The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-11-17
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

rail on the Grand Trunk railroad,
Olive Logan furnishes the spice for
new book which, Writ Sykes is writing,
and which will probably be called "Pick-
led Olives,
The personal expenses of the Span
ish Queen Isabella during the thrty-fvc
years of her unworthy reign were $50,
500, 900 in gold
The queen Of Portugal, daughter of
/ Victor Emanuel, is insane from domestic
trouble and iSkept confined in closely
guarded room
Professor w. Newcomb has brought
home from the Sand xich Islands II fine
collection Of shells for the museum ct
Cornell university, including several rev
70 science,
-Beniamin Teachout of Warsaw, \.
Y. sentenced to be hung TO morrow, fer
wife poisoning, has been granted respite.
that motion for a new trial may be
argued.
Bands of Sioux Indians have lately
camped near Lincoln, the capital of
Nebraska, and warned off ali traders and
pale.laces generally. A hint 10 the itato
LEGISLATURE to hold short session.
Tho corner stone of ladies semi
nary will be laid at Vincland, \. j., on
the 18th. The GROUNDS covr % acres.
the building will he large and elegant. ana
il il intended to make the school 1t ie
male college, after tho Vussar model.
Tho successful attempt to throw the
Harlem IN. Y J railroad taFin from the
track at Bronxvlle, Monday night. WAS
the t,ird within month, Hnh The comPa-
ny offer $1,000 reward for the arrcs. and
conviction of the guilty rasras
The 'Col George w. Gibb,ns, "
whom the sensational New York papers
repoi ted. the other day. as leader Of the
fllbnsteline expedition 10 CUBA, is n quiet
real estate broker, whose only designs On
Cuba in professional way ere through
Secretary Seward.
james Mckee, clerk OF the Lake
, House at Auburn, y. Y, eloped Iualday
evening of last week, with II thirteen years
. old daughter of his employer. The fugi-
, tive couple went eff down Owasco lake in
a row boat and were married before they
were overiaken, when Mckee was arrest
cd fer assault and battery.
~ new profession in New York city.
! and "a useful one, is tie instruction OF
classes of boys ami eirl4 in outdoor games
! and sports. Many pareols are glad1opny
for the proper training Of their children in
: their holiday amuscments, and TO know
that when they are away from home they
are under the direction of responsible
t man.
Tho New York st Nicholas societ y
ha. elected James w Hickman prcsi.
dent for the ensuing year. Gov. John I.
Hoffman wee president, and includes
Guliun c. Nerplanck. Augustus Schcll,
: jam J. Roosevelt, and similar ancient
, and honorable worthless among ia mem
, bers.
The Central pall, New York; ZOO
, logical gardens have lately received two
black hens, n couple of bald eagles, a Loop
. ard. three colonies of honey bees, ami VA
, ii'N7 Nls''l StlAllNt 'ibN lllfNiNSl'i'E h''i
: mals"
A Tallahassee letter says that I.iut
Gov. Gleason, who is trying to impeacl
Gov, Reed of Florida out OF Office, "wa'
Il lumberman in Wisconsin, and is maj
of very ordinary calbere, and would b
; doing his country and state far better ser
vice On his plantation catching terrapin
{ I, than in running an impeachment machin,
= al Tallahassee.
S "A Californian anxious to get rid o
\ his wife bought two tickets for New York
i got his wife and family traps ''on tn,
c steamer, and just as the last bell rung raI
u fore his wife could observe his absence. -
f She was to sharp, however, and cam
@ ashore herself The result is an unpleas
y antness and the loss of passage money.
n -Thurlow Weed, Esq, has returne,
J. from Europe with his daughter, arriving
y by the Java on Thursday last. His man
:, friends will be glad to learn that hi
4 health, though not fully restored, is mucl
C improved. He does not intend however
;, to resume either his editorial labors or hi
! active precipitation in public and politi
: cal affairs. 1t is not improbable that n
/. may spend portion of the coming winte
o in the Southern States.
3 David McRe, the enthusiast
+ Scotchman, was thoroughly captivate'
d by our Yankee girls during his recen
visit in this country, and cxtols them il
a this moonstruck fashion: "a beautiful
n American girl comes nearer the popula
Il idea Of an angel than any being ever be
J. held out of dreamland, Pale features, O
!. exquisite symmetry, delicately pur
& complexion, eyes radiant with intelligence
"a light, graceful, often fragile form-thi
l. is the vision of loveiuess. l never saw
\, during all my life before 50 many fair
~ forms, which it would have surprised m
i, less to see shooting on wings and hoatin
e up into the empyrean,"