Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-01
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LOCAL NEWS.


extensive repairs and improvements on
his home.
Commander Putler of the Grand Army
has appointed Mr.. C. +. Ioutt of the
local post an assistant inspector.
Mr.. Charles Z. Palmer of New Haven
and Miss Katharine McCue were married
on Thursday of last week at the Catholic
parsonage by Rev. FIR. Gelot.
Gov. Woodburys Arbor day procla-
nation. printed elsewhere in this issue,
would have been published last week if
a copy had reached us in time.
The Hawthorne club met with Rev.
and Mrs. A. w. Dickens Tuesday even
ing. The place of the next meeting, two
weeks from that night, has not been de-
termned
The trustees have had surveys made
and are looking into the subject of lay
ing a first-cass sidewalk where needed
between the post-Office and the graded
school building.
Buyers said Monday that they were
paving from II to l3 cents for butter,
one of them giving the price as l cents,
another AS II and "A third as l3. Eggs
sell for 10 cents dozen.
The dancing school which Mr.. Harris
of Burlington has been holding Friday
evenings through the winter at the hall
in the school building closed Friday even
ing last.
The college campus Is undergoing a
thorough cleaning up. The new flag pole
is being put in shape to raise and will be
up and ready for use by Decoration day,
when it is to be dedicated.
The listers have completed the abstract
of the grand list and will hear the COM
plants of those who think themselves
aggreved at the town clerks office at
10 o'clock next Monday morning.
Mr.. Blunenthal. the Hartford, Conn.
horse dealer, bought 20 head of horses
here on Monday and Tuesday and
shipped them home Tuesday night.
lie paid from $50 to $l25 each for them.
Representative Powers has presented
In the house of representatives, the petit
ton of the president and faculty of Mid
dlebury college praying for the adop-
ton of the metric system of weights
and measures.
Rev. V. b. Cushing, the popular and
well-knOwn temperance lecturer of New
England, speak. before union of the
three churches at the Methodist church
Sunday evening at 80 All are cordial
ly invited TO 90 and take their friends.
The listers of Mddlebury have made Il
new departure this year by including IN
the lists all bicycles. which go in under
the head of vehicles. We understand
that the listers of majority of the
towns in the State have adopted similar
course.
l.. T.. Sanders, a soloicr belonging TO
arrested here last Friday by Chief of Po-
lice Cushman and on Saturday an officer
and two men came down and escorted
him back. lie will be tried on the charge
of desertion.
The graded school. which was closed
April 20 because of the prevalence of
measles, will not reopen next Monday,
as many of the pupils are still i'll. 1t
may begin again a week from next Mon
day, but the committee did not feel sure
yesterday that that would be the case.
1t Is understood that the village trus-
tees intend to allow bicycles to be run on
all walks, with the exception of that
from the post-oilice TO the graded school,
unless riders make themselves IA nuiS-
ance, In which case an ordinance similar
to that in force last year will be passed.
There was "a good attendance at the
special service held at the Congregations
al church last Sunday afternoon in
commemoration of the 18th anniversary
of the founding of the order of Odd
Fellows. Rev. \. w. Dickens, the pas
tor, preached an appropriate sermon.
The local lodge was present in body.
The trustees ard the electric company
have had no further talk on the subject
of street lights. The trustees are I'M
derstOod TO take the ground that they
have said all they care to say and that
they will do nothing unless the company
makes some move to reopen negOtia-
tions. In the meantime the oil lamps
are used.
A covenant meeting will be held at the
Baptist church Friday evening, May l,
at 80. All members are requested to
be present. The ordinance of the Lords
supper will be observed after the morn
ing service Sunday, MAY 3. The Chris
tian Endeavor topic will be; "Be of good