The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-05

Last Monday morning the lightning
struck the barn of Mr.. Lawrence Brain
ard, in st. Adams. The fluid passed
down near the stable to the ground be-
meath, making some havoc with the board
ing and Frustrating horses in the stalls.
The shock made the horses as "deaf as a
post" Two or three men were in the
barn at the time, but escaped unframed.
Edward j. Oakley, who was arrested
several months ago by the United States
authorities on a charge Of having embez-
zled about $4,000 from the funds OF the
National Merchants Exchange Bank Of
New York, of which he was cashier, and
was committed to Jail in default Of &c.
600 bail, has at last found bail and been
released from confinement. He previous
/ ly gave $4,000 bail to answer in civil
action brought against him in one Of
the State Courts by the officers OF the
bank
A planter near Midway, s. c., about
20 miles from Augusta, Ga, has discover
ed an addition to the list Of domesticated
animals in the form of $50 pound ALI
gator. He harnesses the strange animal to
a pillow, and the furrow is turned with
precision if not with rapidity. The pre-
sent season the alligator has furnished the
entire motive power necessary to the cul-
tivation of the farm.
Ia the bloody fight in Missouri har-
Eal1 hn 9th Il tu
scythc directly through the body OF an
other, the blade entering his back, passing
through his heart and out through the
breast.
The rejection of Whittemore by the
I House of Representatives raises the ques-
, ton whether there is vacancy in the
First Congressional District of South Car
DINA, and also whether ii becomes the
duty Of the Governor of State to issue his
= proclamation and order another election
. to fill the position for the unexpired por
+ ton of the Forty-frst Congress. If thu
House send an official notification Of it
action to Gov. Scott, he must recognize
;. the fact that vacancy exists The Hous,
Is is the constitutional Judge of the election
and qualification of its members, anC
having declared Whittemore disqualified
to take seat in that body, of course hi
, election is void and his place vacant.
lie George H. Stuart, in his speech beior
" the Christian Association at indianapolis
IF said the most interesting sight he saw il
N London was not Buckingham Palace, o
N the great Exhibition, but two feeble Chris
IF tian young men with stammering tongues
Sc but hearts filed with love, preaching t
|. an audience Of thieves and drunkards an
id pick pockets and fallen women, at mid
&c night, in part Of London where the
to could not 90 in safety without two police
of men.
OF A genuine Texas tarantula was captul
d. ed on Vine street, Cincinnati, near frui
IL stand day or two since. 1t is suppose
IS the venomous insect was concealed in
IN cluster Of bananas, and thus obtained
c, free passage from his Southern home.
u u The lightning Monday evening struc
'e Mr.. VIM. Whittneys house in Leomini:
. tet, tearing off capboards, ripping u
>. carpets, making hole through the celia
% wall, blowing the lamp out, and momer
,o tarily stunning the inmates. The hous
.. - was well provided with lightning rods.
The New York correspondent of a
evening contemporary drew on his ina!
of ination Yesterday when he telegraphe
he that "Mr. Fechter sailed for Europe di
of appointed and disguised with his Amer
,r. can reception and experiences" Had |
of been informed, he might have announce
nj. his intended return with his family ear
all in August, and his determination to NAL
rs. Boston his home for several years
ON come.
". The New York Times says it was n
ed ex-senator Grimes who recently wro
that "life is not now measured by years
nd events make the sun of human life" b
yer present member of the United Stat