The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-09-09
GENERAL NOTES.

North Carolina's champion water
Ielon this year weighed 60 lbs.
Convicts in the Ohio penitentiary hav |
cen discovered making counter .eit
ickel coins.
Tobacco users will mourn over the
act that fine-cut and plug tob accos have
advanced in the market fro three to
Tx cents a pound.
David Smith, while defending three
girls from insult in Brooklyn Saturday
night, was disemboweled by an un-
known ruffian, who escaped.
Experts say there are 331 different
styles of bicycles in active use at
present. There is but one style of
tumble from them, however.
The wife of United States Senator Al
lison of Iowa attempted to drown her
self in Silver Lake, N. Y, Saturday.
She is supposed to be partially insane.
The coroner's jury find that Jennie
Cramer came to her death by poison
an d violenc and James Malley, jr., is
responsible, and Walter NAL
ley and Blanche Douglass are morally
responsible for the same.
1t is said on good authority that an
immense quantity of American wine is
Sc Mt to France, and there reshipped to
America with French brands, so as to
satisfy those who firmly believe only
that which comes from abroad can be
good for anything.
Black walnut has advanced sharply
within the past year, almost doubling
in price in Canada. The supply of this,
as of other hard woods is being rapidly
exhausted and farmers on hill lands can
do no wiser thing than TO begin grow
ing hard woods.
Collector Robertson starts Off well in
his administration OF the New York
custom house, lie has refused to max G
appointments said to have been "prom-
ised" by one of the anti-Conkling ring
politicians of Brooklyn, and declines 10
make any changes at present.
Fasse, the Greenback candidate for
State SenatorIin Davis County, Iowa,
who said that President Garfield was o
measer man than Guiteau, has been
compelled to withdraw from the can
vass, owing to the intense feeling
against him caused by the remark.
Despite tine recent rain, the forest
fires near Olean, Jamestown, Salaman-
ca, Carrollton, and other places in New
York continue to do immense damage.
The loss is very heavy. Trains pass the
burning districts at q terrific rate oil
speed, and several train men have been
badly scorched, and several lives lost.
American cheese is in demand in
England this season. An English paper
remarks: "American cheese is coming
into the market in very great quantities.
From 1000 is 10000 cheeses have been
landed in Glasgow every week during
the last two months. Every lot is pick.
ed up as soon as it arrives, the quality
being considered fine"
During the shipping season 1SS0-S1
the United States sent to England
1,34S, S06 barrels of apples. A late is
sue of the Gardeners Magazine, pub
lished in London, says that the apple
crop in England is by no means a bad
one, and predicts that the importation
of apples from the United States will
probably reach but small figure the
coming year.
Twenty-eight murderers are awaiting
trial at St. Louis. Some have been il
Jail six years. One hui bred persons
are confined in jail at Chicago for some
form of fatal bloodshed; IS have just
been indicted for murders committed il
a single month. During the same pc
riod there were an equal number of I'M
solved murder mysteries. The priv
lege of carrying revolvers is unrestrict
ed, and the police force inadequate.
A girl of 90 told her father in Tomb
stone, Arizona, that in passing MeXi
can wood-cutting camp she had beef
insulted by q Mexican boy. A mol
went to the camp and compelled nint
Mexicans to whip the boy with raw.
hide thongs, so that he died a few hour:
later. The girl afterwards said hel
story was not true but was told for fun
Retaliation is feared from the Mexican
side.
A long standing family feud between
Ii. w. Ham and August Brown, pros
porous farmers, near New Hampton
la, lresulted on Thursday in fight be
tween two of the Brown boys 10 ant
10 years old, accompanied by two com
panions Is and 16, and Ham and hi
three sons. All were armed and 3,
shots were exchanged, when the Ham
party retreated, their father being NOR
tally wounded. One of the Brow
boys was wounded. All the parties
are under arrest.
DYING IN THE ADIRONDACKs. Two OF
three deaths from consumption are re
ported from the region near Lake PIac
id within week. Through the sum
mer 10 deaths.were reported Throughout
the Adirondack region among the case
sent there for benefit. This mortalit,
is probably caused by the great damp
ness near the lakes, the violent changes
in temperature peculiar 10 the country
and the poor nourishment usually oh
tanned in the houses and camps. Onl,
few have found relief from this dis
ease in those mountains.
Politics IN MISSISSIPPI is
deadly feud between the Lamar ant
Barksdale wings of the Democracy il
Mississippi-the first representing The
Conservative and the second the Bour
bon element. The Lamar faction de
feated Barksdale for Governor and fol-
Senator. At the recent convention
Barksdale, not being able to get the
nomination himself, defeated Lamar's
candidate. He is now candidate fol
the Senate against Lamar, and the can
didate for Governor is supposed to be
on his side. Barksdale is represented