The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A man in Wisconsin hung himself be-
cause his daughters experienced religion.
I There is breach of promise case in
Missouri wherein the damages are set at
$50, 600.
There are nearly thirty millions of acres
of public lands in the South open to settle
ment
The negro troops are not all to be mus
tered out. AS many as $4,000 will be
retained for the present.
The aid society of Bradford, England,
has sent $4,000 more in goods TO the
freedmen.
The barracks around Washington are to
be used as freedmen's houses, at nominal
rents.
There were in the pension list in March
1885 names, of which 30l3 were those
Of widows and orphans.
The Canadians residing at New York
are forming society to agitate for Cana.
dian indep endence.
The new steamer Bristol, for Sound
navigation, was launched at New York,
Wednesday.
The University of Michigan is now the
largest in the United States. 1t contains
1901 students 1t is free college.
Victoria has thanked his Holiness, the
Pope, for opposing the Fenians and invites
him to an asylum in England, should he
need it,
Fashionable young lady detaching her
hair before retiring: "What dreams may
come when we have Shuffled off this NOR
tai coil r.
A Philadelphia writer says that Mr.
Jay Cooks new house twill contain fifty
bed chambers, chapel, gymnasium, n
library, and all the acces series to the pal
atial residence of Christian banker"
A bill has been introduced m the Ohio
House OF Representatives, to prohibit con-
ductors on street railroads from receiving
fare from passengers not provided with
seats.
Alex. IL. Stephens, United States cleo
from Georgia, who is in Washington.
speaks calmly but encouragingly of the
condition OF society and tone of public
opinion in that state.
1t is stated that all the colored troops
in the military department of the Missis.
sippi will be ordered to rendezvous at Jack
son for the purpose Of being mustered out
oi service.
A lawyer in Maine recently moved for
a new trial on the ground "that in the
verdict the jury were unduly Influenced
by the great beauty Of the female plain
tiff"
William Croft, famous as a fugitive
slave, has established a large school at
Whydah and King Dahomy ,estiiies his
appreciation by sending him present of
six slaves.
The frost on the night if the 3Oth ult
appears to have extended over large
portion Of Middle Georgia. The ground
was frozen to the depth of one quarter to
one half an inch. Delicate vegetables
and peach trees which were in bloom,
were killed
A new member Of the English House
of Commons, who had a slow and hesita-
ting voice, recently undertook to debate
the cattle plague bill, and astonished the
House by saying, I've had the rinder.
pest'-Aftcr the burst of laughter which
followed, the member of was permitted
to continue, ION my farm, which consid-
erably changed the aspect to affairs.
A PERmoUs FEAr.-A blacksmith in
Illminster, England, lately performed a
perilous feat. A child aged seven years,
while playing with his brother, age
twelve months, placed over his head an
iron band similar to that used for nuts of
cart wheels. The childs neck began to
swell, and when the parents discovered it
they were Mortified to find that it was
impossible t. remove the band and that
sutfocation was imminent. A blacksmith
named Coles was cried in, suggested the
desperate idea of hammering off the iron
with a sledge, and he successfully compile
ted his task. While one person held his
legs another the head of IA little one, Coles
ftarlessly struck at the ring and severed
it. A false blow of half an inch would
have caused instant death.