The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-09
TIMELY TORIES.

o. fye ttmes. Moss a the Chinese 70
baCk once IN FIVE yenrS and rarely any
one atrBs longer tiian debt years contin-
uoyfSly IN this country. Many Chinese
morvhsnts return regularly TO spend the
Chinese New Yeor NJ home.
'BastholfH, the French sculptor, says
there X no doubt that the great statue
Of Hberty enlightning the world will
Be ready for It's place n New York har-
Dor IN 1883, the year In which New
York's great worlds fair Is TO be held.
This statue. when erected, will be the
largest In America. II was presented
TO the United States by the French peo-
In France.
The New York Bulletns makes COM
rdletlon Of crop reports which shows
30 far ne can DO shown az thts time
that tho wheot production OF 1880 will
fully equal that Of 1879. Iowa and
Kansas will fail oil, but their deficiency
will be fully made up by gains in 1lh-
nois, Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.
II present prUniise shall be verified, that
vii be the fourth successive great grain
crop In the United States---a continu-
ance OF prosperity almost II not quite
without precedent.
Buckley is Texas horse thief and
murderer, for whom the law officers
searched hong and fruitlessly. A man
called on the governor, introduced him.
self as a friend Of the outlaw. and said
that he was prepared to buy his pardon
by giving information against other
criminals. The governor was inclined
to mako such bargain. and sent him
To the attorney genera, who recognized
him a. none other than Buckley him
aqf. The rascal drew a long knife out
Of his bootleg. bat was overpowered
and locked up
The New York State fish commits
sioners arc advocating the culture OF
carp. The experiments at the govern
ment ponds IN Washington have been
very successful, fish that were put in
ttere three years ago having grown
much larger than In Europe under the
eame circumstances. They are an easy
fish 10 raise, Any kind q pond, no
matter how restricted, can be used.
Providing that the water Is not too cold,
carp thrive, no matter how impure Il
Is. No natural winter has been found
too warm fcr them. They thrive on
plants growing IN the water, on boiled
grain OF even oifal. A pond may be
dug In arabic land and used for three or
four ysfre an a carp pond, after which
the hand may be again cultivated.
"a A correspondent Of the Leavenworth
Tunes calls attention to the similarity
between the stand storm in Kansas aud
one n, the island OF Sicily, IN the Medit-
L.
Mme5both wxpol meteoric origin. The
and black impalpabfe matter, and 30
abundant that on the nex4 day traces Of
the deposits could be seen on Gle surface
Of the ground, and on q north porch
sufaclent TO receive the impriIts Of a
cats fpet. The writer says: The near
coincidence Of dates between the phe-
M Hnon In Shelly and here. with an ap-
pSSAN similarity In the physical proper
tiesp4ehe dust, might sugsesth common
"" Abs - f4-s x.
14ie act Incorporating the New York
w6td's fair Of 1898, In celebration OF
the treaty Of peace between Great
Britain and tho United States, provides
for the Subscription Cd SIS. 900. 900, which
b Se, U0o, 900 moro tian the centennial
exposition estimate was based upon,
the commissioners Of that celebration
limiting their financial operations to
&a0, 900. 900. This extra $4,000. 600 does
not By any meansrepresenA the Increased
magnitude d the proposed exposition
over the last one held IN the United
States, for Il Is confidently expected
that the receipts alone, owing to the
metropolitan location Of the exposition
- ~ anar.n e. N ~
Of the world, VIII be Immensely greater
than at the Philadelphia exposition.
Besides this, the commissioners having
In charge the projected fair believe
there WIN be no difficulty In raising
the amount mentioned IN the act, or
oven more. a.a'
A lieutenant Of the Imperial Guard
artillery recently confessed to stern
Russian father that he knew something
about a revolutionary plot The news
30 exasperated the old gentlemon that
be blew ont his sons brains on the ,spot,
and discharged second burrel Of his
revolver In his own breast, inilfcttng
upon himself mortal wcund. Upon
sntering tue house the gendiwmes found
father and son lying side by side, the
fosmeR dead and tire latter dying As
theS menibers OF the household wero
taken into custody. and among them
was discovered the notorious socialist
Jurkowski. WHOM the Russian policy
had long Sougbt ion; In vain. Ho had
Grivrd at The iiouse With the lieutenant
undey u false ntume, and had remained
there several, dgysAs 9 guest when the
catastrophe led to his detection dnd ar
resh
jews. MnAa1l,nans and Christians nov
live IN harmony IN Palestine. and a non
Mussuman seldom cutters In any respec,
on account Of his cEeed. Even tho rec
fez y nOt obligatory n nom Bfussulma,
govsnmcnt servantA European cloth
ing is now common. both with men and
women, and many Of the latter mag b,
Aen dressed h ne latest parb Ashions
IRe pssf'as no lonsG move SPOUT II
consekns ssata bus may often be seez
On f6cein tho stroets Wgth only one o,
two stsaqaAnt1 Europesn fnrunnve
ohddA soAs and tables are now com
mw., Gf@s bedA are now allowed e
be tcaad IN he Chptsthm churches, old
CHRISTIAN c1itschB have been restored
l-aa& -Dow- @s- baits In Jerusalem, Naaa-
reth. Hheutas and elsewhere. 30, Also
haye a numbcs of ssnasogues, especially
IN Jerusalem been built during thest