The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eas,ern and Middle statea


BooKkEirEB BEACH, of the broken City
bank, of Jersey City, N. j., was arrested on
the charge of having overdrawn his account
to the extent of $s,OJO and gave bail Presi-
dent Boce and his n-in-law, Cashier
Shaw, we're committed to Jail in default of
bail The amount lost to the City bank is
estimated at nearly 100000.
JOINT resolution proposing a constitu-
6onal amendment prohibiting the manufac-
lure or sale of liquors in New Jersey has
been introduced in the State senate.
ABOUT 5000 people were present in the
sapitol grounds at Harrisburg Penn, to wit
sess Governor Pattison's Inauguration. This
was the first Inauguration of a Democratic
governor in Pennsylvania since W.
W. Packers election in 1857. The
exercises were simple, Governor Pattison
taking the oath of Office from the capitol
steps and delivering his inaugural address
there, after which the senate returned to its
chamber and Lieutenant Governor Black was
installed
BAlLoT1NG in the Main gisature for
United States Senator resulted as follows I:
Senate-Willam p. Frye, 81 Harris NJ
Plaisted b House-William p. Frye, 103
Harris M. Plaisted, 49,
TwEDDLE HALL, Albany, N. Y, faynrite
building for the holding of concerts and po-
litical meetings, has fallen victim to the
flames The upper part of the hall was de-
stroyed and other portions damaged, causing
an estimated total loss of 100000. Many
of the leading operate and dramatic stars
hot rad Ott ~ Of hall nd
it has been the scene of some important po-
Gtical conventions.
MORE than S30O 900 have been subscribed at
, Providence, r. l., for an equestrian statue to
General Burnside.
A LEGAL. struggle which has been going on
at Media Penn, between Engineer Melville, of
the lost Jeanette. md his wife, for the pos
session of their children, has been settled by
the court as follows: Maud, the eldest child,
is remanded to the custody of her father, to
be sent to school, her mother to J. permitted
| to visit her. The two younger chDJren, Elsie
| and Meta, are remanded to the custody of
their mother until further orders from the
court.
| Ten wrecks of vessels have occurred on
the New Jersey coast, between Ocean Grove
and Atlantic City, within ten days.
The vote by which Senator George F.
Hoar was reelected to the United States
Senate in joint convention of the Massachu-
| sets legislature on the first ballot of the
second days balloting was as follows Whole
number of votes, 277; necessary to Il choice,
1885, Hoar, AS; Bowerman, IS; Long SO;
Grape, 3; Boutwell,, 1; Charles F. Adams,
DR., l.
AT Westerly, d. l., the jury in the case of
Chaifee aims. Ex-Governor Sprague for the
reco, cry of the posse sion of the Canonchet
property about which there ha5 been SO
much trouble, rendered verdict for the de
PENDANT.
HARVEY TAYLOR, of Richfield Springs, n.
Y, a retired farmer, aged about sixty five
years, killed his wife and mother-in-law and
then hanged himself. He had shown marked
symptoms of insanity.
The steamer Gamma bound from st.
Johns, Newfoundland, to New York, ran
nto the brig Mariposa, at the eastern end
IF Long Island Sound, at 3 o'clock in the
morning. The briggs crew got into a boat
1t once, but the brig filled with great ra-
)idity and the boat was swamped rs she
went down. OF the eight men on board the
orig only one-Charles Powers-was saved