Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-05-21
Khapman & 10.
LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. l. r. Bumenthal of Hartford,
Conn, bought six horses during his visit
here last week.
The June term of the county court,
Judge Munsou of Manchester presiding,
will open here on the 1st of June.
Reports of the district and village
meetings on Tuesday evening will be
found on the third page of the paper.
The Hawthorne club will hold its last
meeting of the season on Tuesday even
ing next with Miss Stewart at Mr.. Philip
Battells.
mr.. Cushing Hill bought of Mr.. j. a.
YSmith, previous to the latter's departure
from town, his thoroughbred Sensation
pointer, Squire.
Mr.. VIM. jackson has added two young
foxes to his collection of pets. They
were dug out the other day by Edward
Matthews and James Cook of Cornwall.
The street sprinkler has begun its sum-
mer's work under the management of
Mr.. j. II. Sargent. The amount of ter
ritory covered is greater than IN previous
years.
The report was current on the street
last evening that Col. Thad. NJ. Chap
mans steam sawmill on the mountain,
! IllltG LullCS cast VI lNiNs was AOA"AiJ
troyed by fire yesterday. Particulars
were not obtainable.
The repairs on the interior of the Ad-
Olson House have been going on rapidly
this week. The office has been enlarged
to more than twice its former size, new
main stairway has been built and other
radical changes have been made.
Ten thousand young trout from the
70 70 botoharv WaterhurV Wprp
ceived Saturday by Rev. j. NJ. Gelot.
Half of the lot were placed in Muddy
branch and the rest in Ripton streams.
The athletic track on the college cam
pus is we'll along toward completion. 1t
has been carefully built and in connec-
ton with the new grand stand makes the
athletic grounds well suited to their pur-
pose.
John Doody, resident of the east part
2 of the town, has recently shown evil
4 dences of serious mental disturbance and
was taken to the Waterbury asylum on
Monday, his physician, DR.. Sutton, ac7
companying him.
A telephone message received yester-
day from East Middlebury said an ex-
tenslve forest fire had started on the
mountains north of the village. A
strong south wind was Blowing and it
was feared considerable damage might
be done.
t The new railroad station at Belden's
is approaching completion. 1t is of
; wood and of a very pretty design. A
gang of men is engaged in grading about
tile approaches to the recenty-completed
iron bridge over the New Haven river at
BrOoksville.
Mr.. Frank Stone is the proud possessor
of genuine backbone cane. 1t was
brought from County Clair, Ireland, by
Misses Annie and Catherine Breene, who
arrived a few days ago from the old
country. They are nieces of Miss Annie
1 Meehan and will remain here.
The mines of this college and of Mont
pelier seminary crossed bats at Mont
pelier on Monday. The score stood 10
|. to in favor of the seminary boys. The
:. local high school nine were defeated by
a score of 20 to Ii by the Husters of
Brandon at Brandon on Saturday.
e May 30, legal holiday comes this
|. year on Sunday. The state laws relative
to commercial paper provide that in
such case the previous Saturday shall be
the holiday, so the bank will be closed
:. the Doth. The national law makes Mon.
= day, the 3lst, the holiday, and the post
= office will observe the usual holiday
schedule on that day.
i Doctors NJ. d. Smith of Bristol, E. S
e Weston of New Haven and w. p. Rus
Il sci of Middlebury have been appointed
pension examining surgeons for the
county, succeeding Doctors Pilon of Yer
!, gennes, Townshend of Bridport and Mar
?, tin of Middlebury, the appointees Of the
d Cleveland administration. The bOarC
l. will begin its duties June 2.
Rev. II. A. Crane returned mission
airy from India, will preach in the Meth
g, odist church next Sunday morning. HC
e will give a lecture in the Methods
/. church Tuesday evening, May %, OF
"The Harvest of Death; or, the Famine
a and Pestilence in India, 1896 and 1897.
, After the lecture a collection will b'
n taken for the famine relief fund.
A reduction of % per cent on the in
surance rates of certain classes of bust
ness buildings in Burlington, WinOoskl
Vergennes and Middlebury has been or
- dered by the New England lnsur
u ance exchange. This reduction is du
3 to the small fire loss the past year ant
makes the rates very similar to thos
charged previous to the adoption of
new tariff May l, 1896.
A current item says; "a plan is Of
ID foot to start a telephone system at Bran
m don independently of the New Englan
"a Telephone company, which does bust
IS ness there. A line has already been Op
~ ened to Silver Lake. The central station
of the new system will be at w. d. Nut
:, ting's store. Middlebury, Salisbury an
IL Leicester parties have intimated tina
they would like to be connected with tn
H. line"
: A double team belonging to Mr.. f,