Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-17

CuTGeu Wille lHc TRAM was eWltClllHS, u
stake used in the operation slipping and
allowing his brother to fall between the
tender and a car.
1t is no wonder the farmers are hard
up when one considers the amoun of
grain they buy. During the year ended
Oct. 0, Mr.. +. w. Atwood sold 7G car
loads of 10 tons each, or 1910 tons al
together. During the same period he
shipped from various stations on the
Central Vermont road PIG cars of hay
and straw and l6 cars of potatoes.
The concert by the Madam Fry Co.,
at the town hall on Friday night, was of
excellent quality and gave universal
satisfaction. The rain storm which
came up in the afternoon and continued
through the evening kept many away,
so that Union Lodge, f. & A.. NJ, who
got up the entertainment, did not realize
the profit they ought to have had for
their pains.
a new timetable went into effect on
the railroad on Sunday last. The early
morning train is nine minutes later
3 rs instead of 1899; and the afternoon
mail is % minutes later ) % instead of
3. The evening mixed south goes at
$ 20, one minute later than before. and
the night express at 8 81 instead of 1910.
The times of other passenger trains
remain unchanged.
ON Wednesday Mr.. Fleming put up the
stove at his store in the Cobb block, and
when a fine vas lighted towards evening
a tremendous lot of smoke appeared in
the block. some of the occupants we're
considerably ratified before it was discov-
cred that the cause of the trouble was
not a fire, as was feared, but Il stoppage
of the stove-pipe with SCOT, causing the
smoke from the stove to 90 everywhere
except up the chimney. No alarm was
sounded.
Last week we printed the following
from a st. Adams paper and said no
Middlebury men were interested at
is rumored that parties from Middle
bury will convert the building lately
occupied by j. Ii. Follansbee, corner of
Hoyt and Foundry streets, into a blind,
sash and door factory 1t turns out
that the purchasers of the property are
Messrs. Austin Peck & Son of East
Middlebury. who will open up business
at st. Adams in the spring. There is no
sash and blind factory nearer than Bur-
lington, so they think a good business
can be built up.
The water-worhS business is settled to
all intents and purposes. At meeting
of the water committee on Saturday
morning last Messrs. WIlds, Calhoun and
Clinton Smith were made IA sub-commit-
tee and directed to at once close IA con-
tract with Mr.. Lang for the works com
plete. Mr.. Lang is finishing up the
specifications and when tIey are done to
the satisfaction of the subcommittee the
contract will be signed. The price of
pipe is likely to advance II day, and it
was the opinion of the committee that UNI
less "A contract were made right away the
advance might be so great as to prevent
the construction of the works for the sum
which the village has voted.
Some fellow is trying to do the burglar
act in this community, but he is IA sorry
bungler. He first made his appearance
at the house of Mrs. Hawley on Pleasant
| Strnpt snupnthinn mana tlnn o ,.on1- u,r,
He had II dark lantern, with which he
succeeded in waking up the household,
whereupon he ran out the back door.
through which it is supposed he gained
All entrance. On Friday morning last he
was mex heard of. This time he was on
top of the addition to Mr.. G.. f. Marsh
alls house, walking on the tin roof. lie
obediently complied with the request of
Mrs. Marshall, who was awakened by
the rafting on the roof and commanded
him to get down. He repeated the per-
Torrance Sunday morning, when sub
stantially the same programme was car
ricd out. Both visits were about 3
o'clock a. m.
Among the recent additions to the oc
cupants of the Jail is John Doyle. lie
was formerly of Orwell, but has recently
worked for Mr.. W. w. Moore of Shore
ham. He married on the 18th of last
July Miss Alice Hobart of Bridport, a
girl of prepossessing appearance and Is
years of age. Doyle represented to her
that he had never been married and that
he had considerable property. His wealth
turned out to be wholly imaginary. 1t
was also presently discovered by the
bride that Doyle had previously been
married to Carrie Bissette of Pittsford
and that during his married life with her
he had been convicted of adultery, for
which crime he had served a term of one
year in the State prison at Windsor. At
the last April term of the Rutland cOun-
ty court his former wife obtained a di-