Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-25

al force Of men has been put to work at
MIR. Fisk's quarry on Isle Ll Motto to
get out and cut the stone. They come
all cut and ready to lay, SO that with
sufficient number of cutters at the quar-
ry the job can go along very rapidly.
Good weather for harvesting was the
rule for the major part of the week up to
Yesterday, when rain set in. The
farmers apparently improved the oppor-
tunity to close up their work, as few of
them were TO be seen in town. Yester-
days rain was unusually heavy. 1t
came in sheets and 1t kept coming for
hours. Several streets in the village were
badly washed. and no doubt the roads all
around suffered.
The water-works pump was stopped
Saturday night in order that the new
crank-shaft might be put in. The job
was not completed till late Monday
afternoon. 1t was done by men from the
shop of the builders of the pump, Lang,
Goodhue & Co. of Burlington. The
crank did not fit perfectly and some
The new piece has longer bearings than
the old one, so that it ought to last a
good while.
Letters with these addresses are at
the post-oflice unclaimed: Mrs. S. II.
Gables, Mis-. Stella l.. Moore, Miss
Kate Pam, Mrs. Frances Phillips, Miss
Julia Tiei ney, Miss Margaret rherbero,
Edward Bolerice, f. c. Barber, Morse
Bolerlce, Ira w. Clark (2), Frank h.
Jones, Louis Perralt, Andrew NJ. Paul,
Modesto Robert (3); returned from
dead-letter office: S. 5. Andrews, j. l..
Hasseltine, Thomas Murdoch, Mrs. Lura
St. John, James NJ. Ward.
Forepaugh's circus, which showed
here on Friday, is not pretentious af-
fair, and there is no reason why it should
be. But what there is of it is good.
The horses, of which there were about
$50, were the chief attraction. There is
no menagerie. A fair number saw the
show in the afternoon, but the evening
attendance was small One or more of
the "shell-game" gentry follow the show.
a Middlebury man who ought to know
better is said to have lost S25 in good
money experimenting with the game.
George Steele was arrested at his
fathers house, Sunday night, by Police
men Cushman and Dickinson, on the
charge of having stolen S9.15 in change
from the coat pocket of Marcus Carr on
the afternoon of that day. Mr.. Carr had
the change to pay for stock and poultry
at his place of business near the freight
depot, where he makes up shipment
every Sunday night to send to Boston
on the early train Monday morning.
about the place. The hearing came of
before Justice Button on Monday,
Judge Slade, grand Juror, appearing fol
the State and j. f. Stapleton, Esq, for
the prisoner. Sufficient evidence to
make case was not produced and the
young man was discharged.
Jerry MorgaE's house on the north
side Of Chipman's hill was burned to the
ground Tuesday afternoon. OF the con.
tents only sewing machine and a few
clothes were saved. 1t is supposed that
the fire caught around the chimney
Mrs. Morgan had been washing all day
and had had a hot fire going. The in.
surance on the house was 800 and on
its contents 5000, through Rutland
agency. Mr. Morgan says the 5000 will
not nearly cover his loss. He was at
work in the village when the fire broke
out and did not know of it till it was all
over. The house was built but few
years ago. Mr.. Morgan has wife and
four small children, who are left in
rather bad condition. He is fixing up
the barn so that they can live in it for a
while till he can secure house.