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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-28
Foreign.

HosTI1.ITIEs have been suspended in Ton
oun until the arrival of French reinforce
ments.
O'DoNNEtL, the slayer of Carey, the Irish
informer arrived in Southampton, England,
from South Africa, and was conveyed to
london guarded by many policemen.
A MELANCHOLY marine disaster is reported
from Halifax, n. S. The bark Britannia,
from Jamaica for Montreal, struck on bar
off Sable island and soon after went to pieces.
All on board got on raft Beside the crew
numbering twelve persons - the captains
wife and four children were on board.
During the night eight of the men, together
with the captains wife and children, were
lost, two of the latter being washed away
and two others dying in their fathers arms.
The steward of the ship had been dashed to
the planks of the raft but, the tremendous
seas washing continually over him, he soon
persisted. Another seaman was lost while
leaving the vessel, and only four persons out
of the eighteen succeeded in reaching Sable
island.
JAMES MCDERMoTT, who left Brooklyn re-
Gently for England, and who was examined
three times before a stipendiary justice at
Liverpool on charge of conspiracy to muir
der public officials in connection with the dy
Mantle party, has been discharged, the evil
dence against him being deemed insufficient.
THE London Times declares there will be
a great struggle between capital and labor
in the Lancashire cotton trade, as the opera
tives will resist a proposed reduction in
wages.
For the first time in many years the gull
lotine has been used in France, the victim
being one Holtz, an Alsatian, who had muir
dered another man for the purpose of rob
berry. Holtz had his head cut off at Rheims
in presence of 5000 people, women and chill
dren being in an overwhelming majority.
ROYALTY was well represented at the par
ade of the Austrian army near Vienna. The
emperor of Austria, king of Italy, king of
Milan and Duke of Edinburgh were present
FIFTY vessels We're wrecked, many houses
blown down and sixty lives lost by hurri-
cane at Nassau West Indies.
The Bulgarian cabinet has resigned, and q
new ministry been formed.
AN enormous crowd at Rome witnessed the
ceremonies attending the commemoration of
the entry of the Italian troops into the city
in 1915.
THE emperor of Germany, the Grown
Prince Frederick William, the Princes Viii
liam and Frederick Charles, the Prince Of
Wales the kings of Spain, Saxony and
Servia, and the dukes of Edinburgh, Con-
naught and Cambridge witnessed the parade
and participated in the review of the eleventh
army corps at Homburg-vorderHo he.
After the parade a grand dinner was given
to the royal visitors.
By an explosion of fire damp in a mine
near Unna Westphalia fifteen miners were
Killed.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States.

JUNIUs BRUTUs BOOTH, elder brother of
Edwin Booth, the tragedan, and himself q
well-known actor died a few days since a
Manchester Mass.
THE colored men of Massachusetts, have
been holding a convention in Boston.
WHILE on visit to his parents in Brooklyn
the Rev. James Kemlo, late pastor of the
Reformed church in Mountville, N. j., near
Newark, first cut his wife's throat and then,
severing his own iugular vein, leaped from a
fourth-story window. Both of them died
within an hour. They left two children in
Newark. Mr. Kemlo had suffered from ma
laria for three months, his head being espe-
cialy affected, and it is considered certain
that he was insane when he committed the
terrible double crime.
FIRE on Broadway, New York, partly
destroyed five-story iron-front double build
ing, occupied mainly by wholesale clothing
dealers and m anufacturers of straw goods.
An estimated aggregate loss of 81 ,OO0, 900 was
caused
PRESIDENT ARTHUR, assisted by Secretary
of State Frelinghuysen, received the Corean
ambassadors at the Fifth Avenue hotel in
New York. The embassy consisted of Prince
Min Yong TX, nephew of the queen of Corea
and minister plenipotentiary to the United
States, together with vice minister and
several other Corean mobiles and members of
the suite. The whole party were dressed in
robes of state, and went through the cere-
mony of introduction tc the President by
dropping TO their knees and going through
other oriental manifestations of good will
and regard for this country.
ANEW YORK jewelry firm has just imported
the larg, st diamond ever brought to America.
1t is yet in the rough, and weighs 125 carats.
The famous Koh-i-noor, adiamond belonging
to Queen Victoria, weighs 1O2 II carats.
SIXTEEN million dollars were left by the
late Nathaniel Thayer, of Boston, fifty thous-
and dollars going for charitable purposes.
A TRAIN of eleven fiat cars filled with Ital-
ian laborers ran into a hand car near SYRIA
cuse, n. y. The train was wrecked, two
men and boy were instantly killed, and
about twenty men were injured, several prob
ably with fatal effect
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has been on a visit to
friends at Newport, r. l.
AT the State convention of the Massa-
chusetts Prohibitionsts, held in Boston,
CnarIes Amy was nominated IOr governor.
A NEW telegraph company-the Inter
national and Northern-has filed articles of
incorporation at Albany. n. Y: capital
S5,000,000 with power to make it 100000.
A LARGE boiler in one of the buildings of
the Sligo iron works at Pttsburg exploded
with such force as to throw huge fra gments
of iron to q great distance, to shake the
houses in that part of the city, and
to set fire to railroad buildings.
Three workmen We're instantly killed,
another died soon after, two more were ex-
pected to live only few hours, and several
others were badly hurt. Five children on
the porch of a dwelling near by were injured
md one died
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SUPERVISING ARCHITECT HILL has re-

