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The New York herald., 1877-10-28

AT WV. II. LEE'S FURNITURE WAREHOUSES; A
hiarge assortment OF we'll seasoned reliable Furniture
will be sold great reduction 10 price, In consequence u
removal from the present location. Please call and
anime the stock at 277 Canal " Broad
also at 100 Fulton ~. Church -. Now York
A PARTY WISHES TO PURCHASE A GOOD SEC
lAond hand Bedroom Suit In good order. Address, with
ta particulars aud lowest cash price, NJ O.. Herald Up
town Branch Office.
A HANDSOME, ALMOST NEW. PARLOK SUIT FOR
IAso3, worth $50. AZ ~ East 18th
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20
The Ice Gorge in Ohio.

CINCINNATI, Ono, Jan. Id A. NJ,
The present breaking up of the ice in
the Ohio is the most disastrous ever
known. Dispatches from Pittsburg re-
port that the work of destruction at
that point was begun at six O'Clock this
morning by the breaking up of the gorge
on the Monongahela. A fleet of seventy
boats in the harbor sounded the alarm,
set their wheels going and made brave
fight against the impending disaster.
The mass of ice came roaring down,
bearing everything before it that had
not been amply protected beforehand.
The coal-barges were ground into frag-
ments and mingled with huge pieces OF
ice As hard as granite. The force of the
moving body was irresistible. In q
short space of time nine steamboats,
and large number of coal-barges and
other craft were shapeless wrecks, borne
helplessly along by the current, each
moment grinding them into smaller
pieces.
Fifteen or twenty men were swept
away on these wrecks. but all miracu-
lousy escaped. Some of them floated
fifteen miles down the river and were
rescued with much difficulty. The only
life lost was that of Bernard Manning
fireman on the Hornet. The wrecks OF
from thirty to forty boats may be seen
along the shore. They are beyond all
possibility of repairs.
The total losses swell into enormous
proportions. 1t Is estimated that from
three hundred to four hundred coal
barges and 100000 bushels of coal
were destroyed, to say nothing of the
steamboats,, damage to dry docks, and
the various other interests on the river.
The work of destruction on the Monon-
estimate Of the entire loss by the break.
ing up of the ice was 81 900, 900, but it
is evident tonight that it was much
greater. 1t has even been placed by
good Judges as high as s2,50O, 900, and
il is doubtful if il will fall much below
81 900, 900,
Some apprehonsions have been felt of
the breaking up of the ice in the Yough-
iogheny, involving a second destruction.
The remaining boats are in disabled
condition, and all hands passed an anx-
ions night.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20
The Snow Blockade.

LoCKpoRT, Y. Y, Jan. l5.-It Is re.
ported that six westward-bound rail
road trains are on the Central railroad
east of this place blockaded BY the snow
No trains have arrived here from the
east since early Saturday morning
The first train from Buffalo since
Saturday arrived here this afternoon
The post-office here is not receiving OIL
sending out any mails. 1t is hoped mat.
tiers will be in better condition BY to.
morrow.
BUFFALO, n. y, Jan. l5.--rhe late
snow storm has SO completely blocked
the eastern roads that no live stock has
been sent from this point for the East.
ern market since Friday. The New
York Central Railroad Company will
not probably ship before Thursday in
case no further detentions are exper
fenced by storms, as the bulk of theiI
stock cars are showed in on side tracks
ofthe road. On the Erie road the ship
ments will be very light for some few
days, on account of scarcity of ear.
and the heavy condition of the road
At the East Buffalo yards there are zoe
cars of cattle go of hogs and 80 of sheep
" cotcih stoSh ScIcidiiy 10 thriving ltoli
20 to "a hours behind time and in bat
condition.
EAST BUFFALO, n. Y, Jan l5.-Ai
accident occurred to working train OF
the New York Central Railroad at BY
ron, five miles east Of Batavia, y. Y.
last night about s o'clock, caused by
the engine used in pushing the train be
coming detached and crushing through
me cas aiiiiTg. " iii. Siggiey and JUL JUs
Tenney, and injuring Owen Dunphy
Harry Edwards, and John Jackman, al
of Buffalo. These men were sent from
this city to assist in shoveling out the
side tracks.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20
The Turkish tTltiniatuu.

