The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-11
Washington

PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S New Years recep-
ton at the White House was attended by
the full diplomatic corps, Justices of tho
supreme court, army and navy officers and
great throng of citizens The Ia lies who
helped the President receive were Mrs.
Carlisle, wife of the speaker, Mrs. Logan,
Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Gresham and Mrs.
Wadsworth.
THE department of state has been informed
by our minister to Holland that, in response
to a suecial inquiry, the Dutch minister of
finance has apprised his legation that the
registers of the commission appointed i'll 1852
to settle all estates formerly in charge of the
orphans court of the Netherlands, do not
mention the estates of any deceased person of
the following names: Probaxo, Weber, Tx
Tor Ok, Broslus, Peter Whittingll, Bonto
Weber, Grove Tor GraeH, Nicholas Kern,
Glider, Theobald, Metzgar said to have died
at the Hague about 1712 Mellar, Van Horn
Van Hoesens tor Van Huizens), Turner,
Francis Mast "These estates,n the minister
CONTINUES "have therefore either never ex-
listed, or if they ever did exist they were dis
tributed to their claimants before 1872 The
inquiry was made because many people in
this country were led to believe they were
entitled to immense fortunes.
DURING December the national debt was
decreased 81, 1887.
THE rate of postage has been changed from
one cent for every two ounces to one cent per
ounce on lales. patterns, photographs, play
ing cards, visiting cards. address tags, letter
heads, envelopes and other matter of the
same general character.
LAST year has ben remarkable for acct
dents, volcanic eruptions, marine disasters
and other fatal casualties. Not including
losses of life by wars, pestilence, famine
crime or suicide, the number of deaths
throuc hout the world by the causes above
stated has been 9l,3l2.
! IN 1883 the number of persons murdered in
the United States was ,44. Tbirtv-nine
children we're killed by their parents. There
were eighty cases of wife murder, ten of the
murder of husbands, seven rarricides, thir-
teen fratricides and one sororicide. There
We're thirty double, seven triple and three
quadruple murders. Fifty-four of the muir
derers committed suicide. During the year
l0j persons were executed and ninety
two lynched. The number of suicides in this
country the pa year was $40.
/ REPRESENTATIVE BLAND has had an inter
view with Mr.. Burchard, director of the
United States mint, in regard to the number
Of trade dollars in circu' alton. Mr. Burch-
ard expressed the opinion that between five
ard SIX millio~s of the com were out and in
TIE hands Of tradesmen and the people gener-
ally, instead of being in the possession of specu
lators. T E remainder of $50, 100000 original
ly comedy Re thought to have been exported or
remelted. Mr.. Bland says it is questionable
whether the government, having issued the
trade dollar with the stamp of the govern
ment upon it, could not be required to take
it for government dues at its nominal value.
THE United States consul at Cairo reports
the number of deaths from cholera in Egypt
last summer at between g., 00) and 10,00 0. III
many parts of the interior entire cOmmuni
ties have disapI cared