The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-03-17
GENERAL korrs.


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The Mexican press is denouncing the
imp ,ttl,d African labor for the Mexican
Cepttal railroad.
An offer was made in Chicago, Fri.
day. to carry corn 10 New York, lake
and canal, for seven and half cents a
bushel.
IL is rumored that the Austrians cap
tured several Russian officers serving
in the Bosnian insurgent ranks and shot
them without court-martial.
The Order of the Iron Hand, a secret
society, in New York, is pushing a
movement for the removal of the Andre
monument at Tappan.
Kato McKentrick, pretended seam.
stress, has been arrested, in New York
on the charge of stealing articles given
| her to finish by over sixty manufac-
turers. The thefts aggregated $4,000.
1t is discovered that 600 Boston city
employees are in the constant habit OF
assigning their pay in advance to bro
kers, who receive eight 10 twelve per
cent per month.
Monahan and MacAbeir quarrclcd
and fought, seven miles west of Stcu-
| benville, y. The former stabbed and
killed the latter. There were number
of spectators, but none interfered. The
murderer escaped.
At Tyron Mountain, N. c., Della
Mills sweetheart paid attentions to Jane
Jackson. Della and her brother Dan
beat Jane to death with sticks and
stones. Dan was arrested. Della es-
capped. All negroes.
A white woman, the wife of Sam
George, q Chinaman, was found dead
with her throat cut Friday, In cellar
in Cleveland, where the pair lived. II
is not known whether it is suicide or
murder. George was arrested.
A Denver and Rio Grande engine on
Saturday ran down heavy grade near
Leadville, and jumped the track fifty
feet IRON train full of passengers.
The engine was smashed. The engi-
neer and fireman escaped by jumping.
Gen. William W. Wright, the well.
known engineer who marched with
Sherman to the sea, and has been prom.
incnt in political affairs, died in Moya.
mensing prison, Pennsylvania, Thurs.
day night. lie was sent there for lying
drunk in the street.
The Denver Pacific railroad bought
the Boulder Valley railroad and agreed
to pay 500, 900 of the Boulder Valley
bonds. The Denver Pacific afterwards
consolidated with the Union Pacific
The bonds are still unpaid. The Boul
der Valley company now sues the Union
Pacific for $500, 900 damages.
The Philadelphia Record says that
the amount OF earth now held in solu.
ton by the Schuylkill river water /:
such that in the 100000 gallons
pumped daily for the water supply Of
Philadelphia there is 10 less than 81
tons of mud.
| Mrs. Emma =. Ewing, in a recent
lecture at Chicago, says that 10000 ,0o(
eggs worth $50, 900 are spoiled daily il
this country by improper cooking, ant
this is only sample of tho immense
waste that is going on for want of pro-
per culinary education.
A Hobol,cn woman has discovered &
use for cats. Suspecting sewer gas il
the. house, she poured valerian into the
waste pipes and turned loose two cat,
as detectives. They were not long il
perceiving the pleasant odor and wen
straight to closet, leapcd upon shell
and purred and rubbed against the
wall.
Senator lioar has just prepared 6
speech OH the Indian question, which
will present some interesting facts, con
trasting the governments negligence
in pursuance Gifts treaty obligations in
granting money for Indian education
with the cost of keeping the Indians in
order by military force. lilo has gath
cred from the departments some valua.
BILE statistics on these points.
The world moves and Virginia moves
with it. a colored physician has been
appointed assistant in the Central luna.
tic asylum for colored people at Rich.
moud. This appointment was made
by board of directors appointed by
the governor, aud this first assignment,
of q colored man to public institution
by the state authorities of the Old Do.
minion, is quite significant event.
| Scovillc, who is at Chicago, says he
thinks it is the best thing for the coun-
try that Guitean should hang, for then
there would be revuIsion of public
feeling and Guiteau would do the conn.
try service in bringing about revi.
sion Of the laws for projecting the in.
sane. He has, however, asked the
President to have Guiteau sent to prison
for life, as then if he becomes a ravine
manic, II would be easy to have him
sent to an asylum. He believes his let.
ter greatly angered the President.