DOftttN lSlNG AHCHlIECi utho
signed.
THE acquisitions upon the postoflice depart
ment for the new two-cent stamps are 50
large that the contractors are unable to
supply the demand, and the department is re
ducing the amounts called for in the requisi-
tions. The contractors at present are able
to furnish 100000 stamps daily, but this Is
much less than the number demanded.
RECENT naval department reports show
that the total strength of the United States
navy is seventy-eight ships carrying 54S guns.
OF this force there are in actual service,
either cruising or employed as receiving ships
in navy yards, forty-two vessels carrying 412
guns with >, 1874 men,,
SECRETARY FoLGER, in a letter to the civil
service commissioners, expresses the opinion
that the new civil service law, in the matter
of appointments, gives the preference-other
things being equal-to honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors of the late war.
OWING to the prevalence of the foot and
mouth disease among cattle in England the
secretary of the treasury has written to Collec-
tor Robertson, of New York, setting forth the
Nlportance of vigilance on the part of Gus
tom officers in regard to cattle which may be
imported into this country.
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POLITICAL NEWS.
New Jersey Republican State Con-
vcntiOn.

Senator John Taylor presided at the
New Jersey Republican State convention in
Trenton. jonathan Dixon, of Essex county,
was nominated for governor on the first bal
lot. The following is the platform adopted.
l. The Republicans of New Jersey, in CON
vention assembled, declared as follows:
They affirm, as to all questions of Federal
policy, the doctrines enunciatcd by the last
Republican national convention.
III. That we cordia lily approve the wise and
conservative course of President Arthur 5
administration.
III. That we congratulate the country
upon the successful application Of the prn-
ciples of genuine civil service reform in the
national administration, and favor the adop-
ton of the system in all branches of our State
government
". We believe that the prosperity and
happiness of our own people are of para
mount Importance, and, therefore we insist
upon tariff so adjusted as to give full pro-
lection to home labor and industry and suf-
ficient to develop all resources of the country,
and we favor such wise and proper State leg
islation as will protect honest labor from I'M
fair competition.
V. That we demand such q prudent and
economical administration of the affairs of
the State as will make needless any direct
State tax.
VI. That we hold it to be one of the most
imperative demands of the time that our
system of State taxation should be so exactly
equitable as to reach all corporations as well
as all individuals. "All property to be
taxed in the language of the consttu-
ton, under general laws and by uniform
rules according to its true value" That we
are opposed to all entertainments of corporate
power upon popular rights, and we demand
that ell monopolies which Cypress the people
and unfairly discriminate against their in
terests shall be curbed and restrained by
proper legislation.
VII. That we favor legislation looking to-
ward the adequate protection and further de
velopment of our fisheries.
VIII That we pledge to the candidate of
this convention our earnest, hearty and en-
thusiastic support
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BLOWN TO ETERNITY,
\ KOicr ENpiOdcs, Killing Five Wen
and fnjuring Five Others.

