The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-23
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

"A single artesian well supplies all
the water used at Fond.du Inc, Wiscon-
sin.
AN eclipse of the sun, visible in
South America and the Southern parts
Of Africa, took place on Thursday.
An English gentleman was lately
fined five shillings for ,inging eff I had
a donkey" in parish church while funs
erel service was going on.
The lumber received at Burlington,
last year amounted to 10000, 900, and
was valued at S3,0O0,000. Upon about
one third OF this lumber custom house du-
tics were paid.
In England, thieving boys steal
greece from the wheel boxes Of railway
cars. The value Of the grease taken is
small, but the damage from its loss is lia-
bic TO he enormous,
Five gentleman in New York city
have made wager Of $500 TO ride
velocipedcs to Chicago.
A New York paper describes the
| City of Washington "as something be,
tween a caravansary and an aim,
house.
The Mormons baptlsed woman at
Fall River last Sunday, and little girl
was to have been baptised, but she found
the water too cold and shrieked so
loudly that the Elder brought her out.
Only three persons, between the ages
oflifty and seventy-ive, died in Rowe last
year, Only four persons have died of
consumption in that town within the last
ten years, The population Of the place is
about eight hundred,
"A New Orleans negro is abusing his
physical system at Hartford this week
by trying TO walk one hundred and fifty
hours with only four hours for rest and
sleep.
Two steamboat employees were ar
rested at Providence, on Monday, for
passing counterfeit fractional curren-
cy. They were well supplied with it.
Eugene Sullivan of Boston was
crushed to death at Turner's Falls last
week. lie was trying TO escape from
blast, and n mass Of frozen earth fell
upon him.
In Lawrence last year there were
100 births, equally divided in sex,
but unequally in race. The majority
were of Irish parentage and those of for
eign parents number three to one Amer
lean.
The trial of Mrs Samantha Greer al
Waukegan, ILL.,, for brutally, and almost
fatally beating Mrs Eleanor j. Moss. me-
Comstock, at Chicago, several inonthe
ago, to crafty inordinate jealousy, wa
concluded Thursday by disagreement o
the Jury, which stood six for conviction
to six for acquittal.
AT the dinner at Mr.. Colfax's las
Sa urday, Gen. Grant remarked, will
! reference TO his Cabinet, that he coul,
e communicate Two facts without impro
, priety first, that two men would not b
selected from one State; second, that h
should select no man who did not supper
) the government in the recent war, an
t who had not supported Congress in ii
attempts to reconstruct the South.
i "A Washington paper says it is we
known that Gen. Grant has been seekin
> information for months past concernin
u the public men of the country, thong
= not informing those from whom he oil
tanned It TO what end he was maxim
such Investigations.
% With regard to the refusal to assig
E. an evening for discussing the annexatio
- of st. Domingo, it is said that the lIou;
is so afraid that there is SOB in it, {
that the annexation will take none
b from the Treasury, that it won't hes
the subject discussed.
N The Richmond Enquirer and oth'
F" becoming greatly alarmed They hay
discovered indications of a general stan
III pcde Of Virginia Conservatives to Grant
support.
Five Tennessee papers have alreat
h. hcisted the name of Andrew johnson
i the Democratic candidate for Govern
IN of Tennessee n; the August election.
The Democrats of Wisconsin W
. make no organized opposition to the r
election of Chief Justice Dixon.
III "A touching incident occurred at Il
funeral of James i. Brady in New Yor
n When General Daniel f, Sickles enter,
at the room and looked upon the face of /
dead friend, he burst into tears and r
,ir peatedly kissed his face.
IN In New York last week, Il mat
monial engagement in high life was br
'st ken in consequence of the parties havi
all dispute as to who should pay for Il
wedding cards.
"A boy in Chicago, nine years o.
oh beat an Indian girl, ten years old so tn
she died of her injuries. A few de-
loo later he shot his cousin nine years old, a
killed him.