The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-06-22
GENERAL We WS.

A number of the Pennsylvania col
lieries are resuming operations.
A daring bank robbery occurred at
indianapolis OH Tuesday.
A great storm, destructive TO crops, is
reported from the interior of California.
A distillery at st. Louis, Mo-, was
seized OH Tuesday 10y revenue officers,
Steamers from New York, Wednes-
day, took out 81, 900, 900 in specie.
The recent earthquakes in Iceland
were very disastrous in their effects.
The fifth commencement of Tufts
Divinity School occurred Wednesday.
A dispatch from Kansas states that
the grasshoppers have all left.
The 10th annual commencement of
Brown University occurred on Wedncs-
day.
A number of the striking miners in
PENNSYLVANIA have been sentenced for
conspiracy.
Alumni of West Point who served in
the Confederate army will attend the
alumni meeting this year.
The state of Panama has doubled
taxation on commerce and real estate
for six months of the present year.
German Is to be taught i'm the high
school at Trenton, N. j., and is likely
to become part of the public school
course in that city.
Rev. William Arnott, an eminent
author and divine, died suddenly on
the third inst, at his residence in Ed
inburgh, Scotland.
The directors of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company have ratified
the agreement made by President colt
and Vice President King.
The steamship State of Nevada, from
Antwerp for New York, had narrow
escape from wreck by an iceberg, Thurs
day night.
A saw mill, several other buildings
and large quantity of lumber were
burned at Thurso, Quebec, OH Monday
night the loss being quite heavy.
The appointment of Jacob NJ. Nc
Grew, of Ohio, rs Sixth Auditor of the
United States Treasury is regarded rs
certain to occur.
Rev. DR.. Bushnell, of Hartford, has
improved in health so as to take daily
walks in pleasant weather, and is gain
ing in strength.
The grand jury of New York has pre-.
scented several new indictments against
persons connected with the silk frauds
but the names are withheld.
III. t.ot
gland has been advocated by st, Pc.
tersburg newspaper, and the fact has
created a sensation at Vienna.
s mnf thril' f69tt HlaSa6lR, HUpdss Int Y
with completely in fraudulent mai
bids, began at Washington, Tuesday.
Reports from Nebraska are to the eff
feet that the crop prospects were never
better, very little damage having beer
been caused by grasshoppers.
Suit has been begun against Luther
Il. Webb and his bondsmen to recover
5000, which is an alleged shortage il
Mr.. Webb's accounts as Indian agen
for New Mexico.
A violent tornado, which passed ovel
Quincy, ILL.,, on Monday night, blew
down number of houses and injured
n number of persons, one man being
killed.
The republicans of Maine held stir
ring convention at Portland, Tuesday
and nominated Gen. Selden Connor, o
Augusta, for the governorship. The
nomination was accepted.
Senator Morton is said to he great,
In 1,i, hnna To oh n; I,
presidential nomination i'm 1876, and i
is said that President Grant favors hin
Us n candidate.
Rich3erd 3, Gonn9}ll,Y has been iio,jneet
Watson, of New York city, as defend
ant in a suit growing out of the Tam
many ring frauds.
Frank A. Greener, late receiving
clerk in the Office of the receivero of tax
es at Philadelphia, is in custody OH
charge of appropriating to his own us,
some $40, 900 of the taxes received.
A Scotch pedder completely cove,
an irascible Welsbman, by going down
on his knees and imploring pardon 70
having killed "twa men already, an,
being about to kill another"
Postmaster General Jewell arrived il
Chicago on Tuesday, and remained tw,
days, for the purpose of inspecting tn
mail service, after which he yisite,
Milwaukee and st. Louis.
The Jacques Cartier bank, Montreal
suspended payment, Tuesday after
noon. A statement Of its condition viii
be made i'm few days. 1t is though
the other banks will come to its assist
ance.
William Thaw, of Pittsburgh, has Of
fered to give 800 900 to the Wester
University of Pennsylvania, condition
ed on the institution securing 500, 90
additional by July, which it is though
will be done.
Associations are being organized /
Texas whose purpose il 10 buy home
stead for Jefferson Davis, in any PAL
of Texas he may prefer, and to furnis
him and his family with competenc
during the rest of his life.
Another fearful explosion has O,
CURED within the limits of the city {
Boston, the fireworks mandatory
&. Il. Masten, at the Highlands, havin
blown up "Wednesday afternoon, eau
ing the loss of five lives and severel
injuring several persons.
George Cruikshank, the English a
list, has declined testimonial whic
was TO have been given him on the al
niversary of bis wedding day. 1t
now proposed to buy his pictures al
present them to the nation. He is wi
ling TO sell for SIS, 200, very mode
sum.
Gen. i. J. ID. Webb, who rose fro
the ranks to the post of brigadier ge
eral in the Union army during the la
war, is a private in the Fifth MarylaI
regiment. He has frequently refus'
to accept Office. The regiment is cor
posed of men who fought on both sid
in the civil war.
A settlement has been made wi
Mrs. Sinclair, the divorced wife of Il
late Edwin Forrest, who claimed 6
rears of aiimony and dover intert
in the real estate at New York, Phil
delphia and elsewhere, and she receiy