Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-30
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LOCAL NEWS.

The county Jail is without occupants
save Jailer Cobb and his family.
The appearance of the barns at the
Porter place, on the Cornwall road, has
been much improved recently by a coat
of paint.
Work on the steps and walks about the
Congregational church has progressed
somewhat this week. Mr.. Judd is getting
out the stone required to finish up the
job.
New floors are going down in two of
the rooms at the Graded school building
and other preparations are making for the
coming term, which will open week
from Monday.
The recent heavy failures in the wool
trade at Boston have brought business to
standstill. Local buyers, who were
hard at work year ago now, are doing
next to nothing.
The Central Vermont management
announce that on and after September
baggage must be at this and other large
stations on its lines ten minutes before
the arrival of the train on which it is to
60 out.
Butter is a trihe higher, or it is of
better quality at any rate, larger pro-
portion of the offerings brought IA cents
this week than last a good deal, how
ever, sold for u and 10 cents. Eggs for
shipment bring Is cents.
The campmeeting at Spring Grove
took large numbers from this place, es-
pecially on Sunday, when the town
seemed almost deserted. Services were
held at the Methodist church, though.
and were well attended.
A business meeting of the w. c. L. T.,
for the purpose of appointing delegates
to the annual convention at Burlington,
Sept. Is, 10 and 20, will be held in the
lecture room of the Methodist church,
Wednesday, Sept. 3, promptly at p. m.
I Mrs. Wheeler, wife of Rev. Charles II.
Wheeler of Providence, r. l., and mother
of Principal Wheeler, died suddenly at
the Addison House yesterday forenoon.
Principal Wheeler left last night for
Providence to make arrangements for the
burial.
Letters addressed as follows have re-
manned at the post-office one month I'M
called-for: Miss Julia Ash, Norman j.
Atwood, Alex Burgess, 5. X. Brimmer,
James B. Bird, Nelson Gotta, Charles L.
Doud, Mrs. S. S. Coray,M. L. Grey, Harry
Cushing Hill, S. E. Morse. Mrs. F. f.
Warrington, F. f. Worthington.
Y}Mr. V. V. Clay, an aged and lifelong
resident of this village, died at his home
on Court street Tuesday evening. His
age was - years. He had been in feeble
health for years and during the past
three months has failed rapidly, not so
fast, however, as to lead his friends to
expect that the end would come as speed
lily as it did. The funeral will be attend
ed from the house at l o'clock this
afternoon. The remains will be taken
to New Haven Mills for intermenu.
The street sprinkler was out on Friday
for the first time in many weeks, but its
services are now required daily. The
water in the creek is steadily falling
Farmers find that the heavy rains through
the summer have compacted the earth,
particularly on clay soils, and that it is al
most impossible to pillow. Those farmers
along Otter Creek and the Lemon Fair
are not sorry to see dry weather, as il
enables them to cut their low meadows,
some of which have been overlooked two
and three times during the season.
Mr.. Chas. A. Rogers, Boston CAPT
talist and friend of Mr.. Fowle, owner
of the cotton-mill property, was in town
last week 10 look over the several quar-
ries out east and ascertain, if possible
whether it would pay him and other
Boston men of means to work them. He
had reached no decision ON this point
when he left for home. He was, how
ever, very decidedly of the opinion that
in the event of the quarries or any one OF
them being operated, mill would be
built close by 1t rather than bring the
marble here to be sawn..