The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-09
LATER NEWS.

TwENTY-ONE Hungarian railroad laborers,
who had been discharged because they proved
rebellious, were arrested for disorderly con-
the Jail at that place.
THE New York ity grand jury has in
dicted several more clerks in the water
registers bureau for stealing and forgery.
The officials were arrested.
a JACKSONVILLE Fla dispatch says that
Hamilton Disston, of Philadelphia, has sold
all that remains of his 100000 acres of
Florida land to an English syndicate at 81 81
per acre. Mr.. Dsston sold 100000 acres
last year to Sir Edward Reeds syndicate, OF
London.
BIRD ELLIS (colorel) murdered Mrs Will
liam Logan sixty years old, and nearly killel
her husband The crime occurred at York,
n. c, Ellis was capture and taken t. the
Edgefield Jail, from which he was removed by
body of citizens and shot to death.
GANG of eight counterfeiters, who have
been operating extensively in the West the
past two years. making thousands of counter
felt coins, were captured at Pikevile Ind
by party of fifteen United Stat IS
officials Two of the counterfeiters-
brothers, named Hanchin-offere a DIES
perate resistance, during which one OF
them was shot de ii AMI the other fatally
wounded. while several of the officers also
received flesh wounds.
1T is reported that for months past postof-
fee officials have been quietly busy gather.
ing testimony and preparing for the prosecu
,..f4 .".-.1. Al.
contractors who, it is generally believed have
received hundreds of thousands of dollar
for which they rendered no service.
GENERAL SHERMAN in his last annual re-
port to the secretary of war states that tn
army now consists of 21t3 officers AMI %,
335 enlisted men, these figures being almost
Identical with those of last year. He re-
CARDS 1.-THE Indians as practically eliminated
from the army and suggests plan of re
organization whereby "reports to to the mill
tary peace establishment, could, d elieve. b,
maintained on present estimates, and woulC
possess the in stimable advantage of admit
ting of an increase without disorder or con
fusion to G,OOO artillery 1900 cavalry
and $4,000 infantry by the iner
scratch of pen and the magic wand o
money, ana afterward, by doubling the en-
listed strength of each company without TN
further addition of a single officer, we Should
have the respectable force of $4,000 men,
force large enough for any probable necessity
during the remainder of this century,
LAST month the various United State
minis coinel 10000 gold pieces, worth s.,
4,790; 3,iG0, POO silver pieces worth S.! 49l.
092. 20, and 1887 COG minor coins. worth SlG6.
S22. Total coinage l0,95s, 15S pieces WORT
S5.2S4, 70L50.
REWARDS have been offered by the Brit
ISL government and the railway officials fol
the men who caused the recent explosions in
the underground railway tunnel
THE schooner Unknown, from Halifax to
Prince Edwards Island, has gone down witt
all on board.
WHILE Prince and Princess Albert O
Prussia, were returning from Frankensteiu
Silesa, after attending services in memory OF
the Reformation, they lost their way in
thick fog. Their carriage was overturned anC
the right ankle of tbs princess was fractured.