The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-09
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old next January.
an English ivy In his sitting room
whose branches are 144 yards long.
Csrelessly leaving q pail of hot water
in the way killed Lester Moody's child
at Manchester, n. H., Friday.
The Merrlmac county Jail at Con.
cord, n. H, was damaged $500 worth
by fire, Sunday afternoon insured.
John Baldwin Of Portland, Maine.
was probably fatally stabbed by some
unknown person in q drunken brawl,
Friday night.
An unsuccessful attempt was made,
Friday night, TO wreck q mixed train
on the Suncook Valley road, N. H.,
by placing sleepers Oh the track.
ftfhefe was no outbreak in Columbia
". G., Tuesday. Wade Hampton adj,
yised the people to remain quiet and
r%esolute. and told them that he would
be governor of the state in a few days.
or there would be a military Cover.
nor.
Reports of the grain crop from vari-
" q VI 'fiGol Dtitnlu bIOW INA
the wheat crop, this year, Is considero.
big below the average, the barley cron
~;shardly average, the ont crop Is gen.
orally poor, the pea crop Is unusually
good, and the bean crop is poor,
Rev. Mr.. Powers, q Unitarian cler-
gyman, has startled the conservative
element of Manchester, N. H., by adj.
vocatlne before the school board the
removal of the Bible from the public
schools, claiming, among other things.
that Its use there Is unconstitutional.
One patent medicine firm of New
York paid over $500, 900, last year, for
advertising, and has made as large
contracts for the coming year. No re-
spectacle druggist sold patent medi-
cines, a few years ago, but they are
nov the great trade of the country.
There are but 1926 students at Vassar
college, this year, a considerable falling
off; but 1t gives the girls more room,
and nov that they have q new steam
elevator they arc happy. Prof. James
Orion has gone to South America for
the winter because of his tender health,
The Hampton (Va.) collegiate instl-
tute has Il larger number Of students
than In any previous year. Almost
the entire graduating class of last wear
are now teaching colored schools at the
South. There are more applications
for teachers for colored schools than can
he filled.
a West WatervilIe. Maine, bank
Cashier alarmed by the recent attempt
ed burglary of the Watervllle national
hank hoo he'd thu t,- " >
chamber barred with iron rods, while
the entrance Is protected with an iron.
grated door similar to that of a prison
cell, and he sleeps with q loaded reyol.
yer within easy reach.
Rev. stephen H.. Tying. Jr,, told the
women of his church that he needed
$4,000 for the church orphanage, and II
they. would buy one-button gloves in
stead OF the three-button arrangement.
the difference In price would support
the establishment. He got the $4,000.
u we o believe many ofthe gloves
In bis congregation will be any shorter
In the wrist.
Minister Peralta OF Costa RIGA. in
talking to the geographical society al
New York, last week, on the proiected
Inter. oceanic ship canal, took occasion
TO assure tho world that Cost Rica was
wlllin', and would do lis part to pre-
serve the cana, and its territory men.
trail; anything that pleasos The mari
time powers and her "sister state, Mic.
aragus." pleases Costa Rica.
Col. Oordon's African exploring ex.
petition have discovered a new branch
Of the Nile 200 yards wide, which
leaves the river 100 miles south of DUFF
fle. and which The natives say runs in
an unobstructed stream into the Nile
again. In this case, 1t may afford a
relief from the Tola rapids, which have
compelled q portage of 100 miles, and
may also establish water communica.
ton between Lake Albert Nyanza and
Khartoum.
Mrs. Helen Hunt jackson, In her
home Mt Colorado Springs. is said to
carry out her favorite notion of q SYM.
pbony IN colors. The corners of her
parlor are decorated with huge Chinese
fans, brilliant with %colors; the folding
doors between the back and front par
Tors have been removed, and their
place supplied by Indian blankets,
gorgeous with yellow, purple, red, blue
aud green. In her bedroom, the fur
niture Is jet black, ornamented with
lines OF vivid scarlet.
An English correspondent states that
the Russians have q perfectly frantic
fear OF mice. and that be has seen one
veteran, who would not turn his head
at an exploding shell, ;. jump from his
bed Ia the middle of the night In a oar
oXysm of fear, and drawing his sword,
make frantic cuts and passes Mt the spot
where he believed his tormentors were
barboring, and has known another to
rush out into the cold night air because
"a mouse ran across his face, and refuse
TO re.enter It'll the break of day.
The largest pilgrimage of modern
times has been the six or seven thou
sand Spaniards that have Just visited
Rome, and been blessed by the pope in
a body. The liberal newspaper of that
city maliciously asks, How is 1t that
The country, which thus far outstrips
all the countries In the world IN its dis
play OF pilgrims" Ia equally and OBJ.
yious'y pre-eminent In ignorance, law
lessness and barbarism of all sofia?
The pope would probably reply, If 1t
were possible thai he should conde-
scend to reply at all to such irreverent
remarks, that his kingdom is not of
this world. And, In truth, that Is the
only reply possible.
Cardinal Antonelli's fortune IL yarl-
ously estimated ut from 10, 1000, 900 TO
Is 1000, 600 francs, Independently of his
rare and priceless collection of works
OF art. ancient coins, ancient statuary,
and other articles of vertu worth not
less than 20, 000, 900. The cardinal pos
eessed n Of the finest assortments of
precious stones to be found In Europe,
and he could boast of diamonds Of ali
shapes of the purest water, incompara-
bic emeralds, pearls and t%urqu0ises the
vels Of tho loom Of the last period.
These valuable collections are left to
the Vatican museum, and his other
wealth will ha Divided hu his hrofhnr