The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-10-05
LATER NEWS

ABOUT $1,000 people witnessed the one
mile trotting match at Fleetwood Park, New
York. between jay Eye-See an St Julien, for
purse of 5000. The match was between
the two tastes trot ecs thlt hal ever
appeared in a public contest, and therefore
drew an immense Attendance Jay-Eye-See
won in three st alght heats in 2:2)i4, 2:lsls,
2:1o. Owing to a very heavy track thu time
was slow.
THE steamer Colorado, bound for Chicago
from Buffao. went two miles out from The
latter place, exploded her boiler, killiog three
men and iuring ten more. one or two with
pr baby fatal results. The steamer was
laden with merchant s., ans was valued at
$4,000 She was towcd back to Buffalo.
THREE masked men alta led train neil
Coolidge, Kansas, for the evident purpose OF
robbery. When the yineer refused 10 obey
their order to stop he was shot dead and Iii.
fireman was tally woun led The robbers
then attack the express car, bu5 net with
such a vi sorous resistance from the express
messenger that they were driven off.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred the other
evening at the California Powder work,
Stege's Station, Ca, the scene of several re
cent disasters. Forty Chine out of work
ing force of forty-tw1 were killed.
REPORTS from large nu nber OF PAGES in
Texas indicate that the top crop of colt III,
with a few except> rs. will BE- a total failure
THE new postal law, reducing the pre- of
letter postage fIom three to two cents, went
into effect on the LIST inst
AN adjustment Of salaries Of possmastcrs OF
the presid initial classes, just completed b;
the postoflice DEF artment, has been made il
accordance with the provisions of thu
at of March 3. 1888 The reldiustment
affects the 81 aries of ZIG postmasters
Forty-four Offices hava been aldel
to thep residential list, and twenty-five of
the presidential ofic RS have been reduced
to the fourth class, leaving the number of
presidential postollices on October J.,
2,1l5, with sa'aries amounting to SO, 49,
0l0. Every part OF the country was included
in the rea iustment. Among the changes are
the following Phila lelphia, from $1,000 t.
$1,000; Boston, from $1,000 t. s., 900; Chicago,
from $1,000 to $4,000 .~St. Louis, from $1,000
to 5000 Cincinnati from s 900 to 5000 !;
Washington, from Si.00 to $1,000
A BARREL of gunpowder exploded in a wine
shop in Nilena, Spain killing fifteen persons
and injuring six.
KING ALFONSO, of Spain, uron his arrival
at Faris. was met at the railway station by
President Grevy and cabinet. The immense
crowd present hooted and hissed the king
uron his appearing, crying: Down with
the Uh'an king! The soldiers and police
had grsat trouble in keeping ori.r. The
people were very much excited, but goodnq-
tuIedy cheered tle French troo,s During his
pass ,ge tdrou h tie streets the Spanish kim,
was fire iucntly greet d with Kisses and in
sulting shouts President Grevy apologize |
for thu action of the crowd, all the Paris
papers generally CONDEMNED the manner in
which King Alfonso had been received.
AT a convention Of the Irish National
league in Leeds, England, Thomas Power
O'Connor was eected president, Joseph G.
B.gcar vice-president, j. Redmond secre-
tary, and James O'Kel'y. treasurer
Much indignation was aroused in Spa n by
King Alfonsos unpleasant rec option in Faris.
y FRENCH aeronaut has just performed the
hitherto unacconplished feat of crossing the
English channel from France in balloon.