Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-15

the DOATu OF review vi lue NdtiOHdl
Trotting association the temporary re-
instatement of Mr.. II. c. Potter of Mid
dlebury. owner of the mare Tempest
was continued.
The new Democratic board of eXamin-
ing surgeons for pensions, consisting of
Drs. PilOn of Vergennes, Townsend of
Bridport and Martin of Middlebury, is
doing good business. Meetings are
held regularly every Wednesday at DR..
Martins office.
The stone bridge was finished on Mon
day. The trestle has been removed and
everything Is in readiness for winter.
Mr.. Palmer has the foundations all un-
der both the Union aud the Cobb block,
and Trustee II. w. Hammond has filled
in in front of the latter. Nothing will be
done with with the Dyer block till an
other season.
There is third case of diphtheria in
the household OF Mr.. Duff of High
street, but the disease is in mild form.
The house is quarantined. There are no
other cases of the disease in town so far
as appears. There is, however, much
illness with colds and influenza, or the
grip, which disease prevails all over
this country rs well as in Europe.
The Congregational club of Western
Vermont has been invited to join in the
local celebration of the landing of the
Pilgrims, which will be held on Thurs
day evening of next week. The club
will have meeting of its own at the
church at O'Clock on the afternoon of
that day, when II paper will he read by
its president, Rev. ID. Sage Maekay Of
st. Albans.
Deputy Sherifls Cobb, Hubbard and
Smith raided the Logan House Wednes-
day Mornlng and took therefrom five
barrels of bottled lager and half barrel
of strong liquor. No further proceed
lngs have been had, as two of the prin-
cipal managers of the house disappeared
soon after the officers appeared on the
scene, and they have not been observed
hereabOuts since.
The thaw of Sunday and the subse-
quent freeze.up raised large eXpee-
tations of skating in the minds of the
youngsters. They were partially realiz-
ed on Monday, but the snow which fell
on Tuesday spoiled it all. The icemen,
but they will be able Notwithstanding
its coming to begin in few days the
cutting of ice on the river. The ice is
already OF good thickness and is rapidly
growing thicker.
Th1 promises of an orthodox winter
held forth last week have been fulfilled.
There was let-up on Sunday, but it has
sIuce bsen cold enough in all conscience.
Veracious owners of thermometers said
it was 20 below zero on Wednesday
morning and % TO Is below yesterday.
Whatever the exact figures were, it did
N n
any one that it was cold enough. \
strong wind Tuesday afternoon and ev-
ening carried the cold into houses.
The quality of the butter brought in
for sale these days varies considerably,
and so do the prices, which range from
II to - cents pound. The bulk of the
sales are at about 20 cents, but very
little being worth -. Eggs sell for %
cents for shipment. Potatoes and
onions are both dull at - cents. 1t is
said that the down-country markets are
well supplied with potatoes from Prince
Edwards island and that the stock from
there drives ours out of the market in
spite of the duty of % cents bushel.
Hay brings so to Sll "a ton and the
trade is fairly good,
a notice appeared in this column two
weeks ago of the failure of the Boston
dry-gOOds firm of Lally e Collins, the
junior member of which is Mddlebury
man. At "A meeting of their creditors. the
other day, the firm presented a statement
of the condition of their affairs and sub
mitted proposition for settlement,
which was unanimously accepted. They
will therefore continue in business.
"Some Of the largest creditors vOluntari-
ly offered to take 30 cents in notes in
order to give the members of the firm
every opportunity to get upNn their
feet, says a Boston paper.
Camp a. 5. Tracy, Sons of VeteNQns,
held its annual election on Friday evep-
ing last and chose these officers for the
ensuing year, c. f. Rich, the captain for
two years past, declining reelection
James Hodges, captain; 5. ID. Damon,
LIST lieutenant; ii. G. Powers. Jr. I'd lieu
tenant ;camp council, Clarence Taylor, LIST ;
c. F. Rich. ID: II. C. Powers, 30; dele
gate, Frank Mathew; alternate, Rollin
Mathew; installing officer, Charles F.
Rich. The new officers will be installed
on the evening of January II. The
camp will hold campfire and box So
ciable at the town hall in Ripton this
evening.
Herr Landsberg, the scu ptor sent to
this country by the minister of agricul-
ture of the German empire to make
models of specially meritoriOus ANIMALS,
completed on Wednesday the models OF
Mr.. Joseph Battell's Morgans, Denning
Allen and Columbian Jessie, on which
he had been engaged for two weeks. He
works entirely by the eye, using WAX
made for the purpose, but no tools OF
any consequence. The models when
completed are something more than q
foot long. A plaster mold is made OF
each model, and these molds, not the
models, were taken to Germany by Herr
I.andsberg. who was to have gone tC
New York yesterday and to sail from
that port homeward today. lie is SAID
to be one of the most distinguished
workers in his line in Europe.
Personal MENTION.
| Col. \. A. Fletcher has been in north