The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-09-29
sUMM&RY OF NEWS.

opened NJ Hamilton on wednesday, has
been great success.
The Legislature of Ontario has au.
thorized the appropriation of $50 900 10
alleviate the distress in British Column
bia, caused by the failure of the crops.
An attempt was made TO break into
the safe of Strong ~ Mobiles banking
house, ut Windsor, ont, on Thursday
night last, which proved unsuccessful.
There was about S20,0OO in the safe at
the time.
The Irish People, one of the oldest
and most influential of the Irish news
papers of this country, and htherto
strongly democratic, has declared for
Grant and ColfaN, and prOnOunces UNI
qualiiicdly against not only Seymour
and Blair, but HOLMAN. his journal
exercises almost II controlling influence
over the Irish vote of Amcricn. beiuo
under the editorial direction Of Holm
Mahohy, of fenian fame.
49,, deputy United States Marshal
ino'l''s' while attempting, recently. To
arrest some parties in Dunkljn count,.
NO., charged with Illicit distiIli,, ,,.a,
reS0ted by fifteen armed m.n and forced
to retreat.
"A memorial TO the Dominion and
Ontario Governments to grant ten million
acres OF land in all of the Huron and
Ontario ship canal, is being largely AMI
uilucniiaIly signed.
Arnold, the well known guide OF the
John Brown trac, shot German rcs-
ding at Saranac, n. j., on Saturday.
who has since died Arnold has fed mic
the woods, and declares he will not he
taken alive.
Captain Schultz. an cx officer of tie
federal army. blew he brains ont, Thurs
day morning, in the garden Of a citizen of
Richmond, Va. from whose employment
hc had been Discharged. He leaves n
family in New York city
The tolllwipg congressional nomina-
ton were made on Thursday by the re-
pubcnns OF Msrl land 1t district lien.
ry >. iorhcrt of Cecil county: "a. John
/. En,pr Of Baltimore county; 81. Gen
Adam King "t Baltimore city; llh. Dan
icl NIscl 9TH, William J IIhcn Of Bad
Iimorc county.
The United &r,,cs Grand I.odr, Of
odd Fellows met at nlliimorr. MI,
Thursday, and appointed Il COMMITTEES to
select an orator AMI arrange the ,lclail,
for the celebrations of the liiiicth anniycr-
,ary Of the order, winch Is to take place
in Ihiladclphia, April 2G, 1869 The
. lodge devoted the morning 10 hearing the
report OF special COMMITTEES, aud the after,
noon to a secret session.
The NcH York labor can.rcs. on
Thursday elected the tollowiu. officers :
President, W. II. S,his; ,icc-pr,,idrnts,
c, II, Lucker, \ T. Davis; secretary.
John Vincent; treasurer, \. W. Phelps.
The female members voted rs well as the
= males. a new constitution WAS then
? discussed wthuu; definite action, A rcsl,
luton was adopted o appoint an executive
committee al one from each congo, sslun-
al district 10 form Il wurkingmcn's party.
with "a view of securing tho election OF
= men favorable TO the eight hour move.
mcnt.
-lhe London Times and Telegraph
are very ''~woef' on Rcvcrdy Johnson ion
his recent palavcrng speeches, and say
. that il he, who knows the whole case. /,
certain Of the adjustment Of the ditlerer'
ccs pending between Great britain ans
the United States, the public may be sur,
Of it,
~ box containing about $1,000 il
English coin, was stolen from Duncan
Sherman's banking house at New York
FRIDAY, while the attention al the Owner
was momena'iIy attracted in another di
IL rcCtl1n. \ man was seen To take the box
by several persons an depart with il, The,
r. thluklng At was all right.
The revenue conspiracy case wa.
e. ngan up before the United States com
e missioner At New York on Friday. AN,
p Two or three witnesses were examined
/ but nothing additional Of importance wa,
: elected. Binckley gives out that he hat
= discovered important evidence which wll
! conclusiv " establish The completely u
Rollins and Harlan in the frauds charge,
1 against them hut somehow he doscn
I produce it
WHY NV lii'll-tlll lNbiHF visited
the provincial exhibition at Hamilton, Ont
ON Thursday. At meeting OF the Onta-
RIO agricultural association ut Hamilton on
that day, David Christie was dcputcd
10 visit the United States to invc,tiaat,
the cattle disease. Lewis Allen, cemmis
,loncr from New York, Mr. Hall of Chi
cago and the other Americans had AZ
informal meeting with the members of til,
board, who decided that mo ACTON could
be taken 10 withdraw the restrictions OF
importation Of cattle INTO Ontario, unit
Mir ChrlsIle'S report was received
D The speech Of Robert NJ, Dough-; sor
, on the late Nc alOr Douglas, at the re
cchl great republican meeting at Raleigh
N.lC,, was \ firm out-and-ou appeal fcl
Giant, whom young Douglas think, In
tatihr would support, il he wa nov
alive.
: TIC New York Sun advises Gov Sev
10 mplr la Ii T.. a.