The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-05-19
GENERA NOTES.

Over 1900 imrnigrnn's landed in
CASH.; t'Ari;cn list week. while the
number 'incr January is III $50
against 135, 79S. ter ilic same period in
1881.
The Rci,m nd Hhig saws Tho melar.
choiy sto,ie- t,hi elect 81 the lrou,h
on the t"oscc.' cr,p ut tho las, 'rnr are
altogriher teii,d J., the quantity and
quality no'y Z nniug to "areri.
The los'"n Pest observes: News
paper men shon!d meyer despair. A
former reporter OF the frnv Times
fred -. Mhs-syI is about to marry
Gov. Charlie Fosters pretty daughter
aud become au Ohio ran."
Said brown, "rhe day ! was mar
.lici quit chewing iobarGo. and tell
YOU il wasl,rct,v hard or me that day,
but the text day was al rikht again"
"Ah! how's thaii" well, the next
day commenced chewing again"
Trade between Germany and the
United states is rapidly increasing.
The exports +" this cJnnirv for the
quarter ending the last ot March were
about 2O,OOO,C00 marks in excess of the
amount for the same period in 1881.
Capt. Costentenus, the tattoocd
Greek, is soon to he admitted to the
Masonic order. lie will become
voter year from this fall, and he
means to take up his residence in New
York city, having amasscd fortune.
lie recently celebrated his fifty-thrd
birthday.
The valuation OF Philadelphia, just
ho oaf ~ 't sfibSe o2Fv see2ST99 !lhh t
city tax is Sj53,774 ,299, which is an
increase Ut Sl0,l06, 100 over the valua-
ton Of 1881. OF this amount S545, 60S,-
5l9 is in real estate.
Gen. John G.. Barnard, for many
years the head of the fire department
of engineers of the United states army,
died III his hotel in Detroit Saturday
morning. He has been an invalid for
some time. His remains were taken to
his home in Sheffield, Mass.
Hcssncr's saloon at Palestine, Ind,
was blown up with dyny mite on 'Satur-
day by a radical temperance man. An
old man up stairs, had n leg broken.
This is the third time the saloon has
been blown up. An Indignation meet
ing was held and reward offered for
the prepetrator.
A land slide, caused by rain, occur
red at Carr's rock near Port Jervis, N.
Y, Monday morning, and an express
train was detained two hours. At
Stockport another slide threw the en-
CINE of another emlgrant train from the
track, causing delay of several hours !;
no one was hurt.
Mai " Gen. John b. Barnard died
on Sunday, at the age of sixty-three.
He served IN Tire MeXican war and the
war Of the rebellion with distinction,
and was for somc time chief engineer
OF the United states Army, lilo was
the author of numerous work, mostly
of professional character.
The Irish police have made no fur
Their progress toward the discovery OF
: the assassins. Rush, who it was stated
drove the car containing the murdercrs,
is car owner. He was questioned
whether any of his cars are missing,
but without result. James McGrath,
arrested in Shrewsbury, England, had
no connection with the assassins.
AT Louisville, Ky, Saturday, Miss
Virginia Penny, an author, Gre lted 9
sensation by attempting to shoot Dol
Bullitt and Abner Smith, prominent
attorneys, who have had charge of the
interests of heS insane brother. Miss
f-tnny Ius uvv,, rUu"a s..0u"o, ,.uu VIII
; be sent 10 a lunatic asylum. One nj
, her brothers committed suicide soml
| years ago in fit of melancholia.
Gen. G. G. Washburn of Wisconsin
, died at Eureka Springs, Ark, on Sun
day last. He was prominent in Wis
consin politics having been governor
of the state and Congressman for sever,
al terms. lie distinguished himself il
the war of the rebellion. lie was one
of the proprietors of the immense
Washburn -four mills in Minneapolis,
and his estate is worth from $4,000 600
to So 100000.
, Recently Chilean troops lad battle
with Peruvian Indians armej with
lances and sllngs. The Ch:leans were
: ordered to give no quarter, and ovel
, 100 Indians weie killed and tive
, Chileans wounded. Two days after
ward the Indians attacked the Chileans
5 but were repulsed with great slaughter
, 1t is alleged the Indians are fightin.
: a"oinst onnression- and the spirit o
The American board Of foreign mis-
u. sions celebrated its seventy-first ami
J versary in New York city last Sunday
4 evening. The work of the society Il
= covered by Ala missionaries in II die
= tinct missions, and the pupils number
9 $500. Services are conducted in q
i, different languages. The missionaries
, superintend the work of the mission
1 and several mission hospitals. TIL,
5 work is principally in Mexico, Spain
= Japan, China and Africa.
a Catharine McCabe. aged 60 was sho
{ MORALLY in New York city Saturday
| by Stevens, aged lG. The murderer
( then ransacked her pockets, took hel
watch, chain and Sl9, and turning 6
deaf ear 10 the woman's appeals fol
; mercy, left. A ncighbor found her anG
, summoned the police. The boy was
captured in a shooting galley, and had
r purchased new snit of clothes. The
boy recently robbed his uncle, took hi,
+ pistol to shoot his mother, and left the
t weapon Oh his uncle's bed to throw
t suspicion on him.
The New York Tribune tells ihi:
r good story; ga matter of fact young
. man from New York during recent
visit in Boston, received an invitation
. from a lady-an old acquaintance -
= who had just blossomed out into typ.
= ical specimen of the Boston aesthetic
requesting his presence at her house
on certain evening "to meet two
t minds" 1t happened that he had just
| accepted an Invitation 10 dine else.
4 where on the same evening, and so he
5 replied, expressing his regrets that he
! could not avail himself of the opportu.
f nifty 'to meet two minds owing to a
| nreyiOus pnpaOamenf 1fo meet fnur