The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-21
Washington.

REAR ADMIRAL ALEXANDER MURRAY ded
IN Washington after short illness He VA
born in 1918, and entered the navy in Au-
gust 1879 as a midshipman He participa-
sod i'll the war with Mexico and was actively
engaged in the naval conflicts of the civil
war. In 1873 he was retired at his own re
quest, and since that time he has resided in
Arlington.
COLONEL BURNSIDE, late disbursing clerk
OF the postoiiice department, charged with
.mbezzlement, has become insane
THE President has appointed Governor
Schuyler Crosby, of Montana, to be first as
sistant postmaster general.
DURING the past fiscal year the total num-
Der of pieces of mail matter handled by the
postoftce department numbered $40, ~
an increase of 2l5, 9l6, 4l6 or 16 80 per cent;
the pieces handled per carrier numbered $780,
O29-an Increase of 36,014, or 1902 per cent;
the total cost of the service, including pay of
poStoiiice inspectors, was S., 504, 208-an in
crease of $3.50, so, or TO- AZ per cent over the
expenditure during the preceding year. The
estimates for the fiscal year beginning July
!, 1888, aggregate S56,095 1863.
EDWARD MCPHERSON, secretary of the
Republican Congressional committee says
that from the most authentic information he
has been able to secure, the next House of
Representatives will consist of 1872 Dem
ocrats, al Republicans, | Greenbacker
tBrumm Of Pennsylvania. and | Flu
si9nist tWeavcr, of Iowa. As compared
WIN the membership of the various parties
IN the present house, this estimate shows a
loss OF nineteen votes to the Democrats and
Tour TO the Independents, and gain of
twenty-five Republican and one Fusionist
vote This classification is subject to a posi-
Die change Of two or three votes
DURING an after-election procession in
honor of Cleveland and Hendricks n colored
man fired into the paradeTs, the bullet stril-
ing man named Sullivan and inflicting q
fatal wound. The man who did the shooting
was arrested
ARRANGEMENTS are being perfected to
have congressional excursion of Senators
and Representatives from Washington to
New Orleans TO be present at the opening of
the worlds exposition on December IL. The
press excursion, representing the press of the
New England States, New York, New Jersey.
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and the
District Of Columbia, will 20 at the same
time.
THE charters OF III national banks. with
an aggregate capital of over $3.50 900, 600,
VIII expire during the year 1885. This is
more than one third of the entire number of
national banks now in existence
A WILL left by the late Miss Nancy Gould
OF Portland, Me, bequeaths property valued
ut about s., 900 to the Government to be used
in paying off the national debt
j. SCHUYLER CROSBY, Governor of Mon
tana Territory, has made his annual report
to the secretary of the interior. He esti
mates the population at about 81 900, an in
crease Of 4 900 since 1883. He says that the
cattle in the Territory number more than
10000, and he estimates tho value of the
taxable property, which does not represent
one quarter of the wealth of the Territory, at
between $4,000, 900 and 100000. He add: