The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1878-02-01
GENERAL NOTES.

There are one hundred Methodist
churches i'll Philadelphia.
The courts in Maine are dcciccnn
divorces at the rate of one thousand
year.
Illinois has Al 200 squire miles of coal
bed, averaging more than forty feet in
thickness.
A Maine postmistrcss was fined Sll6.-
50 for opening letter passing through
her office.
A negro man, his wife and child, in
Clark county, KY, are all supplied with
six fingers on each hand.
Two hundred winding Ameri-
can watches have been recently sent to
India for railway service.
1t is reported al Washington that the
silver miners have raised $500, 900 to buv
orators and newspapers in the East.
Several tramps were sentenced to the
state prison from Pittsiield, Mass, Sat.
nrday, for burglary and other crimes.
II is the belief in administration cir
Giles that the Bland bill will pass, he We
foed, and not be passed over the veto
Researches in Chinese archives show
that the great Chinese wall was built by
women, directed by a woman architect.
Henry Hickey, aged eleven, has been
found guilty OF manslaughter, at Bos-
ton, in killing John Cronin last Decem-
Der.
1t is said that over 5000 workmcn are
idle in Quebec, with no prospect of en-
plo, lncml before the opening of nayiga-
ton.
A bill has passed the Iowa House TO
second reading which provides for the
re-establishing of capital punishment in
that state.
Robert Bonner, who owns $3.50, 900
worth of horseflesh, almost invariably
rides down 10 his Office and up home in
= street car
CINNAMON, n, ii. Iron Works has
boy nine years old who stands four feet
and ten inches in his stockings, and
weighs l5G pounds.
Mr.. L. Il. Barnnm is said to calculate
that he has sold since he began his bust
ness of amusement no less than $751;
OOO,0OO worth of tickets.
There is bill pending before the
Maine Legislature to authorize hiis-
bands and wives 10 maintain civil ac-
tions against each other.
Another hydrophobia victim is four
year-od daughter ofJohn Il. Schocflcr,.
of Pittston, Pa,., making the fourth
death from that cause, last week.
A resolution has been introduced into
the Virginia house ofdelcgates to amend
tho revenue laws so as to impose tax
OF one cent on every cigar sold in the
state.
The Ashtabula accident cost the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern railroad
company Si93,9l0, and all the claims OH
account of the accident have not been
settled.
II is stated that New Hampshire pro-
duced in 1877 ovcrtwo millions of bush
els of Indian corn, or more than was
raised in any other New England
stale.
The largest oyster on record in the
United States was one taken from the
beds in Mobile in 1910. IL measured
thirty-seven inches in length, and twenty
two and one-half inches in breadth ac-
ross its widest part.
In Montreal, grcenbacks are bought ut
discount of two and one half cents, and
American silver at u discount of eight
cents OH the dollar. Pet adherents of
the Bland silver bill say that the latter
is preferable 10 the former.
Mrs. Daily, of New Orleans, locked
her baby, five months old, up in room
with pet terrier, and when she return
ed found that the dog had almost eaten
of the little ones foot, which was SO
badly manglcd that il had 10 he ampn-
lated.
An appalling famine i, raging
throughout four provinces OF North
China. Nine millions of people are re-
ported destitute. Children are daily
sold IN the market for food. The For
eign Relief Committee appeals 10
American and England for assistance.
Mr.. 4. l.. Lewis, of Newburyport,
Mass, has daughter twelve years of
age, who, when two years old, got
needle in her right foot. in which IA por-
ton of il was broken oil. The parents
thought no more of the matter, until
on Sunday they observed the broken
portion OF the needle in the little finger
of the left hand, IL having worked up
the body for ten years.
a San Francisco correspondent says
that gold Is cartcd around there much
rs lead is carried in New York. Boys
carry canvas bags of gold through the
streets. Kegs and bags of gold are
thrown into carts MS though they were
kegs of nails. In the bank of Nevada
trays of gold rest on the counter, not
Gagged and wired Ia rs in the East, bnt
with MS little guard as is thrown around
silks in dry good store.
II Is "a conceded fact Thai In bu,ing
musical instruments the best are the
cheapest. Daniel +. Beatty, Esq, of
Washington, New Jersey, has gained u
reputation equal 10 any, for both Pianos
and Organs, aud all are recommended
to write 10 him before buying. See adj
veriiscmcnt. 40
\Ew SYSTEM of treatment for Chronic
diseases. See DR.. Liston, at the Addi-
sou House, Feb. 10. Cures for chronic
diseases of the Throat, Lungs, Stomach,