The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-30
GENERAL NOTES.

Col. Cash, the South Carolina duelist,
who killed Col. Shannon, has been
admitted to bail in $4,000.
Man.eaiing sharks have appeared In
New York harbor, drawn there by tie
ohal dumped in the lower bay.
Bicycles are to be propelled by steam.
Then they will be running into each |
other, and nobody will be to blame.
The annual convention of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association occurs at
Saratoga oil the nth, 18th and 18th of
August.
In New York, Saturday five deaths
from the effect of heat occurred and one
case of prostration, which il is expect
ed will prove fatal.
"a large Irish-American Republican
club has been formed in Syracuse, and
Irish Republican in other towns in
Onondaga County have been invited to
organize and cooperate with it.
Two hundred and sixty-four thou
sand cmigrants landed at New York
during the year ending June 301
against $4,000 the previous year. Total
arrivals at all ports during June is ~
600.
An Indiana man, whose son was
killed by toy pistol in the hands of a
playmate, has sued the man of whom
the pistol was bought for $4,000. The
law of Indiana forbids the sale Of fire.,
arms to minors.
1t is said that the locomotives used
on the railroads of the United States
are doing the work of over 100000
horses, while the census of 1879 aggre
gates horses of all ages at less than
100000.
There are now in the United States
900 miles of bridges. One-third of
them are of stone and iron and two
thirds of wood, and these latter will
have TO be rebuilt by our engineers
with more durable material.
AT Milford. Del, q woman laid her
infant child on the back porch while
she went to neighbours. On return
ing she found that pig had broken out
of sty, and finding the infant, had
eaten of both its feet.
A young man claiming to be John Ii.
Christiancy, q son of the present minis
ter to Peru, was at his own request on
Saturday at Brooklyn committed to the
inebriates' home. He stated that he
had been an inmate of inebriate
asylums at Binghamton and Philadel-
phia.
The Toxic (Japan) Times of June Is
says probably not day passes during
which an earthquake shock of greater
or less intensity is not felt in some part
or other of the island. Some violent
disturbances are reported at Tsukahara,
where buildings were destroyed and
personal injury sustained.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, to ac-
commodate its immense traffic, has in
use 1000 locomotives and 4O,O0O cars
There are also 1890 cars running over
the various lines owned by individuals
and companies, including 1000 railway
equipment trust cars, $500 car trust,
500 railway car trust, 3,406 Empire car
trust, 1903 tank car trust cars, and 81
1853 Union and National line cars.
That wonderful Great Eastern, that
marvel of marine architecture, which
was to revolutioDize the passenger traf-
fic OF the Atlantic, is to be turned into
transport for Texas cattle. She has
been chartered TO take $4,000 head of
kline from Texas to England. The
proposition is to make four trips a
year, taking 10000 fat cattle each trip.
Coming out, the steamer is 10 bring
immigrants.
A lad at Reading, Pa, got small
fish, about two inches long, in his ear
while diving in the Schuylkill River
about three weeks ago, feeling only a
slight tickling sensation at the time.
Soon after he began TO experience pain
and at intervals siucc has suffered I'M
told agong IN his head. One night he
was unable to sleep or even to lie abed,
and walked the floor constantly. In
the morning he felt something press
against the lobe of his ear, and his
mother, inserting probe, drew out
the fish. No physician was called, as
the parents thought the trouble was
neuralgia, it being Intermittent.
The fishing grounds where Senator
Conkling, Gen. Arthur and Vice. Prcsi-
dent Wheeler are fishing, are at the
junction of the Restigouche and Casca-
pedia rivers. Tho property was pur-
chased few weeks ago, by about fifty
New York fishermen. They paid $780,
600. WIN. II. Vanderbilt and Gen.
Arthur were two of the purchasers.
The ground has seven miles of river
front from which salmon may be
caught, and also nj nber of small
streams in which trout and other fish
abound.
An interview between the masters
and cotton operatives of the Bolton
district (England) resulted in the OPP
eratives declaring their intention to
strike Wednesday unless an advance OF
five per cent was conceded. The mas
ters said they would in such an event
enforce general lockout. The dis
trict directly affects 100000 spindlcs
and 10000 operatives. Two thousand
operatives are now on strike. A strike
at Rochdale and Oldham is also proba-
bio,