from rooms over the Earl drugstore to
the front room over Mr.. Clay's store. 1t
is managed now by Mr.. F. W. Worthing-
ton, and appears to do quite business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin O'Connor are
happy over the addition to their family of
fine ten-pound boy. Their little daugh-
ter who had her cOllar-bone broken the
other day by falling from a traverse is
able to attend school again.
Mr.. George Kidder and Miss Emma
! or no oil ia
church on Monday. After the ceremony
there was a gathering of friends at the
home of Mr.. L. kidder, where dancing
and other amusements were INDUCED in.
There were IL births in the village
school district last year, but in no case
were both the parents Americans and
who died in the district, six were over 81
years of age and three between 20 and So
Mr.. Frank w. Atwood is doing an ex-
tensive business in the hay line. He is
buying it all over the county and ship
ping it to the cities. The most of it is
pressed at the farmers barns, Mr.. At
wood having four or FIVE presses in OPP
Grafton.
VIM. l.. Cady has been elected senior
vice commander of Russell Post in place
of E. A. Barney, who resigned; and DR.
Russell was made junior vice commander
to fill the vacancy caused by Mr.. Cady's
promotion, while W. w. Martin succeeds
DIR. Russell as surgeon.
Mr.. Albert Chapman has an elaborate
answer to the Springfield Republican,
recent attack on the wool-growers in
Wednesdays Boston Advertiser, in which
he gives many valuable facts bearing on
the discussion. We haven't room for il
this week, but shall print it next.
John c. Flint, the Hancock burglar
whose case has been so prominently be-
fore the people of the county for the past
three years, was taken to the State pris
on at Windsor on Wednesday by Sheriff
Howard Clark. He was sentenced by
the supreme court last week to six years
at hard labor.
Thursday, Jan. 26, was the day OF
prayer for colleges, and was observed
here by the suspension of the class exer
cses and by appropriate services at the
college chapel. The sermon, very ex
cellent and able one, was preached by