The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-07-22
GENERAL NE us.


1t seems that one sitting Bull Is bet
ter than standing army Chicago
Times.
There are millions of mackerel abou
Nabant, Swampscott and Point Shir
ley, and fishing is lively.
A Boston Highlands woman hor So
whipped her discarded lover for throw
ing her pet poodle overheard.
BENJAMIN Franklin was the leading
detective in ferreting out the assassln'
among the Mollie Maguires.
About sl67 900 of the bonds of tn,
Mystic water works have been can
ceied from the profits of the works the
past year.
Mark Twain is to receive $500 night
during the approaching lecture season
for lectures composed of selections from
his own books
The House of Representatives has
passed bill granting pension OF fifty
dollars D month to the widow of the
late Gen. George A. Custer.
There are 7Ol patients in the Taunton
insane retreat. the largest number ever
confined there and still there are q
good many lunalics loose yet.
John b. Chase, who shot and killed
one of "a crowd of boys who were dis
turbing his house at Cambridge last
spring has been acquitted ofmansaugh-
ter
Boston parties are shipping ice to
Washington paying $3.50 per ton
freight 1t is probably intended for the
heads of the overworked democratic
congressman.
The report of the New Hampshire
Committe on the Apportionment of the
State Tax makes the whole valuation
of that State, 5000, 000 900; in 1872 II
was $50, 100000.
II cost Boston $2622 to send Dearborn
aud Woods after Winslow, and receive
dispatches from them as to the condl-
ton of the case. The bill has been
paid by the city treasurer.
Capt. Webb the swimmer, will at
tempt next month to swim from Scot
land to Ireland, under the same condi-
tons with which he performed his re-
cent feat in the English Channel,
The Intense heat Is deadly TO the for
of the French Workingmen's delega-
tlon died Thursday from prostration (;
and an italian who arrived on Monday
died Friday evening from the same
cause.
1t has been decided that the monu.
ment to Christopher Columbus, in
FaIrmount Park, will be erected on the
18th of October. The monument has
already arrived from Italy.
The Leavenworth Kan Pioneers
after their parade OH the Fourth held a
meeting and voted, rs they are now
somewhat advanced in years, not to
lake part in the next centennial cele-
bration. Sensible fellows.
Mr.. Henry Watterson, OF the Louis
vile Courier j ournal, Is out In letter
accepting the nomination for Congress
which was almost unanimously offered
him. Ii is rumored that the Republi-
cans will nominate Bristow against
him.
There is type machine at the Cen
tennial which manufactures type, pol
ishes it, and sets 1t in the stick. But
it cannot pick out the word upon which
the meaning of a sentence depends, and
change Ii so as to drive the editor into
paroxysms of despair,
John Ryan, of Dorchester Mass. an
Insane man, wandered into the Eagle
paper mills Thursday forenoon, and
jumped head foremost Into red hot
furnace. Parties standing near at once
drew him out by the heels, but he was
horribly burned about the head, face
and neck, and cannot recover.
The notorious negro w. J. Whipper,
who was elected as one of the district
judges by the South Carolina Legisla-
ture, made a speech in Orangeburgh, in
that State, few days ago, in which he
declared that he would take possession
Of seat upon the bench at all hazards,
and called upon his race 'to be present
and avenge his death if he fell in the
struggle"
The display Of butter and cheese in
the agricultural department at the
Centennial comprises contributions
from ninety-fve manufacturers, one.
third of whom are Canadians. who ex-
hibit %, 500 pounds. The United States
exhibitors display 10000 pounds. The
butter and cheese factory is at the east
ern end of the Agricultural Hall, and
contains display ofthe most improved
utensils used In the butter and cheese
business.
A Port Jervis IN. " youth had his
watch and chain stolen by pickpock-
CT recently,an the next night his aunt
dreamed She saw the thief. The next
day while at the depot, she saw man
who correspondent with the one seen In
her dream She asked him the time of
day, and when he took out the watch
recognized 1t as her nephew's She &C
cused the fellow of stealing 1t, seized it,
and after struggle secured it, when
the rogue disappeared and has not been
seen since. So they say.
During thunder storm which passed
over Cherry Ridge, Penn a few days
ago, Rev. F. A. Doney and family Of
Susquehanna county took refuge under
large tree, and, after waiting several
minutes for the rain to cease, drove
slowly on. They had gone but two
rods when flash of lightning centered
right above them and came crashing
through the large tree under which
they were moving, The horse was
killed and Mrs. Doney received quite a
severe shock, Mr.. Doney and his little
daughter were but slightly stunned.
4 Washington despatch reports
President Grant as having said recent
ly to citizen of Ohio, that he consid-
cred Governor Hayes's letter in ex.
tremely bad taste; that he thought that
1t reflected upon the present admins
tration, and that he hoped the time
would come when the American people
would be permitted to elect President
for as long time as they choose
While the Presidents recent acts may
we'll be explained by some feeling like
this on his part 1t does not seem pro-
able that he would so express himself
openly.
A few days ago a citizen of Lansing
burg, n. Y, while rowing on the river