Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-09

rather irregular in its movements for the
last six months.
Beckwith & Co. are having an iron
roof put on the old stone gas house
In the rear of their store, which they use
for storage purposes.
The "povprty" sociable at Mrs. Rose
mans, Academy street. Wednesday even
ing. for the benefit of st. Stephens, was
well attended and financially successful.
! The foot ball team of the college
freshman class defeated the team of the
Rutland high school at Rutland on Sat
urdav by score of % to l.
/ The lecture room of the Congrega-
tiOnal church is undergoing repairs in
the shape of painting. etc., under the
direction of the ladies Uf the parish.
Mpssrs. Jas. A. Smith and Cushing
Hill are up ut their camp on Long Point
i'm Ferris burgh aud are having great
luck duck shooting. They got II birds
on Wednesday their first day of it.
The Essay club met Monday at Mrs.
McGilton's. Whipple's ESSAY on Sidney
and Raleigh was read 10y Mrs. Dickens
and Miss Agnes Wainwright. The next
4 meeting will take place Nov 10 at Miss
Tildens.
The members of Camp A. 5. Tracy,
| Sons of Veterans. observed the anuiver-
sary of the organic ltion of the camp by
dance at the hall of the Star Hose
co ,panv on Wednesday evening. There
was good attendance.
Phelps Coolihan was arrested on Mon
day for INVESTIGATION. He pleaded guilty
to "A second otlense before Justice Button
on Tuesday and paid the fine of $40 and
! Z a Il
closure have not been completed.
a horse owned by Mr.. Marcus Carr
started up and ran into Mr.. G.. +. Mar
shall's delivery wagon just before noon
yesterday. Mr.. Barton, Mr.. Marshall :
driver, was thrown out, but escaped in
! jury. The croSs-har of the Marshall
wagon was broken.
A transit of Mercury across the suns
disk. visible in this section. will occur
tomorrow. The first transit of Mercury
was observed by Gassendi in 1851. and
since then 81 have taken place. The
planet will appear on the face of the
sun as round black spot
The Washington and Seminary street
sewer is completed and Is in use by resi-
dents along the line. The continuation
of the Court and Cross street sewer from
in front of the Congregational parsonage
down to the river is being laid. The
work on the sewers will soon be finished
for this season.
Butter is worth from Is TO 20 cents
according to quality. Eggs sell at -
cents dozen for shipment Potatoes
are worth 81 cents only, buyers say
while there is no call for onions. The
price of winter apples here is Sl.5O a
barrel. a large quantity Of them mas
been brought in since the cold weather
began.
The village trustees did nothing of
consequence except to pay bills at their
meeting on Tuesday evening. An adj
iournment was taken to Wednesday even
ing to hear what the State board of health
had to say of matters and things here
but as only two members were present
then an adjournment to an indefinite time
was taken.
A hearing was had on Tuesday ana
Wednesday and will be continued today
at the office of Button & Button. before
f. l.. Fish, Esq, of NergenneS, the audi
tor, in the BIidpOrt case of j. II. With
erell vs.. c. O. Howard, an action on book
account. The MeSsrS. Button are cOun-
sci for Mr.. Withrrell and Messrs. Upper
and Slade foi Mr.. Howard.
New members Joining the Ladies'
library between now and Dee. | can have
the use of it from that date till Jan. l.,
1896, or IL months, for the regular
yearly fee of 50. 1t should have been
stated. in the notice of the "eXperience'
meeting last week. that all interested
are invited TO earn a dollar for the in
situation. and to appear at the meeting
aud tell how it was done.
There was pupils recital at Mrs.
McGilton's on Monday, when this pro-
gramme was rendered: Bach-gavOtte
from violin sonata, Miss Dora Ham
mOnd Bach-tugue in c minor. Miss
j, sse Brainerd; Iaydn-andante from
lSt symphony, Miss IIeloise Brainerd :;
Beethoven-r Turkish march, Misses
Maud Melen and Jessie Branerd Loes-
chorn-etude, Miss Alice Brainerd.
The Central Vermont advertises an eX-
curslon to Montreal on Wednesday next
from Rutland and stations north to and
including Shelburn. Tickets for the
round "Trip will cost 81 80. \ special
train will be run to Montreal that morn
ing, leaving Rutland at o'clock, reach
ing Middlebury at 6.l9 and Montreal at
ll.25 a. IN. Returning, the special will
leave Montreal at p. m EXcursionists
can 90 on the special or on any regular
train of Wednesday, and they need not
come back till Friday unless they choose.
The storm and blizzard that was gem
eral all over New England and the Mid
die States on Monday and Tuesday did
not slight this region. Snow tell both
days and the wind blew sufficiently hard
for all practical purposes. About two
inches of snow was left on the ground
and the fields are still white with it.
Yesterday morning the thermometer
stood only 10 degrees above zero. but it
warmed up somewhat during the day.
Those who are wise about the weather
predict that we shall yet have many
warm and pleasant days before winter
comes for good.
The third of the series of three games
between the foot ball teams of the local
college and the university of Vermont
will be played on the fair ground at Yer