The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
GENERAL WEW S.

Mrs. Lowery." the reformed actress" |
10 evangellzlng 10 Trenton.
The German parliament has affirmed |
the principle of free trade In iron.
Bull, Cow, and Calf are the names
OF three Kentucky streams that empty
into the sandy river.
There are In st. Louis twenty-sIx
kindergsrtens, with an average attend
ance OF 0fty pupils each.
The directors of the Bank of Cali
fornia have reduced the rate of interest
10 n minimum of nine per cent,
Two thousand umbrellas and one
thousand paras0ls were lost and found
during the Centennial Exposition.
Moody and Sankey close their Chi
oago revival meetings on Sunday next,
and begin IN Roston on New Years
Day.
The newest article made of iron Is q
"cast-iron grandmother" not term
of repruacli, but n machine for jarning
hose.
sAmixture OF local politics in Lynn,
Mass, Is indicated by the fact that five
candidates for mayor have been nomi-
mated.
Suit to recover $1,000, 900 has been
commenced by the late Emma Mine
Company against TreDor w. Park and
Others.
Great injury to shipping has taken
place In ct. Louis in consequence OF .
rush of Ice In the Mississippi at that
point
,qCadet smith, the young negro who
became widely known through his ex-
perIspce at West Point, died recently
Of consum ptlon in Columbia. S. G.
The vrowth Of Professionalism in Pal
ektfhe IL rapid. There are now $50
Protestant churches In the Holy Land,
and the schools there have 1000 pupils.
Col. Younger, the leader of the Mis-
souri, pight-rIders, who murdered the
cashier OF tho Northtield. bank amuses
hinxeif In the Fsribault Jail by reading
"Josephus."
Charles A. Dana has been indicted
by the grand Jury at Washington for
eiandcring Ex-Governor Shepherd, In
stall OF that hs Kept his mistress on the
rolls OF the treasury department.
Eiphty-elEht and thres.tenths of "Old
Prob'sh predictions have been verified
the past year. still he IL not satisfied,
aud hopes to reach ninety per cent,
with little more practice.
The inhabitants of the Fijian Island
Of Futuna having committed violent
and upproyoked assault upon an
American sea captain, the American
upon the Island of sl5, 900.
Tho colored Baptist convention of
Alabama has decided to establish the
olDgicaI class in connection with Linz
eelh University, a state institution In
Marion, and TO have as many teachers
fnstftutes as possible held In various
plfts.o the state.
Col. Robert Ingersoli has been sub
jece of prayer In Christian conference
at Peoria, Ill. Petitions were offered
for bis conversion, as is the case daily.
BE does nothing to hinder the work of
thssvangelists, and expresses respect
sorAReir motives,
Butter made from suet is used la t he
ia similar institutions throughout New
England. It Is said, too, that the arti.
Gle lie largely bought by keepers Of
fashionable hotels for cooking pur-
poscs.
A .Iunatic, whose mental disorder 10
not suspected by strangers, recently
travelled through Kentucky, and bar.
gained 10 buy hundreds Of farms at
ridiculously high prices. The citation
OF the farmers was speedily followed
by disappointment
George w. Bruce met grizzly bear
near Santa Cruz, California, and
fight began promptly. The man
stabbed and shot the bear, the bear
broke the man's ribs by squeezing him,
and then both retreated, apparently
satisfled to escape without victory.
Some newspaper advertisements con-
tain inimitabie bulls. In an English
provincial paper ls the following no.
tice Whereas. James Mclean lately
left his lodgings, this Ia TO give notice
that II he does not return smmediately
and psy for the same he Will be adver'
tised."
Ths Congregational churches In the
Southern. States appear to be in Q
f1ourishipg condition. They have all
been represented hitherto in the Gen.
trail South Conference, bat the Ala.
bama churches have now decided to
form \ conference Of their own.
Rsy. Charles II. Treat. OF Greenwich.
Conu., preached on last Thanksgiving
Day. q sermou which was delivered q
kn( n nj
Revolutionary soldiers then encamped
In that town. It was q recital Of events
In the Revolutionary struggle, and an
acknowledgement OF the Divine aid.
10 Paris the edlct has gone forth that
pgoustsches are to be removed from the
uppsr tps OF all the advocates In the
Pa1sis de Justice. or late years, the
authorities OF the Faculte de Droit had
connived at the wearing of these I'M
professional ornaments, but the Minis
ter Of Justice has proclaimed their In
stant removal.
A convict In the Philadelphia House
OF Correction was kept nineteen days
In q dark cell, aud fed on bread and
water. AT the end Of that time he was
discovered by Common Council com.
naittee that made an unexpected visit
70 the prison. The prisoner, when TAX.
"a cut, was unable to speak loud, and
ths bad air had seriously affected him,
10 the German Parliament motion
on the part of the opposition that pris'
oners arraigned for high treason. as In
Count Arnim's case, should be tried
Sv iury instead OF the Imperial Court
nyas Rejected by q large majority, alsc
the proposal that In the Polish proyin
ces the Polish ianguage,as we'll as Ger
man, SHOULD be admitted In the Law
courts.
Some of those who helped Tom Aller
to escape after his prize fight with Jot
Goss are likely TO pay dearly. Twt
young men IN CoyinGton' s; hy:aa % W.,