The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-11-18
GENERAL WrS.

A complete agreement s said to have
been established between England and
Austria.
Weston, the walkist, has been beaten
In n 500 mile walk by O'Leary, an
Itish-American.
warlng & Co., of Newark, N. j., the
largest hat manufacturers In the coun-
try, have failed, with liabilities Of
The Savannah medical society have
declared the yellow.fever epidemic al
an end, and notify absentees that 1t Ia
safe to return,
A public meeting of seven thousand
citizens at Athens has resolved that
an association be formed for promoting
military preparations.
An unusually intelligent Justice OF
the peace In Baltimore swore a China
man on lea chest the other day In de.
fault of the writings of Confucius,
The entire vote of Peter Cooper for
president, in the city of New York
WIN why tWptl ttttC tltbIlOu utbtIittc
TO hear from, foots up The enormous
aggregate of 266l
titchburg, Mass, Is serene and hap
py In the thought that, notwlthstand.
a material reduction In taxation. the
city will end the fiscal year with mon
ey in the treasury.
Mrs. Frank @. Ed wards of San Fran.
c.sco has received the gold medal of the
California Rifle Association for making
an eighty per centum shot at the one
thousand yards with Creedmoor rifle.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
the other night to burn the house of
Rev. Samuel Knapp at Noank, Conn -,
sene and firing 1t. The flames were
discovered and extiDguished.
At Nelson, louisiana, snake APP
peired before house, and the In mates
started to XIII IL. The creature crept
off To "A hole. A raid was made on the
hole, and In tearing up the dirt O Jar
was found, containing -four hundred
dollars In gold and silver
The number of visitors 10 the Acade.
my Of Design and loan exhibition Of
paintings at New York, just closed.
was not less than $4,000. and the
gross receipts amount to SOL 900, which
will leave profit nearly, If not quite.
sufficient to free the Academy of De.
sign and the Metropolitan Museum
from debt.
The debt OF the Hartford, Conn, Wo.
mans Christian Association Is $25, 900.
The amount received by contribution
the past year has been $4,000, and the ex.
psnses of the home we're $59S7. About
8 girls have been inmates of the house
during the year, and the present mum.
her is Al. The association Is considered
90 be In q prosperous condition.
Conductor Davis, of drawing room
car on the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad, was recently
robbed of money and tickets to the
amount of $500, on the day express
between Albany and New York. The
money and tickets were slowed away
in a locker. The conductor has been
suspended, pending an investigation.
The bronze bust of Horace Greeley,
secured through subscriptions by print.
ers throughout the country, will be un.
yelled over his grave, December 4, the
fourth anniversary Of his death. The
veteran journalist, Thurlow Weed, who |
|s chairman OF the memorial associa-
lion, Is expected to preside, and the ad- |
1ress will be delivered by Bayard Tay.
Tor.
Miss Won Hillern has won the walk
g.match at Central Park. making
1923 miles during the week. Miss Mar.
,hall, her antagonist, was obliged to
retire from the track on account of III.
ness. Miss Marshall challenges VIII.
am Van Ness, or any other man, to
walk on three consecutive nights TWEEN
ty miles on each night, beginning
for $500 a side, the winner on
my two nights to receive the stakes.
Minnesota, like all the older western
tates, Is exhaustlng her wheat-grow
ng capacity, the average yield of the
tate running below eight bushels to
he acre. The patent process of grind
ng spring wheat into a fine pastry
lour has, however, built up great
Milling industry in the state. Instead
# exporting wheat. she now exports
lour, and will probably export one
million barrels In the current twelve
months.
There is no change in the situation
n Florida, all the probabilities still ia
'oring republican majority. The bo-
,us dispatch reporting that Senator
tonover had conceded the state to the
democrats is stated by New York
Herald correspondent to have been part
# game decided upon by John Nor
issey and other New York gamblers
Who are likely to lose very heavily III
Nllden is defeated. 1t Is stated that
iorrlssey holds 81 .250 900 of bets IN
lis pool box, and he has strong inter.
st Ia endeavoring to carry the impres.
ion that Tllden has carried Florida.
There is great activity In the move.
neut Of both land and naval forces by
russia. One report is that Russia has
hartered seventy steamers in the
black sea ports for the transmit ssion of
rHops, and will thus avoid the necessi-
y of crossing the Danube, and be able {
o attempt landing near the promon /!
Dry OF Karaburun. 1t Is also reported
hat the landowners Of South Russia
ave offered the Car five million rou-
'les. The Servian gov eminent has re.
ell we'd instructions to send back to Rus
Ia Immediately all Russian Officers ,
vho have not resigned their commits.
lone IA the Russian army.
The Snverelgns of Industry of Yer :
1ont. New Hampshire, Massac husetts
nd Maine have taken an important !
tsp IN opening a general purchasing
genoy at Boston open to all the stores
cards OF trade and councils OF the or. 4,
Tha a tYndaH he | I
the New England cooperative i
oard Of trade" a new organization.
of delegates from the coop. .
'ative store companies. sovereigns' To- Z
n boards NJ trads and the state coun- :
lie. The frat plan was to establish q =
'holesaie store, but this was given up a
. involving too much capital and risk,
nd the board Of trade substituted.
1t 10 Interesting TO compare the cleo n
on returns OF 1875 with those Of 1880,
n a n