The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-03-24
NEWS ITEMS.


Johann Heinrich Mndler, the eminent
German astronomer, is dead.
Two ice men were carried over the
falls Of Niagara, Monday night
Yarmouth, N. s., enjoyed slight
shock of earthquake one day last week.
Fell's spice factory. near Wilmington,
Del, was burned on. Wednesday; loss s5j 900.
The New York Legislature encourages
shnrpshooting in the State militia.
Jerry Rogers was recently struck by q
falling tree at Surrey, N. H., aud killed.
Canton, Maine, has voted not to license
any liquor agent or any billiard table.
A fire at Nashville, Tenn, Tuesday
night destroyed $4,000 worth of property.
A terrific hurricane swept over Cairo,
H., Wednesday, doing considerable damage.
A female deputy clerk of circ1lt
court in Illinois is charged with emberzlement.
The Texan planters will cultivate
larger proportion Of grain this season than here
tofore.
A negro at Richmond, Va. has been
arrested for robbing the mails of large sums Of
money.
The introduction Of salmon into the
rivers Of Australia, aftor. repeated failures, has
been accomplished at last.
The New Hampshire scythe and OK
company of Littleton is making 1000 dozen
scythes year and 1900 axes month.
Block Island, Ill.,. has experienced u
great religious revival this winter and it is said
nearly every inhabitant has converted.
The volcanic indica at Bald
Mountain, Mo, have Thoroughly aroused the
people in that neighborhood who are fleeing for
their lives.
The immense steamship, City Of
Peekin." the largest vessel ever built, with the
sole exception of tho Graat Eastern was succoss-
fullyllaunched ut Chester, Pa, Wednesday
The temperance crusaders apparently
| labor under the impression that there arc intern
perate men among the Congressman; they want
to be received at the bar of the Senate.
A carrier pigeon lot loose 10 Elizabeth,
N. j., at 1920 IN. on Thursday reached its
homo in Philadelphia at II a. M, flying dis
tance of SO milos in 40 minutes.
The liquor agency at Auburn. Me-, is
the only department that pays; S4ls2 worth Of
medicine has been disposed Of, the past year at n
profit to tho city of ss22.
A Swedish boy, | years old, belong
ing to the colony in Aroostook county, Me ba.
made 10, 900 shingles this winter cutting down
the trees and doing tho whole work hius.lf.
A rum seller in Lebanon, N H., re.
Gently had forty indictments against him. but
when he came to trial only ten of the witnesses
could DO found, snd so thirty of tho cases wer,
lost.
Drunkenness, which was rare in Pari.
during tho Empire, is said to be growing CON.
mon, md the police arrangements are not as per.
iect as under tho Government Of "his unco's
nephew
A man IN Portland who pedded liquor
out Of bottle, twenty five years ago, has 80
fourshed under the prohibitory law that he il
about to retire from the rum business, a million.
afro.
The Ohio Legislature is still at work
on the bill to ro-dstriot the State that the
Democrats can secure o majority of the Congress
men. 1t finds it uphill work, but hopes for re-
) ward at the top.
The remark OF severe lady who saws
that male is only mule spelled wrong, is supple
nented by the New Orleans Picayune with tn,
declaration that according to Latin authorities
woman is muller.
Two moro detalcations are reported
from New York. book-keeper of Badeau
Lockwood d Co. runs off with Sl6O, 900, and a
leaving acquainances to mourn the loss of $50 900
Supset Cox has defined his position
He claims to be can eclectic political philosopher
belonging to neither party" These are the chap.
that do ell the grumblng and none Of the help.
. ms. They won't cut bait fish.
Pearls Of great wisdom seldom flow
from Simon Camcrons lips, but he did say a
|, pretty good thing recently in a speech. 1t wa,
this: "Men have lost more in this world by hur
; rying than they hayc by waiting their regular
time"
\ bill has been introduced 10 the
Maryland Legislature to encourage migration
from Scotland which provides that the Common
wealth shall pay SO per cent of the passag go mon
ey, and the person who may lis services
per cent.
The Indianapolis Journal says: "Our
: private opinion somewhat publicly expressed il
, that Mr. Butler is neither a safe NOR wise lead
er, and that just In proportion ms the Republican
party allows him that position it will find itsel
losing ground with the people"
The Calais (Me.) Advertiser declare,
that the statement Of the Times Of that city, tha
Hon. Eugene Hale has intmated to any one tina
he would not be a candidate for recollection tC
Congress is sheer fabrication, without shadow
of foundation in truth
The Texas Legislature has Just or.
dained two new holidays for that State. the I'd Of
March, the day of the doclasati of Texas indie
pendence, and tho 2lst Of April, the anniversary
; of he battle of San Jacinto, which made reality
of the declaration.
. The Taunton Gazette says: A lady
entering of our stores yesterday noticing tn,
, window draped in sombre mourning, asked who
was dead. "Why, Mr.. Sumner" said the polite
attendant. ',Oh," responded the obtuse interro
CATER. twas he clerk herey'
e The Commissioners of Taxes and As.
sessments, in New York city rece~tly made VI
their valuation of personal property, and 6gurcc
it up at 1854 325 052. OF this amount .292
e AL, GAS have been abated either By affidavit Of
f. by action Of the court.
! Gov Howard has been mentioned il
connection with tho United States senatorshiI
from Rhode Island, but burnside is the only can
didate that makes any stir yet The Pruyd-nt,
Star knows half dozen better men than ,ithe
of these and wants them both thrown overheard
r Says the New York Mln: That Wa
c liberal bridegroom who took the entire brda
= party consisting of four bridesmaids. same mum
Dor OF groOmsmen and two ushersJ to Washing
ton in special palace car last week; paid tn
hotel bills for two days, and furnished return
; tickets the third-a graceful hint the bridal part
~, ,eadily took"
;. The owner of Judge Fullerton" offer
to trot him for ST. 600, mile heats, best three il
five, against any horse in the world, on any track
u barring goldsmith Maid" on all except tn
Il Fleetwood track. Roden wants to math "Castl
6 Boy" against american Girl" for SIC, 900, il
u two races, Of mile heats, best three in Eve, il
i harness, and the other Of twomle, heats, in haT
= moss.
II Mr.. Robert Lowe, who lost yer,
comfortable position by the resent political upse
in England, vents considerable spleen Disraeli
; and among other things, accuses him Of writing
r. in one of his works of the orucfxion as havn
@ occurred in the reign Of Augustus Caesar This
| very funny, whether true or not, as il places on
), of two prominent men in rather ridiculous pcsi
Il ton.
l. The New York World says: "As Il
d tho policy Of the Democratic party, it will be II
the future, the editor says, what it was in tn
honored past decentralization, FREQ trade, bar
= money, small army and cheap government
,r Among the practical commentaries are the las