The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-02-09
NE UjS ITEMS.

Bcochcr, Monday.
1t is rumOred that the President rerus
es to sign the Little Tariff bill.
A Mrs. Peter Weber of Chicago. re
Gently gave birth to four daughters
The House took a step Monday look d.
ing TO a return to the franking privilege.
Blue Earth, MIMI, is growing towr
Last year there were G57 births and ISL deaths, a
clear live gain Of 400.
The alleged quarrel between President
Grant and Speaker Blaine was the fabrication of
u sensation correspondence.
The bomm 3pnthists have been excluded
from the clinics at tho phiidelpbis Almshouse,
and there is great row about it.
The system OF church rsfIles has been
presented by tho Grand Jury of Lucas county,
Vhio' us being Illegal and II nuisance.
The Belgian Government is said to con-
template the abolition of the divorce law out Of
doierenco to the opinion Of the bishops.
The month of January 10 New TIamp.
shire was colder than the average temperature in
that month for the past nineteen years.
The gathering of incohereut ,irreverent,
spouters, by stretch Of good nature denomina-
ted Labor Reform Convention, in Boston, ad =
journed sine die Monday.
Miss George of Springfield, N. H +,
whose mysterious disappearance several weeks
since caused such hub bub, has been found OF
Wultham, Mass, alive and well.
The Butler Hospital for the Insane at
Providence is one Of the best managed institutions
of its class in New England Sir. Alexander
Duncan has given SoO,0O0 to this hospital.
Mics Euapo A., -
| and several other novels, hos resigned tho pen.
and now devotcs herself to farming and home
pursuits at her residence, near Mobile Ala.
a beautiful answer was given by a lit.
tic Scotch girl When her class ct school was
examined, she replied to the question, "Whst is
paticnco?' wait a weo, and dinna weary
la stirring his fire the fireman on q
French locomotive found human foot in his ash
pan, and that was the first intiuatiou they had
that they had killed a man some hours before.
The Liberal leadership Of the House of
Commons il exciting considerable attention in
English political circles. Mr.. Forster is promi-
nently talked OF in connection with the position
There is Il man in Chicago hospital,
a victim Of railroad accident whose head is
alive but his entire body seems to be dead; knives
have been stuck into his body, but they produce
effect upon him.
One OF the largest steamers ever placed
in fresh water is building for the Western Trans.
portation Company, Of Buffalo, n. Y. Her length
over all is to be z75, with 81 feet beam and a
depth in the hold of 10 feet.
The new hotel at San Francisco will
require 1000 locks and AS 600 keys. The weight
Of these safeguards will be about seven tons and
the cost about 900 in gold. That's what the
'Friscans are Dragging about.
Petcrsham has produced an auctiopeer
who tells the truth. lie recently told bidder !;
ou've got good bargain that sleigh you
nd OH fer zoo. 1t is just as good for tho hens
to roost On as one that cost SEQ
Mrs. Dale, Of Detroit, held hot buck
wheat cake over her husbands countenance fer
several minutes because he expressed his disap-
proval Of free love doctrines "Ths family must
be run on an unscctarian basis" said Mrs. b.
The Syracuse Standard Justly re.
marks: "Peopie who send US communications
for publication ARE requested not to quote and
pnderseore so MucH. THIS is about the usy A
good deal of matter would LOOK if we printed
1t MS 1t is WRITTEN"
Gen. Trum bull is looking for the proof
reader of certain Western paper. The General
was announced to deliver lee ture on "Irish
fiaties," when it should have been "Irish IRA
General ought to be ndugen,
When an indianapolis man had lost
$500 OF his employers money at faro, his spunk y
VIE, pistol IN hand mads TIE proprietor refund,
saved her husbands place an got ono for herself
in the same establishment besides being general
y and admiringly talked about.
a quaint old gentleman, in speaking OF
the different allotments Of men, bv which some
nd
rants, by way Of illustration remarked: $50 one
lab OF niarble becomes a useful Doorstep while
another becomes n lying tombstone"
Among the carpet baggers on the Dem.
ocratic side Of tie nited States Senate are
GUldthwait Of Alabama n native of Boston; Stew.
enson, OF Kentucky and Thurman, Of hio, both
OF whom went from Virgnin; and Foreman of
west Nersinil, who is a Pennsylvania by birth
An International chess match is to be
played between English and French players. tho
former being the chaiengers. The match is to
DC carried on by telegraph, and three days will
be allowed for each move. The last similar match
was played thirty years ago, and lasted years.
Two Bridgeport (Ct,) young men, who
wanted the same girl met for mortal combat the
other day. with what weapons has not been made
known to the world, but they both camc out of
the contest alive, and were subsequently both dis
missed by the young lady on account of their
fight
The dish-rag plant is Texan produc.
ton. Its frlit grows to a considerable size and
is shaped like cucumber. When dry the out.
side covering is removed, and the heart, which
has certain sPougeliko qualities is used for the
purpose Indicated by the nano given to the
plant
A Paris medical student was at work,
recently, upon Il frozen subject which he had
placed IN sitting posture, tho right arm being
held above the body thuwed and the arm foil the
cold hand striking tho student across the cheek
and so terrifying him that he became insane and
died soon after
The crown jewels OF France have Just
returned to Paris When Eugene fled from France
she entrusted them to the Minister Of Finance,
who sent them to tho Bank of France whence
they wero forwarded, before tho siege to dis
taut French port. One of the stones alone is val.
ued at Sl6U,sU0.
A gardener in England had a female
fox in his possession for eight or nine months the
animal being secured by chain and strong
leathern COLLAR. One morning it was found miss
ing, and On investigation it appeared that dog
fox had climbed the garden wall, gnawed through
the collar and liberated lis mato.
Brazil boasts OF the oldest people iv.
ing. They have man who dances upon his knee
the grandchildren Of his own grandchildren, while
imprisoned at Cerea is n woman who was sentence
ell for life on the 9Th of November, 1915, being
at that time co years old Even prison atmos-
phere seems to DO salubrious out there.
An American who has been travelling
at night on Mexican railroad, says he was as
tonished at tho amount of cock growing along
the line about the hour Of daybreak. His first
impression was that the train mus. be passing
flTOtuh If huf ba