Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-18

There was sharp fall in the tenpera-
ture on Saturday. The mercury got up
to % above on Friday, but by Monday
morning it was down to SO. There was
no storm here when the change came,
but over the mountain and across the
line in New Hampshire heavy rains fell,
accompanied by much lightning.
The new crank for the water-works
pump is here, but all the fittings have
not come. The rest of them are expected
today or tomorrow. The present inten-
ton of the water. works managers is to
shut down Saturday night for about 36
hours and have the crank put in then.
Something may happen to prevent carry
ing out this plan, but the chances are
that it will be followed.
Things have gone forward rapidly at
the stone bridge in the village during
the last week. The piers are all done.
One set of forms, those for the south
arch, are In, and the rest are being
placed in position, The towns derrick,
which has stood for year in Main
street, for use in handling stone brought
from the Weybridge quarry, has been
moved to the south end of the bridge
and set up, making in all four derrcks on
the ground.
w. II. Holden and Miss Iva NJ. circuit,
both residents of the village, eloped on
the early train Monday morning. They
went to Burlington, where they were
arrested that forenoon by Burlington
officer at the request Of Chief of Police
Cushman of Mddlebury. Officer P. T.
Gulley went to the city on the afternoon
train and brought them down that night.
The charge against him was that of
stealing dresses and other wearing
apparel belonging to the girl. A hearing
was had before Justice Button on Tues
day and the matter settled up, the girls
grandfather. who swore out the warrant,
paying the costs.
The Middlebury bank. like the rest of
the banks in the State, has found it
necessary, by reason of the scarcity of
currency. to decline to cash checks on
other banks or to pay out cash for New
York or Boston drafts. Currency is to be
had in the citics-the usual sources of
supply-only by paying about , per
cent premium, and of course the banks
cannot afford to do that simply to &C.
cOmmodate their customers by paying
other banks checks and drafts. The
payment of these outside checks and
drafts is a matter of courtesy anyway
even in times when currency is plentiful
and used TO be charged for. OF late
however, most banks have collected
them without charge, till the public
had come to suppose it was something
banks were obliged to do.
The business of the probate court anC
of Mr.. Eldredge, the college treasurer
was at standstill yesterday by reason
of their and everyone else's Inability t
open the vault in the office. The stlcl
was in the big outside door of the vault
which utterly refused to open. 1t was
shut as usual on Wednesday night, bu
was not locked. There are two sets Of
doors to the vault, and inside the vault /:
a heavy safe in which the college val
uables are kept. In the vault itself are
only records and papers, none o
which any one could possibly want t
steal. So the inner iron doors only ar,
locked, the outside door being simpl!
closed and latched so as to afford adj
ditional protection in case of fire
Yesterday morning this latter stucl
tight and no amount of working tn
combination lock on 1t would induce
it to bulge. An expert was sum
moned here from Boston by telegraph
and will probably arrive this morning.