a Shreveport Q4a) dispatch says: At
o'clock to- hight the boiler of an engine run
ming saws at the bridge being constructed
over the Red river for the Vicksburg Shreve-
port and Pacific railroad exploded with ter
rife force, killing five persons and wounding
five others who were at work as the night
force. a boy named Willie Watts was the
only person on the boat at the time of the ex-
plosion who escaped unhurt The names of
the killed are: Al Humphreys, James Sum-
ners. William Thomas, John Mallory and
John Burke (all white. The names of the
wounded are: Willie Jones, hurt slightly in
the head: Abe Gilliland CcoloredD. fatally in
jured; Ad Wilson (whitel, wounded on the
head and breast; Al Watkins white, aided,
and Henry "a colored boy, slightly injured
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South and West.

FOR numbering q man with whom he was
sleeping in a wagon, Henry Mosher was
taken from Jail at Cheyenne, Wyoming, by
large crowd of masked men, and despite the
pleadngs of the mayor and other influential
citizens was hanged to telegraph pole in
the he art of the city.
ALL the public schools in Louisiana have
been closed owing to ill-iudged legislation
APACHEs are again on the warpath in Ari-
IONA. Eight of them attacked a ranch near
Tombstone, killed one of the two men there
and stole many horses.
THE steam barge Oakland, lumber laden,
from Bay City to Erie, Penn, foundered in
Lake Erie. Captain Stevens and three men
were lost the mate and seven men escaping
in a small boat.
FIVE drunken cowboys attacked and fired
upon merchant named Arragon at San Hi
laro, New Mexico. Arragon returned the
fire, killing two of his assailants and wound
ing third, and himself received wounds
from the effects Of which he died, The re
naming cowboys fled into Texas.
Two more naval cadets have been dis
missed from the Annapolis Md academy
for hazing.
OK a ranch near Socorro, n. NJ, Joel
Fowler, large cattle dealer, met Ponly For
rest and Bill Childes, with whom he had had
previous trouble. Forrest and Chilles began
firing at Fowler, who returned the fire. kill
ing Chldes. Forrest ran into a house occu-
pied by Mr.. MCGEE, who went to the door
and asked Forrest to come out. Instead of
doing so, Forrest fired, killing MCGEE, where
than take the chance of a shooting match
with Fowler, Forrest put ball through his
own heart All three were buried in the
same grave.
The monument erected by the State of
Kentucky to General and President Zachary
Taylor Was dedicated at the Taylor home
stead, five miles from Louisville. General
Thomas Crittenden, of the United States
army, delivered the eulogy. The monu-
ment is marble, thirty feet high, and sur
mounted by a statue of General Taylor.
THE Dickey County bank, of Glendale,
Dakota, has suspended.
WHILE practicing double somersault at
rehearsal, George W. Ryan, an athlete con
nected with circus performing at Efiing-
ham, H., fell and was killed.
A PARTY of masked men forced their way
into the Jail at Rockingham, Va, took out q
colored boy twenty years Old, incarcerateC
for having assaulted five-year-old whit,
girl, and hanged him to tree
LEADING freethinkers from all parts of the
country participated in the proceedings o
the seventh annual congress of the "Nationa
Liberal League in Milwaukee.
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The national Republican party has during
its tenure of power made the public lands the
spoil of favored corporations. 1t has squan-
dered the money of the country by main
tanning horde of idle, profligate, and incapa-
bic placemen. 1t has not during its tenure
of power in its tariff legislation given that
Just and equal protection to the industries of
the country which it ought to have
afforded; but has, on the contrary,
made the masses of the people ray
from their earnings enormous bounties
to favored monopolies 1t has broken up the
commerce of the United States in vessels
carrying the national flag. 1t has permitted
the unworthy men who planned and executed
the frauds. perpetrated in the presidential
election of 1876 and 1850, to deal with the
patronage of the government and with the
public money III the treasury as If these great
trusts were the spois of an enemy's camp.
The Democratic conservative party of this
State demand that national taxation in all
its forms shall be limited to such amounts as
are necessary for the economical administra-
ton of the government. for the payment of
interest upon the public debt, and for the re-
demption i'll each year of a fixed and rea-
sonable proportion of that debt. 1t will de-
mand such revision and amendment of the
Federal laws relating to shipping and carriage
of ocean freights as will restore our merchant
marine to its former prosperity.
The Democratic conservative party of this
State, in fulfillment of its pledges made to the
people, mas llgnteneu Une burden Oh taxation,
by abolishing offices not necessary for the
public service, by reducing salaries subject
to its control TO the limit of the compensa-
tions of persons engaged in similar employ.
ments in private life, and it will continue its
efforts to devise such further legislation as
will give effect to a true and enlightened
policy of governmental reform.
1t will endeavor to remedy any unjust dis
elimination against our local interests which
may be practiced by corporations in this
State. 1t will, while respecting the oblga-
tions of all existing contracts, confine within
the appointed limits all exemptions which
any of such corporations, or the property
thereof, may enjoy from the burdens of tax
alton imposed on the citizens of this State
owning property therein, and it will prevent
the unreasonable extension of the powers of
such corporations by State or municipal legis-
lation, and it will keep such corporations
under strict supervision.
1t will afford such protection as can be
given by law to the health, permanent safety.
and welfare of men, women and children
engaged in labor in this State. 1t declares
| that laboring men have an equal right with
the owners of capital to make peaceable
combinations for their own protection, and
that such right ought to be recognized by
statute, and that the collection of statistics
and information concerning the needs Of
various branches of industry and the abuses
which exist therein ought to be provided for
by law.
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THE NATIONAL GAME,

