Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-08
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LOCAL NEWS.


A. p. Upper, Esq, is repainting the
outside of his residence.
A pension has been granted to Mrs.
Sarah A. Fleming, widow of the late
Byron l.. Fleming.
Eleven persons were added to the
membership of the Congregational
church last Sunday.
The price of butter has ranged this
week from 10 to l3 cents, the latter for
creamery. Eggs sell at 10 cent a
dozen.
The base ball season opened Yesterday
afternoon, when the Port Henry and the
local college teams had a game on the
college grounds.
The last regular meeting of the Haw-
thore club for the season will be held
with Prof. and Mrs. E. c. Bryant next
Tuesday evening.
The road commissioners of the several
towns in the county met here Tuesday
and discussed various matters connected
with the duties of their office.
The graded school, which suspended
two weeks ago last Monday because so
many of the pupils were i'll with measles,
will resume work next Monday morning.
The village sprinkler went into oper-
alton Tuesday. Its help in laying the
dust was greatly needed, as there has been
no rain of any consequence for five
weeks.
The Democrats of the town will meet
in caucus at S o'clock next Monday even
ing in the basement of the town hall to
elect delegates to the State and district
conventions.
The annual business meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
will be held in the lecture room of the
Congregational church Wednesday. May
ID, at 3 o'clock.
The next regular meeting of the Loyal
Temperance legion will be held at the
Methodist church at I o'clock Sunday
afternoon. All persons interested are
requested to be present.
Mr.. Blumenthal was up from Hart
ford, Conn, the first of the week and
bought nine head of horses, which he
shipped home Monday night. He is
coming again next Tuesday.
Those interested should bear in mind
the entertainment to be given at the
Congregational church this evening for
the benefit of the Christian EndeavOr
society. The tickets are on sale at
Sterns'.
The John Roach place was put up for
sale by auction on Monday by the ad-
ministrator, Mr.. Daniel Shea. 1t went
for Sl037, but the purchaser may not
finally take it.
The Republican county committee had
meeting at the Addison House on Mon
day and prepared the call for the county
convention, which appears in another
column. All the members of the COM
mittee were present.
Mr.. Henry E. Bissell of Shoreham, who
has leased the Addison House, will take
possession next Monday. Mr. Cornell,
who succeeds Mr.. Bssell as landlord at
ShOreham. has moved there and is in
charge of the hotel.
Rev. Volney b. Cushing of Bangor,
Me-, gave an excellent temperance adj
dress at a union service of the Congre-
gational, Methodist and Baptist churches
at the Methods. church last Sunday
evening. lie is a sensible, straight
forward talker.
Letters addressed as follows are at the
pOst-ofiice, unclaimed: Mrs. b. q. a ber-
cronbe, Mrs. Almna Sunderland, Mrs.
Herbert K. Taylor, Joseph Brown, VIM.
Bradley. Fred Clark, Dalpha Derie, John
Lourey, Edward Skrifrow.
Nothing has been done by the village
trustees and the electric company in the
direction of solving the street lighting
problem. The trustees will have their
regular monthly meeting next Tuesday
night, when the subject is likely to come
up for consideration.
Rev. j. G. Gooding, the Methodist
pastor, will preach TO the veterans and
their friends at the town hall at , o'clock
on the afternoon of Sunday, the 24th
inst, which is Memorial Sunday. Rev.
f. E. Margraff of Bellows Falls is to be
the orator Memorial day, Saturday, the
30th.
There was an alarm of fire about S 30
o'clock last Friday morning, but the
trouble was soon over. The fire was in
the roof of Mr.. H. l.. Sheldon's tenement
house just beyond the Episcopal rectory
on Academy street. 1t caught from a
defective chimney, but was eXtinguIshed
by the occupants of the premises before
much harm had been done.