Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-02
LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. Morris Wool has opened a tinshop
in the Smith building on Mill street.
Another young man has joined the
freshman class of the college, increasing
the number to 43.
There are nine Addison county cases
on the docket for the October term of
the supreme court, which will open at
Montpelier on the 18th inst.
Dairy butter is quoted at - to II cents
and separator at 10 cents pound. Eggs
are higher and sell at lG to Is cents a
dozen for shipment.
Landlord Higgins Of. the Pierce House
has a mahogany sdeboard made by
Stephen y. Douglas when he had
cabinet shop in Middlebury. Mr.. G w.
Pinney owns the bench at which Mr..
Douglas used to work,
The class of 81 of the Middlebury
high school is to give dance at school
house hall this (Friday) evening; grand
march at o'clock, sharp; tickets for
the balcony 20 cents each, and supper
80 cents a couple.
Sunday afternoon as Mr.. Otis Abbey
was at dinner a partridge flew through
the window and fell dead upon the table.
The same thing happened at Mr.. Abbey's
last fall the bird then making its advent
while the family were at dinner one Sun
day.
The freshman class of the college had
meeting for organization on Monday,
when these officers were chosen Ola
Robert IIoughton, president; Lizzie A.
Armstrong. vice president; Rena f. Bis
/ bee, secretary. and John f. Stetson,
| treasurer.
Three troops of United States cavalry
from Fort Ethan Allen arrived here Mon
day forenoon and spent the night in
camp on the fair ground. A brief eX-
hibitiOn drill was given at O'Clock that
day. The troops were on their way back
to the fort They went down through
the west part of the country last week.
A rich intellectual treat is in store for
those who love the greatest English poet
that ever lived, IN the recital by Miss
Minnie NJ. Williams of "A Winters
Tale" to be given soon under the patron
age of some our tOwnspeOple. Miss
/ Williams is sister of Mr.. Hannibal
Williams, who will be remembered bv
many as eXceling in the same line of
presentation,
'rhe athletic association of the college
has engaged Mr.. II. c. Whitaker of
Barre, Dartmouth graduate, to coach
the football team. He has been here
about a week and will remain five OF six
weeks longer. \ strong team will be
put in the field and a number of games
will be arranged for this fall. The team
of the university at Burlington has been
challenged,
Mr.. Charles Bruya brought to this
! nf pH a
l3f pounds of potatoes, all of which
came from a single hill, in which there
was but one stalk. The largest tubeT
was seven and half inches long and
three inches in diameter and the rest OF
them we're almost as large. The seed
came from Canada some years ago and
the crop was raised by Mr. Bruya.
The water commissioners and village
trustees held Joint meeting yesterday
morning to talk over the Court street eX'
tension of the main. The commissioners
find that in order to get the new hydranl
far enough down the street to be OF any
use they must put in between 800 anC
600 feet of four-nch pipe, instead of the
800 feet of that size which it was thought
would do. The commissioners anC
trustees decided. after consideration OF
the matter, that it would be Just as wei
to lay one-inch pipe the whole distance
and that will be done. The ditch fol
this extension is partly dug. The hay
barn extension will be put down as soor
as the pipe needed for it comes.
There was quite little excitement a
the store of Beckwith & Co. yesterday
afternoon over supposed poisoning
r case. The victim was the young daugh
e Ter of Mr.. Charles Benedict of Cornwall
Mrs. Benedict, who accompanied thu
child. said that pieces of cheese on which
. rat poison had been placed disappeared
- from about the house and soon after
ward the child appeared to be sick
- Remedies were administered and tn
, child seemed to recover and was brough
- out here. After arriving in town i
became worse. DIR. Martin, who wa
called, decided that the Illness aros
n from the medicine the child had take
+ and not from poison, which would hay
o taken effect sooner.
g. The Boston agency of the government
weather bureau gave notice by telephOn
to inhabitants of this Agion Fuesda
afternoon that cyclone was on its wa
here. The storm originated in the gul
II of Mexico and was then on its travel
-, north. The effects of it here were
y warm wave, a little wind and consider
able rain early Wednesday morning
Great damage was done In Savannah an
d other southern and western cities and a
e far up as New York heavy winds wer
Is experienced. 1t was hot enough her
o for July on Wednesday. Tuesday morn
rs ing there was the hardest frost of tn
5, season, the thermometer registering 3
above during the night. During Sci