Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-04-06
LOCAL NEWS,

church was S2l0.
The spring term of the graded school
opened on Monday with full attendance
in all the rooms.
Carl Guptil has bought of MIR. Farr of
East Mlddlebury the stage route from
here to Bread Loaf and began work on
Wednesday.
Mr.. John w. Martin has purchased of
Mr.. Orlando Wooster of Rutland his
house on South Pleasant street. The con-
sideration is not stated.
This being Fast day, the bank and most
of the stores will be closed. The post
Office will be open only from to 10 "a. M
and from to 6 p. III.
The usual Fast-dav union service will
be held today at 40 o'clock. 1t will
be in the Methodist church, and Rev. f..
G. Lyons will give the sermon.
The Hawthorne club met on Tuesday
evening with Prof. and Mrs. McGiIton.
The next meeting will come on the
evening of the l7th inst. and will be at
the home of Rufus Wainwright, Esq. ,
t The young mems boarding hall at the
college has not been opened this term. SO
many of the students boarded IN private
families that those " no were left did not
find it profitable to keep the hall in ope-
ration.
Mr.. Thomas, the Court street wheel
wright, had two fingers of his right
hand mangled while using planer at
the mill of Smith & Piper o. Wednesday.
DIR. Martin took of "A part of the first and
second fingers.
The funeral of Mrs. Peter Guinette. of
In, 4 10,
is elsewhere made. was attended from
the Catholic church here Wednesday
morning. The intermeut was in the
Catholic cemetery.
The price of butter is falling, the
best selling this week for Is cents as
against 20 cents week ago ana - cents
year ago. Eggs are still down to ten
cents dozen, and there is no immediate
prospect of a rise.
4 special communication of Union
Lodge. No. ,, will he held on Monday
evening, April 9. There will be work
on the f. y. degree. All members of
the order are requested to be present
promptly at o'clock.
Russell Grand Army post is to celc-
brate The anniversary of Lees surrender
by a box sociable and dance at their
hall in the Smith block on the evening of
Wednesday. the 18th inst. An enjoyable
occasion is anticipated.
The stores which have been closed every
evening in the week except Saturday since
the beginning of winter began this week
to keep open. The usual arrangement
among the most of the merchants COR
closing Wednesday evening will be con-
tinued.
The meeting of the West Cemetery as
ISOLATION that was to have been held last
night was postponed to the evening of
Thursday, the 18th inst, the first notice
not having been correctly given. II will
be at the Office of the clerk, Mr.. II. l..
Sheldon.
George Merritt of Shoreham was ar
rested at his home on Thursday by
Deputy Sheriff III. g. Hubbard of Orwell,
who brought him here on Friday and
placed him IN Jail. He was indicted at
the last December term of the county
court for bigamy.
The listers began on Monday their an
nual task of looking up polls and proper
ty for taxation. Mr.. Oliver Severance is
doing the work IN the village. This is
the year for the quadrennial appraisal of
real estate, but the new appraisal does
not affect tins years list.
"A stock company has been organized
in the Seeley district to build and run a
in readiness for use about Nav |. Mr..
Frank Rowe. who has been in similar
business in CastletOn for several sum.
mers, will manage the factory.
One hundred and twenty-five of the
numerous dogs in tom had been regis
tered by Town Clerk Brooks up to Satur-
day night. The listers are taking cen
sus of the dog population, which. when
compared with the town clerks book of
] censes, will show who has and who has
| OF complied with the law.
Mr.. j. B. Cobb. the leader is getting
his band into shape for the season and
will have larger and better Organiza-
ton than ever. There will be fair at
the town hall in May for the purpose of
raising funds wherewith to purchase
new uniforms for the members, the old
uniforms having become too much worn
to be presentable.
The weather of the last week has been
cold and raw for the most part. The
ground was white with snow on We'd
nesday, but before night rain began fall
ing. esterday 1t was still cloudy, but
colder. Although March was phenome-
nally warm and pleasant, the mercury
got down to freezing or below on y
days of 1t.
Middlebury sent a considerable dele
cation of members of the Masonic fra
ternty to Brandon on Tuesday evening
to attend a meeting OF Mobiles OF the
Mystic Shrine. Members from Mont
peler and other places in the State were
also there Not the least attractive
feature of the gathering was banquet
aIHotel Brandon.
Fires set by sparks from locomotives
did some damage on Tuesday hereabouts.
There was small cOnilagratIon in the
grass back of Mr.. Kidder's shop, but
it was watched and kept within hounds
and did no harm. A larger fire in the
lots south of the village destroyed con-
10 ha ,,fN