The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-03-16
News of the Week

--Postmaster General Brown died At
Washington, on Tuesday Of last week.
His illness vas somewhat protracted.
and his death was for some days hourly
expected. He Was native Of Virginia,
and graduated at Chapel Hill University.
n. O.. and had been a resident Of Tennea-
zee since 1915, His uge wa. 81 years.
For many years he was law partner
With Presiden. Polk; in early life, mem
Der OF the Tennessee Legislature from
1887 to s4' Il member Of Congress, and
in 1855 Governor Of Tennessee. He wcs
srdcptly devoted to bic department, Of the
government, ind hi. loss, in conjunction
With that Of Mr.. Morrow, one Of his as,i..
tsuts, IL deeply felt. Mr. Holt of the
Patent Once, takes HE place.
.-- Or Thursday afternoon last. dia.
bolicsl attempt was made TO burn the
Massachusetts, State House, by firing
bin Of shsvings In the basement. The FIRE
Was extingu,sbed without much damage,
but there rss no doubt that Il was the
work OF an ineendiarv. A most fortunate
escape II was, truly. that everybody in
Vernon. csn appreciate. We consider
the burning of . State House the greatest
calamity that cou befal commonwealth,
war. pestlence and famine not excepted.
"A letter IN the Burlington Times
from Geo. Davenport, of jackson, O.,
gives an account Of the finding Of a vault,
the top of which was four feet below the
surface Of the ground and covered with u
large Eat stone. On account OF the foul
air it had not been possible TO enter it.
but by means Of rake human homes Of
gigantic size had beet raked up also
small chain Of silver with coins attached
to each end. It has been ascertained that
there are several apartments II is the
opinion OF those who made the examina.
ton that II is the work of the same peo.
pie that made the Mounds. This story
may have 20 reference 10 the first Of April,
but u suggests the fact thst It 10 approach.
ing
DEAD.-Tbe New York r. ,b1.pe rive.
fot, L., IL
in that city.
His name was Asher A. Skiling,. and his
age 80, and at the time ofhis death weigh.
ed si1 hnn6re6 ami serenity s,ebL
pounds! A post norton examination
was had. and some Of the internal organs
weighed ls 1.2 lhi, and tho heart pound.
7 ounces. The fat on his abdomen was
10 inches In depth. and on tho sbest 7 in.
ehes.
The Emperor of Cochin China was 40
alarmed at .he comet that no fastened
himself in tower with poison and q cord
in order to pat an end TO bis existence In
the event Of Ito causing any disaster.
In the town of Newark, Caledonia
County, wss raised tho past year about
sixty thousand baskets Of potatoes aud
the number Of persons ralsine them was
about scveuty.6vo. Ifthero is any other
town tbst can beat this We should like 70
hear from them. The above was ascor.
tainel by an old gentleman by the uamc
Of Eben Jobusop rhcs' ngo !, eigbtv.four
years
So says the Tql'da"'a",
TBI REsAISs or THU MIssiNa AERO
MANI DIsoovrREp.-The remains Of Ira s. !
Thurston, the aeronant, who made the un.
ascension from Adrian. Mich,
last September, we're found on Sunday |
last, near Toledo, and ten miles from the |
place Of his ascent
"A large volume would not contain
The mass OF testimony which has accumu,
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