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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-06
A Cremation at the Court of Siam.

The remains of her eminence, the
foreign minister's mother, were yester-
day burned at the temple with impcs-
ing ceremonies The procession was Il
long one. The priest was borne on in
advance of the young children and the
casket, and these went round the tenn
porary building erected for the crema-
ton three times, after which the re-
mains were placed in position on the
stand in the center of the cremation
building. The floral decorations were
very beautiful; and, instead of natural
flowers. which need changing every
day, they were artistic limitations, which
will remain long time as a memento of
the occasion. On the north side of the
temple was hall for the Cochin Chi
pese priests, where natives could obtain
refreshments gratuitously. On the
southwest corner was a wel!-furnished
hall, replete with refreshments for the
distinguished personages who would
visit or take part in the ceremonies.
After the casket containing the
corpse had been borne around the tenn
pie thrice, it was placed in position in
the center of the building where two
large halls meet each other at right
angles. The elegant urn and its sur.
roundings were visible to the countless
persons who day and night visited the
temple.
The concluding ceremonies. when
his majesty the king ignited the fuse
communicating with the remains, were
attended by very great company.
The European community generally
were present, and were provided with
flowers made of the fragrant cedar t
give to the flames which were to reduce
to ashes the remains of his eminence's
mother. At the close of the cremation
the minister presented his foreign
friends with beautiful gold and silver
| flowers as mementos, invited them TO
dine, and after dinner closed the even
ing with fireworks.-Siam AdoartiScr.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States

EIGHT men we're arraigned in the criminal
court at Wilkesbarre, Penn, charged with
riot and with participating in the murder of
William Briggs, merchant, in Shickshinny
on February 16. Each prisoner demanded
a separate trial. which the court granted.
A DAM covering several acres in the out
skirts of Wilkesbarre, Pa, gave way, and the
water rushed into several mine openings,
washing out the props and causing the earth
to sink for half an acre. One house and
many gardens were engulfed, and, as it takes
from three to six months to pump out an
overfiowed mine, the damage done may
amount to millions.
The Pennsylvania senate has adopted
Republican congressional apportionment,
and the house Democratic legislative ap-
portionment
DIR. ISAAC j. HATHAWAY, IN the cellar of
whose residence in Philadelphia the remains
Of a number of infants were recently found
buried, was convicted of criminal NAL
practice, and was sentenced to pay fine of
$500 and undergo an imprisonment of seven
years-the fullest extent of the law.
A CARGO of tea which reached New York
few days ago was examined by tea ap-
praiser, in conformity with the law recently
passed by Congress. OF the cargo 800
packages, having retail value of $22, 900,
were rejected. There we're green teas, and
under analysis showed an adulteration with
sand, gravel, exhausted leaves, and even dirt
and paste artistically nodded.
MAUD LENNON, the young daughter of John
lennon, of Lockport, New York, died the
other morning in convulsions from blood
poisoning, caused by prick of tack in her
forehead received the previous week. The
case is a very unusual one.
The Harvard college crew easily defeated
the Yale college crew in the annual four
mile, eight boat race, at New London,
Conn.
VIGOROUS war against the trade dollar
has been inaugurated in New York, all
classes now refusing to take it, and unfortu-
nate holders of the coin being unable to get
rid of it except at a reduction of ten or fifteen
cents on its face value.
The annual report Of the New Jersey COM
missioner of railroad taxation shows an in
crease in the value of railroad pr perty in
the State since the lastreport of 100000.
The total value of the railroad property in
the State is placed at S2j0,OO0,C0o.
FIVE Chinese knsmen, of Paterson, N. j..
all named Moy who recently half killed
Lung Poy because he would not charge the
same rates for washing as the other laundry
men, were convicted and each sentenced to
pay a fine of 500 and costs, with the pro-
vision that if the fine is not paid inside of
thirty days the sentence will be changed to
term in the State prison.
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PosrMAsrrR-GKSrnAn GRESHAM has Or