KELLY. the league umpire, will take a
nine South this winter.
THE Cincinnati club will have about TWEEN
ty-five men under contract next season.
ST. LOUIS has discovered a new pitcher
with the Teutonic name of Werder who
they think, bids fair to become a professional.
BosToN won the championship series from
the Providence club this year, for the first
time since the latter club has been in the
league.
The taseblll craze from present indica.
tons, promises to be even livelier next season
than it was this year, and that is saving a
great deal, as 1855 has been the most succe s.
full in the history of the national game.
HARRY CHIPMAN, a young lawyer of De-
troit the son of Judge Chapman. of the
superior court, and baseball enthusiast, has
been appointed league baseball umpire 10y
Secretary Young, vice Frank Lane, resigned.
MANAGER BARNIE, of the Baltimore club,
imposed the following fines on some of his
players for attending masked Ian the other
evening: Sweenie, 500; Henderson, $50, and
Emslie, Kelly, Manning and Stearns, so
EACH
DURING recent game between the Wabash
club and the North Manchester nine, at
Wabash, Ind, John Noftsinger, second base
man of the latter club was run into by King,
captain of the Wabash club, and fatally in
jured.
HUBBARD, the noted Yale catcher, has at
last become professional player. He has
yielded to the Athletic managers tempting
offer and now catches for Jones, the Yale
pitcher He plays under the name Of
West
LEWIS, of the st. Louis club has been ex-
PEELED for drunkenness. President Appleton,
of the Metropolitan club, offered 500 for his
release, but it was refused 1t cost the st.
Louis club a bonus of 81 900 only a short
time ago to engage Lewis.
LEAGUE CLUB RECORD.
The official record of the league champion
ship games played up To the 22d is as follows;
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Washington.

PROMINENT naval officers at Washington
express the opinion that an increased naval
force in Chinese waters is imperatvely neces-
sary for the protection of Americans and
American interests
1T has been decided at Washington not to
send an expedition for Lieutenant Greely's
relief to Smiths Sound this year.
BY direction Of the President n cadet of
the fourth class in the United States military
academy at West Point, N. ", has been
dismissed from the service for improper con
duct and violation of the rules CT the acade-
my in hazing' other cadets.
SECRETARY FoLGER has called in SIS, 900,
600 of the three per cent. loan bonds of i $50.
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SINGULAR DISCOVERY.
The Death of an Old Woman Reveals
documentary Evidence of n Claim
for Millions.

