The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-10-31


A girl of Ii recently obtained ut De.
iroit divorce from man OF 40. TO
whom she had been married for two years
Anna Dickinson has had an offer from
a distinguished politician-a very brave
mnn-and has rejected it. Was lis name
Stone?
There is cornet band at Eaton. y.
Y, composed of twelve performers, all
one family of ckwoods-brothers and
their sons.
Hundreds of cattle in the vicinity of
Fort Dodge, Kansas. recently died Of the
Spanish fever" contagion brought
from Texas
A fire at indianapolis, Ind. Tuesday
night, destroyed Graydcns feed store and
Tate's lumber yard, on Alabama street.
Loss SO 60
Georre l'ell o ly has given tie muniG-
cent sum Of 1000, coo to religions and
educational n,tiutior,s since his arrival
in this country-$S00. 900 of it within
the last week
The availability of peat for smelling
purposes has been satisfactorily proved at
Montreal. where the work has been done
forty minutes quicker than it could have
been with coal
II is reported that two of the Amcri
can ships of war, now in Europe, one of
which is the monitor Maintonomoh. are
for sale, and Prusian commission has
examined them.
The heirs of Anneke Jams. the original
owner OF the Trinity church properly at
New ork, are about to contest the rights
OF the church to the property.
Statistics of the importations into New
York of wines, branIirs, fruits, Sc, for
the present year, show great increase
over that of any previous year
Gen. Cabral has been elected president
Of the republic of san Domingo, and not
wlthstanding II few evolutionary move
menls peace is considered assured.
Prof James u. Wickerslam, PRINCIPAL
OF the Pennsylvania state normal school
at LincoIn, has been appointed suprintcn-
dent OF common schools for the state.
A man of 81 recently welded n
woman of 81 at Bleu>sasc, France.
After the l'enedicIon the priest. accord
ing TO usage, rec ommcnlcd the bride
and groom to increase and multiply, and
they promised that they would do 50.
Alter mass this lively brace of pairiarcl>
danced Jg IN the public square.
1t is sad that the expenditure Of two
90 lars an | hat w",id prnbnbly have
-aved the Evening Star md the hives of
her passengers, the assertion b. Ing based
on the theory that ti,r >hcave in which
the rudIcr cham worked WAS CHEAP
one, not guarded with iron, and thai
therefore the chain slipped out and the
vessel b, c"nc unmanageable.
1t WAS said in hearing of n New
Jersey Quaker lady that Mr. johnson
had threatened to kick ont all ollie
holders who do not also hold 'mv
policy" "Bul John" she inquired.
with delightful naivct', ''but John can
he do it ! DOES thee think he can stand
ON one leg long enough TO kick any
body ?"
a Norfolk dispatch says that the Stern
portion of the wrecked schooner Belle
Barnard of Philadelphia recently drifled
ashore on Body Island beach, with n
portion of the rigging and sails attached ;
and another portion came ashore at Nag
Head, North Carolina. The hodips of n
colured and white man were washed
ashore and buried.
The Young king of Bavaria has queer
ecccntriciies Dressed as Lohenerin.
the hero of Wasner's opera, he moves
about upon his lake in boat, which is
made in the form Of swan, and is so
much enamored of moonlight that he
has in ms chamber contrivance borrow
ed from the theate", which cnaples him
to bask in the chaste rays of the moon
at all times and in all seasons.
The Pail Mall Gazette has a good
story about one OF her majesty's captains,
who, having been placed under arrest,
was orlcred tie give up his sword. lie
declined TO do this, on the ground that he
had no sword lie said it was his habit
to hire the necessary weapon from
Messrs So-and.so, the eminent tailors,
for small monthly stipend, and lie had
no doubt the would let 1t to the APP
plicant on the same terms.
~ Protecting the toes Of children Shoes