1t will be seen that the European
Conference at Constantinople has pre-.
sentod its ultimatum to the Porte, SO
that in a few days we shall know wheth.
CT peace or war Is to be the order OF
events in the East. The final PROPOSE.
tons are notifications of those original.
ly proposed, at those points especially
which were supposed TO be most vital
in the Turkish view. Thus the Europ-
can approval of the appointment of gov
ernors for the Turkish provinces is linn
tied TO only five years, and the Interna-
tional Commission, at first proposed, is
TO be replaced by n mixed body COM
posed of Europeans and Turks. Not
withstanding those notifications, and
the fact that each of the representatives
of the great powers rose solemnly, one
after the other, and declared that no was
instructed to leave Constantinople If
the ultimatum was not accepted, the
representative of Turkey plainly intim-
ated that such acceptance was not prob
able. The matter, however, goes before
the Turkish Grand Council, and the re-
suit will be made known on Saturday,
or possibly Thursday, Temporizing,
therefore,on the part of the astute Turks
who have SO long played with the con.
ference, Is no longer possible. They
stand face TO face with all that Europe
proposes to do TO avert an armed oollis-
sion between Russia and their own gov
ernment, and they must either assent or
take tho consequences. 1t ia useless to
speculate upon their answer, but that it
is high time to have an answer to the
question that has been so long throwing
Its shadow oyep Europe, there is no sort
of doubt,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20
Yosemite Valley, California.

To All ardent lover of natural scenery
there is probably no place on earth SC
full of attractions as the great Nationa
Park which encloses the Yosemite
valley with its boundaries. Located in
the center of the high Sierras, it exhibits
within its compass of six miles in length
by three-quarters of a mile in width,
scenes of the most startling sublimitv,
and the most fascinating beauty. Com.
pletely hemmed in by vertical walls
from three-fourths to one mile in height,
misrepresentation crystal lakes and CLASSY
pools, rushing mountain torrents, cata-
racts from three hundred to three thous-
and feet in height, immense trees in
great variety and gorgeous fora, il
forms picture so enchanting and SO
snblime that its equal is as yet unknown.
The Yosemite was first discovered In
1852, and has within few years past
become most noted place Of resort for
the traveller and tourist; though strange
to say by far the greater number of It's
visitors are from the old world. There
are good hotels in the valley, and the
prices Of board, transportation, and
hire for guides, ere regulated by law 80
that the traveller is protected rather
swindled, and trip to Yosemite render
ed pleasant and profitable.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20

~ Pres. Buckham, in his address be-
fore the Vermont Dairymen's Associa-
ton revealed his deep ycarning for more
funds. He wants to establish an cxper-
mental farm in connection with the
"Agriculiual College" lie signs for u
great benclacior' who will manufac-
turc a "brigld day for our state" by
"prOviding lac means for IT," And if
only the state agricultural college could
have Il 10, uf special chairs devoted to
holding the siding form, ola lot of pro-
fcssors of lo, of branches of learn
ing" hich it would seem the Univer-
sity severely lacks at present. all would
he lovely. md the usefulness of the in
sttuiiou would become tangible. He
named some of The "chairs" he wanted
/ filled. "-uch a~ chair of veterinary
surgery. OF mechanical physics, of bot
any of architecture, and chair devoted
TO railroad engineering and the railroad
Interest &c all highly bucolic chairs, and
his yoain for them was well calculated
to enlist the ympathics ofthc Interested
milkmen present. The Agricultural col
lcgc ought to have those same chairs.
! \ farmer who hasn't learned all about
architecture and railroad engineering
/ i-nI worth Il cent as tiller of the soil.
/ 80 better demonstration of the evils of
lack of architectural knowledge among
the farmers can be desired than that af-
lordcd by the average hog pen and dis
trict school house of this state. And O
chair OF the railroad interest" filled
by learned section hand or ex-conduc.
tor. who could, in three years course
teach The earnest embryo agriculturist
the theory and practice Of successful
dcadhcading. must appeal with delight
lul -ucre-~ to the farmers in these times
OF low prices for crops. And an addi
.ionaI Pori.h professor ought to be pro
I VidrA. N Ao could enable the hard stu
dent 10 understand the mysterious worn
ing- of the new-iangled ''stopping-of
chcrk- now in use on our railroads
The man who wants to put such chair.
into an agricultural college has leve
head but it is saddening to be obliged
TO record that these useful and able sug
gcsiions were received with mild 'laft
urc" by the unappreciative cow-manipu
lalOr- TO whom they were addressed.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20
Neurology of Vermont.