dered an investigation of charges against
Postmaster Pearson, of New York, made by
the special agent of the department, who
alleges that Mr.. Pearson was leading
director of private postofiice. 1t is sought
to be established that Mr.. Pearson is or was
personally interested in the private delivery
of letters in New York to the detriment of
the city's postofiice revenues.
The president has appointed Frank ID.
Conger, son of Senator Conger, to be post
master at Washington in place of Mr.. Tul-
lock, deceased. Mr.. Conger has been the
assistant postmaster for some months past.
& Mr.. WILLAMov, the Russian charge DAT
flares, delivered letter from the car to
the President essing his appreciation
of the action of the United S ates in &C
crediting Mr.. Hunt as special representa-
tive to Moscow on the occasion of the i'm
perial coronation, and in ordering vessel
of the navy 10 Russia and directing the
presence of Admiral Baldwin at the cere-
mony.
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THE NATIONAL GAME.

ST.. LOUIS is agitating for league nine
for next season. The agitators want the
privilege of playing on Sundays and to
charge twenty-five cents admission.
The effect of aboishing the foul-bound
catch in league games has been 10 largely
increase Il balsman's chances for hits and
also to increase the average of runs to
game.
UMPIRE BUTLER, of the American associa-
ton, has resigned and NJ. Welsh has been
made manager of the Allegheny club in place
of Pratt. who was removed.
Up to the Goth Boston had not been
Chicagced" this season. Cleveland had
undergone the process four times, Chicago
three, New York, Philadelphia and Provi-
dence twice and Detroit and Buffalo once.
HUTCHINSON, the Yale college pitcher of
1889, has signed to pitch for the Springfield
Ul.) team for the remainder of the season.
Smith. the change catcher of the Yale nine
of 1882, has been engaged by the Boston club.
he college players seem to be going largely
into Professional ball playing.
THE first game Played between the New
York and Philadelphia league mines, played
en- the grounds of the former, required ten
innings before it could be decided. The
New York nine was victorious by the follow
ing score:
Philadelphia ...... O10O2 800 0-6
New York .......2 200 o 202 IL
Earned uns-Philadelphia. 2; NewYork. 8.
LEAGUE CLUB RECORD.
Theofficial record of the league champion
ship games played up to the goth is as fol-
lows:
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POLITICAL MATTERS.
Iowa Republican state Convention.

