The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-05
GENERAL NOTES.


A fire ut Burlington, Iowa. Mondayl
evening destroyed over 800, 600 worth
Of property. 81
At Atlantic City, N. j., one day last
week, Mrs. Mary Fisher was drowned
while battling.
T.. J. Baldwin, the great California
distilier, has been indicted for violat-
ing the revenue laws.
AT San Francisco, Monday, Churlcs |
De Young, who shot Kalloch, was adj |
United 10 Uail in 25,000.f fFtf
Boynton and Webb, the famous
swimmers, had match off Nantaskct
Beach, Massachusetts, yesterday. A
Dakota is larger than New England
and It's people are beginning TO agitatb
its division into three territories.
"Nan, the newsboy," of New York,
saved three boys from drowning Sum
day, who had been upset in the North
river.
Ilanlan and Courtney, the champion
single scull rowcrs, will have match
at Chataqua lake, N. Y, Oct. 81, for six
thousand dollars.
Joseph Savage, aged IL, was pulled
into the canal at Lockport, N. Y, Mon
day, by dog which he was washing,
and was drowned.
The statue of Gen. Custer was un-
yelled at West Point, Saturday, with
imposing ceremonies. Gen. Banks
delivered the Grafton.
Tho health officers of New Orleans
believe that the spread OF the yellow
fever in that city has been checked and
that the worst Is over.
Flavius Caflerty, n brakeman, at
tempted to get between tho cars of a
freight train passing through Oswero.
one night last week, and was thrown
down and killed.
Mrs. Adele q. Lucas of BROOKLYN is
seeking in court to recover $25 900 of
two liquor dealers and the landlord of
ono of them, under the civil damage
act, .nasmuch as tho former sold liquor
TO her husband.
l Little Eddie Trainor of Chester,
Penn., rambled away from home and
was drowned in mill-race, r, lie was
accompanied by n largo Newfoundland
dog, which, Unlike most of his species,
deserted the boy as soon as he fell into
the water.
Tuesday two men at Bradport, Pa,
were carrying sixty pounds of nitro
glyccrinc, with which they were about
TO torpedo an oil well, when it explo-
ded and the men with their team OF
horses and buggy were blown 10
atoms.
a severe storm prevailed in New Or
leans aud vicinity Monday, and consid-
cradle property was destroyed, includ-
ing II number of coal barges. which
were sunk, involving loss of $l00, 900
alone for that item. The crops, trees
and buildings were badly damaged.
The New York Republican state con-
vention met at Saratoga Wednesday
and nominated worthy state ticket.
The nominations are: Alonzo Is. Cor
nell for governor, George G.. IIoskins
for lieutenant governor, Gen. James b.
Carr for secretary of state, James w.
Wadsworth for comptroller, Nathan ID.
wendell for treasurer, Hamilton
Ward for attorney general, Howard
Soulc for state engineer and surveyor.
General John b. Hood, whose death
ut New Orleans, from yellow fever.
was announced Saturday, was one of
the bravest and most distinguished off,
GERS of the rebel army. He was ma
tive of Kentucky, and graduated at
West Point in 1849. He was engaged
in garrison and frontier duty up to the
breaking out of the rebellion, and was
for some years lieutenant in the ia
nous Second Cavalry regiment. In
1857 he distinguished himselfin hand
to-hand conflict with the Comanche In
dams, in which he was severely wound
ed. In the rebel army he won rapid
promotion, and when 1t was found that
the cautious Gen. Joe Johnston could
not stop the triumphant march of Gen.
Sherman through Georgia, he succeed
cd TO the command of the rebel force in
that quarter. Since the war lie has
been little heard of, and has suffered
somewhat from the effects of wounds
received in battle. AS an officer he
was classed in the rank just below Lee,
jackson, A. 5. Johnston and Joe
Johnston. His wife and child have
just died ofyellow fever, and two of his
eleven children are in sinking condi-
ilon. The general leaves a manuscript
history of the war which he intended TO
| have Dublishp6 This fall