The Vermont Farmer gives the fol-
lowing list of the more prominent resi-
dents or natives of Vermont, who died
during the year 1876 Luther New
comb, Montpelier; John A. Stevens, st.
Johnsbury; DIR. Robinson, ninety-four
years old, the oldest man in Bennington !;
Joseph Gould, Northfeld; Paul r SWEET,
Burlington; Reuben Daniels, Wood
stock; George G.. Hunt, st. Adams DIR.
Abram Lowell. Chester; n. u. Abbott,
Weston; Rev. j. Rogers, Swanton; G..
l.. Stone, st. Adams; j. w. Wheelock,
of the Freeman, Montpelier; Judge
Isaac +. Rcdfeld, at Charlestown: jed
ediah Clark, Rochester; George ii.
Walworth, Newport Dea. j. Buckmin-
lister, Ludlow; Z. o. Sargent, Chester (;
Judge Daniel Fish, Jericho; Geo. S.
Howe, Brattleboro Judge Ezra June,
Brandon; Rev. E. NJ. Sherman, Claren-
don; DR.. Eliakim Paul, Niddletown
DR.. Paget, Derby; w. Reyes, Reading ;
William Whitford, Addison; Frank W.
Harris, Brattleboro; Rev. G. p. Fren-
year, Townshend; Fayette NJ. Marsh,
Sheldon; j. L. Allen, Newport; Judge
II. Munsill, over thirty years judge OF
probate, Bristol; j. S. Carpenter, Ben
nington; Luther Pcase, Hartford; Fer.
dinand Tyler, Brattleboro; James Ora
ham, South Pcacham; Col. Wright, q
veteran of the war of 1912, Starksboro
Rev. Joseph Underwood, East Hard.
wick; Dca. Daniel Thompson, Brattle-
boro; DR.. O. w. Drew, Waterbury
VIM. Fuller, st. Johnsbury; Rev. NJ
r. Peck, Brookfield; Louis V. A. Huri
Burlington, Vermont's centenarian, be.
ing one hundred and four years; Hart.
well Powers, Ferrisburgh, another vet
eran of 1912; Thomas Bartlett, Esq.
Lyndon; II. r. Dyer, Rutland; Capt
c. G. Cady, Middlebury; Ephraim
Mills, Burlington; Hiram Bellows, st
Albans; Carlos Bancroft, Montpelier
Sewall Fullam, Ludlow; Hon. Nathan
Sprague, Brandon; Hon. Thomas Z
Powers, Woodstock; Rev. Benjamin
Shaw, an anti-slavery lecturer, Land
grove. j. S. Adams, the first and very
popular secretary ofour board of educa
ton; N. P. Foster, d. D., so many
years pastor in Burlington, and Rev
B. d. Ames, at one time settled il
Charlotte, are among old Vermonter'
Who have passed away.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20
STATE ITEMS.
Senator Edmunds has contributed s2t
to aid the poor of Burlington.

