Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-07
LOCAL NEWS.

Miss Mulchahey is having quite ex-
tensive repairs made upon the house and
barns at the Mcdonald place, which she
owns.
Butter is still quoted at 8 to y cents
pound for dairy and l3 cents for
creamery. Eggs sell at the stores for
l3 cents a dozen.
Frequent rains keep vegetation green,
but hinder harvesting operations. The
temperature has been uncomfOrtably high
much of The past week.
The republicans have had their flag
pole reset in front of the store of Beck
with 81 Co. and will soon have up cam
paign flag which has been bought.
Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver of Rutland
will preach both morning and evening at
the Congregational church next Sunday
and the remaining Sundays of the month.
The date of the opening of the annual
campmeeting of the MethOdists of this
district at Spring Grove, New Haven, is
Aug. n. The meeting will close on the
18th.
The catalogue of the graded school is
out. 1t shows that during the past year
there were 4G5 different pupils in the in
stitution. The fall term of 10 weeks
will open on Monday, Sept. :.
Voters who do not find their names on
the check list should bear in mind that
the board of civil authority will meet at
the town clerks Office on the 10th inst.
for the purpose of revising the list.
There will be work in the Sd degree
by Lake Dunmore lodge, No. II, |. O. O.
F., this evening. All Odd Fellows in
good standing are requested to be pres
ent. \ large attendance is desired.
There will be special council of Moos-
alamoo tribe, No. II, |. O. of Il. NJ.
Monday evening, Aug. 10. All Red
Men are requested to be present, as there
is important business to be attended to.
The hearing before Hon. Seneca Hasel-
ton of Burlington, special master, in the
case of the Middlebury Electric company
vs.. a. p. Topper was finished on Friday.
The arguments are to be submitted in
writing.
a number of Middlebury people at
tended the republican flag-raising at
Brandon Monday evening. d. j. FOs-
ter of Burlington, w. II. Lord of Mont
pelier and f. h. Morse of Proctor were
the principal speakers.
County Examiner Boyce had 10 candi-
dates for teachers certificates before
him on Monday and Tuesday, when he
held examinations here, and 10 each at
Shoreham and Nergennes and 30 at
Bristol last week. lie Is now over the
mountain to finish up his work for the
summer.
viii LaTock was up before Justice
Button, Monday morning, for intOXica-
ton. He pleaded guilty and paid the
l., i
Louisa Supcrhau. one of the occupants
bridge" 1t appeared, however, that
she gave the liquor away and so she
was not prosecuted.
The democrats of the town had meet
ing at the town hall Wednesday night
and organized campaign club with
these officers: President, |. ii. LaFleur;
yice-presidents, John Higgins. James
Hughes and NJ. X. Moore; secretary, j.
G. Durick. j. E. Stapleton, Esq, is the
chairman of the executive committee.
1t was decided to have meeting of the
club every Tuesday evening during the
campaign. The club will hold its
first rally in the town hall on Monday
evening next. Hon. w. II. Bliss of
Burlington, formerly republican and
well known here, and Hon. Thomas II.
Browne, mayor of Rutland, will address
the meeting. Everyone, regardless of
sex, color or previous condition of pol
itical servitude, is cordially invited to
attend.
\ distinguished citizen of Mddlebury
is in trouble according to the Proctor
correspondent of the Rutland Herald,
who writes: "JOhn Fredette of Middle
bury was arrested here Friday after
noon by Officer Phelps for being drunk
He was locked up in the cooler, and
Saturday morning between and
o'clock Fredette escaped from the lock-
up by breaking the lock on the cell door
with bar of iron and smashing the
lock on two other doors, which let him
into the large room in the basement of
the town hall. He then escaped bv
raising a window. Several persons saw
him few minutes after he came out
and at once notified Officers Phelps and
Fletcher. They gave chase and cap
tured him in a swamp at Leicester June
ton. He was brought back and given
trial and fined the usual amount for
which with costs amounted
to SIGH. Not being able to pay it he
was sent to the worlhouse for 20 days.
Sheriff Fletcher took him there Satur-
day afternoon. He disclosed on Charles
Wooster, who was fined about $50 and
took an appeal"
Hon. Hiram A. Huse and }. A. De
Boer of Montpelier will be the chief
speakers at the meeting to be held at the
town hall this evening under the auspices