The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-03
Fatal Accident in Richmond, Va.

Wednesday morning the Supreme
Court Of Appeals Of Virginia, was crowd
ed with eminent citizens and many local
politicians, and a great many people
drawn there to hear the result Of the late
hearing of the question of the mayoralty
of Richmond. Among the prominent men
present were ex-Gov. Wells, ex-Congress-
man Nelson, Judge j. A. Meredith, Pat
II. Aylott, ex-U. S. District Attorney
for this district, ext. s. District Attor-
ney l.. p. Chandler and others. At IL
o'clock the gallery of the Court Room,
which was crowded, fell in ; the floor fol-
lowed, descending thirty feet to the floor
below, which was the floor of the House
Of Delegates Of Virginia, on which some
few members of caucus were waiting.
There was general crush Of all the tim
bers, and falling of the inside walls.
The following persons were killed |:
Patrick ii. Aylott, Capt. Charles, chief of
fire brigade; y, NJ. Schofeld, City AS
sesor, and brother of Gen. Schoiield, late
Secretary of War; Doctor j. B. Brock,
editor Richmond Enquirer Julius A.
IIobson, City Collector S. Dugge, men,
Der of the House of Delegates; L. A.
Beevis, commission merchant Of Alexan-
dria; Samuel Eaton, of Boston, Mass,
and formerly theatrical manager Of the
Boston Theatre Powhattan Roberts,
Commissioner in Chancery Of Court of
Common Pleas Jas. a. Blamire Of Ber-
lin, Prussia ; s. F.. Barnham, of Syracuse,
n. Y; n. p. Howard, lawyer; Ash
Levy, merchant j. w. d. Bland, col
ored Senator from Prince Edward j.
Watson, merchant of Danville; Thos. IL.
Wilcox, Confederate General Samuel ii.
Hairston, John Robertson, Baptist Min
lister; w. L. Randolph of New York and
lorty-two others, among them one Cap
tain and nine privates Of the police, who
were on duty i'll the building.
The first ten locomotives ever built in
Russia have just been completed near
Moscow
Ii was David &. Field, and not Da-
vid Lyons, of Greenfield, who died sud-
denly on Friday
An Irish paper of the 9th Of April, in
treating the new Coercion bill, omits its
leading editorial and publishes the follow
ing in its place "Death-By violence,
on the lth of April, 1870, seventy years
after the act of Union, by the act of the
British Legislature, the liberty OF the
press in Ireland.
The New York Sorosis has adopted the
sensible resolution that "ii an effort should
be made to revive the dirty and disgust
ing fashion of trailing skirts in the street,
that the universal voice Of American wo-
men should utter Il protest that would be
heard throughout the country and Europe,
and prove that whoever may choose to
follow the senselcss lead of court or CO.
terie, American women can think and act
for themselves
Nearly 500 brick-makers are on a
strike at Croton Landing, llaverstraw
and Grassy Point. The bosses had mott
fed them ola reduction of Sl2 per month
on their wages. About twenty-five brick
yards are concerned in the strike. There
have been no disturbances rs yet
The estate of the Arson Burlingam'
was presented at the Probate Court il
Boston yesterday for admistration, and
sworn not to exceed 100000 in personal
property. Papers of administration
were granted Edward l.. Burlingame' the
eldest son of the deceased.
The great food in the Upper Mississ
ippi, by which so many country and SC
many towns along its banks, in Iowa
Wisconsin and Minnesota, have been in
undated, is rapidly subsiding
Tnoy CoNfrnrScn.--Th Troy Confer
ence has been in session at Burlington
since Thursday. The forenoon of eacl
day is devoted to Conference business
and the afternoon and evening to Address
and anniversary exercises. The vote O
the Troy Conference on Lay Delegation
stood 2.472 in favor and 2.492 agains
it, The votes of the Conference on thu
same question was taken Saturday morn
ing. There were Isl votes cast standing
; SO in favor to % against, blank l. TIT