Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-08-12
Chapman & Co.
The Cash ClOthiers
LOCAL NEWS.

The village water has been put into
Mr.. Clinton Smiths house, which Mr..
Durham occupies.
Mr.. II. w. Brewster, who has lately
built a piazza on his house and had the
structure repainted, has put in electric
lights.
Mr.. Abram Williamson took to the
Boston market on Monday s cows, sc
calves, 81 hogs, % sheep and 400 lbs. OF
poultry.
The best butter sold fol- 20 cents on
Monday, while Is and 10 cents were paid
for less desirable qualities. Eggs fol
shipment bring II cents.
Mr.. Loren C. Bean of Ripton has been
hired for %ianitor of the college, Mr.. S. r.
Bolton, who has served in that capacity
for a number of years, having resigned.
Henry Hayes SOL William was shot in
the hand the other night while trying to
remove the cartridges from a revolver.
The hammer slipped and the weapon, a
.32-calibre, went of.
The Volunteer Hose Co.. cleared nearly
$50 from their recent dance-enough,
with what citizens had subscribed, to pay
for their new uniforms and leave a dollar
or two in the treasury.
A Loyal Temperance Legion will be
organized Saturday afternoon, the Goth
inst, at 4 o'clock, at the home of Mrs.
Howard Bacon. All children interested
are invited to be present.
The Republican town committee have
decided to call a caucus, for the nomina-
ton of town representative and justices
of the peace, on the evening of the oath
inst. 1t will be at the town hall.
Sneak thieves are reported to be COM
hitting depredations in the village. A
clothes line in the yard of a residence in
the Chapman hill region was relieved of
Its burden by them the other night.
A party of 30 people, mostly residents
of New York and Brooklyn, who are
passing the summer at the new Lake
Dunmore hotel, were in town on Monday
afternoon. They had tea at the Addison
House and drove back to the lake in
the evening.
The village trustees are having a
watering trough put in at the little square
east of the Addison House and in front of
Mr.. p. F. Chapman's residence. 1t is
cut from a solid block of marble, was
bought of the Smith & Brainerd Marble
Co. and was made at their mill in Belden's
Falls.
The choir of the Catholic church was
taken on a boat-ride on Tuesday by
the pastor, Rev. j. NJ. Gelot. They went
by team to Vergennes, where the steam
err Gazelle was boarded. The party pro-
ceeded to Thompson's Point and had
dinner, and the afternoon was passed in
cruising about the lake.
Mr.. Charles Lane, who bought Mr..
Twitchell's place on College hill last
spring, has built a sizeable addition to
the house. which he and Mrs. Lane will
occupy, while his son Brainerd and fam
lily are to have the older portion. The
addition is finished and the whole estab-
lishment has been painted and put in
first-class shape.
The rains of the week have interfered
with the building operations.
The material for the Battell block has
been slow in coming, especially the mar
BILE for the trimming, but a lot of that is
here and now the work will 60 forward
more rapidly. The main floor of DR..
store is down and the frame
will be raised shortly.
There is every prospect of a large
freshman class at the college this fall.
Just how many it will contain is not vet
definitely known, but it is safe to say it
will be a good one. The college build
ings are receiving all necessary repairs
and improvements and will be in readi-
for use when the the term opens on
he Sth of next month. 2
The excursion to Providence island by
way of Burlington, Wednesday, was
we'll patronized, over $50 tickets being
Iold from this station alone. The train
consisted OF IA cars, all of which were