The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-01-18
GENERAL NE WIS.
The tax levy of Brooklyn for this
year amounts to $S,37S. 539.

The tax levy of Brooklyn for this
year amounts to $S,37S, 53S.
George f. Hoar returned to his seat
in the House, last week, quite recov-
cred from his recent indisposltion.
An enterprising photographer adver-
tises cartes de vlsites of Jimmie Blan-
chard, the champion liar of America"
The Pennsylvania state debt, after
deductng assets of the sinking fund, is
now Sl3,774,564. go says the state
treasurer.
Hugh Murray, aged twenty-four,
died in Brooklyn, last week, from ny
drophobia caused by the bite of a cat,
two months ago.
Charles O'Connor continues to i'm
prove slowly but steadily, and is al
ready comforting with the lawyers who
are conducting the Tweed lawsuits.
A notable feature of New-year's in
Chicago, aud indeed In all the large
cities, was the general absence of wine
from the parlors and dining rooms.
A Gotham pawnbrOker has Josie
Manshelds diamond neck lace in his
possession, having advanced 1900 Oh
the splendid stones 10 the speculative
Miss Mansfield.
The American Colonization Society
still lives. and is going to send another
load of coored emigrants from Mort,
Carolina and Louisiana to Liberia, the
latter part of the week,
The report Is current that vessel Is
being fitted out with ammunition and
arms for the revolutionists in Hayti
The tilibusters are said to he rendez
vousing at Jamaica, West Indies.
The boiler of a steam wood-sawinP
machine at Grand Rapids, Mich, ex-
ploded, one day last week, killing
William Frauz, severely bruisine
James Bellagar and scalding another
man.
The king of Sweden has been in ID,
habit Of committing the death scnten
ces of murderers 10 imprisonment fol
life, but the number Of murders has IN
creased so rapidly that he has given vi
the practice.
And now it is Joseph Loader, thu
upholserer. who has brought sui
against Mr. Beecher for malicious pros
ecution, asking S20,0 600 damages tol
having been arrested and locked up 81
long on the charge of perjury.
America contributes 80 students t.
the 4SS at Heidelberg this year. Eng
land and Scotland q, and Russia ana
Switzerland "a each the remaining
800 are from Germany. Only nine OF
the entire number are studying theolo-
gy.
The western Indians are hankerinl
after piece of centennial at the gov
ernment's expense. Spotted Tail want
to bring one hundred lodges of his
tribe, aud the Others are greedy in pro
portion. Their applications are moi
likely to be granted.
Joseph H. Nichols a Montreal bro
ker, and alleged to he one of the de-
faulters of the Canadian bank of Mon
treal, was arrested in New York, Mon
day afternoon, for stealing $25. 900 IN
gold from persons in Montreal before
the bank defacation.
Did 1t ever occur TO you. kind nam
mas, asks the thoughtful Boston Tran.
script, while trotting your babies Oh
your laps in such a vigorous way, thai
If some giant, about ten times YOU
size, We're to trot you in similar style
the breath would be very apt to b.
Oul vi your DOuy
Irrepressble Mrs. Gaines has ar
rived in Washington, after an absence
of two years, to attend to n suit pend
ing in the supreme court affecting the
probate of a will in New Orleans. She
has been engaged in litigation concern
ing her interests for forty-four years
and has spent three fortunes.
The woman suffraglsts of Colorado
have been holding a session at Denver
and find the feeling in their favor 81
strong that they are quite hopeful o
getting the constitutional convention
now in session to put in an universal
suffrage clause, so that Colorado may
be the first state to let women vote.
Tweed's lawyers gained another
point, last week insuring further de
lay in the trial of the $4,000, 900 suit 10y
decision of Judge Westbrooll denying
the motion of the peoples counsel I,
amend the panel from which the
struck jury was obtained. So new
panel will have to be drawn and new
jury struck"
Ocean travelling is extremely dali
these days, quite as much, probably
from the effect of the hard times IA.
from any general fear of "dynamit,
fiends." Only seventy-siX passengers
including cabin and steerage, arrived
at New York, last week, on all the
ocean steamers. The Cunarder.
brought sixty-two of these.
The broken Direct cable has been re
paired, and ia in working order again
Some idea of the accuracy with whicl
the electricians can calculate tke local
ity Off break may be gathered from
the fact that the first grapplinl
brought up the irish end of the cabl,
within eleven miles of the break
Whether the fracture was caused h.
accident or design WAS not determined
A wedding under difficulties cam,
off at Oneida, n. Y, lately. The par
ties were both deaf .nutes, and I'll,
clergyman was not acquainted will
the sign language. The difficulty wa
overcome by the clergyman h0ldin.
the open prayer took before them, an,
pointing out the sentences of the form
as he read, while the sister of tn
bride, skillful interpreter, TRANSLATED
the minister's directions, and led then
in making proper responses.
The celebrated Singer will case wa
decided, Monday, by Surrogate Cofii
at White Plains, n. Y, in favor of tn
last will made in Paris in July, 1876
ard his last wife Isabella, with whor
he was living at the time of his death
and against Mary Ann Foster, his mis-
tress and second wife, who wasn't sal
istied with the 81 zoo, 600 he bequeathe
to her illegitimate children by hin
aud contested on the ground that sll
was entitled to Il widows dover.
The Great Western railway of Enl
land is greatly increasing the speed {
its fast trains. The two Flying Dutcl
men"-one of which runs from Pac
dihgton at / AS and reaches Plymout
ut 9, and the other of which starts froI
Plymouth at $3.50 and arrives at Pa,
dington Mt 2:45-are at present almos
II not quite. unequaled for speed. b.
Sir Daniel Gooch hopes to reduce tl