The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-09-21
News Summary.
John Hay believes in the fish diet.

600.
nichOle,ths tsllor u tho Canadian ban:
OF Oommerce, has ,bHconJod, taking over
s200,O 900 Of tho bsnk's funds with him.
Rather novel costume gss that
Livingstone county On. ~ girl wore s;
= rocen. hop, as described in local pa.
per. "Bliss ----- vas dressed in hst
and white Kids
The steamer Talascon struck a snae in
the Ohio river below Louisville, Monday
Of last week, and sank, but no lives wers
lost. She was valued at 100000 and
insured for $4,000, and can easily 10
raised.
Two freight trains collided at Han
burg, Ont, Monday, 18th inst, and al
engine driver, Alexander Miller, was xii.
led, one fireman badly scslded and S
brakeman had leg broken. One engine
aud tender we're wrecked snd several o5r'
hnrnoi
Mmiles.b,,o. rsnn.. ,soruti, hsd ,..
cminsntly piln, .ul ro-,-,..bla lgooLiss
affair, nhst ia rs . seft - s's5s bs{1..
meat, the entire company a5ion,bis1 !.
hang negro without shadow Of iaw, k1el,
and "implored th- mercy, blessing snd
counsel OF God 10 attend them"
Ex.Gov Fletcher, the chairman ot ths
Marsh investigating commission, lost .hs
trunk containing sll the evidence taken
during the investigation on the way back
but found it at small town in indiana
where it had been taken by lad} wao
had left in its place trInk eootuups
hef outfit
The coming at the Sau francisco nint
iu july and August amounted to $780,.
O00 the largest ever known. For th-
eight months of the calendar yea. the
amount is $40 $4,000 against ST. 7,372,-
900. Of the amount Sl6,305 900 we're
double eagles, e2,55S,0OO trade dollars.
aud i5i0 900 half dollars.
ten. Sherman denies the report thai he
is going to get out revised edition of hiS
"Momoirs He says few errors in
names will be corrected in the next edi-
ton, but aside from that 10 etersiioa,
will be made lie thipks the adverse
criticisms have only increased the ssia al
tho book, and seems little troubled h..
thom
Sergt. Bu.hrod D. Waohingtcn, d;
WatseNa, H. and the 1st Illinois sr,i.
lery. is grcs,.grandsou OF Lawrence
WseLi- gtou. brother Of the first president
OF the United States, and has many va.
/ uable relics Of his ilustrlous relative.
| among which ia the private seal Of George
| Washington, which will be ou exhibition
t at Ph'ladclphis during the centennial
\ resident OF Gahenns, O.. liamed
,, Samuel Turner, was, lately. del eoted
stealing wheat from noigbb3r aud sell
! ing ii at mill. His disgrace 20 preyed
upon his mind. that he took large dose
Of arsenic, and died on sunday Of lest
. week. The mau was miserably poor
having wife and iso children to sup
y port, which no doubt induoed the theft
i n party vino recently had unsuccessful
i. ly tried fishing on Cayuga IN " lake
= and had gone ashore. saw an eagle hyin6
over them, bearing large fish in BIZ
talons, and gave 4 loud scream, which sc
startled the eagle that he dropped the FISH
at their feet. 1t proved to be a pix
weighing more than three pounds, still
alive, and it furnished them a heart
# meal.
= - Miss Harriet Hosmer, the America
g ,s sculptor, will be represented at the Phil
:, adelrhii centennial by an original grou,
| in matbc--the largest she has ever un
4 dertukcn--p -portraying the idea Of ''th,
African sibyl forshadowing the freedom
Of her race She will send also COD,
: Of Lord Brownlow's gates, ten feet wid
y and seventeen feet high, contaipin,
/ seyeuty.one human figures,
|. A horse belonging to farmer in Gates
/, \. y, while running at large 10 al
r. orchard the other day. attempted t
d swallow large apple 1t stuck in hi
;s throat, and hardly able to breath a
n reared and tore around the trees like mad
e There was wonderful hurrying to sn'
fro for short time, but the animal wa
f. finally secured, pair of long tongs wer
n brought from tho farm house, aud til
Q, apple was withdrawn
% The will of the Mormon bishop, Geofg
j. A. Smith, directed that the slab Of marbl
which @aEks sdsa as rssajpspsSs 'hOsd @ to
= , should be made Of red pine or othe
!. mountain wood, plain, but large eucug
" to give ample room for the body 10 swell
:. - with no unnecessary ornaments about Z,
;, and with three half.inch hOlos bored /,
"a the bottom aud that the attendants a
the funeral should be IN cloan attire.
D. Two OF the monkey. at the Jardin ie
d Plantes, Paris. fought duel with kniye.
the other day By some accident w
K large CLASP knives were Jeff by one of til
keepers in the cage Of the animals, and o
d sooner had they been perceived than tw
d Of tho largest monkey, seized them, open
II ed the blades, aud icl upon each othe
a like pair Of men Cue # them va
d killed at the first pass. whilst his sdyer
d sary had one OF his paws nearly out ofi
NJ Mr.. Ford, formerly the English ohsrg
d'atisircr at Darm7tadt, who was ap
II pointed agent for Great Britain on III
commission shortly 10 meet at Halifsl
10 under tue Washington treaty to determin
Is the amount TO be- paid hy Americans ;o
II the u.c Of The Canadian fisheries, and Nj
Bergue Of the ioroign office. appoiDtei
secretary to Mr.. Ford for iho same con
missicn, have gone to Ottawa to mas
the necessary arrangements aud prepn
tho case on the part Of Great Britain
d Three roTdies OF Kansas City. No
h john Dayton, Oven Rooney aud HEM
e Colt visited disrepu,sble house in Jh'
l nnIsL 1T. nn Sninrlur nirht th ;nst