The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-12
GENERAL NOTES.

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1868 to 1881.
Col. VIM. A. Seaver, editor of th
Drawer of lfarper's Magazine, is dead
lie was man of wealth. and did thi
editorial work for amusement. In hi
youth he was a journalist.
: State Treasurer Polk of Tennessee Is
defauter in the sum of about S400. .0OO
He is nephew of President Polk. 1t /
supposed the money was lost in specula
tion. The Legislature offers $1,000 re
ward for his arrest. Hehas been caugh
in Texas.
The long hearing at Washington il
the case Of Dickson, foreman of tn
Star-route jury, who was charged witt
attempting to influence the Jury
verdict, resulting i'm his being held t,
a wait the acti on of the grand-jury.
The funeral of Gambetta at Paris. Sat
urday, was attended by 100000 persons
The funeral car was designed by Bastier
lie Page, the painter. Deputations wer,
present from all parts of France, and tn,
funeral was attended by all the promi
nent men of the nation. The city wa
draped.
Baltimore has had social sensation il
the marriage of Miss Lizzie Mcdonald. ;
Sister of Charity, to Mr.. Moore. Miss
| Mcdonald entered the sisterhood ! years
| ago. The ceremony took place in the
Roman Catholic cathedral at Baltimore
Thomas Donahoe. respectable farmer
| of Williamstown, Mass, wants to be
committed to lunatic asylum because
he has an irresistible desire to kill some
one. lie has for some years been i'll in
consequence of blow upon the head.
The ship British Empire, Cap. Rick
ers, from Shields for Bombay. has been
burned at sea. Ten persons are known
to be saved, but two boats containing
the captain, mate and fourteen hands
are missing.
man who went by the name of
Patrick O'Reilly has confessed to being
one of the participators in the MUIR
der of Lord Cavendish and under Sccre-
tary Burke in Dublin last May. He con-
fessed as Hugh O'Dennel at Holley.
Orleans county, N. y, and is now in
Jail at Albion, n. y.
The 1nman line steamer City of Brus-
sells, which sailed from New York on
December 2S for Liverpool, was run into
and sunk off the latter port by a Glasgow
steamer. There was fog at the time.
Of the ten persons dIOwned, two were
passengers. Neither the passengers nor
the crew were able to save anything, and
some were obliged to 60 into the boats
only scantily clothed.
On Thursday at Waco, Tex, f. Oberly
attempted to commit suicide because the
parents of a young lady he loved OBJ
jected to him. On Friday, as allie ged.
while rival named Ashburn was enter
ing the lady's house Oberly fired, wound
ing him seriously. Ashburn returned
the fire, and Oberly rushed into the house
and was seized by the lady's father.
Oberly then shot himself, perhaps
fatally.
A remarkable epidemic disease is pre-
vailing in Binghampton. n. Y. There
are SAID to be 1000 cases, but none has
been fatal. Fifteen persons in one man.
ufactory were stricken down in a single
day. Travellers and visitors in the city
have been attacked almost as soon as
they arrived there. The first symptoms
are nausea and lassitude, which are fol-
lowed by purging, exhaustion, headache
and pains in the back. 1t has been at
tributed to impurity of the city water,
but this theory does not seem correct. for
the reason that persons who live outside
of the city have been attacked.
The San Francisco Chronicle publishes
an interview with j. n. Flocher, a resi-
dent of Alaska Territory, who was pres
ent at the shelling of an Indian village
by United States naval forces. He saws
the outrage was committed at the nst-
CATION of the Northen Trading company.
which drove the Indians away from that
part of the country in order that it should
be left open to the company's own oper-
ations. The attack was not justified by
the action of the Indians, and the naval
officers were misled by the company's
agent, Vanderbilt, and collector of Gus
toms, ". G. Morris.
Three persons died mysteriously. at
Douid City, Neb., Tuesday night.
Regarding the affair it is stated that
Thos. Thompson and wife. years AGO.
adopted boy and girl from different
families. When the children grew up
they indulged in undue intimacy. When
the exposure came it was suggested
that they marry. The old lady became
insane over the matter. Sunday night
she put poison in the tea and all partook
except the girl. The girl was sent to
neighbor for assistance and when she
returned all were dead.
There was a boiler explosion in the
blast furnace of the Bethlehem, Pa,
from company Tuesday afternoon. Four
men and woman We're killed and sew
eral Others seriously injured. Two boil
ers were located over the engine-house
at an elevation of 35 feet. Two of the
largest exploded with terrific force,
wrecking the interior of the engine
house and demolishing nearly half of the |
pattern shop adjoining. One of the
boilers was carried through the ventila-
tors and broke through the roof of an
old mill and fell to the ground. Only |
three boilers were left in position. The |
explosion caused great excitement.
Commander Gye, who left the st. |
Georges Hotel Philadelphia, Saturday
night, shortly after 8 o'clock. and took !
train for New York at the Pennsylvania
station, was robbed of $4,000 worth
of jewelry and other property belonging
to Madame Albani. lie was unaccom
panied, and on taking his seat placed
alongside him on the cushion a black
Gather travelling bag, bearing his in
ltials Au Il n v;n oI,I T..-I,.l