The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-30
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By the bursting of the breast Of fur.
nrce Ia Wales two men wcro envelopcd in tho
dreadful hot blast and gas from the motion metal
and literally charred TO cinder instan taneously,
their remains having to be rakei out. Two others
were injured ~ badly that they died soon aftor.
ward.
At Eureka, Nevada "a curious suit for
the possession Of a child has been going on he
tween two women, both claiming to be- its moth.
er. The child is perfectly white, while ono Of
the claimants Is a full blooded negress, and yet
the case has lasted for some time.
Five hundred Cinnamon at Honolulu
pctitioncd tho Legislative Assembly Of the Sand
wich Islands for n law to suppress the traffic in
opium, but bill for that purpose was Indefinite
ly postponed, because the government derives a
large revenue from the sale Of the deadly drug
A sat- catastrophe occurred at Ban.
fist church In Syracuse, N. Y. Tuesday night.
During tho progress Of a strawberry festival the
floor in the second story gavo way. and the crowd
fell upon the heads Of another audience beneath
killing fourteen and wounding about two hundred
persons.
A twelve. pound concal capuon shot.
which was fred through the body of Samuel
Lines Of twcnty-fourth Massachusetts, regiment
at the baltic Of Newbern, NJ lrch IA, 1852, and
iouEru III u tTtc from winch III was cut by COM
fade, has just been presented to the Boston Mu-
scum.
Shaking hands across the bloody chasm
means something in Golden City, Colorado.
military company has been organized there con-
ssting entirely of soldiers of tho Federal and
Confederate armies. The captancy has been
given to Colorado Union ex.oficsr, the first
lieutenancy to rebel, aad the recond lieutenan.
cy to Maine man.
Death from the bite Of snake is not
frequent occurrence in Scotland, but one oc
CURED there recently from this cause. In Suth-
erlandshre, little girl Of four years was in II
field hunting for birds nests when she was bitten
on the leg by an adder, from the effects of which
she died foriy-eight hours aftcrward in great
agony.
A swludler has been successfully cheat
irg people in country towns in the interior lie
offers for sale five pound packages of tea telling
his customers that it is better not to disturb the
tea, but to it from the top of the package. On
examination, it ia found that the packages con-
tain about pound Of tea at the top, the rest be
ing made up Of wads Of paper.
In Chicago the other day a window
full Of pot plants suddenly descended into the
street, filling the back bosom, Iand hair of an ell.
DERBY party with bulbs, earth thorns. and hair
ted that he was a pilgrim and pilgrim and a
stranger but he'd be id if he couldn't lick the
man that touched of that powder
Dean Richmond, Of the New York
Central Railroad, wrote most illcgi hand.
and an owner of small building situated on
land belonging to the road having received n
scrawl from him which he could not dccipber
supposed it to be free pass over the road. and
when. after waiting three months, Mr. Richmond
asked the man why he didn't remove the build.
ing, he found he had been using tho document to
which his signature attached as a pass and
had been riding on the strength Of it all summer.
In Iowa doctor writes of the remarka.
BILE grasshoppers that do so much damage in TINT
State: "ln my opinion they come from the lower
portion Of the British Possessions. They arc n
very hardy insect. 1t takes quite breeze to
kill them. 1mmerse one in water for three hours
and he II come to and have better masticative
and digestive faculty than ever. They will de.
your arsenic with the avidity of a modern belle.
When their wings are well developed they have
better locomotive poweo than the old Western
Stage Company ever had, and those that are here
have at this date got wing development now of
about quarter of an inch, while the body i.
about three quarters of an inch in length.