Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-05-05

dents volunteer movement. On Sunday
evening he talked ut the town hall ut a
union meeting of the several Young
peoples societies.
The best dairy butter sold on Monday
at ~ cents and creamery at ~. The
price of butter has fallen during the last
day or two from five to seven cents In
the cities, so that the figures for next
Monday will be reduced by at least that
much here. Eggs sell for 16 cents.
The Maplewood club, recently organ
lied, il in full operation at Its rooms in
the Battel block. The principal attract
ions are reading room, which is sup
piled with II large variety of current
literature, and billiard and pool tables.
! The membership is about 30.
A new bridge has been built over the
Middlebury river at the forge in East
Middebury. Mr. |. l.. Rogers did the
work under the direction of the select
men. The structure is of wood. The
plans we're prepared by Engineer Rows
of Rutland. The old bridge at this point
had become unsafe from long service.
"The Stolen VIII, drama in four
acts, is TO he given at the town hall on
the evening of Thursday next by the
Brandon camp of Sons of Veterans for
the beneft of the local camp. The
scenes of the play are in northern Yer
mont. The synopsis indicates that it is
full of incident and likely to be enter
taiLing.
At the annual meeting of the Volun-
teers of 'SS Hose company, Tuesday eve
ming, the following officers were elected
Foreman, w. c. Foote; 1st assistant,
Geo. Kidder; I'd assistant, viii Noland;
clerk, G. F. Rich; treasurer, L. w. Full
Ter; secretary, Geo. Williamson: dele
gate to State Firemcn's association, Geo
kidder; alternate, VIII holland.
Bishop Z. G. Andrews of New York
will dedicate the new Methodist church
Thursday. the 18th inst. The full pro-
gramme of the dedicatory exercises is
being arranged and will be announced
next week. 1t was at first planned to
have the dedication on the 9th. but the
bishop could not be here on that day;
hence the change of date.
Mr.. George w. Meade of Seattle
Wash, and Miss Caroline w., daughter
of Mrs. George Hawley of South Pleas
ant street, this village, were married at
the home of the bride on Tuesday after
noon, Rev. Thomas Bell officiating. Mr..
Meade was formerly in the employ of
Mr.. II, 5. Benedict. but of late has lived
at Milwaukee, Wis.
Spring is gradually gaining on the
nondescript season which has been pre-
valent for three or four weeks. Ind, ed,
there are indications that it has already
come. Rain has fallen almost every
day for week. The grass in the parks
and lawns about the village is growing
green and the buds on the trees are al
most ready to burst. But it keeps rath-
er cold
The Cuban Giants, who are called the
''champion scientific comic negro base
pail players of America, Will play the
college niue on the college grounds here
on the afternoon of Tuesday next. the
9th inst. The game will be called at 3
o'clock, sharp. These who 90 are GER
tain to be entertained. An admission
fee of % cents will be charged adults
and children - cents.
Letters addressed as follows are at
the pOst-office, unclaimed: John Ahorn,
Ralph Bentley, Edwin Brown, Arthur j.
Caldwell, S. +. Remington, Frank Ken
ney, ii. Luther, John Lattrel, Henry
M. Lee, G. Smith, Edward Shortseeve,
G. Trinsinger. Prof. f.. ID. Taylor. Jo-
seph Warner, DR.. and Mrs. Woodward,
Mrs. Robt. Caswell, Mrs. Mary Grape,
Mrs. Jane Halo, Mrs. Lilly Merrill, Mrs.
Harriet NOland, Mrs. d. b. Seaman.
A barn belonging to the Green Noun
tam Pulp Co. and situated on the hill
just east of the company's mill at the pa
per-mill falls, was Quilted by fire on Fri
day afternoon. Both the village hose
companies went down, taking their hose
carts. On their arrival the fire was out,
the powerful tire-pumps at the mill hav- |
ing proved equal to the demand. Mi |
chael McNulty occupied the premises.
There was small insurance on the |
building. 1t caught from an engine
used for hauling logs out of the stream.
The town was stirred up, shortly be-
fore Z O'Clock Sunday evening, by the
sounding of the tire-alarm. The trouble |
proved to be at Pine hall, Mr.. Bonds |
store. Some one saw steam |
arising from the roof near the chimney,
where the pipe from the boiler of the
heating apparatus opens, and assumed |
that it must be smoke. Both fire COM
panies got out and turned on the water.
only slight damage was doEe. and that
by water, there being no fire except in
the furnace of the boiler.
Chlpman's hill yielded much smoke
and some fire on Sunday. The fire start
ed on the northeast side and was pre-
sumably set by boys out after flowers.
The wind brought the flames southwark.
During the afternoon they had travelled
well down the western slope toward the
houses there. People enough had gath
cred to prevent damage. In the evening
the top of the hill was on fire, so that
the flames could be seen for miles. 1t
was mostly In the grass, however, though
a few of the smaller trees suffered. The
rain which came during the night stop
ped the fire.