The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-04-13
SUMMARY OF NEWS.


we may use the term, more angelizing,
than fine black eye in lovely woman 2"
Two black eyes Is the only answer thought
of at present.
The late Rev. Daniel Isatc was both a
great wag and "A great smoker ola!
there you are cried lady, who sur
plised him one day with pipe in his
mouth. "at your idol again" eyes ma4
DAM" he coolly replied ''burning IT,"
The equinoctiaI gales were severe in
Louisiana extending over a large area of
the State, ana causing considerable destruc-
ton of plantation property, especially in
the Atiakapas country. Miles of fencing
went down before the blasts, and numerous
cane sheds, gin houses, mills and bridges
were swept away and great trees prosira-
ted. Some stock was killed and several
persons were injured
The Cedar Rapids Times claims the
championship for young girl, "sweet SKIS
teen" of Linn County, Iowa, as follows;
For six weeks last winter, during the sick-
ness of her father and mother, she attends
ed 49 head Of sheep, head of horses, II
head Of cattle and . calves, besides milk>
ing three cows, driving the cattle one quar-
| ter of mile every day 20 water cleaning
the horse stable, doing the homework,
and taking care of her sick parents,
Miss Helen Baker, daughter of ex- Gov.
Nathaniel i. Baker of New Hampshire
was married at Des Moines, Iowa, an the
3lst ultimo, to Mr. John S. Runnels,
private secretaey to Gov. Merrill of Iowa,
who is native of Buxton, Maine
Forty convicts in New Jersey State
Prison revolted, Friday, and defiantly re-
fused to work under their keepers The
f firmness of the head keeper, who armed
his deputies to the teeth, and the consign-
ing of fifteen of the most desperate to dun
geons, secured quiet and work from the
, remainder.
In Lawrence on Monday, early in the
, night, Mrs. Martha Jane, wife of Mr..
John c. Webster, arose from her bed. and
saying.that she was dying, handed her
youngest child TO an older one to take
charge Of She nevsr spoke afterwards,
, and expired at half-past one o'clock that
night.
2 Solomon Cages house in Providence
, was entered on Sunday night and robbed
of gold watch and S420 in money which
were taken from his bedroom.
r Ex>Secretary Stanton's health is very
precarious and the symptoms so unfavor.
a able as to excite the deepest solcitude Of
a his friends.
t An international Universal Exhibition
- is to be in Brussels in 1870, and the sit,
4 is already chosen.
4 The hegira Of Frcnchmen from Canadf
continues. The St. Albans (Vt.) Messen
ger of Tuesday says: Last night twelv
: carloads of Frenchmcn passed through
a here and an equal number are expecte,
= over the road TO night An agent of tn
new factory at Suncook. N. II. is now il
, Canada after six hundred
A shooting ARRAY occurred on Monda
in passenger car at the Baltimore depo
g in Washington. f. ID. Etchison, formerl
d commercial agent at Matamoras, was sea
J.. ted in the car with lady, when Colone
, w. Il, Lount entered with Il friend an
', asked Etchison why he had been threaten
u ing to take his life, and requested him t
10 step outside. The three men started +
" leave, when Etchison drew pistol, an
70 was only prevented from shooting Loun
by the latter striking up his arm. Til
bullet passed through Etchison's left hand
re There were n number Of ladies in the car
h who wore very much frightened at the oc
currence Etchiscn charges Lount wit
y having seduced his (Etchison's) wife Al
is the parties were arrested,
sc The latest dispatch regarding the inter
re national billiard match, now being paye
er in Montreal, for the championship of A
or merica, gives Dion 9l5, Foster 1893.
mt A. Walt, wellsknown citizen, an
d. before the war prosperous merchant {
Memphis, Tenn, struck with an AK an
killed his roommate and bedfellow, II. \
We Gbson. yesterday morning. He the
lis leaped from the third story of his ow
e building, the Bradley Block, a room
a. which he occupied He died almost instar
u fly. For some time past his mind has bee
v" impaired.
A young velocipedst while practicir
near the steamboat wharf in NewNHave
Conn, last week, got under such headwf
20. that he could not stop, and both bicyc
and rider rode off the dock into the wave
of the harbor
eco 1t is minated that the most importa
xt. documents connected with the Union T.
of cific Railroad matters are in Boston.
SO The fire that occurred at Chatham,
nc n. Y, was much more desIruct
me than at first appeared. The total loss W
zen be nearly Sl25, 900, of which not mo
me than one-half is covered by insurance..
ars The Town Council of Chicago ha
f a been moving in the matter Of grand DEF
,on onstration to be had onthe opening of &
to Pacific Railroad. 1t is proposed TO invi
emf the President of the United States, I
of Vice President the Governors of Californ
out Oregon, Nevada, &c, the Mayors of t
leading cties on the Atlantic and paci
slopes and other leading officials to a gra
rs celebration, the Inequalities of the Ct