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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-22
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

PAPER peach baskets are used in Maryland.
A MORMON missionary has been sent to
HAITI.
FIFTY Canadian papers declare for indie
pendence.
LOUISIANA has about As, OOO, 100000 feet of
pine in her forests.
AMERICAN sewing machines and plows sell
rapidly in Mexico.
CREMATION has become fixed institution
in some parts of Europe.
AN average of 80 hotels are burned in the
United States each year.
A COMBINATION of Minnesota farmers has
bailt eleven grain elevators.
ITALY has {, 800, 900 lemon trees, which pro
duce ,260, O0J,0JO lemons annually.
AFTER January /, 1855, no house in Berlin
can be higher than the width of the street or
which it faces
THE West hote, opened at Minneapolis,
Mimi, recently, cost S!,0JO,UO and occupied
two years in building
NEARLY 100000 pounds of high explo
sives are used annually in the United States
east of the Rocky mountains.
PRESIDENT ARTHURS state dinners, last
winter are said To have surpassed those given
by any of his predecessors in costliness. The
nine he gave last season averaged $500 each.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made to bring
weaveTs from England TO Shasta county, Cal
ifornia, by Mr.. Joseph Crowley, of Hudders-
field, England, in order TO found a colony,
and TO put up cotton and wooden mills there.
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Foreign.

MYR1ADS Of locusts have appeared in Mex
leo and Yucatan. Hundreds of square miles
of the country were covered with the pests.
and corn grass and other crops were utterly
destroyed.
DURING a severe thunder storm which pre-
vailed throughout England, hailstones fell at
Accrington three inches long and an inch
thick. Houses, churches and mills with
in an area of two miles were wrecked
as 10y riot Church windows
were riddled as if voleys of shot had been
fred into them. Hundreds of gardens were
destroyed. Two persons were struck dead by
lightning at Burnley, two at Barnsley, one at
Darwen and one at Nottingham.
A FIERCE storm has done immense damaee
in Upper Hungary. Streams were raised to
floods, villages were swept away and many
persons drowned.
LONDON has just experienced the most in
tense heat in twenty years, the thermometer
going up to ninety-three degrees.
IN Paris the suns heat set fire to a large
number of bales of cotton, causing loss Of
100000 francs 100000.
THE Duke of Wellington, Oldest son of the
great soldier who first bore that title, dropped
dead few days since at Brighton, England,
as he was entering a railway coach for Lon
don. He was born in 1907.
THUNDER storms of unexampled severity
have swept over the north of England and
Scotland, Many buildings in Edinburgh,
Leith and other cities were partially demol-
ished by the lightning. Several persons were
killed by lightning, among the number the
Earl of Lauderdale, who was overtaken by
the storm while out riding.
THE British parliament, having closed it
labors, has been prorogued.
ANTI-FRENCH mandarins poisoned the lat.
king Of AMMAN.
KING LEOPOLD, of Belgium, has thanked
the American people for the interest the,
manifested in the international African asso
citation.
INTENSE heat Gas caused an increase in tn
number of cholera victims in France.
THREE deaths of remarkable characte
have occurred near st Petersburg. The,
were caused by blood poisoning induced b,
the stings of flies which had been in contac
with cattle infected with the rinderpest.
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A REVOLVING STORY.
The Second in Command of tn,
Greedy Party Eaten by Comrades.

The New York papers contain long &C
counts Of the disinterment of the body of
Lieutenant Kislingbury, second in command
of the Arctic expedition, and of the distressing
results OF an examination of the corpse by
doctors. Lieutenant Kislingbury's remains
had been buried in Mount Hope cemetery at
Rochester, n. Y. The rumsrs that the sur.
viyors of the Greedy party had turned canni
balls, and the oft-repeated njunctions not to
open the coffin under any circumstances
aroused in the minds of many of the Lieuten
ants friends and relatives suspicious that there
was some truth in the horrible story. Con
sequently 1t was determined to exhume
the remains The coffin was taken from the
grave and carried to the chapel in the GENE
terry. There the lid was removed in the pres
ence of Frank w. Kislingbury and John p.
kisllnSbury, brothers of the deceased lieu
tenant, DR.. Charles Buckley, DR.. F. A. Man
devllle, Superintendent Stellson, and Assist
ant Superintendent Vaudeville of the
Cemetery and two newspaper men
The medical examination disclosed
the horrible fact that all the flesh Of
the body had been cut completely off from
the bones, except on the face, hands and feet.
Inc organs of the thoracic cavity were in
TACT There were no wounds on the head.
The remains weighed about fifty pounds.
hlsllnSbury's body was eaten by his compan-
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South and West.

THE tugboat Mamie Glass was blown to
pieces by the explosion of her boiler at Madi-
son, Ind, and two of her crew lost their lives.
A TERRIBLE fight has taken place between
ten or twelve masked men and Mormon
elders who have been working for converts
in Lewis county, Tenn. Two Mormon elders
and one of the attacking parties-a farmer
bitterly hostile to Mormons-were killed a
woman had her leg broken by a shot. and
third Mormon elder was captured, taken to
the woods and believed to have been killed.
THREE children named Robert Wood,
Louis d. Wood and Kate Shaw, all under ten
years of age, living on farm near South
Perry, Ohio, were burned to death in a barn,
where they had been smoking, and which they
had set on fire.
WHILE George Rankin, aged nineteen, of
Swift City, Ind, was showing his brother
James, aged thirteen, how to handle self
cooking revolver the weapon was discharged
the ball striking James below the right eve,
nfiicting fatal wound. George then turned
the revolver on himself and sent ball through
his breast from the effects of which he died
next day.
The Grand Grove of DIuids Of the United
States met i'll its twenty fifth annual conclave
at st. Louis, Mo-, l56 subordinate lodges with
a membership of 1850, being represented
MISSOURI Democrats at their State conven-
ton in Jefferson City chose presidential cleo
duke for governor.
JAMES G. BLAINE has begun suit for
SANDER against the indianapolis Qnd) SEN
tinel.
The Democratic convention of the Second
Maryland congressional district, after taking
LAOS ballots without effecting choice, adj
journed sine die.
YELLOW fever has made its appearance at
Key West Fla, the first patient being Ensign
4 nf fhn tod --l.... ~.
Much alarm is felt on the island.
IN Iowa the Democrats and Greenbackers
have decided to make fusion upon one cleo
torial ticket, the Greenbackers taking six and
the Democrats seven of the candidates for
electors.
FIRE has des royed the business portion of
Lampasas Texas
THREE colored men attempted to board
train at Cass station, Tenn, and being re-
pulsed fired upon the train hands, nearly kill
ing two brakemen. An armed posse pursued
the colored men and killed all three
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Washington.

A coLoRED woman named Chloe Ashbv.
died IN Washington few days since who il.
said to have been ll6 years old
The Senatespacial committee, consisting of
Messrs. Dawes, Cameron, of Wisconsin, