Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-23

auspices of the college athletic associa-
ton. Mr.. s. Homer Eaton, an imperson-
ator, who gives a variety of selections
Miss Libby, harpist, and Miss Rev, a
whistler, form the combination. Tickets
will go on sale next Tuesday at Sterns.
A pair of horses owned by Mr.. II. w.
Fletcher of Bridport were frightened
and ran away from the Smith mill on
Mill street Tuesday forenoon. They ran
up Main and Academy streets into View
bridge street. There they left the
wagon and continued on, finally separa-
ting and stopping in different doofyards.
The wagon was considerably damaged.
as was also the harness. but neither horse
suffered injury.
The final services by the present pas.
tor at the Baptist church will be held
Sunday evening. He will spend the first
two weeks of May in holding a series of
evangelical services in East Poultney,
assisting the pastor, DR.. Bruce. The
topic for the Christian Endeavor meetir Q
Sunday evening will be, "What is true
liberty, and how is 1t won;'' reference,
John S:30-40; leader, Julia Benedict.
The Juniors will meet at 3 o'clock: lead
er, Alice Gilmore.
Potter chapter, No. %, Royal Arch
MasOns. held its annual convocation on
Tuesday evening and elected the follow.
ing officers for the current year: f. II.
P, Edward II. Martin; H., Daniel c..
Noble; s., Isaac Sterl s. treasurer,
Henry L. Sheldon; secretary, William
H. Brewster; G. H., Robert NJ. Mills {;
P. S., John G. Dickinson; Sd ", b. c..
Balm; I'd v, Alfred C. Woodward; 1st
v, Henry F. JOY; stewards, p. F. Chap
man and w. o. Sanford; chaplain, j. NJ.
Cheney tyler, w. NJ. Cushman.
The burning out of chimney at the
Addison House caused the sounding of
an alarm of fire at 3 o'clock Monday
afternoon. The chimney is large and an
accumulation of SCOT made a hot fire.
The firemen responded promptly. but
they could do little. The fire burned it.
self out after while. The damage was
confined to that done by smoke issuing
from stove pipe holes in the chimney
into the rooms through which in passed.
Most of these rooms, in the second
and third stories, had just been newly
papered and painted and that work will
need doing over.
The Rutland railroads latest folder
contains a profile of the road, showing
the height of various points above the
sea level The figures for this division
are as follows: Burlington, 100 feet
Shelburne, 100; Charlotte. 10: North
Ferrlsburgh, 100; Ferrisburgh. $50; Yer
gennes, 100; New Haven Junction, $50
Brooksville, 300; Belden's. BIO: Middle
bury, $40; Salisbury, $40: Leicester
Junction, $50; Brandon, $50; Pittsford.
$50; Proctor, 400; Center Rutland, $40
Rutland, 5G2. The highest point on the
road is Summit, l5ll feet
The public are cordially invited to
attend the celebration at the town hall
on Wednesday evening, the 2Sth INST.
at o'clock, of the anniversary of the
founding OF Odd Fellowship. MIR. /. V
Greene of Rutland, past grand represen.
tative to the sovereign grand lodge OF
the United States, will talk on Odd-Fel.
lOwship in general and of his trip tC
Dallas, Tex; Mr.. G.. \. Burns of Bur
lington, past grand representative anC
past chief patriarch, will give some Of
his original poems. and the Apollo
quintet of the college will sing. The
Odd Fellows and Patriarchs will appear
in regalia.
William Dibble. who was tried las
week for completely in the stealing OF
Sl02.50 from Mrs. Potter of Washington
street, the principal IN the crime, by hi;
own confession, being Peter Smith, wa:
held for the grand jury. He furnished
the $500 bail demanded by Justice Nc
Leod. States Attorney Fish conducted
the prosecution and F. II. Button, Esq.
defended. 1t appeared in the course o.
the hearing that there had been gambl
ing going on and three men were fineC
$40 and costs each. The States attor.
ney also improved the opportunity t
prosecute five alleged dealers in or fur
nishers of intoxicants.