The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-09-03

heW CalnOIlc paper, punllSneu IN
the French language and called "Le Nuu-
veau Mond," has Just been started in
Montreal. 1t promises TO be catholic and
conservative, of course. but intends TO dis
cuss abstract rather than party politics.
A party of Californians engaged in sal
mon fishing at Oak Point, on the Colum.
tia river, have put up this season over
100, OO) cans of salmon in pound cans, by
n secret process OF their own. They have
also pnt up 300) barrels of salmon for the
California market
A farmer on the line Of the Brlot and
Madison railway near Hanover Junction.
Wis, named Patrick Sheridan, has been
arrested for repeatedly placing obsrnc-
tons upon the rails. because the company
refused promptly to pay for n pony of his
which had been killed by the cars.
Bonner has something Of Il fortune of
interest in expensive horses. lie gave
the following for his rare collection Drx-
ter $50, 600, Pornhnntas $50 900. Au-
burn Horse $1,000 Peerless 5000.
Flatbnsh Maid 5000, Lantern 5000,
Lady Palmer $1,000 total Sis 00).
a German chemist has discovered that
if glue or gclaiine be mixed with about
one quarter of is weight of glycerine it
l,scs its brittIcnc.s, and becamrs useful
for many purposes for which it is other
wise unit, such as dressing leather, Civ
lng elasticity 10 porcelain, parchment or
enamcled p per, and for boo..-binding.
Manager Mcguire of the Original ,Japa-
nase troupe, has had his former partner,
Thomas +. Smith and wife, arrested for
attempting, as he alleges, to secure control
of the company and take them t. Europe
by breaking tn, original contract. The
damages are laid at $50, 90, AMI the
Smiths were taken 10 Jail at New York,
Saturday, accompanied 10y little "All
Right" who preferred imprisonment to
separation from his friends.
When counterfeit is presented at the
Bank of England the gold is instantly
paid for 1t. If it comes from some known
person, he is only asked where he got il.
Ii from stranger, the cashier signals to
his detective, always in waiting. and the
officer follows secretly. Before mony
hours the bank is in possession of the stran-
gers biography. The offender, once ar
rested, Is likely to he tried, convicted and
sentenced within two days
Cranberry wine taken internally and
applied externally is announced as
cure for scrofu!a. To make the wine,
take the ripe berries, mash them in n
mortar to fine pulp, put it into stone
jar, add one quart of water TO two quarts
of berries stir well set away and let
it stand week then strain it through
cotton, and you have beautiful wine.
which, with little sugar. makes whole
some drink, ut once cooling aud paatable.
1t does not terment
The New Orleans Picayunc and Ores.
cent say it makes no difference to the peo-
pie who is district commander, and they
think it would have been wiser to retain
Sheridan than to try IL new man.
As to the marine excursion of the presi-
dent it is suggested that ho il ''all at sea"
now.
Ex.Provincial Gov. w w. Holden is
grand president, of the Union League in
North Carolina.
The republican convention for the sec.
ond congressional district of Oho has NOM
mated Richard Smith, OF the Cincinnati
Gazette, by acclamalion
The territorial legislature of Colorado
having four years TO serve and being re-
publican, has scheme for sailing down
the state arrangement of 1865, so that
however long lhe admission of the state
may be deferred Gov. William Gipin.
Senators john Evans AMI Jerome b.
Chaiee and representative George NJ.
Chilrott will be the first 10 hold Office an
der it.
The New Orleans Tribune, organ of
the freedmen, crlticses Sheridan as not
radical enough, and us having appointed
an Indifferent class of republicans 10 office.
The Republican, which uSsl to denounce
Sheridan savAgeIy, few weeks ago, now
suslans and applauds him.
The case Of the deftulling tellers of
the National Tradesmen's bank at New
York, has been removed from the state to
thu United States court, as uLder the IA
tional banking act, their case comes under
federal jurisdiction.
Nobody has been able to account salts
factorily for the strange course Of the pres
ilent. we sn-pecl he has been secretly
bought up by the republican national com
mittee, to help in the fall elections. Ills
''swng round the circle" last year, Sc.
cured splendid lriumphs for the repuhl
cans. This year they were somewhat
anxious about the fall elections until the
president came to their aid. His conflict
with Gen. Grant AMI the department
commanders has now made everything Sc
cure.