The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-18
GENERAL NOTES.


Chicago has just won a tax suit which
will bring to the city nearly 81 5000
of taxes unpaid in 1873 and 1874.
Coney Island consumes 500 kegs of
lager beer, 1000 loaves of bread and
5000 pounds Of meat daily, with other
things in proportion.
One of the diversions of New York
City, Sunday, was $500 prize fight in
one of the upper wards. After forty
five minutes ofpummelling it was brok-
EN- up by false report that the police
were coming.
The Orangemen had grand celebra-
ton at Toronto, Canada, Saturday.
There was no formal public observance
of the day at Montreal, but the Orange
men held meeting in their hall in the
evening.
An Indiana judge married last week
his fifth wife, having lost one by death
and three by divorce. The enterpris-
ing woman who has undertaken 70 con-
sole this much bereaved man is only IS
years old.
The mouldcrs employed in the vari-
GUS hardware works and foundries at
Reading, Pa, threaten general strike.
There are about 1000 of them. A strike
for higher wages has already been made
by l4O moulders employed at one of the
hardware manufactures.
James Tracey, bar tender, and Rod
erick Phelan, clerk in a grocery store,
had a quarrel in New York, Sunday
morning, about drinking score, and
after they were separated Phelan went
TO pawnbroker's, redeemed his re-
volver which was there Oh pledge and
fatally shot Tracey.
The secretary of the treasury has
awarded TO Geo. w. BallOu a. Co. of
New York and Boston $500, 900 of Dis
trict of Columbia per cent funding
bonds, having 90 years to run. This
loan is made by the government to take
up an equal amount of old bonds of the
city of Washington, and there was great
competition in the bidding.
Capt. Eads secured the maximum
channel required by his contract, both
at the mouth of the Mississippi and at
the head of the Passes on the 10th inst,
and the same was officially certified on
that day. The Mississippi river is open
| to the sea for the heaviest commercial
ships, there being PC feet of water over
bar having originally only s feet.
The Servian government has adyanc-
ed claim for 5000, 900 against the Porte
on account of raids by Albanians into
Servian territory. If the Porte repudi-
ates the claim, as is probable, it is
thought that Servia will refuse TO bear
| ,f hn IL. III.
| lotted her by the Treaty of Berlin in
consideration of hei increase of terri
tory.
| Tho district court of Utah some time
ago appointed receivers of the estate of
the late Brigham Young on application
OF one of the heirs, who claimed that
the property was being improperly dis
posed of TO John Taylor, president of
the Mormon church. The receivers
claiming that George Q. Cannon, Albert
Darlington and brigham Young, Jr.,
executors, and John Taylor, have failed
or refused to comply with the order of
the court, all of the above parties Sat
urday afternoon were arrested for con-
tempt and held for trial.
Some years ago an eminent English
surgeon stated that on no account, OK
cept that serious fire was on hand, or to
save lite, should any person ever run
after having reached fifty years of age.
The reason alleged was that tendency
10 heart disease, apopleXy, etc, might
suddenly be brought to climax by vi
client exertion, and especially with cor
pulent persons. This warning has been
vindicated lately by the death of several
persons who have run for the cars, or
otherwise unduly exercised.
James HeatoD, ex-clerk of the supe-
rior court and ex-judge of probate, shot
aud killed his colored paramount, Mary
Radclti, at Wilmington, N. c., Satur-
day night on account of jealousy, and
being closely pursued by the police shot
himself dead. Heaton " as n desperate
character. lie was sentenced to the
penitcntiary several years ago for in
citing n riot, but was pardoned by the
governor, and was afterwards convicted
in 80 cases of misdemeanor as clerk OF
the superior court, which would have
sent him to the penitentiary for ten
years but for his death.
Robert M. Chapman, treasurer of the
BRIDGEPORT (Me. )savings bank, commit
ted suicide last Monday morning, by
shooting, In fit of temporary insanity.
The affairs OF the bank are thought to be
all right. Mr.. Chapman was sixty-four
years old. lie was native of Boston,
q graduate of Harvard, and was for
merly partner with MIR. Philip Bat
|, Neil, now of Middlebury, In the practice
Noflaw in Cleveland, Ohio. lie was a
gentleman of highly cultivated mind,
of elegant manners, of fine literary