The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
ADDITIONAL NEWS.

A FIRE in New York partially destroyed
the Munroe building, an immense eight
story structure. occupied by George Munroe,
plblisher of the "Seaside Library" and
other publications, together with number
of other firms. The damage is estimated a.
about 100000.
A CYCLONE in Mime GA wrought death
and destruc ion in six counties. A passen-
ger train on the Winona and North Peter
railroad was blown completely off the track
about mile west of St. Paul and about
twenty-five persons were more or less in
jursd, some probably fatally. They we're
brought TO St Paul in freight cars.
At St. Paul all the buildings of the fair
ground, which we're being refitted for the
approaching State fair, we're blown down
and completely destroyed. number of
persons were in the main building at the
time, and some very seriously injured. In
Elgin every bu siness house was torn down or
un-oofed, one or two persons we're killed,
co lnty were al so killed or injured, and much
desti uction of property resulted.
HOUSE at Salt Mines, Ave RVS Island, La,
containing LOCO pounds of dynamite, was
struck by light ming, causing a terrific eI-
plosion and doing much damage TO build
in rs, cars and other property The shock
was felt for several miles, and W ndows in
buildings mile distant were shattered.
last Februa' the Senate adopted reso-
luton authorizing and directing the com
mi ttee on education and labor to continue
during the Forty-eighth Cong ess the in
curry now being pro ecuted under the reso-
luton of August 7, 1882. directing that COM
m tee TO take into consideration the rela-
dions between labor and capital, The wages
and hours of labor, and the cond ton of
the laboring classes in the United States, and
to inqui into the divisio between labor
and capital of their joint productions in the
Ur itel States also to inquire about labor
strikes and their causes, and the agencies
I } duo ing them, and to report wha legisla-
ii should be opted to modify or remove
s lch causes, and to provide against tn cir
&C inuance or rec rrsnce. as well as any
other lie gisla ion calculated to promo ha,-
m nj 0us rela ions teween ca ital SIS and
lab rers, nd the int es of both by the i'm
pro, ement of the condit on of the Industrial
ella sses OF & Q United States. The sub COM
mitiee of IT, eSenate commit ee on education
and Dor, Sena or Blair, chairman, with the
clerk # the committee and stenographer,
was called 10 meet at Manchester, n. H., to
continue TO take testimony on the foregoing
re solution. dispatch from Concord. how
eye-, announced that Senator Blair had
started for New York to summon the COM
mittee to assemble at once TO consider the
present strike of the telegraphers. The
committee VIII travel and hold sessions at
various points in the Northeast and in other
parts of the country during the enusuing
Two months.
TIE Russian government has appointed
a com mission 10 inquire in. o the civil rights
of he Jews in othe countries.
NEARLY 700 dea h from Cholera took
place in Egyp. in one day of this number
3sl were in Carlo. One di patch says that
81, 100 inhabitants of Bulak have been re-
moved up the Nile. The owners of burned
houses will be Unidentified. The natives
oppose the removal of pat ents TO the hos
pitfalls. The d sease is very sudden in its
effects. People frequently fall dead in the
streets. The epidemic is spreading north
ward as we'll as southwark All business
and agriC u ture we suspended.