The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States.

AFTER being in office less than fortnight,
Wheeler II, Peckham, appointed by Gov
ernor Cleveland to succeed the late John
McKeon as the New York district attorney,
resigned on account of i'll health, and Peter
B. Olney, a member of the County Democ-
racy, was appointed his successor
FIVE Germans started from Buffalo, N. Y,
In a small boat to go duck hunting on Nj
agara river, and when In the center of the
stream their frail craft capsized and they
were all drowned.
1T is feared that four more of the overdue
Gloucester Mass fishing vessels are lost,
making nine in all, with at least 100 men on
board.
GENERAL MARTIN Citizens ticket was
elected mayor of Boston by about 800 ma
jority.
The New Jersey court of par
fused to commute the death sentence of
james B. Graves, of Newark, who killed lit
tie Eddie Saden, and who was sentenced to
be hanged on the same day on which Robert
Martin, the wife murderer wiz be hanged in
the same city,
j. 2. BILLUPs e. Co., New York cotton
commission merchants and exporters, have
failed with liabilities reported at SG00,00O.
A PARTY of three of the fourteen delegates
sent by an organization of Paris workmen to
inspect the various industrial enterprises of
America, were refused admission to several
large factories IN New Haven.
THE graveyard insurance business, which
has been flourishi1ig i'll Fall River Mass, for
some years, is being well shaken up Sew
eral arrests have taken place of parties
charged with defrauding insurance COM
panieS.
PENNsYLvANIA's State debt is shown by
the treasurer's report to be S19,11S, 1888. Dur
ing the year the debt has been reduced $780,
300 The receipts have been S6,775, 430, and
the disbursements 81, 10S, $50.
SIX New York policemen were dismissed
from the force the other day for drunken
ness.
Mrs. CHRIsTIANCY, who married Senator
Christiancy while she was employed in the
treasury department at Washington, and
who was afterward defendant in the cele-
brated divorce suit brought by her aged hus-
band, died the other day in Brooklyn. She
had for long time shown symptoms of in
sanity
MISS Roe f. KEIsER, a handsome and ac
complished young la1y belonging in Utica, n.
Y, shot herself to death in presence of
George w. Dunn and wife, who had been
married only ten days and were stopping at
the Windsor hotel, i'll New York. Previou s.
~ to shooting herself Miss KeiSer upbra ded
Dunn for having been false to his pledges of
affection for her.
Two prominent mill owners were arrested
and fined at New Hartford, Conn. for non
pliance with the law regarding the employ
ment of children who have not been to
school the required three months in the
year.
AN hour before the time for the opening of
the performanoe of the comic opera 'Estrel-
La at the Standard theatre, in New York.
flames were dis covered behind the scenes and
in a short time the building was completely
destroyed. The loss on building and stage
properties will aggregate about 100000. Two
of the spectators of the fire were
quite seriously injured On the same
night, after the close of the performance of
the comic opera, The Beggar Student ut
the New York Casino, a wooden box filed
with shavings soaked in petroleum and con-
tanning a lighted candle was discovered in
room little used. Investigation showed
that the stage carpenter, Edward Rougle,
who had been discharged by the manager,
had intended to burn the handsome structure
out of spite He was arrested and confessed
his guilt.
RToTING between gangs OF colored and
italian railroad aborers near Newburg, y.
Y, resulted in the fatal wounding Of one
colored man and serious injuries to three
others.
NINE firemen were severely injured by a
falling wall at the burning of tho Harris mill
Ill Lowou, Mass.