The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

sentenced to six months Imprisonment for
having provoked the procurator general
OF that city to fight duel
The average standing Of the pupils 10
the public schools OF Richmond, Va, for
the past year was 76 the stand I'd being
100. The number Of schools in 1870
was 73. There are now %, an increase
Of % within three years.
A railroad suspension bridge, proposed
to be built across the Mississippi at Car
ondelet, Mo-, will have two channel spans
of 600 feet each, and two shore spans Of
300 feet each, the latter to be built on
the truss principle.
The Jessomine (Ky.) journal rejoices
that =" the tamio ieud between James
Blackman and Washington Cartlett,
which for years has kept our constant
dread OF fragrant outbreak has at length
been satisfactorily adjusted.
Thomas Dillon, of Paris, KY, while in
pursuit of a murderer in Virginia, acct.
dentally came across two Of his brothers
whom he had not seen in fourteen years.
The recognition was effected by scar
upon the head Of one Of their brothers,
the result Of one Of their boyhood alter.
cations.
A red.bot aerolite came whizzlnp
down through the trees at Maysville,
CAL, recently, hurying itself eight feet
deep in the ground. It weighed twelve
pounds, aud was so hot, even after an
hour had been spent in digging it up,
that 1t set fire to the cart in which it was
being conveyed to town.
San Francisco is being fcartully bored
by an interminable boys high school in
vcstigation I" 1t has been dragging its
slow length along for more than two
months, the committee meeting aud TAX
ing batch of testimony every other ove-
ming, and they haven't got around to the
defense yet
Anthony Nusgravc, the newly appoint.
cd governor OF South Australia. was
sworn into Office at Adelaide On the 9th
ofJune. lie is represented as being a
man OF great executive ability, and his
American wife, daughter of David bud.
ley Field, is alluded to in culogistic terms
by the provincial press.
Old Mr.. Flowers, of Detroit, extern
siyely vivisectcd his daughter with a
butcher knife, recently, because she
spoke sharply to him. lie stabbed her
in the shoulder, cheek and knee, knocked
down the vigorous yorug men who came
to rescue her, and really made things
lively for an old man. Ills son at length
secured him and took him off to Jail.
A body OF horsemen rode into Charles
tou, lnd the other night, and posted no.
ticcs wlrning Andrew Reynolds aud wife
and Patrick and G. H. Carney to leave
the State within fifteen days or abide the
consequences. One of Reynolds rela.
tives was recently threatened by the vigi-
lAntes. The parties don't propose to
leave.
Troy is lukowarm in the Sunday clos
ing movement. At first every saloon
was closed, but Justice Lqndon decided
that the saloonmon had right to keep
their doors open il they chose, aud tha,
no action could be sustained except on
clear proof that they sold liquor, and
since then things have relapsed into the
old way.
A new organization Of Germans has
come TO the surface. X is called The
Sons of Hermann" aui has member.
ship of 10000. The national convention
was in session at St. Louis las; week.
The order derives its name from Her.
mann, or Arminus, 'who freed the Ger.
man tribes from Roman ie.poti,m before
the Chri.tion era.
The modern Mctbusclah has been dis
covered hy the Anglo. Brazilian Times.
He was born at Saquercma, Brazil, in
1854, aud is therefore rs years old. He
is healthy, for an old man, and his declu.
ing years are checred by ~ children,
born Of six different wives, 1913 grand
children, Sc great.granlchildrcn 20
great-great- grandchildren, and 70 great
great great.grandchildreu.
Throw PnYsIc To THE Docs The
Graphic recently give an Illustration Of
the new chrome issued by the Murray
Till Publishing Company, l29 East
Twenty eighth street; from Bsham's
painting, Throw Physc to the Dogs"
The subject is q little girl physieing va.
rious specimens Of the canine race. The
scene is laughabc Que, and the differ.
ent attitudes OF the dogs are exceedingly
pleasing.
1t was designed TO illustrate DR..
Foote'S aversion to drugs, aud acconpa.
mics each copy Of his well.known work,
Plain Home Talk and Medical Common
Sense" The doctors practice is thor
oughly "New School" and in this way
he stands prominently out from the pro.
ieasion a successful practitioner.
The book is 4 volume OF 9l2 pages
aud 200 Illustrations, filled vita facts
and reason relating to mankind, and their
social and physical status. The Graphic
says OF it: 1T il an encycopledia OF use.
iul knowledge" a noted clergyman of
this city tcstifies TO its merits, remark
ing (: ut is a library in itself" The
Franklin Repository, of Chambersburg,
Pa, speaks Of the picture as "a beautiful
chrome, very pleasant, aud so enjoyable
as to be almost good company.'-Ne'o
York Express.
TEMPERANCE MEDIcINEs.-Ifyou would
patrouize true Temperance Medicines,
scientifically prepared by skilled phys.
lcian, aud BY process the discovery OF
his own, wherein not drop Of rum, whis-
key, beer or any other alcoholic or fer
mented liquor enters-use DR.. Pierces
Family Medicines. They do not manu-
facture druukards. as do the various Cor |
dials." Tonic" Elixirs and a." Bit
tiers Of the day, Golden Medical Dis
covcry is nutritious, tonic alternative, or
blood cleansing, and an unequaled cough
remedy. Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets.