The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-09-28

heretofore done credit to himself and
honor to the State, is a sufficient justiica-
ton TO me, for giving him my earnest and
and hearty support and hope all my
friends will do the same.
c. Ii. JoYcE.
Since the war thousands of volumes have
been stolen from the Virginia State liza
brary,together with many valuable relics
Iowa expects to gain three Rcpres-
entativcs in Congress by the next appor-
tionment.
Professor Cyrus Northrop Of Yale
College has formally declined the Presi-
dency Of the University Of Alabama.
Texan papers say that more cotton will
be raised in that State this season than
can be saved.
Willie Emerson, an infant child of
Edward d. Emerson Of Providence, was
run over and killed by horse car on
Monday.
4 four years old son of NJ. L. Currier
of Conway, Mass, was killed on Monday
week. by being run over by loaded
cart.
Miss Mary Pillsbury of Gambia, N. H.,
aged cighty-nine years, died Of heart
disease while sitting in her chair on the
18th.
An unoccupied house in Lyme, N. H.,
owned BY Charles Pennington, was burn
ed on the night Of the 18th. Loss $3.50;
insured for S400.
1t is stated that not enough wheat will
be raised in Great Britain this year by
100000 bushels for home consump-
ton.
Brevet Brigadier General Robert NJ.
West late Captain in the Seventh United
States Cavalry, died near Fort Arbuckle
Idaho Territory, on the 81 inst.
A fire in MedinaeNew York, on Sum
day morning destroyed two largo business
blocks, causing loss Of over 100000,
upon which there was an insurance of
about $4,000.
AT Corning, N. Y, Monday, on a
motion Tor the appointment Of a new
Receiver of the Susquehanna Railroad,
by general consent Robert L. Banks and
James McQuade were appointed joint Re-
ceivcrs.
Captain-General Rodas is urging the
planters in Cuba to hire white men to
watch their plantations and their slaves,
as he fears there will be general negro
rising.
There are about 100000 Odd Fellows
in this country, 100000 in Great Britain
and about one million in the whole
world.
A course Of three lectures, upon Rous-
seau, Burke and Webster, is being given
by DR., Lord under the auspices of the
Senior class of Amherst College
1t is stated that the position of Associ-
ate Judge of the United States Supreme
Court,to Gil the vacancy caused by Judge
Wsynes death, will be offered to Attorney
General Hoar.
The Dent movement in Mississippi
does not start off so vigorously as was
anticipated, and the Republicans have
strong hopes of carrying the State.
Mrs. Sarah Phipps of Philadelphia has
bequeathed about $4,000, mostly in
small sums to various charitable associa
tons in that city.
Walla Walla, Washington Territory,
reports marriages and divorces in equal
numbers, and alternating with astonishing
regularity.
a marrying bachelor anxiously asks if
it would be Of any use 10 attcm, d to make
love to 4 young lady after one has stood
on her dress till he could hear the gathers
rip at the waist?
Two chlrden named Flowers, neal
Connorsyile, Delaware county, New
York, on Wednesday last, in passing
through a field were both kicked to death
by vicious horse. They were aged three
and five years.
Several Independent papers in Caliior-
MIA are advocating the election of the Be-
publican nominees for the Supreme Rench
on the ground that they are the best can
didates, and political issues ought not to
enter into a judicial election.
The Montgomery (Ala.) -Bm! is author
ity for the statement that Ex-Governor
James L. Orr, in conjunction with others,
is quietly Senterizing and Walker!zing
South Carolina"
On the Sth, in Goffstown, N. H., a
man named Charles L. Smith fell from
the beams of barn he was assisting TO
raise. His injuries were so great that he
died on the Goth. lie was aged % years
aud belonged in South Acton, Mass.
A concert in which between 1000 and
5000 voices participated and pieces Of
artillery were called into play, took place
at the Crystal Palace, London, on the Sth
inst. 1t was the largest concert ever
given in England,
\ woman in Schenectady refused to
allow the physicians to amputatc her leg,
on the promise Of a spiritualst that he
could cure her without undergoing the
operation, but the remedies failed, and
the woman died
\ dispatch from St. Louis says the
Mississippi Valley Telegraph Company
has failed, and that efforts are made to
sell its property. The Western Union
Telegraph Co. have offered 100000 in
cash Tor it, and the Atlantic and Pacific
Telegraph Co., s225,OOO in stock.
la recent speech Gov. Geary of
Pennsylvania stated that during the last
year Of Andrew Johnson's administration
the debt had increased forty-three mil
lions, while under only six months of
General Grants administration it had
decreased as much as forty-nine millions
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