Town Republican state Convention.
The Iowa Republican State convention at
Des Moines was the largest ever held Of
the party, the number of delegates
present being S44. The Hon. John A. Kas-
son was called to the chair as temporary pre-
siding officer At the afternoon session Co.
onel d. B. Henderson, of Dubuque, was cho-
sen permanent chairman. Buren, q. Sher-
man was renominated for governor by &C
clamation. The present lieutenant-gov-
ernor, o. H. Manning and the present State
superintendent of schools. John Akers we're
also renominated by reclamation. Judge
j. g. Reed, of Council B.ufs,
was nominated on the first forma
ballot for Judge of the supreme court.
The platform adopted reafiirms the Repub-
lican platform of 1850 and insists on its en-
forcement in its relation to the revenue af-
fairs of the nation, and demands that ample
protection be afforded to American citizens.
Polygafny Is denounced The prohibitory
constitutional amendment is supported, it
being declared that the Republican party of
Iowa accepts the result of the vote on that
amendment as final. 1t is also stated
that Republicans recognize the moral
and political obligation which requires
the next general assembly to again
pass une Huenuneut. hdllTOdu
ton is denounced, and law again It rail
road passes is favored. The Democratic
party is denounced for its persistent efforts
to so change the customs laws as to es'ab-
lish free trade'' and the declaration smade
that the Republ cans of Iowa insist upon
such revenue laws as will en- courage Aperi-
can industries and protect American labor
in order that the American workingman
shall have a fair days wages for fair days
work" The passage of revenue reform and
civil service reform laws by Congress is
praised. more favored pension law is ia
vored and an amendment of The criminal
laws of the State is suggested. The STATE
administration is praised for low taxes. The
last plank of the platfor states :" that the
wise and conservative administration of
President Arthur meets with the hearty ap
prevail of the Republicans of Iowa and we
cordially approve the promise given by him
to the delegation appointed by the Phila-
delphia convention of Irish American citi-
zens that the subj ct grievance contained in
the resolution of said body presented to him
should have thorough and exhaustive inves-
tigation and such action as our government.
may lawfully take"
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The report comes from Europe that
the gladiolus is fast running out"
The bulbs are losing their vitality and
the stalks produce fewer blossoms,
which are of smaller size.
One of the latest foreign inventions
is that of the manufacture of bottles,
ETC., from cast iron, containing some
twelve per cent. of silicum, a compound
which is said to resist the action of the
strongest acids.
The Jersey COW Ella Lee, owned by
Horatio r. Curran, of Whitestown,
N. Y, is attracting much attention.
Seventeen pounds of her milk produces
a pound of butter, which is so yellow
that many who see it think it is arti-
tically colored.
A paper was recently read before the
Society of Engineers, at Leeds. on
"Deep-Sea Lighthouse" by Mr.. G. An
derson. These he proposes chiefly as
meteorological stations to be anchored
out at sea, so that thirty-six hours no
tice of approaching storms could be
given to vessels instead of twelve.
They would also be used as postal and
telegraph stations.
A highly interesting invention has
been patented by Engineer Alexis
Kohl, of Copenhagen, consisting of an
apparatus for cipher writing, especially
adapted for diplomatic and military
purposes. This apparatus, similar to
Malling's writing globe, contains forty
one signs, with corresponding num-
Der of tangents or keys, which the per-
son using it strikes, thereby causing
the letters or signs to appear on the
! periphery. The apparatus can be so
arranged that two correspondents,
agreeing upon given key-word, may
communicate with each other in a text
absolutely undecipherable to persons
initiated. The inventor has given
the name of cryptograph to his appara-
tus, the succession of letters in which
is entirely arbitrary and may be varied
ad libitum. Two apparatuses, exactly
alike, and once arranged according to
agreement, will enable the respective
possessors to cipher and decipher read
lily and with very little loss of time.
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South and West.

GENERAL JAMES CoNNERs, ex-atto ey-
general of South Carolina, and one of the
most prominent lawyers in the State, died
the other morning at Richmond, Va.
A GRAVEL train, with about one hundred
Cinnamon on board, ran into wood train
near Missoula, Montana, instantly killing
eighteen Cinnamon and wounding about
twenty five others. The engineer of the
gravel train was killed and the fireman badly
hurt.
A DISPUTE about the boundary line of
adjoining property occurred at Collinsville,
Ala, between A. B. Hall and sou on one
side and Bob and John Mullens on the other
Pistols we're drawn, and three of the men
were killed and the fourth MORALLY wounded.
AT the Iowa Republican State convention
in Des Moines the present State officers,
headed by Governor Sherman, were renomi-
mated by reclamation, and prohibition,
tariff-protection, civil service platform was
adopted without dissent.
GREAT excitement prevails in Bates coun-
ty, Mo-, over the discovery of petroleum,
well which had been sunk GOO feet producing
what was pronounced by experts to be crude
oil in its purest state. Wells are being sunk
in every direction and property has rapidly
advanced in value.
GOVERNOR HUBBARD, of Minnesota, has
been renominated at the Republican State
convention.
A LIFE-sIZE recumbent statue of General
Robert f. Lee was unveiled at his tomb in
Lexington, Va, in presence of 5000 persons.
General Jubal A. Early presided, Major John
w. Daniel delivered the grafton, and poem
by Father Ryan was read.
AFTER a seven days test a Baltimore COW
is declared the champion butter producer.
The COW was MIXED at intervals Of eight
hours, yielding 327 pounds of milk, from
which was produced twenty-five pounds and
two and eleven-twelfths ounces of butter.
The COW was bred in New Jersey, and was
purchased last fall by her present owners for
5000. She is pronounced the best butter
producing COW in the United States.
MRS. POPE, of Milan, Tenn, was stung on
the nose by bee and died in five minutes.
WHILE G. II. Ross, successful merchant
of Lampasas, Texas. was at table with his
family, his wife, who was in delicate health,
shot and killed herself in her room. Mr..
iNoSS iuShou Out, tiso hciehpOrs, re-
turned and shot himself dead over his wife's
body
THREE murderers-MartinJ Joseph, colored;
William II. Finch, white, and Creek In
dian named Tualiska-were hanged together
at Fort Smith, Ark. Tualiska killed Eman-
uel G. Cochren, who was on his way to
Texas, by shooting him from behind in July,
1881. Finch shot and killed Burt Johnson
and Washington Grimky, colored soldiers,
in July, 1852. Finch was deserter from the
army and had been captured, but made his
escape by killing the two men. Joseph killed
Bud Stephens and his wife in April last.
Tony James, co.ored man, was hanged on
the same day at Oar en-, Ga, for killing an
other colored man, his friend, dlring quar-
rel, and at Cambridge, Nd, George Lake,
also colored, suffered similar penalty for
criminally assaulting white woman.
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AN ENGINEERS HEROISM.
How He Saved n Trnin Containing 4 30 = is-
sengers ut the Expense of His Own Life.

