The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-04-25
GENER.4L WEUiS.

cONeTcu Wy Tiol. NhtSOn VI tue unlver-
sity Of Michigan.
Queen Victoria has started on her re
turn home from Germany. The prime,
Of Wales Is patching out his fndiar
trip with partial tour Of Spain apu
Portugal.
No defense was made In suit al
Detroit, Mich. under which the fine
cornet of 3. Levy w-s attached, ard
the instrument Will he sold to the hlEh.
eat bidder.
Harrison, the indianapolis banker
who let the Blaine cat out of the bag, T.
coming on TO Washington to testify
about that ard other Union Pacific rail.
road matters.
Lord Lyttleton George William
Lyttleton) has committed suicide. lie
has been for long time in state OF
great mental depression. He was fifty
nine years old.
a proposition to extend the time fo'
completing the Northern Pacific rail-
road eight years wss made TO the house
railroad committee, Wednesday, but ne
actlo was taken.
The senate has confirmed Frank E
Howe pension agent at New York
Franklin Haven, Jr.. assistant treasur
or at Boston, and John NJ. Congdou
United States attorney for California.
There would seem to be few green.
hackers even In bullion California. Al
any rate, a convention ia called at SAC
ramento for the 10Th to choose de- egate-
10 the national preenbsek convention
at indianapolis.
he president has nominated Michsei
Echoefer, of Illinois, to be chief justice
of the supreme court OF L tab territory
Elisha p. Ferry, governor of Washing
ton territory, ahd William Wells col
lector of customs for Vermont.
The national academy of science helt
Its annual session at the Smithsonian
institute, last week. Among those il,
attendance were Profs. Silliman, Bar
nard, Guyot, Lonmis, Thurston, Hill
card, Baird, Coffin, Hayden, Marsh
Hi and Newcomb
The Illinois democratic state commit
tee c"cde that It IS exredient to hold
A. s,4..e democratic conventions, the
raj on June y, 10 select delegates t.
.hs Rational democratic convention
i.nd the otter ii some later date t.
rpEita.e sta.a ticket.
DR.. Ward of the Independent Gays ijs.
!Ss rot Withdrawn from tie R.Ooklyi.
association Of Cong regatiornl tnlnist.
srs. NE signed the protest ag0inei
It's action; but does not believe that tht
conflict ia by any means so desperat,
that II IL pect ssafy to retreat
There IL school reader printed at
Leipzig, now in The eighth siereoty ned
edition, which describes Niagara Fall.
in one chapter. It says of the cataract
that Il might he supposed that it was
not ravlgable, tut that rome Indian.
do In their canoes venture over the fsll
In safety.
Thad. Stevens left the bulk of his co.
tate, worth about 5000 900, for a house
OF refuge for the relief Of poor orphans.
to DO establishe ! at either Lancaster on
Columbia, Pa, but, though il is uesrl,
eight years since his death nothing has
yet been Done shout 1t, and people are
beginning to ask why.
Judge Ewell, of Evanston, ILL.,, pro
poses TO prepare work devoted to the
jurisprudence Of the Methodist Episco.
pal church, hut also with full discus
sion OF American ecclesiastical law ana
sll the points o. contact between church
mai lava OF this country
The queen has closed the state de
parfnent OF Windsor castle during hei
absence. greatly TO the disgust Of the
trades people of Windsor, who depend
largely on the custom of visitors to the
castle. The " association for promoting
the Interests of Windsor" forward Il
remonstrance 10 the lord-chamberlain.
The path to the Black hills isn't all
Mowers, as large party who have lust
arrived at Custer City by way of Iank.
ton teslify; when sixty miles out on,
from fankton, they were forced to
leave the coach behind 10y reason of the
bad going, shoulder their packs and
foot it into the hills, and it took them
thirty. eight days.
A New Jersey miller named Garrin.
sged about fifty, living near Hutchin-
sons station, on the Belvidere and Del.
aware railroad. hung himself. Friday.
because, ~ letter he left stated. the
people had suspected him of having
been connected with the murder OF
Jacob Young, which took place II,
Warren county,a short time ago, which
suspicion preyed so heavily on his
mind that 1t Ia supposed he became
temporarily insane,
The impeachment trial will not com.
mence In earnest I'll the 9th, when il
Is expected that the house LAWYER and
Belknap's will begin their arguments.
The house m-naErrs. on Wednesday
filed ,l.eir answer n Belknap's plea al
he sens;e's lack of jurisdiction, thai
Br.Snsr's resignation didn'tlake ef,ect
~ after the ouse. IVY The proper com.
mit'ee, had completed an Investigation
into the charges made against him and
were preparing for his impeachment.
Big Exposures are promised, shortly,
rom the committee on expenditures In
ia treasury department., relative ia
te salc and accountability of captured
49, abandoned property In the South
=" reNser ,eirr al The war and the acts
o: consrtss. \ deact of several mil.
.Ioh- II If sn'n. vii. be shown between
ii.t accnunts Cf such GALES and The re.
lri..s Il lie tr asLry department ol
ni"ncy for fuch sales IN Che matte,
Of ,vttGn the difference ia very great
and he name Of Simeon Draper. o
New York, who was the cotton apen,
OF the government, Is involved. II |,
Uncovered that many Of the books anc
papeIs kept hy him, and which were
supposed to lie IN the treasury depart
inert. are missing.
A dastardly plot for revenge was re-
vealed aud frustrated just In the nick
OF time, at Forrest Mills, Pa, few
nights since. An operative nance
George Kent was discharged some sis
weeks ago, and to revenge himself OF
she company. and upon some of III,
men whom he had qusrreled with
planned for general confiagrailon o
the village. He offered another fellow
$50 to assist him. and, being refused
drew q pistol and mate him swear h,
would keep the proposal secret. III.
fellow kept his oath until the nigh
when the crime was to be committed
and then revealed the plot. A ever,
house indicated preparations for incen
diarism were found, cloths and shaw
ings soaked In kerosene oil and trrpen