Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-17
LOCAL NEWS.

The marble mills at Beldens. which
had been shut down since the holidays,
started up on Wednesday.
The next district meeting of the Odd
Fellows is to be held with the local
lodge on the 2lst of February.
The newly elected board of village
trustees will hold its first meeting this
evening at the rooms of the Volunteer
Hose company.
4 special communication ofTUnion
lodge, No. ,. for work on the third de-
gree, will be held this friday evening
at I o'clock, sharp.
Messrs. j. II. and A. l.. Bond have
come here from Port Henry and are
about to open a custom laundry in the
Smith block on Mill street.
Prof. Wright will give the first of the
college course of lectures at the chapel
this evening. His subject will be The
teachers attitude toward poetry
The Hawthorne club met at President
Brainerd's Tuesday evening. 1t will
have its next meeting on Tuesday eve
ming, the 2sth inst, at Prof. EatOn's.
The price of butter varies from - to
20 cents a pound. Eggs have declined
considerably during the past week and
are now worth but Is cents a dozen for
shipment.
The Junior Christian Endeavor of the
Baptist church will hold a tive-cent
social with Alice Gilmour Saturday eve
ming at : o'clock. All children are cord.
tally invited.
The Sanford brothers have bought out
Mr.. Buttertield's livery business and vii
carry it on at the Phelps place. They
will take possession in Il few days. Mr.
Noble Sanford is to nave charge.
The name of Mr.. n. p. Barbour was
omitted from the list of officers of the
Congregational society published last
week. He was elected treasurer ant
also collector of ground and pew rents.
The entertainment given at Mrs. Du.
gald Stewards on Wednesday evening
for the Ladies library drew out "A good
sized crowd, who were very pleasantly
entertained. \ fair sum in profits wa,
realized.
Deputy Grand Master Waite of Hyde
Park installed the new officers of LAX;
DunmOre lodge of odd Fellows on the
evening of Friday, the lOth inst. Fol
lowing the ceremony an enjoyable ban
quet was served.
The newly-elected officers of the
Knights of Honor, a list of whom has
been printed. were installed last Friday
evening by Mr.. +. a. Bond, past dicta
tor of the grand lodge, assisted by DR.
Russell as grand guide.
The weather for the week has been win
try, but not severe. The snowfall O
the 9th inst. was less than two inches
hardly enough for |sleighing, though
sleighs have been used TO a limited eX
tent. Up in the north part of the STATE
there was a heavy snowstorm.
Messrs. f.. p. Cushman and Wallace c
FOOte have formed "A partnership undeI
the firm name Of Cushman & FOOte t
carry on the dry goods business in Bris
tul, where they have bought out tn
store of b. w. Wilcox. Mr.. FoOte viii
90 to Bristol to manage the store. The!
viii begin business neXt Monday.
The steamer kilburn, on which DR.
NJ. ID. Smith of this place and MI
Sprague of Nergennes sailed from New
York, Dee. 1, for South Africa, reached
Cape Town last Sunday. Messrs. Smitl
and Sprague are on the way to the Trans
vaal with a shipment of horses, sheeI
and hogs.
A man name LathrOp, who claimed t
be a commercial traveller, got on tn
l train here Monday afternoon and rode t
New Haven. He had in his pOssessio
one OF Is Central Vermont mileage book
recently stolen from the BrattlebOr
ticket sfflce. lie told the conductor tina
1 he bought the book in Boston.
A series of gospel meetings will b
held at the Baptist church, to begi