Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-03-18

The Cash
LOCAL NEWS.

Eggs are worth Il cent apiece IOr SHIP
ment. Butter sells at 20 to % cents a
pound.
The winter term of the college will
close on Tuesday next and that of the
graded school a week from today.
The 51st annual convention of the Chi
Psi fraternity is to be held at Detroit,
April 6 and Z. Several prominent YER
mont alumni are expected to be present.
The examination of teachers for this
town is appointed for Monday and Tues
day next, as will be seen by County
Examiner Hasseltine's notice in another
column.
The local board of examining surgeons
for pensions find their hands full of
business. Thirteen cases were before
them at their weekly meeting on Wednes-
day.
Rev. &. l.. Leonard of the college
preached for the Methodist people at
the town hall ON Sunday, Rev. Mr..
HeaXt. the pastor, going to Hipton to
conduct services.
1t is now definitely settled that the
meeting of the State Firemen's a%ssocia-
ton will be held here on the goth of June
and the lst of July. The change of
dates has been made to avoid the college
commencement, which ends on Wednes-
day, June 20.
some improvements in the way of kali
somining and painting are being made on
the interior of the court house. The al
teratiOns in the building were completed
so near the time for the opening of the
December term of court that this part of
the work had to be deferred.
MIR. Hunt, the constructor of the tele-
phone company which is to put in an
exchange here, will be in town with his
men the first of next week, probably on
Monday, to begin he work of running
the lines and putting in the instruments
The Nergennes exchange is nearly ready
to do business.
The Undergraduate association of the
college has had its annual meeting and
chosen these editors, whose terms Of
service will begin with the April number
+. II. Brown, '93, editor-in-chief; Ben
jamin Miner, '93, assistant editor-in
chief |. III. LaFluer, '94, j. b. Donoway
'93, w. T.. Clark, '94, III. A. Wicker, '95
and Charles Il. Dunton, '95, assistants.
The committee OIL entertainment of tn,
Y. p. 5. c. +. of the Baptist church viii
give a blue-iay sociable at the home o
Dea. j. b. Benedict on Court street mex
Wednesday evening, March %. All mem
bers and friends of the society are cor
daily requested to be present and assis
in seeking for blue jays, for which prize
will be awarded. Refreshments of frui
will be served. A lO-cent collection viii
be taken.
The Christian Endeavor society of tn,
Congregational church had its semi-an
nual election of officers on Sunday ever
ing and chose these: President, Franl
d.. CcSicy NiCc-pIcsiutut, ITOl. james
secretary and treasurer, w. ii. Button
lookout committee, Misses Jessica Stew
art and |. l.. Robinson and Arthur C
Parkhurst; prayer-meeting committee
Messrs. Button, Grant and Kimball
social committee, Mrs. G.. M. Fletcher
Miss kimball and +. X. Sturtevant.
The prudential committee of the grad
, ed district have bought and had erecte,
at the school building a Brown fire es
cape. Ii is placed at one of the win
dows of the third story on the west side
The cost was 500. The principal con
s~tituent of the machine is a canvas pipe
which runs from the window nearly t
t the ground. The upper end of it cover
l the window when the machine is in DO
sition for action, while the lower ex