Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28

TWO men Injured at uIe quarry dCCluent
in Weybridge on the 10th inst, came
back from the Fletcher hospital in Bur-
lington on Saturday. His face was scalded .
by the steam and cut by particles of flying |
lie says that Henderson, the other man
hurt, who is also in the hospital, is re-
covering rapidly.
Butter is Increasing in value. The fin
est selections sold here this week as high
as % cents, although the ruling figures
were 20 to % cents. Eggs, too, are
worth a cent more, selling for % cents.
Potatoes for shipment bring 30 cents, and
winter apples about 50. The potato and
apple trade is brisk. Hay continues to
sell for $40, if of first-class quality.
a steam pump and a steam hosting
apparatus have been added to the appli-
ances for laying the south pier of the 4
fiver bridge. The pump is used to clear
tout the Golfer dam that has been built
Iaround the site of the abutment and the
holster is connected to the tackle of theh
derrick for handling the stone. The
steam for both machines is furnished
|. from the boiler at the village pump
Nh )use near the bakery.
a shipment of Merino sheep, rams and
ewes, was made from this station the
other day to Boston, whence they will
60 to London and thence to parts un-
known. at least to the public. Messrs.
C. W. Mason of Vergennes, c. r. Wlther-
ell of Cornwall and j. a. Wright of
Middlebury are supposed to be interest
ed in the venture. There were 30 head of
the animals. Messrs. c. w. Sprague of
of Vergennes and Max Kallenback, the
the latter of whom accompanied Mr..
Witherell abroad on his last trip out
with sheep, had charge of the shipment.
The D. X. f. fraternity of the college
initiated Messrs. Long, Wilcox, WATSON
and ISniffen of the freshman class on
Friday evening at their hall and after
wards had a banquet at the Pierce House.
where Landlord Higgins furnished a fine
repast. \ number of the alumni were
present. Mr.. l.. Taylor acted as toast
master and these toasts were given and
responded to: Delta Kappa Epsilon, a.
A. Lavery Alpha Alpha, F. B. Wynne;
The Brotherhood, l. II. LaFleur; The
Standard, F. b. Seeley; The Alumni of
Alpha Alpha, NJ. A. Brooks; The Girls,
II. G.. Megathlin; The Days with ID. X.
E., w. j. Douglass The Plutonian Shore,
+. w. Sniffen.
Trains were disorganized on Monday
by an accident at Pittsford, where,
early IN the forenoon, a hog train ran
into the rear cars of a special freight
train that was too long for the switch.
The big locomotive drawing the hog
train was tipped over and one car of
hogs was wrecked. No one was hurt 1t
was afternoon before the track was clear.
A large derrick, on the way from st.
time during Monday night came into
violent contact with the more northerly
OF the two highway bridges over the
track in this village. The machine was
evidently too high to go under easily,
and its upper end left mark along every
timber on the top of the bridge, besides
disturbing the boards on the ends and
raising the floor a trifle. No great dam
age was done. however.
John Manning, who came from Win
ooski to go to work in Middlebury
blacksmith shop on Monday, could not
resist first seeing the sights of the town,
so on Saturday night he got very drunk
While the worse for liquor he managed
to fall through one of the large windows
: of the REGISTER office, get fine wettng
in the river and roll around in the dirt
till he was tough-looking specimen of
; humanity. The officers jailed him. On
Monday he pleaded guilty to intoXica-
ton before Justice Button, Grand Juror
Button prosecuting. and paid the GUS
tomarv fine. He disclosed on Daniel
Sawyer, whose place of business is in the
basement of the Mcleod block back of
the meat market of Mr.. Johnson Saw
yer confessed to eight first offences and
, appealed. Frank Mcbride was arrested
the same night for intoxication, but,
promising to appear for trial Monday
morning, was not jailed. He owned up
and paid when arraigned on Monday
before Justice Button, and disclosed on
the temporary bartender of the Logan
House, who Dreaded guilty to one first
offence and appealed.