Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-07-29

day morning. The origin of the fire is
not known. The loss was nominal with
Insurance of $500.
/ Masonry work on the Battel block,
which has reached the last story. was
suspended this week pending some slight
alterations. The carpenters are ut work
on the interior finishing
The Rutland railroad has had new sets
of glrders put in its unsightly bridges
/ in front of Merchants Row and on Main
street. and the structures will probably
not fall down for some time to come.
A party consisting of Messrs. Geo.
Pinney, Gardner and Rufus Wainwright
and Miss Jessie Wainwright have re-
turned from Knights island, South Hero,
where they have spent a week in camp.
Prof. J. W. Chickerlng of Washington
will give the sermon in the Congregation
al church at the morning service next
! Sunday. The evening service will be
conducted by Rev. G. L. Perrin of
Boston.
Misses Caroline and Mary Steele reach
ed NIddlebury the latter part of last
week and are guests at j. w. Stewards.
They will spend only short time here,
going to Cape Ann for the rest of the
summer,
Mrs. Kate Pier, commissioner and at
torney at law, and her daughters, Miss
| Kate and Miss Harriet. also lawyers, all
of Milwaukee, Wis, called on Mrs. |. c..
Gilmour, cousin of Mrs. Piers, this week
on their way to the White mountains.
The weather of the past week has been
something to talk about. The figures of
our weekly report do not half express
the conditions. The rains of last week
gave the atmosphere a humidity which
greatly exaggerated the heat to the senses.
The subject of the Baptist Christian
Endeavor meeting next sunday evening
is 1.-The evils of cOvetousness, scripture
references, FIX. 20; Il; Luke y: 1921 !;
leader, Ernest l.. Kelley. At the regular
evening service the ordinance of baptism
will be observed.
+. p. Seymour of the REGISTER Job
force met with a painful accident last
saturday morning. While making ready
to start a iob-press he in some way
caught his left foot in the machine and
had the toes so badly lacerated as to
necessitate the amputation of two of
them.
As request has been received from
Washington for certain articles necessary
for the use of our soldiers in the field, all
the women OF the community interested
in sewing for the soldiers are requested
to meet in the lecture room of the Con-
gregational church Monday afternoon,
Aug. l, at 400 o'clock.
Readers of the REGISTER will recall
the case of the theft reported in these
columns last fall, resulting in the send
ing to the Nergennes school of boy
named Smith. We are informed that the
boys brother is now in Jail at Plattsburg
for stealing the sum of S400 from the
father of a young lady to whom he was
paying attentions.
Nergennes Vermonter: W. II. Bots
ford of this city, who recently graduated
| from Middlebury college, has secured the
position of principal of the High school
at Wallingford. Mr.. Botsford graduated
in the first third of his class and was
elected member of the Phi Beta Kappa
fraternaty. to which none but students
of the highest standing are eligible.
Julian Reynolds died at the residence
of j. V. Sanford at II 10 o'clock yes
terday morning from typhoid fever.
He was % years of age and leaves a wife.
He came here from Burlington, and the re-
mains were taken to that city yesterday
afternoon on the > As train. The funeral
will take place on Saturday at 253
Pearl street, and the burial will be in
the Catholic cemetery.
Rev. A. B. Potter leaves for New
y ork city next week where he will sup
ply the Washington Heights Baptist
church during the month of August.
1t is expected that Rev. B. B. Bosworth
of the Washington Heights church
will supply the pulpit of the local
Baptist church during the pastors vaca-
ton. Definite announcement Will be
made in next weeks issue of the
REGISTER.