The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-01
CENERsL NOTES.

Two hundrcdf miles Of the new
French cable have been successful,
laid. So
Heavy rains last week put an end 10
the unprecedented. drought in northern
Virginia. ''--
II is rumorcd in Washington thar
Secretary Evarts has an eye Oh fhc
English mission
The Exhibition of Inventions opened
at Paris on the 23d, under the presi-
dency of Jules Simon.
The National Education Association
commenced its eighteenth annual Sos
sion in Philadelphia, Wednesday.
James A. Cunnngham's starch fac
tory at Vincenncs, Indiana, was burned
Wednesday; loss, 100000.
Jones, the dlj5i witness in the Jesse
Billings case, has been surrendered by
his bondsmen, and is in Jail.
The workingmon of Newark, n. j.,
arc raising money TO prosecute Blair,
who shot the coachman Armstrong.
The French Chamber of Deputies
voted Wednesday to demolish the Tuil-
cries and make a garden on the site.
London bondhoders protest strongly
against the reputation measures of the
Louisiana constitutional convention.
Thomas Baglcy Potter, free ira
der and member of the English house
of Commons, sails for America to-mor-
row.
Nearly nine millions of dollars will
be expended this year in river and har-
Dor improvements by the Federal Gov
ment.
The Exchange Bank of st. Louis has
decided to 90 into liquidation. After
paying lis depositors in full there will
be surplus.
Russia has sent a general 10 Eastern
Siberia to choose and fortify a point on
the coast as maritime citation tor its
Pacific sqadron.
Unlicensed dis;illeries have greatly
multiplied in South Carolina since the
appropriations for Z. s. marshals' fees
were exhausted.
The public debt statement for July
will show a considerable increase, ow-
ing to the payment for pensions and ar
rears of pensions.
Lieutenant-Goyernor Letelier, OF
Quebec, has been dismissed by Lord
Lornc. AN act which causes excitement
among the Liberals.
The Orangemen held Their Triennial
Council at Ottawa last week, England,
Scotland, Ireland and the United States
being fully represented.
The Gillian army OIL the Peruvian
frontier has been reinforced, but no ell.
gagements of any kind have occurred
since the great sea fight.
The might regatta OF the South
Boston Yacht Club, Wednesday night,
was successful and delightful affair
nineteen boats participated.
One of a party of nine Memphis re.
! fugees died of yellow fever at Harlem
on the 2jth. The rest of the party
were removed to quarantine.
a Nevada bedbug bit man OH the
lip, and both bug and man died from
the effects OF it. The doctors didn't
know which to post mortem on.
Empress Engenic asks the Queen to
protect Lieutenant Carey from punish
ment for his part in the expedition
which ended the Prince Imperiars
life.
The new Khcdivc of Egypt says he
cannot carry on the government with
out his fathers right of making trca-
ties, which the Sultan has taken from
him.
Burglars at Ellington, n. V, choked
to death Mrs. Emily Crosby and SER
iously wounded her husband OH the
night of the 23d, and escaped with $50
in money.
A fire in the gas house connected
with the state prison at Boston made
lively work Wednesday afternoon for
the officers of the prison and Il number
of the convicts.
1t is now proposed TO build q ship
railroad across the Islhmus of Panama,
which would greatly interfere with the
revenue OF the DeLcsseps canal. This
also is a French project.
The United States consul at Port
Sarnia, Canada, reports that clnigra-
ton from the latter country 10 the
United States is increasing, especially
among The thrifty farmers of means.
Sir George Campbell moved in the
House OF Commons on the 25th that in
view OF fluctuations Of gold and silver,
advantage he taken Of the proposal of
the United States TO fix some standard
of value.
Nevada tornados do wonderful things
sometimes. The following is a report
Of one which recently occurred at Reno
III that state: "Moorman Gutter stalt.
ed out with half gallon of Whiskey TO
take TO his sick mother. lie was found
some hours allerward lying behind a
fence Oh Il hill. lie said he stopped
around corner TO fix cork in the lg,
and while he was taking the measure
OF tie orilce of the jug Il tremendous
wind came down OH HIM. 1t sucked the
liquor clean ont of the jug, blew il
down his throat, and turned The luz in
side out. He could remember nothing
more.
The Hon. Orville II. Plat, of Meri-
den, senator from Connecticut. received
whGtis feared may prove to be a seri-
Gus injury from an accident while fish.
ing with his brother on Thursday, July
"a, at Washington, Csnna } n part of
the bridge OH which lfe was sitting gave
way, and lie fell backward q distance
of ten feet upon the rocks in The bed of
The stream. lie was very much bruis-
ed, having struck first upon his shack,
then upon his side. 1t is scarcely pos
siblc, as yet, to tell how severe or how
slight his injuries will prove. Senator
Plat is an enthusiastic and successful
sportsman, and spends portion of
nearly every summer in the Adiron-
dacks.
Mr.. Rainey, who was a congressman
when the Southern Democracy had not
vet established the rule that negroes
should not sit in Congress, makes one
statement that should and will attract
universal attention. Ut is that one of
The most barbarous customs of slave