The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-03-21
South and West.

BISHOP r. ii. CLARKSON, born IN tTettys-
burg. Penn. in 1926, died the other day in
Omaha, Neb. He was consecrated Episcopal
bishop of Nebraska and Dakota in 1860.
JEFFERSON DAVIS, before a joint conven-
ton of the Mississippi legislature delivered
q eulogy on Sergeant S. frentiss, the famous
Mississippi orator.
THE appearance of the foot and mouth
disease among cattle in Maine and Kansas
has created alarm among the cattle men OF
the West
GENERAL DELoCH, who ha; Just died at
Naadosta, Ga, Mt the age OF elghty-seven,
won his title in the Indian wars. He was
the father of twentyfour children.
A FIRE at East st. Louis destroyed larG
elevator seven houses and ninety-sx load
cars The elevator contained 100000 bushels
of corn, 5000 bushels of oats and several
thousand bushels of wheat, and the cars were
nearly all loaded with hay and grain. The
estimated total loss is 100000
HENRY RICHARDSON, one of the leading
members of a Nebraska vigilance committee
which has been waging a vigorous war on
q "anC of horse thieves, was himself hanged
by unknown persons. 1t is supposed the
banging was done by surviving members of
the gang.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN ROBERT SMALL (col
ored) was renominated by the Republicans
of the Seventh South Carolina district to
succeed the late Congressman Mackey
Owing to the preponderauce of the colored
vote Snalfs nomination was considered
equivalent t. an election.
RAY and ANDERSON, the revenua officers
who recently killed three men IN Mitchell
county. n. c., have surrendered. The re-
ward offered for their capture amounted to
$500.
COLONEL. EDWARD S. WHEAT, ex-United
States marshal for the middle district OF
Tennessee, and one of the most prominent
citizens of the S. ate was shot and killed by
his tather-in law, Colonel William Spence
who was his predecessor in Office. The terri
bic tragedy was the result of busln SIS trou
bles tina. had existed between the TWO for
some wears, and which, it is understood
grew out of affairs connected with the mar
shalship.
THIRTEEN persons lost their lives by a
sudden snowside at Woodstock, Colorado.
Three persons were rescued alive out of a
party of sixteen.
FIRE has almost entirely swept away the
town of Alleean, Mich, destroying twenty
thu ee stores three news arer offices and n
hotel, and causing total estimated loss of
$500. COO On the same day another Michigan
town-Grand Rapids-also suffered heavily
from fire, eight mills and factories sue
cumbing TO the flames, with aggregate losses
of SEQ, 600.
PRENTlss TGILER, the Pacific Express COM
pany's money clerk at st Louis, who de-
camped with nearly SlOO,OO0 few weeks
ago. was arrested in Milwaukee, and $50, AGO
of the stolen money was recovered.
TUE Iowa senate agreed to State woman
suffrage amendment to the constitution by
the close vote of 20 TO IT.
THE foot and mouth disease prevails to an
alarming extent in Kansas and portions of
Illinois, and the governor of the former
State has called 1t special session Of the leg
islature to consider measures whereby the
plague may be stamped out
/ FREDERICK j. DIETRICHs, a teller in the
Laclede bank, of 81. Louis, mas been ar
rested for embezzllng 81 600 of the insti-
I tution's funds.
FRANK SLAGEL was hanged at Somerset
KY, for killing and robbmS three compan'
| ions with whom he was getting out railroad
| ties in a camp last August and on the sane
/ dav Matt Lewis coloredl was hanged at st.
/ Louis for wife murder.
/ THREE thousand people were driven from
/ their homes at Nashville, Tenn, by flood.
SUCH furious crowl was present at the
sale of tickets for the appearance of Patti
! the opera singer, in san Francisco, that win
! dows and plants were smashed, many women
| tainted, the box offic, window was broken
and order was restore Only alter many per
/ sons had been arrested.