The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-10-28
GENERAL NEWrS.

Full fee admissions last week, aggre-
gated Ga, 725, or more than 102, 900 per
day, being the largest since the open
ing of the exhibition.
Paris and Vienna people are reported
as uneasy" over the announcement
that Roumania will declare her indie
pendence. They say that Russia Is al
the bottom of the movement.
The new chapel of the Theological
Seminary at Andover was recently
dedicated. The building cost $50, 900,
which was raised by contributions In
the Congregational denomination.
Mr.. O'Conner Power and Mr. Par
nell, who came over from Ireland with
the Irish centennial address, have re-
solved not to present 1t formally to Pres
ident Grant, inasmuch as the state de-
partment Insisted upon its being pre-
scented through the British minister
The Baptist preachers of Boston dis
cussed, the other day, how far minis
ter ought to go into politics, and seem-
ed to think that there Is partisan poll
tics and moral politics, and the less
parsons have to do with the former the
letter.
A terrible railroad accident happen
ed on the Cheshire railroad about FIVE
miles from Keene, Saturday night. by
which two men were killed, and two
engines badly wrecked, delaying the
night express several hours, until the
road could be cleared.
A ceremony such as probably was
never witnessed before in any age or
country was performed the other Sum
day at ST. Stephens church, Philadel-
. phia, where Mr.. Henry w. Style, a
deaf mute, was ordained deacon of
the Episcopal church. Several bishops
took part in the solemnities.
The Tribune hears 1t reported from
the republican headquarters In New
York that 1.-THE merchants of the coun-
try were becoming thoroughly awak-
ened .as to the danger which would
threatened the financial interests of the
country in the event of Mr.. Tilden's
election.
The whaling bark Florence arrived
at San Francisco Saturday, from the
Arctic ocean. with $50 men belonging
to the crews of the Arctic whaling
fleet, twelve Of which she reports lost
in the ice with part of the crews. 9th
er survivors of the disaster have gone
to Honolulu on the bark Three Broth
ers.
The frigate Franklin arrived at the ma
Wy yard New York. Monday morning,
with Boss Tweed on board. The gates
of the yard have been kept closed and
none of the workmen, even, were allow
ed to enter. No one Is allowed in the
yard, except the regular officers, and
no one is allowed to 60 near the Frank
lin, for fear Tweed might escape.
The Rev. Mr.. Bot, of the Twelfth
Baptist church in Philadelphia, is like
ly to be the occasion of several preced-
is charged with playing croquet in
company with q woman who was not
his wife, with riding In horse car
with woman who was not his wife,
and with playing croquet under an
alias.
Mrs. Williams, wife of the Brooklyn
man recently arrested for setting fire to
house of his in which there were six
families, now confesses that she APP
piled the torch, and that her husband
knew nothing about the matter. Her
object was to get the insurance, and she
beer.
A Calcutta despatch to the Times
states the prospects from the crops in
Bombay become daily more gloomy,
The districts of Khundeish, Nassick,
Ahmednugger, Poonah, Ghalapose,
Kaladzl and Dharmar, containing o
population of nearly six million, are
threatened with severe distress: The
local government estimates that over
100000 of persons must be relieved in
three districts alone.
Theodore Tilton gave his new lecture
on "Man's Master Motives" Monday
evening, to large crowd, which re-
ceived him heartily. While speaking
of love, he said 1.-The greatest bles-
sings this country possesses are happy
homes, 1t is said that the garden Of
Eden no longer exists. That is false.
With every man the garden of Eden is
home dropping his voice)-even
when, as with many of us, it is Paradise
Lost"
The latest use to which electricity
has been put is the calling of the cash.
boys In the large retail dry-goods
houses. In one the cash-girls are sta
toned in one part of the building in
New York, at stand from which
run telegraph wires to all the sales
counters, and the saleswoman by pull
ling q strap calls messenger to her
without the noise and confusion at
tendant on the former process.
Rev. I. S. Kalloch, of the Metropoli-
tan Baptist church, San Francisco, for
merly of Boston, was recently arrested
for debt, and when brought into court
swore that he did not own property to
the value of ten cents outside the
clothes he wore. He did not own any
of the furniture in his dwelling. He
received salary of $1,000 per annum,
and usually drew several months in ad-
vance. His debts amounted to. some
where between $50, 900 and $4,000,
principally to creditors In Kansas.
1t Is said that the physical energy OF
the Pope is giving way, and that his
physicians are. again alarmed at the
condition of His Holiness. The left
foot and ankle trouble him so much
that he maintains with difficulty q
standing posture. Besides the feeble
ness attending old age, the Pope Is af.
fiicted with dropsy. His vivacity and
bumor seem TO be unimpaired, howev-
err. On Monday he received 70, 200 en-.
thusiastic Spanish pilgrims, The cere-
mOny lasted over an hour.
Thomas Ellis, paying teller of the
National Park bank of New York, has
disappeared. and with him $66, 900 OF
the banks funds-$36 900 in green
backs and $780, 900 in gold certificates,
and $4,000 is offered for his arrest with
or without the property. Ellis has
been connected with the bank twenty
years, having begun as messenger boy
when but fifteen years old. His en-
bezzlement Is attributed to horses. run
and Coney island" and he had un.
doubleday been long time In arrang
ing for 1t.