The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-21
GENERAL NOTES,


southwark, and several flocks have been
seen near Eagle Bridge, n. Y.
The steamer Juana, from Havana,
which arrived in New York Harbor, !
Saturday. was detained at quarantinei
with six cases of yellow fever aboard.
A self-opcning envelope, with thread
in the edge of the upper flap, by pulling
which the envelope is quickly and neat
ly opened, is the newest invention in
stationery.
The many miles of snow sheds OH the
Central Pacific railroad are to be provi-
dcd with watchmcn and an alarm tcle-
graph. There is danger of fire sweep
ing them away.
A Nashville paper publishes list of
eighty criminals of Tennessee now at
large, and for whose arrests rewards
amounting to thirty thousand dollars
have been offered.
Solomon Dibble's barn, with con-
tents, consisting of wagons, produce,
tools. ETC.. was burned at South Gran
vile, n. Y, Sunday night. Loss, So
900; insurance, 81 800.
Mrs. Regain and her step-son, John
Hogan, were found guilty of the wilful
murder of John Regain, a farmer, at
Lucau, Ont, seventy years old, who
was poisoned by strychninc.
Rev. DIR. Schneider, who died i'll
Boston, Friday morning, was the first
person in the world TO write and preach
| in the Turkish language Il christian SER
mon. 1t was over forty years ago, and
at Constantinople.
A drove of seven hundred and eighty
head of cattle passed from Canada into
the states at North Troy, last Tuesday.
They were owned by Hayden Il Dow,
of Albany, and the DUTIES on them
amounted TO 81 ,699.90.
During quarrel, Monday afternoon,
of ward politicians in Baltimore, rela-
tive to the Democratic primary election,
Andrew Wardner received blow
which was instantly fatal. Thomas
Fricz has been arrested for the act.
Thos. Kell, at work Oh Il coal schoon-
er, last Friday, struck Il torpedo with
his shovel, at Boston, and was severely
injured. The torpedo is supposed to
have been placed in the coal at the
mines by strikers ana Molile MaSuires
The enormous sale of that little book.
mTbot husband of Mine" shows wbai
ADVERTISING will do. The hook has No
literary merit, and the humor is YER,
weak. but a .iakine' lille and widt
and iudicious odvcrfisino have causc,
m immense sale.
"A gentleman III Iall liver, Mass, ha
secured copy OF the edition OF the III
ii .J in Antwcrn' in 40. nv fl,
nrinter Cnxton. TIe edition is Of OK
caed;ny r.,rifc and Ills il nroh,hI,- th,
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John Taylor, the new head of tin
, Mormon church. is an Englishman
+ about siXty-nine years of age, very tai
and of massive build, of dark complex
strongly marked. His hair is white
and there is story that 1t blanchct
from fright in single night.
p y p;cl,un of t,a Oodousbu,.
: p;ao Ch,b sbot = str;por of fisioom shnt
/ over the | 900 yard range, one day las
: week, and made his fifteen consecutiv
bulls eyes. The feat of fifteen consec
utive bulls eyes overa 1000 yard rang
p has been performed but once before
and that was by Miner of the Iris
: team. Mr.: Pickup preceded his scor
with two sighting shots, the second G
which was a bulls eye; consequently
G he made sixteen bulls eyes in success
! sion. Mr.. Pickup has always been on
| of the steadiest and most uniform shot
c of the Ogdensburg club. Il journal.
# The steamer d. r. Martin of No,
: yorlI Uarhor Sunda,. ovon;n1 ,.an !,
c 70 and unset y row %oat comtain;n o." Ma,
h thew Dorioen. William IIomiltom Ma
o ~. MoCort6,- Johon,'a onJ IInt;n W."