Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-31

by preparing a banquet for the members
and their guests at the Logan House.
Rev. G. w. Perry of North Chester
will give the second of the college lee
lures at the chapel this evening. 1t
will begin at 80 o'clock. His subject
will be "Beautifu and historic Cham
plaln," and the lecture will be fully Illus
trated. Prof. Brainerd Kellogg of Brook
lyn will give a lecture in the course Satur-
day evening, Feb. 10. He will talk of
James Russell Lowell.
Randolph has a steel range case of
local interest The defendants are the
st. Louis concern which did business in
this county last fall and its agent, r. A.
Dean, who was once a photographer
here, and the plaintiffs are Randolph
people to whom ranges were sold. The
defendants submitted to Judgment in
the Justice court and appealed to the
county court, so that the cause of the
plaintiffs unhappiness has not come out.
Messrs. Allan Calhoun, VIM. jackson,
DR.. Melen and Prof. BOyce, the subcOm-
mittee deputed by the trustees and stone
crusher committee to visit Shelburne
Farms and Burlington and see what had
been done there in the direction Of max
ing stone roads, went up to Shelburne
| Wednesday morning and to Burlington
that afternoon. They found in Mr.. A.
/ Taylor. DIR. Webb's manager, a very
competent and courteous adviser. who
gave them much sound and valuable in
formation.
There was "A meeting of the alumni of
| Middlebury college at the parlors of the
Nicollet House, Minneapolis, Mimi, Mon
day evening, January 20. to organize a
] Middlahnrv G'nllaua A lnpnni agGnpia fiOn
for the northwestern States. Officers
were elected as follows: President, AL
bee Smith of Minneapolis vice-presl'
dent, Dr. II. :. Baker of st. Paul secre.
tary, Hazen NJ. Parker of Minneapolis A;
executive committee, Rev. G. b. Moody
of North Minneapolis, Dean Loren H.
Batchelder of Hamline. Dean c. w. Hall
OF Minneapolis. The executive commit
tee have under consideration arrange
ments for reunion.
The somewhat celebrated Conroe will
case was argued in the supreme court at
Montpelier last Friday. w. II. Bliss,
Esq, of Burlington and C. NJ. Wilds,
Esq, of Middlebury appearing for the
plaintiffs and Hon. Seneca Haselton of
Burlington and Hon. j. G.. Baker of Rut-
land for the defendants. The object of
the suit. as most of our readers are
aware, is TO set up and esta0llsn by de-
cree of the chancery court certain gifts
made by the late Mrs. Lydia f. Conroe
of this village TO the Home and DOmes-
tic Missionary society of New York and
the Episcopal church of Middlebury by
will which was destroyed, as the plain
! tiffs allege, after Mrs Conroe became an
imbecile. The principal defendants are
Mrs. Elizabeth Sperry and her brother,
Mr.. |. l.. Eells, both of Cornwall.
Winter butter is worth from 10 IN l6
cents a pound and eggs for shipment
sell at l6 cents II dozen. Potatoes are
lower. Buyers are getting them In
Central New York at 10 to - cents a
bushel, and as freight rates from those
points to the cities are the same as from
here, New York shippers can undersell
local buyers who pay ID cents bushel
by $40 car and still make profit. I'm
less holders are willing to sell at l23 to
| l3 cents IA bushel our buyers say they must
stop shipping. Onions are not good
enough in quality to bring over % cents
a bushe as the down-cOuntry market
now is. White beans are worth about
$ .05 and yellow-eye from Sl.l0 to Sl.2O.
There seems to be no good reason to ex-
pect higher prices before the close of the
season. Hay holds up and as high AS
Sl2 ton is paid for the best.