The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States.

PART of street was blown up, several
buildings were damaged and four persons
seriously injured by an explosion of gas in
Boston.
The New York State board of health has
discovered that out of 119 samples of food
sixty were adulterated and that of seventy
five samples of drugs thirty-two were adul-
terated.
For a wager of $500 William Lewis, a
Philadelphia professional rat catcher, tried
TO pick up and place in n barrel 100 live rats
in sixty minutes. After picking up eighty
rats and receiving numerous bites from the
startled rodents, Lewis abandoned the re-
'olting attempt for lack of time to com
plete it.
THREE thousand cans of milk were poured
into the cutters at Goshen, N. Y, by men,
bers of the Erie Milk Dealers association
rather than send it to New York and receive
the price offered by the wholesale dealers.
The annual report of the New York city
superintendent of public schools shows that
there are in the metropolis 293 public schools
including the Normal College for girls, four
colored schools, twenty-seven night schools
md nautical school ON board ship; 3,544
teachers and an average attendance of 1885,
'!31 pupils.
GEORGE w. CoNKLING, young govern
lnent surveyor from Reno, New, shot and
killed w. II. Haverstck, n New York mining
broker, the other evening. in the latter's
apartments in n fashionable fat on West
Twenty third street. Conkling's sister, who
rad been married to former partner of
Iaverstick, was living with the latter
Conkling had come to New York for the pur-
pose of separating the pair and persuade lis
sister to accompany him to the West. He
claims that while visiting his sister Haver-
stick assaulted him and that he fired in self
defense.
Ex-Governor WILLIAM SPRAGUE received
the nomination for governor of the Rhode
Island Democratic State convention, and the
remainder of the State ticket, as arranged
by conference committee of Democrats
and independent Republicans, was agreed
upon. The ticket consists of three Demo
Gratis and two independent Republicans.
The Bean family had things largely their
own way at the town election in Mason, Me.
The following officers were elected; Moder-
ator, I. A. Bean; clerk, j. G. Bean; select
men, j. N. Bean and F. I. Bean: treasurer
f. /. Bean; supervisor of schools, j. II. Bean,
and agent, ]. c. Bean.
FAILING in his efforts to borrow money
Casper Lehman, of Middletown, N. Y,
shot himself on the eve of his wedding day.
A LADY in New York whose jaw was broken
by a dentist has rec -vered S1,200in a suit for
damages.
BROOKLYN bootblack who was severely
injured by an employe of a ferry company
who supposed the boy was trying to enter
the ferry house without paying his fare, sued
the company for damages, and the jury
awarded him $1,000.
Two brothers named Eaton, members of a
prominent lumber firm, and third man
ramed Kelley, were talking quietly with one
another at Calais, Me-, when suddenly one
of the Eatons drew revolver and shot his
two companions. The other Eaton's wound
was not dangerous, but Kelley was fatally
wounded. Their assailant is supposed TO
have become suddenly insane, as there had
been no trouble among the men.
ANOTHER cremation has taken place al
Washington, Penn, the body being that OF
Charles Soehner, of indianapolis, sixty-fvc
years of age.
The remains of John Howard Payne, au
thor of Home, Sweet Home" arrived IN
New York from Tunis, North Africa, where
he died in 1852 while United States consul
and were taken to the city hall, where they
lay in state. The body has been brought
home for final resting-place at the expense
of w. w. Corcoran, the Washington philan
thropist and the poets lifelong friend. Or
June Q, the ninety-frst anniversary of Payne's
birth, the final interment will take place with
appropriate ceremonies in Oak Hill GENE.
terry, Washington.
JOHN B. MARsroN, twenty-five years old
for ten years in the employ of the Equitable
Trust company, of New York, has stoer
from that institution to the extent OF
$4,000. He resigned his position recently
and theu wrote to his brother, an officer OF
the company, confessing that he had in tho
last four years taken sums aggregatins
$4,000, abstracting as much as 81, COO at (
wife and child lived handsomely on hi:
salary of $1,000 year at Plain6eld. N. j..
but ample private means were supposed t.
account for the style in which he lived. Afte
confessing his defalcation he disappeared
with his family.
A STATUE of Charles Sumner was IN
yelled the other night at Lewiston, Me.
The secretaries of the various Irish league
| have issued call for grand convention o
| delegates from Irish societies of every kin'
to welcome Mr.. Parnell in Philadelphia, ant
to form new association comprising all tn
Irish societies of the United States ant
| Canada. The convention is to be held il
Agricultural hail. Philadelphia, April 26.
South and WesJ.