The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-07-06
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dictment against Tweed.
Mr.. Gladstone thinks the Church of
England Is worth preserving.
Pemberton, the East Boston murder
er, has been sentenced to death.
The loss by the Paterson IN. j. fire,
Tuesday morning IL estimated at $780,
600.
The corner stone of new Universal
list church was formally laid at Rock
land, Me-, last Tuesday, with Masonic
honors.
A Jealous resident of Chicago, Tues
day morning, shot his wife dead, while
eating breakfast, and then committed
suicide.
The almost incredible statement Is
made that the losses In the cities of Tou-
louise and Agen, France, by the recent
flood, exceed S24 100000.
A cargo of teas has reached New York
from Japan, via San Francisco and the
Pacific railway, in the unprecedented
time of thirty-three days.
The Delaware and Maryland peach
growers are at Washington, discussing
and laying plans for transporting the
peach crop east and west.
John Hogan, negro, was hanged,
Monday, June %, near Russellville,
Ark, by party of citizens for attempt
ing to outrage two little girls.
BY the recent great fire in Dublin,
thirty-fve buildings were destroyed,
and five thousand barrels of whisky.
Numbers of people died from excessive
drinking, as the liquor flowed through
the streets.
During the furious gale at Bradford,
Ont, the town hall, large brick build
ing, was entirely blown down. A
grammar school was held in the base
ment, but only nine scholars and one
teacher were present.
BY the reorganization of the treasury
department, July l, about one hundred
clerks will be dismissed, the largest
number being from the second auditors
office, from which bureau there will be
twenty-four discharged.
The old Indian reservation of one
hundred thousand acres of swamp
lands In Wisconsin, the title to which
has long been In dispute between the
state and the United States, has just
been awarded to the former.
A committee of the Sorosis Club have
Investigated the treatment of shop
girls on Broadway and find 1t is moi
true that they are forbidden to sit down
but that in the large establishments
seats are provided for their leisure
moments.
1t is reported that in a recent private
conversation Mr.. Beach expressed the
opinion that the practice of giving the
prosecution the closing speech was al
wrong, and should be reformed. The
defense ought to have whatever benefit
there might be in the "last word"
An application was filed in til,
United States circuit court before
Judge Shipmnn, Wednesday, asking
such modification in the order ofsale il
the foreclosure suit against the North
ern Pacific railroad company as vii
give the claims of the mortgage bond
holders precedence over all others.
Abraham Jackson, the Boston law
yer, whose exalted character went t
pieces with the shock of the publication
of his rascality, cannot give bail, anC
will doubtless go to the state prison fol
his crimes. The estates entrusted t.
his care, and from which he stole, viii
loseSthree hundred thousand dollars.
The cattle stealing on the Texas Dor
der shows no signs of abatement. A
drove of stolen cattle crossed the Arroyo
Colorado near Morgan Barclays ferry
on Saturday night, and the rangers ant
regulars are In hot pursuit. 1t is re-
ported two hundred well-armed Mexi
cans crossed at Culvas rancho, three
days ago.
mans house in Westport, Monday
causing the death of Mrs. Brightman
The house was considerably shattered
Mrs. Brightman was not at first mucl
affected and went all over the house
searching for fire, which she fount
and extinguished but soon after be-
came insensible and died at midnight
Yellow fever has become epidemic al
Key West, Fla. The deaths now aver
age about two day. The German
bark Won Moltke arrived at Pensacola
Fla, Monday with several cases O.
has since occurred. The vessel was
subjected to strict quarantine, and there
Is no apprehension of the fever reach
ing the navy-yard or city.
Postmaster General Jewell held 6
conference, Tuesday, with the presi
dents of the principal telegraph com
panies, and intimated to them that ht
would probably reduce the rate from
one cent to three-fourihs of a cent pei
word, to which Mr.. Orion of the West
ern Union company objected, saying
his company would not consent the
otI o.o al xr,i11ipn anonnh
Joseph Schmidt, who was recently
arrested at Hoboken as the abductor Of
two children who were found with him
in stone quarry, is now charged with
having made a practice of stealing
young children before they could talk
and selling them 10 people who adver.
Used for children TO adopt. Several
abductions. in New York, during the
past winter have been traced to him
Kansas, which was seriously threat.
ened with a destructive grasshopper in.
vasion the present season, in now in
the midst Of one of the heaviest wheat
harvests ever known in the state, The
yield has been perfectly enormous
The farmers are troubled to get heir
enough to secure the crop, notwith
standing the improve farm machinery
now in general use. This Is n remark.
ably good streak of luck for Kansas
With an abundance of wheat the PEG.
pie can get along, if the other crops
should be little short.
A brutal, affair occurred at Washing
ton, d. C. last Saturday evening. John
Cherry quarreled with his wife, anG
threw lighted coal oil lamp at hel
head. 1t made an ugly wound, fractur.
ing her skull, and, to add TO the hor,
ror, exploded. covering her person
with the burning oil. The flames were
speedily distinguished by neighbors
who had been attracted by her cries
but not till her head and the upper par
of her body had been terribly burned
There Is little hope of her recovery
The husband is under arrest.
Reports from numerous points in
wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ne
hraska, Iowa, Missouri and Southern
Illinois indicate that the storm which
naaaed over that section laatino fron