Senator Edmunds has contributed $50
to aid the poor of Burlington.
The estate of the late l.. 6. Bigelow,
Esq, at Burlington, has just presented
to Fletcher Free Library one hundred
volumes of very desirable general liter
allure, also large and valuable collcc-
ton of pamphlets.
The creditors of Bacon, Ranney &
Co., and Bacon & Ide, bankrupts, had
hearing at st. Johnsbury, Friday and
Saturday, before Hon. j. L. Edwards,
register in bankruptcy, and claims
against the firms and individuals of over
S40,0 900 were proven. J. II. Applebcc
was appointed assignee of the first. and
a. A. Pierce of the latter.
The case of Carlos VI. Gilman Of Bos-
ton against the town of STAFFORD, which
has been on trial the past week in the
county court, was concluded Saturday
night, Judge Poland making the closing
argument for plaintiff. The jury re-
turned verdict for plaintiff; damage;
$4,000. Plaintiff was crippled for life
by reason of a defective Highway II
Slrafford.
The daughter of Mr.. Simon Peck, o
st. Johnsbury, was recently attacked
with smallpox. James G.. Miles, wht
worked for Mr.. Peck, took the discas,
and died. A Miss Thayer, who cam,
to nurse Charles Peck when he attemp
ted suicide, also died of the malady
Simon Peck has the varioloid in milt
form, and his brother, John Peck, i
quite sick of smallpox. Two children
of a Frenchman, Congo, have died
Edmund Chickering, who lives on tn
North Danvillc road, is very sick witt
the disease.
The report Of Rev. L. d. Hopkins he
ing in jail at Sherbrooke was incorrect
he was only in the officers charge. o.
his arrival at st. Johnsbury, last Satur
day morning, he was taken in charg
by Sheriff Preston and lodged in Jail Z
await a hearing, which will be had in
few days. The paper claimed to hav
been forged is draft for $40, draw
in favor of Charles H. Green of Barto
Landing on the Fire Association c
Philadelphia, for the settlement of
loss, and the endorsement of Charles L
Green on the back is claimed to hav
been made by Mr.. Hopkins.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20

Judge Maokey of South Carolina IL
the most "amoozin cuss" developed by
the present controversy. He has been
gaining good deal of notoriety as a
Hayes and Hampton man, having
stumped his state on that platform, vel
when the investigating committee asked
him for whom he voted for president he
replied Tilden, and added; "Let me
explain, Mr.. Senator. You SEQ, there
were three democrats here with whom
| agreed that they should vote for HAYES
If Hayes was not responsible for the
sending Of the troops to South Carolina,
and that should vote for Tilden if he
was so responsible" "And how did
you find out?" asked Senator Cameron.
"Why, | wrote to him." said the wit
ness. "And what was his response ?"
"He never answered my letter"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20
Democratic National MccIinr.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. - Abram :.
Hewitt, chairman of the democratic ma
tional committee, received official no.
ticc on Friday of the action of the Ohio
democrats at their meeting on the eighth
of January. In accordance with the
request then made he has directed the
secretary of the national committee to
call q meeting of the executive commit
tee, to be held at his house next Thurs
day. On that occasion he will submit
to the executive committee the question
whether the national committee shall be
called together or not for the purpose of
determining the ACCESSIBILITY of calling a
national democratic convention, to meet
sometime in February. When this ma
tional convention was first proposed,
Mr.. Hewitt expressed himself as OPP
posed to it. Subsequently he modified
his opinion, but disapproved of it being
held in Washington. Gov. Tilden has
not been consulted on the subject.
Some of the most influential southern
democrats, who arc very anxious to
have the presidential question amicably
settled, are of opinion that democratic
convention called for the purpose OF
i considering the present political condi-
ton of the country, and held in some
other city than Washington, about the
time the electoral votes are counted,
would have beneficial effect. They
are unalterably opposed to any convcn.
ton whatever at the national capital.
They say that even if no convention is
called, large crowds of people will Ger.
tainly come to Washington about tho
14th of February. if the presidential
question is not settled before that time
A national convention held simultanc
ously in distant city would draw at
tention in some degree away from
Washington. and prevent many persons
who would otherwise do so from com
ing here ut that time. Besides this, they
believe that national democratic con
vention would have the effect of allay
ing rather than stimulating popular OK
element. They believe that ninety on
of every one hundred men who woulC
attend it from the south would be ex
tremely conservative in their views, anC
would be strongly opposed to the adop
ton of any extreme resolutions. Thest
men, they think, would be re-enforceC
by many from the North and Middl,
States. a convention composed of sucl
men as these would, they believe, III
able to pour oil upon the troubled wa
tiers, and TO promote harmony rathc
than to incite strife.
Mr.. Hewitt has been reported TO hav'
said that he would prefer the Inaugural
ton of Gov. Hayes to civil war. Wha
he did say in a private conversation
which no one had authority to report
was that he believed four years of an al
ministration with Gov. Hayes as presi
dent would be less disastrous to tn,
country than four years of civil war.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20

