The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-04-06

while Mr.. Harper, accompanied by hi:
daughter, was driving up Fifth avenue, in
New York, hls horses took fright. and the
occupants wcro thrown from the carriage.
! Mr., Harper was so seriously injured I'll at
he was taken to St, Iuke's Hospital.
where he fingered till Sunday, when he
died. The dau4 bier escaped with slight
bruises
Hon, James Harper was tho senior
member and founder IF the great publish
ing house of Harper & Brothers. lie was
born in Newton, l. l., in 1895, aud when
about fifteen years of age he left the quiet
homested and farm life TO become an APP
prentice TO Paul & Thomas, then the lead,
ing printers Of New York. His brother
John in a short time followed the example
Of his elder brother and commenced bis
apprenticeship with Jonathan Seymour,
another printer Of repute. They were in,
dusirious, hard working boys, and having
served their time out, they opened a small
book and job p inting office in Dover
street. Their first patron was Mr.. Evert
Duychink, then a prominent publisher,
and Seneca's Morals was the first volume
which they printed. In the same year
they printed the first booi; on their own
account, which bore the imprint of j. &.
}. Harper, Ii was Locke on the Hu-
man Understanding, and the edition of
thousand copies WIS Immediately taken by
four booksellers. Subs qn,nlly to this ihe
third brother, Joseph Wesley Harper and
their fourth brother, Fletcher, served their
time and became partners in the house.
which prospered under tie iujlcious man
agement Of the brothers, and as early ms
1928 was the largest private printing
house in New \ ork.
Mr.. James Harper in Sll was Mayor
of New York, position to which he was
chosen by the Native American element
lie discharged the duties with ability, but
official life was not the object of his am
bition. !lc was twice married
As Patrick Kinds, accom- anied bv his
wife and grand daughter, II years of ace.
were iordlng Cascade Creek, near Roch,
ester, MINI a few days since, with team
OF horses, by some means the wagon was
upset, and Mrs. Kinds and the Girl were
drowned, together with the team. valued
at $500. Mr. IIirds SUCCEEDED in paio-
ing the shore.
The New Yoik city alumni Of Union
College will dine together April 81. ~
mong the alumni who will be present are
Secretary Sewurd Gov. Hoffman. and
Bishops Potter AM Lit!lcjohn.
Marshall Q, Roberts has pres ,ntented
Miss Emma Siebbn4 colossal statue of
Columbus to the Commissioners of Contra!
Park, New York.
\ heavy rainSstorm visited Delaware,
Ohio, on Friday, noolns the streets, fill
ing ccllers and destroying property to. the
amount Of several Thousand dollars. The
gas works were so much injured that the
city was without light IN the evening
Delaware promises large peach crop
this year
st Petersburg, Russia. has eight hun
dred male and three thousand female
teachers OF ihc piano
There was quite a heavy earthquake n
the Nurth of England on the 18Th inst
Three children, aged two four and six
years respectively, were discovered in n
vacant room in house in Cairo, i'll on
Tuesday, where, several DAYS before, they
had been left to starve 10y their unnatural
father Not an ar icle of furniture or
nourishmont was discernible ia the room
Holland has abolished the stamp duty
on newspapers and to make TAP for the de
lijcncy thus occasioncl has raised the du-
ty ON liquors. by 50 doing the Dutch
place premium ON education and endevor
to discourage Incompetence
The Michigan Legislature has passed "A
law to punish the clrrlcss use # firearms,
which provinces for the fine and imprisoh-
mcnt OF any person who shall aim, though
without m dice, any fire arm at another
-Four man AT Pink Hill, Kansas. had n
quarrel last week. which resulted in kill
ing one OF them, MORALLY woInding ans
other, and wonndng the other two The
bystandels regarded it asa very pretty
fight"
General Robert Anderson j. going TO
Europe for the education of his family.
The reduction of his pay by placing him
on the retired li,l is slid to be one reason
for hi4 leaving the country
A New York Court h1- d, cided that
decree OF divorce granted in Illinois, TO
a person who vas married in New York
and returned 10 that State after Icing
divorced, j. valid AMI binding.
\ lady in Lillian, Minnesota, ast week.
was presented witr lnor boys at one birth,
They lived hul forty cigh, hnnrs. all dying
the same day, md we're buried in one
grave.
Prof X I. Brown estimates that coal
anil iron fields in ln'liana cover an area OF
about 5000 square miles, and that the
greater portion oft i, accessible without
the expense of shailing or pumping in its
mining.
A three months OIL baby in Minnesota
is astonishing the natives by talking very
plainly.
En-nn, salts dano.its ara ,pnorta1 tn