The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-03-17

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There appears to have been a slight
mistake in that Hvcna Geo. we notice
lately on the Authority oi the Cleveland
Piaindc0ie,:
A few errors occurred in our notice Of
the escape Of the hyeua ia Padding coun-
ty, the other evening. In the first place
we are reliably informed that Poffenberg
wasen't killed by tho monster, nor injured
indeed, at all because the monster didon't
get out Of his cage, aud could not, there
fore have done it. We were also misin.
formed about the monsters being in Paul
ding at all. He isn't there now, never
was there, and it is firmly bleved, never
will be again. Mr.. Canning isn't winter
ing his collection Of living wild animals in
Pauldng this winter, and in fact never
has winte~ed them there during any pre-
vious winter. We may say, indeed, that
we can't swear at this time that Mr., Gan
uing has any living wild animals any
where. With the exception of these few
slight errors our account Of the escape of
the hyena was strictly correct. As a
slight testimonial of our esteem for the
man who gave us the item III the first place
we hereby solemnly promise to write his
dying speech when he is hanged, as be
eventually will be, beyond the slightest
doubt
"A destructive fire occurred in Reese
vile, n. Y, on Thursday last, in which
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the ground. The principal losers are
Messrs. Mould & Talmadge, booksellers
and druggists Aldgate & Spencer, mer-
chants Prescott, jeweler ; Morris, NOR
chant tailor Howard, dentist, and W.
Lansing, proprietor of the Northern Stand
ard. Most of the property was insured.
The post office with letters and valuables
wero saved.-SeAiinei.
FATAL AFrA1K.-We learn that on
Tuesday of last week three men stopped
at a public house in Crown Point, \. Y,
and called for liquor. The keeper Of the
house tapped new barrel to supply
them they drank and two of them died,
almost instantly the other barely escaped
with his life. There was probably little
to much strychnine put in that time-it
killed too soon to make the business prof.
table. Well, those who live fools must
expect to die fools. We pity them; but
it often seems utterly impossible for earth
or Heaven to save them from the road to
Instruction. anton Advocate,
A horrible case of spontaneous COM
bustion is reported as having recently oc-
Cured at Cairo, ILL., A man named Fax
on, suffering under delirium tremens, en-
tered saloon and called for q glass Of
brandy. Immediately after drinking it
his breath came in contact with lighted
match in the hand of bystander, and in-
stantly took fire and burnt for nearly two
minutes, when death ended his tortures.
The agonizing screams of the wretched
man are described as having been horrible
in the extreme.
We frequently hear the question
asked in political circles, How stands the
Rutland Courier on the Kansas question?
Does it sustain the administration, or does
it not? Is it in favor OF the Presidents
policy, the immediate admission of that
toTTltOTy lutO tuS OuiOu do u OtdtC IhC
black republicans say the Courier is an
independent out-spoken paper, and they
commend it for its boldness. But
the Oouriel's position is little doubt.
full. We want light The Courier
don't mean tokeep shady, does it ?-B"r-
Hngton Sentinel.
New STYLE--.We have had the pleasure
Of looking over some new style bonnets in
the Millinery Establishment of Mr.. Clay,
in the rooms below our Office, and must say
that the fashion makers are fast coming
to theft senses. We shave never seen any,
thing that compares with the ncatness and
cheapness Of the goods shown to US, in this
region.