Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-30

Twenty cents is the highest price any of
the dealers will own to paying for fine.
A flagstaff has been erected on the
Graded-school building. Mr.. E. r. Clay |
some time since gave flag to the district
on condition that provision be made for
flying it from the school building.
: Landlord Higgins and friend took 10
I lbs. of trout, Friday, and on Wednesday
DIR. Mellen and Mr.. L. F. Farnsworth
caught over 200 of them. Both parties
went up into the mountains east of here.
The funeral of little Lena Russell, who
was drowned in the cistern at her home
on Wednesday night of last week, was
largely attended on Saturday morning,
Rev. Mr.. Cambridge officiating. The
interment was at Cornwall.
A game of base ball between the High
school clubs of Rutland and this town is
advertised to come off at the college cam
pus this afternoon. The college club
left home yesterday for Schenectady,
where they are to play the nine of Union
college today.
Work on the electric light plant goes
forward steadily. The line poles have
been set over good portion of the vii
lage and progress is being made at the
mill. The iron for the new penstock has
come and all the necessary machinery
has been ordered.
Eggs bring II cents dozen in the To-
cal market. The best butter sold for -
cents on Monday, but II cents was the
highest price paid yesterday and buyers
predict that it will go still lower. The
Boston market is glutted, and unless a
demand comes for export prices will in
all probability continue to rule low.
The Democrats held an adjourned eau
Gus at the lower town hall Saturday night
and chose John Higgins, G. c. Peck and
James f. Stapleton delegates to the
=, State convention and Henry Grant, Dan
iel Sawyer and p. Champagne delegates
to the district convention. Both conyen-
tons were held at Burlington yesterday.
e Mrs. James Haley, the president of the
Ladies' Aid society, will open her house
. on Tuesday afternoon, June 3, to the la
| dies of the society, and for the evening a
: general invitation is extended to G.. a. II.
men and Sons of Veterans and their fam
lilies to attend. As this is the first social
:, of the society, a good attendance is looked
! for.
It The pupils of the High school gave a
u pleasing entertainment at the hall on
@ Friday evening. 1t included, besides
singing by the College Glce Club, q
reading by Prof. Wright, piano duets by
Misses Ella Bond and Emelyn Tilden, a
: vocal solo by the younger Mr.. Thomas, a
clarinet solo by Mr.. Hasseltine and some
excellent pantomimes illustrative OF
Bret Harte's "Heathen Chinee" and
other characters.
Captain Montgomery, the recruiting
Il officer for the regular army, finished his
n weeks stay in town yesterday, going
>, hence to Rutland. The men of this re
gion do not seem to banker after military
glory, not II single acceptable man pre-
senting himself. One of the candidates
was all right, except that there was too
much of him. He came from Bridport
\ stood six feet, four and half inches
\ high and weighed 1875 lbs.
" Letters addressed as follows have re
IF manned in the post-otiice one month
Mrs. Joe Bruyear, DR.. and Mrs. G.. w
Copeland, ID. II. Cade, Edwin p. Ed
redge, Thomas Funnel, C. A. Grant, ii
n. Perrins, Rob't w. Rollins, Miss Eli
/. Beardon, Mrs. ii. F. Ellis, Miss ID. A
Lewis, Mrs. A. Il. Marseille, Mrs. Emm
Marseille, Mrs. Ellen Smith, Miss Aft
Swinton, Mrs. Mary Taylor; returne,
from dead letter office, Mrs. Nelli
Stewart.
The Woman's Home Missionary socie
n ty will hold its annual meeting and has
n. ket tea at the parsonage on Tuesday mex
at 3 o'clock p. m. The president, Mrs
Mead, will address the meeting on tn
il" work at Clafln university, and import
ant business Is to be transacted. A
ladies of the congregation are not onl
IN cordially invited, but urged to attend
'h 1t will be remembered that the pledge
taken year ago should be redeemed a
re this time, and it is hoped that any VIII
b. may not have taken pledges will brn
IT. their annual Offering
A Chicago dispatch of Wednesda
er says; "Rev. Frederick Z. Mcleod, fol
" merly of Economy, n. S., was sent to ia
in yesterday for committing the crime c
bigamy. His second wife being at HON
a with sick baby was not disturbed
he though she, too, was found guilty. Nj
d. Leod's lawyer asked to have his clier
admitted to bail pending motion for
nnur trial hut the iudnn said thnt lori