The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-08-25
GENERAL NOTES.

Yellow fever is increasing at
Brownsville, Texas, aid liatamoras,
Mexico.
The Cumberland, Mar, laud, miners
are abandoning their strike and resum-
ing work.
The new bonds will not he ready for
transfer much, if any, before the first
of September.
The "ex-Confedcrale Association OF
Missouri was formed ut Sedalia last
week Wednesday.
According 10 the prediction of a
western geologist, Montana will some
time become the greatest coal prnduo-
ing state in the Union.
The Fall River mill owners are con-
templating shutting down work, in
consequence Of strikes.
The woods Oh the Hudson river
highlands are Oh fire aud thousands of
people are fighting it.
AT Little Rock, Arkansas, has lust
been developed the largest slate quarry
in the United States.
There is q probability of break in
the miners strike in Penn sylvania,
many having resumed work.
Two Cinnamon have signifit d TO the
secretary of state OF New York their
intention of becoming.naturalized.
There re, are go@ Snuu pyMtlacGhg9 zee
Canada Pacific railroad in the north
west.
The province of New Brunswick is
| sorcly afflicted by the army worm,
which has nearly destroyed the oat
crop.
A homing pigeon, Thursday, made
The distance from Detroit to Toronto.
two hundred and twenty.onc miles, in
less than five hours,
The general crop reports from New
York state show that. with the excep-
ton of corn, the yield of cereals is unus-
ually large ard promising.
Michael Burns, one of the persons
injured by the elephant Emperor, on
his Troy rampage, is reported in dy-
ing condition from his injuries.
The cattle dealers and farmers of the
eastern Ohio counties are greatly
alarmed over an outbreak of the Texas
cattle disease near Sleubenville, Ohio.
There have been several additional
deaths at Weedsport, New York, from
the mysterious cattle disease. The dis
ease seems now 10 be confined to one
herd.
George Washington, James Madi-
son, John Adams and Andrew Jack
son are the names of four walters in
the service of the United States Hotel
at Saratoga.
Michlgan's secretary of state esti-
mates that II 100000 bushels of the
wheat crop of that state have been
ruined by the recent rains, which in
ours loss of Sll,000,000 to Michigan
farmers.
The Jesuits of Quebec are again agi-
tatlng Tor restoration to them of all
the property cOnfisicated during Henry
Tvs reign. The list of properties re-
ierred to contains some which are now
OF great value.
The New York Star has a Constino-
pie dispatch which states that the gale
~ Of the Handle theatre fell on Mon.
day evening during a performance and
one hundred and fifty persons were in.
William Fitzpatrick, of Milwaukee
claiming to be the heir to the throne of
Ireland, has been writing Mr.. Glad.
stone, 10 urge his royal sister, Queen
Victoria, to renounce her title to lis
country. lie docs not appear TO be a
crank.
About as perilous an adventure as
one cares TO experience, even in these
reckless days, is thai of Spanish fami.
ly in California, who were going down
a mountain and drove Off the grade,
falling to the bottom of the CANYON,
two hundred feet. Both horses were
killed and the wagon was demolished
but the occupants escaped without in.
jury.
Wednesday morning the Adirondac
hotel. the Nollette house and thirty
buildings, comprising stores and dwell.
ings located on Front, Main and Vine
streets. at Keeseville, N. Y, were
burned. The loss is estimated at 800,
600 and is nearly fully insured. 1t is
thought the fire originated from sponta.
neous combustion OF some old paint rags
left in pile on the floor of Bedell's
shop
An engine on the Hampton branch
OF the Delaware, Lackawana and
Western railroad collidcd with a coal
train on the main line of the same road
at cross track near Washington, New
Jersey, Monday night. Conductor
Daddy" Sheppard and Edward Chris.
tine, boy, were killed; Franz Frost
the engineer of the coal train, had both
legs broken, and boy named Chris
tine, cousin OF the lad killed, was Sc
riously injured,
Alfred Walfert, young musician,
and Mrs. Ferdinand Levy, the wife OF
a wholesale milliner at Dresden and
Berlin, who eloped with $40, 600
belonging to the firm, have been cap.
tured at Sonora, California. AS there
is no reward, and as Levy is in New
York city for the purpose of attaching
money held by bank to the credit OF
the fugitives, il is probable that they
will nj be held. Levy says il is his
money and not his wife he wants.
A suit has been brought against Col
lector lsobertson, of sew York, Ivy per-
sons interested in the importation OF
st. Croix sugars for the return of du-
ties paid. The basis of their claim Is
that the Sandwich Islands are allowed
to import sugar duty free, and our
treaty with Denmark provides her pro-
ducts and those in her possessions
shall enter the United States upon the
same terms as the products of the most
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