An Erie PENN dispatch to the New York
Herald says: For several years there lived
in an old hut near Erie a woman named
Margaret Gaunt, who boosted that she had
documentary evidence which, if produced,
would secure vast'estate in England. A few
weeks ago she died at the age of ninety-six.
Prior to her death she caused q letter to be
written to a nephew, Edward Gaunt of Eng
land telling him to come ON and take posses
sion of valuable family Iapers. Mrs Gaunt
had IN her possession letters and documents
belonging to her great great-great grand
mother, who was executed by burning at the
stake by order of the cruel Judge Jefiries dur,
ing the reign of King James the H., she having
unwlttingly sheltered James Burton, con-
spirator in the Rye House plot. William
Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, was O
witness of the execution at Tyburn. Among
her papers was document, with the
seal of King William Ill, giving a
money indemnity to Elizabeth Gaunt's
family in a certain annual sum, in recogni-
ton of the innocence of the victim of the
execution. This CAIN has not been presented
since 1916, for the reason that the important
document was missing. 1t was in possession
of branch of the family which emigrated
to America, and who clandestinely carried
away the valuable paper. This paper has
been sought for over a century and
until the death of this inglorious old
woman nothing has been learned OF
its whereabouts The nephew, Edwin c.
Gaunt, arrived to-day from England. and to
his surprise found the long-searched for
document. He left this evening for New
York, and is confident that the papers will
secure the claim, which, if paid, will amount
to about S2,0O0,U0O, Even. however, if it not
recognized by the British government the
papers will be of great historical value
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FASHION NOTES.

Zouave jackets are among the new
styles.
Seal brown suits, tailor finished, are
very fashionable.
Sleeves have decided tendency to
fullness at the top.
7 he knotted ilk handker hief is as
much used as ever.
Gay and severe styles Of dress are
equally fashionable.
Flounces pinked out on the edges
are again fashionable.
Large collars and lace fichus are de
rigueur for full dress.
Velvet. plush and chenille are the
leading dress trimmings.
English jackets and jockey-c cap bon
nets will be much worn.
Pointed or tapering crowns for bon
nets are no longer fashionable.
Felt and velvet bonnets will be
worn to the exclusion of plush.
Pattern dresses, in dark blues, reds
and browns, will be popular this win
ter.
Turbans. composed entirely of
feathers, have gone entirely out OF
style.
Spanish lace scarfs are not worn,
except with black silk dresses. Then
they are relieved by having white lace
peeping from beneath their somber
folds.
All the sthetic and fancy writing
paper is going out of style, being re-
placed by that which is thick, llain
and unrued, with big square enve-
lope to match.
Among new fall goods are woven
tapestry patterns with borders of an
tique designs and in blocks, bars,
checks and plaids, the fabric rough but
soft came.'s-hair.
a great many lace dresses are worn.
They are generally made in the
princess style, or in long redingotes,
and are worn over satins of bright
color. Black Flemish binche and
Spanish blonde are the favorites.
Young ladies are wearing great
deal # black at receptions. dinners
and balls, but very little in the street.
The black dress always heightens the
fairness Of the skin by gaslight, and
this is doubtless the reason why it is
so popular.
Bla k stockings are almost uniyerS-
ally the choice for girls Of all ages,
and for boys in dresses or short
trousers. The ia hion is expensive,
as black hosiery is apt to be inferior in
quality to white or colored, therefore
requiring more frequent renewal OF
supply.
Jersey Jackets for cool days are made
somewhat heavier than the summer
zephyr jerseys, and are supplied with
self colored fans of satin or surah set
in below the waist at the back. Where
the Jacket is part of the costume,
wide surah is put around the hem and
tied in great bow at the back.
The thickly corded Antwerp silks
are again in favor for both Dire SEES and
cloaks, as they come in single and
double widths for dresses and for cir"
culars: these have none OF the lustre
of satin, to begin with, and as they are
not adulterated, they do not take on II
suspicious and unwelcome gloss after
being worn.
Fichus of black Spanish lace are
worn twisted about the neck, especi-
ally with the jerseys, which are popu-
lar this fall Jerseys in Clark blue and
black are the only kind permitted by
fashion for street wear. They are
worn over black silk or dark blue silk
skirts and have sash back, and often
sash drapery down the front.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-09-28

JACKSONVILLE first of the many tokens
received by Mrs. Stonewall jackson and
her daughter during their stay in Boston was
a superb basket of roses, with the compli-
ments of few members of the Grand Army
of the Republic
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New York is overIun with young ladies
ambitious to shine in the operate world.