How He Saved Trnin Conta ming 100 Pas
sengers ut the Expense of His Own Life.
The fast express train from Sommerville,
S. c., when three miles from Charleston, the
other morning, was turned from the main
track to a siding by misplaced switch and
came in collision with two loaded cars which
were standing on the siding. The engineer,
]. s. Smith, was instantly killed. end the
colored fireman, Paul Washington, received
injuries from which he died later In
the day. The engine was demolished, , nd
the engineer body cut completely in two.
There were about 100 passengers on the train,
none of whom was hurt. They owe their
lives to the heroism of the engineer who, in
stead of jumping from the engine after the
train left the main track, occupied himself
during the run of seventy-ive yards to the
scene of the collision in reversing the engine
and putting on the air brakes. The accident
was caused by the carelessness of a section
master, who was repairing the switch at the
time. The coroner's jury in their verdict
placed all the blame on tie section master,
H. G. Stewart. He was arrested and COM
mitted to Jail in default of $1,000 bail.
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The Petroleum Fields Of the World.

The relative Importance of the oil
fields of the world are succinctly stated
as follows in the Century by L. V.
Smalley, in his graphic and fully illus.
trated article on "Striking Oil"
Nearly all the petroleum that goes into
the worlds commerce is produced in .
district of country about $50 miles
long, with varying breadth of from
one to twenty miles, lying mainly in
the State of Pennsylvania, but tapping
over little on its northern edge into
the State Of New York. This region
yielded, in 1881. 26,950,Sl6 barrels, and
in 1882, 3l,39S,750 barrels. A little
petroleum is obtained in West Vir.
ginia, little at various isolated points
in Ohio, and Il little in the Canadian
province Of Ontario. There is also 3
small field in Germany, a larger one,
scantily developed, in Southern Russia,
and one still larger, perhaps, in India.
The total production of i'll the fields,
outside OF the region here described, is
bnt small fraction in the general nc,
count, however, ana has scarcely IN
appreciablc Influence upon the market.
Furthermore, the oil of these minor
fields, whether in America or the Old
World, is of an inferior quality, and 81
long rs the great Pennsylvania rcse..
voir holds out, can only supply II local
demand in the vicinity of the wells.
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SELECT SJFTINGS.

