Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-10-20

which was recently vacated by Mr.,
Negus, and will remove his goods there
the last of this month. The store he is
to have is now in process of repair and
alteration to fit it for his business.
Ovid Willburner. who carried on a
boot and shoe making and repairing
business here for several years, died last
week at the home Of sister in Montreal.
where he had been for six weeks. He
had been in failing health for year or
more, the result of disease of the kid
ncys
There was an alarm of fire just before
IS o'clock Monday evening. 1t was
caused by the burning-out of "A chimney
of the Donahue house. south of the High
school building The fremen and
people generally turned out promptly,
but there was nothing in particular to be
done.
Work on the arches of the stone bridge
will soon be finished. The south one
was completed last week and the north
one on Tuesday, while the third is rapid
ly approaching that state. The side
walls are also going up at a good pace.
The stone for the battlements will be
here forthwith.
Those interested will do well to bear
in mind the annual dance of the Volun-
teer Hose company at the town hall this
evening. The Howard Opera House
orchestra of Burlington has been secured
to play for the dancers. The inspection
of the fire department will come at
o'clock this afternoon.
Ivan Kirby of East Middlebury, who
has been working AS a carpenter for Mr..
Ross IN and about the village this sum
mer, undertook to cross the trestle along
side the stone bridge Monday night. He
tripped over a rope and fell some 10 or
20 feet. striking on a pile of stone. \
bad cut on the head was his worst hurt,
though he was quiTe severely bruised.
DR.. Russell attended him.
fire in the low lands mile and a half
south of the village on Friday. |; started
in lot owned by Hon. w. p Nash and
was carried by the wind upon lands
owned by Col. Fletcher, Mr.. c. d. Mead
and Mr.. G.. G. Chapman. The greatest
loss was that occasioned by the burning
of fence owned by these men and the
railroad company. 1t is supposed that
the fire was set by hunters.
figures of last week. The very finest
selections only have been worth % cents
this week, % and "a cents being the
ruling prices. Eggs have gone up and
sell at the stores for u cents dozen
Potatoes are lower. Buyers say they
cannot afford to pay over 10 cents a
bushel for them. Onions continue dull
at 40 cents bushel. Winter apples are
in good demand at S2.75 a barrel for
No. l.
The Domestic and Foreign Missionary
society of New York and the officials of
the local Episcopal parish, who are the
plaintiffs in the suit involving the title
to the property of the late Mrs. Lydia
+. COnroe of this village, have now
brought an action in chancery. The
order of notice, which recites the grounds
of the suit, is printed in another column.
The case as originally brought has been
tried twice IN the county court, each
trial resulting in disagreement of the
jury.
Saturday brought change for the
worse in the weather, the big storm that
made itself felt in the South, along the
Atlantic coast and on the great lakes
manfesting itself here in heavy wind
and numerous showers. Sunday was an
uncomfortable day. too, but by Tuesday
1t had become pleasant again. The
leaves are pretty much gone from the
trees. especially those in the open, but
the grass is still as green as in June. The
first real frost of the season came Mon
day night.
The Elmira Bridge Cos. men are still
engaged in getting ready to erect the
iron railroad bridge over the river here.
They are now laying the track for an
enormous travelling crane, which strad-
dies the track and rises far above it. 1t
will run on rails placed outside those on
which trains run, and it is high enough
and broad enough so that trains can go
right through it. By the aid of this
device the bridge can be erected without
interrupting traffic. Most of the ma
terial for the bridge has arrived. 1t will
weigh about 200 tons when completed.