The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-08-11
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easy The conservative talk ct running
him for governor Of Fcnnassce.
Gov Crawford ni Kansas is candidate
for nomination TO Congress, in the place
uf Sidney Clark, formerly Of Worcester
county.
Frank Bai" is going TO stump Ohio
and Indiana We'll, we should think he
would do as little damage in those states
us anywhere.
"Nlonitor clubs" in honor Of A. Girls |
void, the republican candidate for COVER
nor are being started in several of the cities
of New York
In the first Ohio district tho republi-
cans have renominatcd benjamin Eegles-
ton for Congress; and in the second dis
trict their nominee is Job Stevens,
James Rowan is running as an indie
pendent candidate for Congress in the
twenty ninth New York district. -
His platform is virtually the democratic
one
Seymour Man i tell you what, sir,
democracy is looking up. Grant Man
Wei, your bogus democracy l. so fiat
on its back that it can't look any other
way.
The vote at the Kentucky state eloc-
ton on Monday was much larger than
had bocn anticipated The latest estl-
mate Of the democratic majority is TO-.
600.
II was the intention OF Mr. llalpinc's
friends tn run him IA the dcmocractlc
candidate for Congress in the ninth IN.
Y. } district next autumn. IN place OF Fer
nando Wood
n. j. Turner ie the republican aud j.
Van Trump the democratic nominee Tor
Congress from the 12lh Chic district -
Van Trump is . member of the present
Congress.
Mi Gen Fitzpatrick will return the
E nresent month from his mission to Chilli
and enter the political canvass for Grant
, and Colfax He will also lecture ON
, South America and on ShcrmGn's march
{ to the sea.
The largest political meeting c>,r hcld
I in Augusta, Me, was addressed, last
r night, by James G. Blaine and Gen Lo-
gan, and republican enthusiasm ran high.
Gen Logan was escorted to the hall by
the Augusta part of the Grand Army OF
= the Republic.
I The New York Herald, which has
4 fairly come out Grant again, says that
/. Scymour's letter twas scarcely necessary,
y as he accepted the nomination personally
n before; but it may be that as he declined
IS it great many times he intends to accept
), an equal number"
q The London Economist says Of the
IS New York platform: " Nothing 50 deer
n dedly sccrssionst IN tendency "a this ha:
Q benn put forth by nominal unionists sine
!. he beginning of the war. Indeed if Col
Il Blair's program meant more than buster
+. it would mean another war.
!. The Boston Pos; is made anxious by
If the question Of religious paper, at Chr
# cago:'. Can a democrat hc savcdE' 1t is /
&c difficult problem, indeed; bat if a dcmocra
!. will eschcw the sins of his leaders, ant
=. neither drink like blair nor lie like Sey'
m The Washington star says the impression
l. prevails that should the president make al
l. nd interim appointment of revenue com
lie missioner, ii will result in Congress com
n ing together, without tail, in September
n i n heated temper, and very much incline,
d to pu-h impeachment measures sharply
j. through
Is 1t will surprise nobody to learn the fact
d Gen Butler has written aletter, annomc
ID ing that he will be candidate for re clcc
s. ton TO Congress
l. A terrific fire ragged during Friday il
lie the woods back Of CollIngwood, Canada
n the forest for miles was on,
:, mass of flames. Great fears arc enter
l. tanned for the safety Of the town.
Il Several farm houses have been destroy
| ed.
While II boy in Philadelphia was or
!" the watch Wednesda night for burglar.
= that had previously ATTEMPTED TO enter
. the house where he was, they returned
. and renewed the attempt when he fired
and killed one of them instantly.
Three butchers have been arrested in
o Ioboken, n. j., for violating the city
q ordinance by slaughtering cattle within
! the city limits, and gave bail for exami-
n nation, The butchclssa say they will spend
{ $4,000 in contesting the case. The
, street in the locality of their slaughter
house has been very offensive
s The store Of +. Grote on Sultan street,
e New York, was recently robbed OF $4,000
I worth of billiard balls and $500 worth
Of cloth and james O. Brown and James
Riley, while driving up the Bowcry, yes
terday were arrested for the theft. On
searching their carriage, the stolen bill
lizard balls were found secretcd in bags of
f sawdust.
, Advices from Japan to July state that
the election for municipal director at
Yokohama, June 20, resulted in the sue
cess Of +. S. Benson, an American,
over II. l., Boyle, an Englishman. A
heavy gale prevailed at Yokham, June
27, demolishing a lage number of build
ings. The mail steamer Colorado arrived
there on the Goth, from San Francisco,
and sailed on the Goth for Hong Kong,
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