Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-01-18
LOCAL NEWS.

Butter of the best quality brings 20
cents in the local market.
Green Mountain lodge, No. s74,
Knights of Honor, installed its newly
elected officers last evening.
Rev. A. F. Keith preached Sunday
afternoon at the Munger street school
house and Rev. T. G. Thompson at
Brooksville.
Mr.. F. II. Winch on Wednesday sold
his five-years-old stallion Colossus, by
Daniel Lambert, to Mr.. Bessy of West
Enosburgh. 1t is said the price paid
was $1,000.
The list of prudential committee of the
Congregational church as published last
week was wrong. Mr.. A. j. Marshall's
name should have been printed instead
of Mr.. Birds.
Messrs. Danyew and Butterfield are
home from their trip to Canada, where
they went to buy horses. They found
prices high and purchased only three
Mr.. Danyew one and Mr.. Butterfield two.
The third of the s'battle" series of lee
lures at the Y. NJ. c. A. hall will be CIV
en- ron Monday evening next. Prof.
Eaton will speak on the subject, 1.-THE
Greek Army and the Battle of Mara
thon."
There is considerable religious interest
in the towns of New Hayen and Corn
wall and extra meetings are being held
in the Congregational church here by
Rev. A. F. Keith, with encouraging pros
poets.
The junior class of the college intend
| to issue the annual, the Kaleidoscope. -
A. A. Lavery has been elected editor-in-
chief; w. II. Button, j. E. Mead and
l.. H. Ross, assistants, and E. B. Cliff,
business manager. I
The hearing before the railroad COM
missioners in the matter of the death of
John White of Leicester, a freight brake
man killed here in the latter part of De-
cember, will be held at the office of Stew
art & Wilds today.
The fall term of the college opened on
the 10th inst. Hon. Walter E. Howard
has come to town and begun a course of
lectures to the seniors on English histo-
ry. 1t is understood that he will also do
other work for the college.
The third of the charity balls managed
by the ladies comes off at the town hall
tonight. The Howard Opera House
orchestra of Burlington will provide the
music. All who have attended previous
dances of the series are expected to come
to Ibis without further invitation.
/1he senior class at college are taking
time by the forelock and have chosen
these committees for commencement
On music, w. F. Alden; printing, A. E..
Cushman; incidentals, l.. w. Austin.
The class recently reelected its old Off
csrs. They are w. F. Alden, president !;
w. X. Dunton, vice-president; c. X. p.
-Coggswell, secretary; A. E. Cushman,
treasurer and historian; F. F. Douglas,
orator; L. w. Austin, poet. 4
Our announcement last week, that Miss
Cora bingham of West Cornwall had
been hired to take charge of room No. 3
at the Graded school, was trihe pre-
mature. 1t is now the fact, however.
She has five weeks after this to teach in
the district school in Mr.. C. d. Lanes
district, Cornwall; then she will begin
here. Mrs. Boynton will manage No. 3
in the meantime and Miss Eugene Bird
has charge of Mrs. Boynton's room.
The weather yesterday was phenome-
nally mild. Rain fell all the forenoon,
but when the sun came out the air was
as balmy as it is in early May. The frost
is pretty much all out of the ground and
the mud ankle-deep on some of the side
walks. But from Minnesota come reports
of blizzard on Wednesday and we may
get one here before the week is over. In
1861 or '62 it is said that the weather up
to the middle of January was much like
what we have experienced this year
then snow came In great quantities and
staid late.