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

and the rum seller called gentleman
DIED OF HIS WousDs.-Hortford, Ct.,
Sept. 4,-Col. Hiram Appleman, late
Secretary of State, died at his home in
Mystic Bridge Of wounds received at the
battle of Antictam where he commanded
the Eighth Connecticut regiment.
News Items.
Before falling down, boys should take
reef in their tongues A little son of
Mr.. Wanfel of Lancaster, Pa, fell down
and bit his tongue. the other day, and
soon bled to death from having severed
an artery.
An Indiana woman, whose suit Tor d.
vorce had fingered along until she wos
completely out Of patience, burst INTO her
lawyers Office, last week, her face radiant
with joy, aud exclaimed, Squire, the
old mans dead !"
Kate kibey Of Madison county ILL.,,
went blnd just after graduating from an
eastern seminary, since which time she
has prepared her two brothers for college
and fitted her younger sister for entrance
to the Monticello seminary.
One o. Gen. Mcigs's newly invented
explosive cartridges was tried lately on a
grizzly bear in the Rocky mountains, and
fetched him beautifully. The shot enter
cd the bears head near his ear and ex-
ploded, disabling him Immediately.
Two Louisiana robbers took pot luck
with an old lady whose money chest had
yielded them $4,000, and she made them
coffee opprcssively strong with strychnine.
When they were dead, she removed their
DISCUSSES, and discovered that both were
her neighbors and one her cousin
A postmaster general Of Madras, India,
has very mean estimation Of linguistic
talent He advertises for a clerk who
can read, write and speak English Hin.
dustaui, Arabic. Bhora, Gazerati and
Nlahratti, and all for Sl4 month.
A general apprehension seems to exist
IN Germany that great humble of social
lists will DC returned to Parliament at the
next general election. Between this Gle.
meht aud the disconnected Catholics,
Prince Bismark IS likely TO have his hands
full.
The restriction on the production of the
famous play Of Uuclo Sam " in Paris
has been removed, aud Parisians will have
a chance to spit their sides over this ex.
aggeratcd burlesque on America and
lAmericans at the Vaudeville theater, ear.
ly this IN jnth.
There Is loud aud growing cutlery "a.
gainst horse cars in LONDON, which the
commissioner Of police declares are " dai.
, ly becoming greater nuisance to the
general public" and it is quite probable
: that street railroads will soon cease to ex.
ist, at least in the heart OF the city.
The queen Of Belgium and the Princes.
Louise we're recently caught in shower
while out riding, and, on applying at Il
country inn for shelter were refused ad
mittancc, the andady being suspicious OF
character, and saying that L" she didn',
want any such persons"
f Judge Buckhardt of Galloway county,
Mo-, cmphatically charged the grand ju.
ry that every person engaged in the re.
cent lynching of KerSler, and who was
present aiding or encouraging those that
/ did the act, was guilty of murder and
should be indicted The attorney gencr.
) al Of the state is examining witnesses,
and it is to be hoped that the leaders OF
the mob will be lerreted out and punished
That spunky mayor OF Madison, Wis,
has gone back on his record. He was
laudably severe III his efforts to enforce
the Sunday liquor law when it was first
passed, and the rum'sellers had to yield.
But now he has basely compromised with
the saloon keepers, allowing them TO keep
open from ? to 9p. N. This is the more
strange, as he has recently been sustained
by the supreme court OF the state in Il
contest with litigious rummy.
a rib bone six feet long and three inch
es in diameter has been dug up at Morris
Hill, Mo. 1t is supposed to be rib of
those vermin that used to be indigenous
in the land Of Uz, and which Job was ad =.
vised not to tackle.
The pope has written letter to the
count de Chambord, congratulating him
on the fusion of the Bourbons, in which
he says that God has listened to the pray.
ers Of the Catholic world, and that the
hydra Of revolutioa Is on the eve Of de-
struction.
Laborers are SO scarce in England that
the farmers in the vicinity of Catham
garrison have requested the officers to al.
low the soldiers to assist in the harvest.
ing. This has occasionally been doue,
but the applicants. this year, were all re.
fused.
a man named James Campbell was
caug in the act OF firing barn at Tren-
ton, n. D.. Friday afternoon, and was ar.
rested. Norris Purple, charged with set
ting fire to the Fashion stud stables, was
, also discovered, but escaped in boat to
4hiiadelphia, where be was arrested.
The engineer. fireman and two other
employees, besides several boys, were over.
come by foul air in coal pit at Southside
near Pittsburg, Pa, Friday afternoon,
while going through with full train.
One OF the boys named McLain fell off
the car, was run over, and his head cut
off. The engineer and fireman wcreslight.
ly injured. The train got through before
they were sufocated.
William q. Whitaker, captain Of
sloop which was lying ut Poughkeepsie
ship-yard for repairs, and George Mickle,
one nf the hands foil from, ,ha ,,ostLooI
to the deck, 70 feet below, on Thursday.
Capt. Whitaker was instantly killed, but
Mlekle managed to sieze the halyard as
he fell. and, though his hands were fear
fully burned as he slid like lightning
down the rope the force OF his fall was
broken, and he escaped with a broken an
kle.