South Carolina has blind man who
is a carver in wood.
Indian cotton cloth is mentioned by
Herodotus, was known to the Arabians
in the time of Mohammed, and was
brought into Europe by his followers.
One of the English governors of
New York, Lord Cornbury, used to
amuse himself by dressing like a
woman and promenading around the
Battery.
A gigantic floating fish cannery,
which was built at Victoria, b. c., has
went to sea. 1t will follow the runs
of fish from river to river, and all the
work will be done on board.
A noted caterer says If green peas
are shelled and then are put in dry
open-mouthed bottles, and are shaken
together so as to occupy as little space
as possible, then are corked tightly
and are sealed, they will keep three or
four months. They must, however, be
buried in dry earth in the cellar.
Saxony has some very curious laws
concerning servant girls. For instance,
the mistress is required to allow the
servant one pound of butter and one
pound of coffee per month, or the
equivalent in money. If the servant
furnish her own bedding, she receives
one and one-half cents extra per night
for SO doing. Seventy-five cents per
month is allowed the servant for her
washing, and she receives five per
cent. on all purchases she makes. She
must give months notice before
leaving her place, and must keep a
book for recommendations, in which,
upon leaving her place, her mistress
is compelled to state the cause of the
servants leaving and also what is her
character.
Russia, in the time of Peter the
Great, had several large iron manufac-
tories; some of these he visited with
great assiduity, and learned the bust
ness of blacksmith. He succeeded so
well in that trade that in one day he
forged alone eighteen pools of iron,
equal to 720 pounds weight, and put
his own peculiar mark on each bar.
This was performed at the FORCES in
Istia, ninety versts from Moscow.
One of these bars, authenticated by
Peters mark, is still shown in the
same forge at Istia. Another, forged
also with the cars own hands, is
shown in the Academy of Sciences at
st. Petersburg; but this last was forged
at Olonetz, on October II, just before
his death, which happened in 1925.
This bar weighs 100 pounds. Peter,
on the receipt of one of his days wages,
went directly to shop and purchased
pair of shoes, which he took great
pleasure in showing on his feet, saying
to those who were present: Il have
earned them well, by the sweat of my
brow, with hammer and anvil" The
car once passed month at Istia, and
when he worked at the FORCES the
noblemen of his suit were obliged tC
blow the bellows, TO stir and clean the
fire, to carry Goals and perform all the
offices of blaczsmith's helper.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Observation-Disclosures General Gresham
has received the degree of LII ID. from both
Wabash college and the Indiana State uni
versity.
GLADsToNE.-The English premier is pas
sionately fond of frogs legs, and has special
order for them at the fishmonger's to send
them daily while in season.
LRwIs.-Dr. Dio Lewis is sixty years old,
ana weighs 200 pounds. His hair and beard
are snow white. He is about to start a
monthly magazine in New York.
LANsDowNE.-Before coming to Ottawa,
Canada, to assume the vice regal position
in October, the Marquis and Marchioness OF
Lansdowne will visit Ireland in August.
BRIGHT. John Brights speeches are
marked by two pleasing pecuiarities-fre-
quent illusions TO children and numerous
quotations from English poets, especially
Byron and Milton.
KING OF PoRTUGAL.-The king of Portu-
gal is plain, short and thick-set, with pass
ion for Shakespeare and the classics. and
contempt for politicians. When asked to be-
come king of Spain he said: mo; cannot
afford to pay double premiums in insuring
my life"
BRowN-Mrs. Brown, the widow of COS
sawatomie" Brown, lives on the summit of
High mountain, near the village of Sarato-
ga, Cal. Looking from the door of her house
into the Santa Clara valley below the great
ranches look like truck gardens and the
VINEYARDS like so many dots.
GoUNoD.-Charles Gouno1, the illustrious
composer, lives in Paris in a superb man
sion of unique design. 1t has the severely
solemn aspect of a monastery, and there are
stern-looking locks, grim iron gratings,
gloomy passages, and a huge, mysterious
staircase. But the locks and gratings are
adorned with graceful female heads. the pass
ages lighted up with beautiful pictures and
ststuary, and the stairs, richly carpeted, lead
up to the masters room, huge, Light, airy
apartment, containing massive furniture, a
big organ, and a desk piano at which he can
sit and compose music and write it down at
once.
LINTNER-Dr. Lintner. the official ento-
mologist of New York State expects the
caterpillar nuisance this yea will be more
intolerabe than for some years past. This
is because the parasites which destroy the
worms are less abundant this year than
usual. The practice of binding trees with
cotton or other substance, as a barrier to the
caterpillars, DIR. Lintner regards as worse
than useless. The worms do not crawl up
the trees. They are hatched in the branches,
and the cotton belt prevents the grown worm
from getting down, even if he desire so to
do. The only effective way get rid of
caterpillars, according to the State entomolo-
gist, is to destroy the eggs in the trees wher-
ever they may be suspected to exist. This
can be done by burning the nest clusters,
and close watchfulness is required to do it
etfectually.