Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19
LOCAL NEWS,

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gist. is in town to give lectures and ex-
anime peoples heads.
Russell Grand Army post has secured
the services of Hon. John W. Stewart as
Memorial-day orator this year.
The annual conclave of Mt. Calvary
commandery, Knights Templar, will be
held at O'Clock p. IN. next Wednesday,
the 24th inst.
The last meeting of the ESSAY club for
this season will take place at Mrs. p. F.
Chapman's at / 10 o'clock Friday, April
2G; subject, Shakespeare.
The meat market proprietors are com
PEELED to pay two cents more pound
for beef than they have. and have put up
retail prices to correspond.
Miss L. 4. Goodrich, a sister of Mrs.
j. X. Ford and once teacher in the
local graded school, has opened stock
of millinery in Mr.. Marshall's store.
Bicycles are becoming numerous on
the streets since the weather improved.
Every one who can and some who can
not afford them are buying machines.
Thomas Moran, employed at the
IIuntington's Falls pulp mill, had three
fingers amputattd Tuesday. They had
been caught IN machine and mangled.
The first meeting of the creditors of
William G. Moore. insolvent, was held
at the probate Office Friday. Ira l..
Hamblin of Cornwall was chosen assig-
nee.
The Farmingdale cheese factory down
in the Seeley district, will begin opera
tions for the season next week. The
patronage promises to be considerably
larger than last year
Burlington and Montpelier people are
certain they felt earthquake shocks at
II 30 o'clock Wednesday forenoon. No
one here observed anything of the sort,
so far rs we are informed
Butter of the best quality is worth 10
cents a pound for shipment and eggs II
cents a dozen. Sixteen cents was paid
for butter Monday. but there has been
decline in the price since then.
Local dealers have advanced the price
of kerosene five cents a gallon, owing TO
its increased cost. The wholesale price
went up cent gallon Wednesday and
is likely to take another Jump soon.
Mr.. James Haley has bought of Mr..
Sargent the O'Leary place on Seymour
street. The price is given as $1,000. MIR.
n. Japan has lately purchased of Mr.. w.
ii. Thomas the latter's place on the same
street, and has taken possession.
Rev. Mr.. Noble, the Methodist pastor.
is away at conference, so there Will be
no morning service at that church next
Sunday. The Sunday school will meet
at noon, the young peoples meeting will
be held at 6 80 p. m. and prayer-meet-
ing at : 30.
Mr.. f. L. Temple of Rutland gave a
very fine lecture in the college course
Wednesday evening. His subject was :
''Shakespeare-the man and his art.
Rev. G. w. Perry of Rutland will lecture
i'm the course, on the evening of May 3,
on Petra.
According to Mr.. j. NJ. Peck's rain
gauge. three and quarter inches of
water fell here between Saturday morn
ing and Monday morning. The storm
began Friday night, so that the total
rainfall was quite little more than Mr..
Peck measured.
The high water seriously lnteTfered
with the shipment of live stock to Bos-
ton Monday. Mr.. Williamson under
took TO send only calves, of which he had
80. They went by way of Essex june
ton and the main line of the Central and
did not geS to market till late Wednesday
night.
The customary Good Friday services
were held at the Catholic and Episcopal
churches. The stores were generally
closed. Easter Sunday there were APP
propriate special services at the churches
and handsome displays of flowers. A
pouring rain-storm all day lessened the
attendance to some extent.
The MINISTRIES who appeared at the
town hall Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings under the auspices of st.
Stephen vestry had good houses both
nights and gave satisfactory entertain
ments. The performers belonged in
town with the exception of Messrs.
Fred Dean and Walter Reed, two Boston
commercial men. They are old hands
at the business and added much to the
fun of the thing But all the players
did we'll. After the show Wednesday
night there was an enjoyable dance. the
ladies of the parish furnishing an excel
lent supper for it.
Landlord Higgins of the Pierce
House was the recipient Saturday