Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-04-15
LOCAL NEWS.

1t Is understood that Mr.. Battell Will
begin work on his new block next Mon
day.
Messrs. L. c. Sturtevant and NJ. S.
Carr will bring here today another car
load of Boston horses.
Butter is considerably lower than last
week, the best selling for Is cents. Eggs |
remain at the old figure, II cents a
dozen.
Mr.. Willburner, the shoemaker, is the
first occupant of the Cobb block. He
has his shop in the south end on the
ground floor.
The potato market has been lively of
late and the shipments made by Mr.. Carr
have been large. The price he pays is %
cents a bushel.
News comes from Boston of the death
in that city last week of James Madigan,
former resident of Middebury, but no
particulars have been received.
The ladies of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union will meet with Mrs.
James Kingsley on Wednesday. April 20,
at 3 o'clock. Gentlemen are invited to
tea at 6.
Mr.. Williamson shipped to the Boston
market on Monday II cows and IS calves,
and on Tuesday Mr.. NJ. 5. Carr shipped
to Hartford, Conn, car of cows, calves
and sheep.
The United Workers will holu social
and apron sale at the rooms next the bank
IN the Addison House on Tuesday even
ing, April 10. An admission fee of ten
cents will be charged.
The creek reached high-water mark the
first of the week, but has already begun
to subside. The road up the east side to
the Three-mle bridge has been overlooked
and impossible for ten days.
Mrs. Ellen Nicholson, an inmate of the
town poor house, was buried from the
church at East Middlebury on Sunday.
There were three funerals one after the
other at that church that afternoon.
Next Sunday evening there will be Il
concert by the Sunday school at the Bap-
fist church. There will be recitations
by the children and good music will be
furnished. All are cordially INVITED to
attend.
The usual union Fast-day services of
the Methodist Baptist and Congregations
al churches will be held this year. They
will be in the Congregational church this
morning, beginning at 10:45 o'clock.
: Rev. +. G.. Lyons, the Baptist pastor,
will preach.
The ball of Camp Tracy, Sons of Vet
Grams. comes at the town hall on Wednes-
= day evening and promises to be largely
attended. The music will be furnished
!, by the Mddlebury orchestra and the
+ members of the Ladies' Aid society will
serve the supper in the lower rooms OF
the hail.
+ Arbutus and other wild flowers arc
! found in the woods. and those who raket
the coverings from their beds of crocus-
ses IA week ago discovered that the flow
! ers were in bloom. The cold winds o.
the last ten days have retarded vegeta-
ton, but it is forward for the season
Notwithstanding.
It The selectmen and bridge committe,
have received the plans and specifications
of the proposed stone bridge from thu
r engineers whom they employed to draw
u them up. They are now in process o
revision by other engineers and whei
completed will form the basis of the adj
vertisments for bids for the erection o
y the bridge.
5 The new telephone exchange here al
!, ready has "a subscribers, with severa
c more in prospect. One of the machine
!, is to be at the depot. The outside wir
!. ing is all done, that inside the building
it Is being put in, and in the course of
Y week or ten days the exchange will b
II in operation. Mr.. Bennett of Bridport
70 who is to build line from his place t.
1t Middlebury, is negotiating for the pole
If and will have them on hand presently
The people of Addison held "A meeting
last Thursday night, at which it was dc
cided to build line at once from Add
son Center to Nergennes. The compan
under whose direction these lines and tn
exchanges here, at Vergennes and else
where are being built has just organized
1t Is to be known as the Northern Telt
phone and Telegraph Co., and its chic
= business will be the organization c
small exchanges and the running c
, cross-country lines between small towns
~ The Republicans met in caucus at tn
lie town hall on Friday evening, pursuar
ne to the call of the town cou
:, mttee, to choose delegates to the Stat
and district conventions. Judge Slad'
n chairman of the committee, called tn
- oounus IN ordar and raad tho notice of /