WHY ARE THEY NOT PRosECUTED.-If
II Is true, as the New York dispatches
say, that the officers of the Security Life
Insurance Company committed fraud
on their policy holders, and perjured
Themselves by making oath that the
amount of stocks and bonds owned by
the company was S57l 900, when 1t was
under 100000, and that the cash on
hand and in the bank ives over $780,
600, when il was in reality not SIC, 600"
why does not the insurance commits
sioner of that state or tho attorney gem
eral commence an action against those
swindlers and perjurers at once, What
are these officers for but 10 protect the
public in such cases and TO nse all the
means at their command to punish such
rascals. Not to do 1t Is a gross neglect
of duty. A few examples of this kind
would prevent such frauds as it is said
were praoticed by the officers of the Sc
curity and the Continental companies.
and protect the hundreds of thousands
of policy holders against such practices
in the future. There never was plain
er duty marked out for public officers
than there is in this case. The public
arc waiting TO see them do II promptly
and earnestly, without fear or favor,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20

The Bennington Battle Monument
Association held an adjourned meeting
at the court house in Bennington on
Wednesday, January IL, to hear and
act on the report of the committee APP
pointed TO perfect plan Of organization
for the State Centennial Commission
As this commission is to have charge of
the celebration during Centennial week,
the work of the committee is q very i'm
portant one, and so important that the
committee were not prepared to report
in full TO the Association, They accord
ingly asked leave TO sit further, which
they will do on Friday next, and report
TO the Association on Saturday, the both
inst, TO which date the meeting Of the
Association stands adjourned. The
committee consists of ex-Gov. Hiland
Hall, Rev. Isaac Jennings, Charles NJ.
Bliss, DIR. j. III. Guild, Hon, A. b.
Gardner, Hon: Oscar Il. Butterheld and
John n. Shurtleff,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20

The State Board of Agriculture hello
the first meeting of the season at Mi
ton, ON Monday and Tuesday the Is and
l6. Because Of the blockaded state OF
the roads the attendance was not as
large as it otherwise would have been
but there was q very fair number and
the meetings were interesting. The In
terest was heightened by the presence
Of some from other states who were
stopping in the neighborhood for the
purpose of attending the meeting of the
Dairymen's Association which was held
at burlington later in the week. An
able address of welcome was given by
j. S. Upper, Esq. Papers were read
on Bees and their management" by
A. I. Waite, Georgia; Turning over, D
by j. IL. Mead, West Rutland; "Corn
as forage CROP" by DIR. f. B. Hatha-
way, Milton; THE hygenic of the
farm by DIR. S. C. Butler, Essex ;
"Discouragements of farming" by Hon.
G. II. Rice, Milton; "Have Vermont
farmers cause for Encouragement" by
II. c. Wood, Milton; "Ploughine and
manure" by l. T. Parish, Fairfax |;
Clutter and cheese making in Lamoille
Valley Factory" by d.. Field, Milton !;
improvements of farmers homes" by
Mrs. d. +. Gale, Milton, "Farm ac-
counts" by A. Chapman, Middlebury,
and Selection of dairy cows" by G.. S.
Fasset, Enosburgh. A very interesting
address was given upon making butter
and cheese from the same milk, desorib-
ing his process of heating the milk be-
fore setting, by Mr., Ellsworth, of Barre,
Mass.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-20

The STORM OF MT, WARRINGTON
The storm that swept over tho summit
of Mount Washington on Friday night
was the worst ever recorded at signal
station as coming from the east. The
wind blew 40 miles an hour, and the
mercury ran down TO within three de-
grees of zero. The barometer changed
a. times tenth Of an inch in half an
hour, A heavy snow storm accompan-
led this gale, and the signal service men
had to board up the eastern window of
the observatory to keep 1t from blowing
in. The highest this winter was on De.
cember Is, when the instrument meas
ured two hundred miles an hour, and
the thermometer stood at forty-seyen
below zero, On that day the obserya-
tory trembled fearMlly and threatened
to blow away several times.