The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-17
GENERAL NOTES.

acre.
A Philadelphia magistrate has been
fined $50 COR making an excessive
charge OF So cents In q fee.
A married woman In Robertson
county, KY, who is only 10 years old,
Is feet inches in height.
A church adjoining that of the "Holv
Stairs" at Rome, is used by the
Italian Government as @ stable.
Ex-King Amadeus was recently
robbed by one OF his servants in bis
palace at Turin of 100 900 francs
woEh of Jewels and silver.
The Prussian budget 10 made TO
show q surplus of $500, zoo, 900. This
Is chiefly due to tho working of the
railroads bought by the state.
VA Chicago child was killed by a
railroad engine, and the father, by
way Of retaliation, placed timbers on
the track in order to wreck an express
train.
The Evangel church ct Baden Baden
has, by the death Of an old lady's
cockatoo, twenty years after her own
demise, got the bequest which was
contingent on the birds decease.
The hotels at Rome are turning
away foreigners, that is, all except
Americans and Engiish, who are alone
able to foot their bills and pay pre-
miums for choice seats ct the carnival
festivities.
The man who expects to adjust the
rope around Guiteau's neck is named
Robert Strong. He has had enough
practice to make him proficient. He
Gays that, although Gulteau SCENE
brave now, he expects to see him die
like cur.
A witness In . trial at Marshall.
Texas, asked the judge to excuse him
from the stand for . minute. Going
into an anteroom, he committed
suicide with pistol. He had no
personal interest in the lawsuit, and
why he chose that time to die 10 Q
mystery.
Commander Cheyne seems sanguine
of obtaining $4,000 In America to-
ward the expense of reaching the
north pole by. balloons. Sir Hugh
Allan and other residents of Montreal
have undertaken to obtain Q subsidy
of S20, 900 from the Canadian govern
ment.
! Sullivan was refused admission to
the wake held over tho body of his
friend McCarty, In Boston, and he
thrust his arm through a. window,
seized the lamsnted NcCsrty BY the
foot, and had pulled him half way out
before the amazed company could
stop him.
Barty Cornwall, . performer In q
southwestern circus, turned his pro-
fessional agility to account by climb
ing up posts and balconies into houses
at night as . burglar. The route Of
tho show was marked by succession
of his robberies, until he was caught
In Texas.
The new five-cent Garfield postage
stamp will be ready for issue March
LIST. Dark brown hes been selected
a. the color; and Assistant Post
mas ter. General Hszen has succeeded
in prodn ing what II pronounced to
be the finest likenesa of General
Garfield and the handsomest stamp
yet issued by the post ofiice depart.
ment.
The walls Of an, aISht7stqry Clnoin.
natl building, intended for q novsi
were watched daily by crowds a. they
rose, the opinion besng general thai
they were too fimsy to stand. This
Judgment proved sound, for they
hsye been toppled over by the wind
but the crash came In the night
when nobody was near enough to zee
1t or get killed.
The British parliament convened or
the 7th inst, and the queens speech
was read by the lord high chancellor
Mr.. Bradlaugh again presented him.
self at tho bar Of the house of com
mons, and asked to be sworn In AZ I
member from Northampton. but by I
vote of 286 to 227 was Refused Dor.
mission. He quietly withdrew from
the chamber.
A Presbyterian missionary 1t Forl
Wrangell, Alaska, writos to the St
Louis Board Of Missions that personi
accused Of witchcraft near her station
are punished with death. An old Wo.
man, whom the natives charged with
being an agent Of the devil, was tied
to tree and left I've days without
food. Her thirst was aGgrsvatod With
salt water, and ct lest she was hacked
to pieces with knives.
The Chicago grand jury cay, sfter ,
long investigation Of gambling: ave
came to the conviction that gambling
is at present protected by the police
power Of the city, and that It IL o.
almost hopeless task to attempt O.
enforcement Of the criminal laws
against the perniclous nuisance - lono
ss the police authorities, under the
Instructions from the mayor, permit
gambling 10 60 ON In open violatior
Of the law"
William Henderson, Q Philspslphis
thief, gave up picking pockets and
began to lead an honest life. He wor
the love of young schoolmistress
and they were engaged to marry
After all the preparations had been
made for the wedding, which was to
take place In Q few days, . detective
informed her parents Of their pros.
pective son-.n-lsw's past career. Thu
shock to the girl was 70 great that heI
recovery 10 doubtful. Henderson now
accuses the Detectives Of blsekmailine
him.
William p. Ridgeway of San Fran
cisco fell In love with the Widow
Forbes, and engaged to marry her
He was about 20 years old, and ha6
vslvular sffe ction of tho heart, besides
being sufferer from paralysis. Hi
physician assured him that marriage
would be speedily followed BY death.
Unwilling TO take the risk, he broke
his promise. These facts were pre-,
sented In his defence to Q suit fol
damages, but the jury did not deem
them material, and gave the widow q
verdict Of $4,000.
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