The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-25
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States

Eastern and Middle States
Foor passengers will have to pay one cent
to cross the great bridge between New York
and Brooklyn.
FIVE miners were descending a mine near
Scranton, Penn, when an accident to the
machinery sent the carriage in which they
we're being lowered down The shaft with
lightning speed. The carriage was broken
to pieces in the mines rocky bottom, and
four of the miners were fatally injured.
The collapse of the Massachusetts Cen
trail railroad involves a loss of over S4,0oO,-
900, which sum has been sunk in the enter
prise. A Boston dispatch says there are
thousands of people who will suffer from
this gigantic failure. Many towns on the
line are stockholders, and the losses to in
dividuals will entail great hardship. more
particularly upon employees, who have not
been paid for months.
In a suit brought at Philadelphia against
the Pennsylvania Railroad company by a
travelling salesman who was elected from a
train, the conductor refusing to take an ex-
cursion ticket which was presented, the jury
gave the plaintiff 5000 damages.
A CERTIFICATE of incorporation has been
granted at Boston to the American Ballot
box association, of that city. The a%ssocia-
lion has q capital stock of $100,0 600, and its
object is the manufacture and sale of
ballot-boxes designed for the prevention of
fraud at elections" Among the in%corpora-
tors are prominent men of both political
parties.
Tam ,,a,aro1 oceaoob1v IF tho prnsbvtarinD
church IN the United States of America met
at Saratoga, N. Y, to continue in session
until about June /. The assembly consists
of COO clerical and lay commissioners, rep
r~esenting 1S2 presbyteries and ., 74l churches,
scattered throughout the United States, and
in South America, China, Siam and other
foreign countries.
Mrs. LYDIA PINKHAM, whose picture is a
familiar sight in the advertising columns of
newspapers all over the world, died a few
days ago in Lynn, Mass.
The steamer Granite State, which runs be-
tween New York and Hartford, Conn, was
destroyed by fire at 5 O'Clock in the morn
ing, while approaching the pier at Good
speeds Landing, on the Connecticut river.
The flames spread so rapidly that nothing
was saved. Apanic ensued among the half
dressed passengers, and many of them
jumped into the water and were picked up
by small boats. When the boat reached the
dock the passengers and crew hurriedly dis
embarked. All were supposed to have reached
shore, when the hawsers suddenly parted and
the burning vessel swung out into the stream.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford L. Main, of New Ha-
ven. who had been married two days pre-
~viously, were still on board, and after along
embrace they jumped into the water to-
gether. Mr.. Main was saved, but his wife
was drowned. Several other persons also
lost their lives.
FOREST fires have lone great damage i'll
New Hampshire and Vermont. In the
vicinity of Groton, VT, an immense tract has
been burned over, the loss being estimated
at above S150,000.
A FIRE Which broke out in the paint shop
of the Pennsylvania railroad shops near
Jersey City, N. j., destroyed the building
and contents, consisting of two Pullman
cars worth $4,000, eighteen passenger
coaches which cost $1,000, two locomotives
worthl$24 900, three express cars estimateda at
5000 each, six tenders valued at Sl2,oV,
and other property. The total loss Is estl-
mated at nearly 100000.
PATRICK j. p. lyman, the mysterious
Number l." alleged director of the men
who murdered Lord Cavendish and Mr..
Burke in Dublin, is a resident of Brooklyn;
and his counsel has written to the counsel for
the British government, in New York, de-
claring that his client was ready to give him
self up at any moment. Counsel for the
British government replied that he had not
yet received any instructions to taxi proceed
ings for Tynan's arrest.