The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-06-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Mrs f. A. \shl"v. OF Tas.viilc hung
herself on Tuesday of last week
The body Of man ws, found IN
Queechy River, at N. lIartlanl, on Sun
day morning Of last week. 1t appeared
to have been in the water two months or
more. 1t was supposed TO he the body
Of Andrew Haggerty of Woodstock.
The following patents were issued to
Vermonters, June 9th 1889: Decus
W. Clark of Bennington, Fer improve
ment in enamel compositions for bricks,&c
Enoch Colvin of Poultnsy,-For i'm.
provement in knitting machines.
Samuel Wiswall of Hyde Park - i'm
proved washing machines
The N. Y. correspaadent of the
Boston .jouynai says:
A new invention in regard to railroads
and locomotives has Just been patented,
and the patentee is now at the Astor
House. 1t is attracting great attention
from men oil science and mechanical skill.
The aim Of the invention is to lesson the
tonnage Of the engines, and to save the
expense and save the rails from the wear
Of the immense engines now used. by
the application Of a simple principle the
engine and cars adhere to the rail, lessen
ing the danger of running of the track,
and enabling small locomotive to DO the
work OF large one, at will save mill
liens yearly in the wear of the track. 1t
will prevent hundreds of accidents. 1t
will promote general success. so the
patentee says"
Major Wood of the u. s. Army re.
ports severe battle with the Camanches
near old Fort Atkinson, May Is. The
savages were one hundred in number and
were nearly all killed or taken
OF the attacking force one was killed
and fifteen wounded.
Mr.. Cowen was found drowned in
Pomfret on Monday Of last week.
Rev. j. d. Cargill Of W. Dermis.
Massachusetts, has accepted call to the
Universalist Society of Woodstock =
"A company Of returning Pixies
Peakers recently met Mormon train, out.
ward bound, and having in their company
a young lady, Of 10, daughter of one of
the party, who expressed utter disgust
with her situation and prospects, and
desired to return. Whereupon the boys
undertook her release and escort to Iowa
city. 1t was accomplished only at i'm.
minent hazard of a general fight. A
prompt show of guns and reviewers quoted
the belligerent spirit of the Saints, who
were in number nearly two to one.
Williams College Commencement &C.
ours this year August Sd
President Buchanan has been made
a Doctor Of Laws by the University of
North Carolina.
-Rossuth has delivered. at public
meeting in London, most eloquent and
mastery speech on the present European
war, its causes and probable results. He
sets forth The reasons why he supposes
Louis Napoleon really means what he
says when he declares that he draws the
sword not for the conquest but for the
liberation, of Italy, The speech was re-
ceived with great applause.
They make 10000 chairs, 10000
hay-forks annually,and 5000 dozen clothes
pins weekly, at White River Village, on
the Vermont Central Railroad,
Flora Temple has been matched
against the California mare Princess.
They 60 two races, two mile and three
mile heats, for $4,000 each race.
Horace Greedy is received with great
enthusiasm in Kansas. At Lawrence he
WAS welcomed by hundreds of men, each
Of whom had copy of the Tribune neatly
folded and fastened on bis hat like a
plume.
The OVERLAND MAIL.-The St. Louis
Democrat states that the amount of mat
ter carried over the overland mail route
has recently more than quadrupled. Eight
months ago, mere handful of letters con.
stitutsd the entire mail but tho stage
that left the st. Louis Post OHice last
Thursday, took upwards of 6Gsen hundred
letters for California. The cost of |
sending letter is now a little up.
wards of one dollar. For the through |
trip, one way, 7l6 horses and mules are |
required, and one hundred drivers. For
the whole business of the company not |
less than eighteen hundred horses and |
mules are used, valued in the aggregate
at not less than $350,0O0.
We learn from the Texas papers that |
meeting Of the Opposition" was held |
in Austin on the Dist inst, at which Gen.
Sam. Houstin was nominated for Cover. |
nor. The Democracy are said to be in a |
divided state.
The cannon sent by Boston as CON-
pliment to the King of Sardinia, is now |
mounted in Alessandris. 1t probably
will soon speak for Csnsti,utionaly lib
erty.
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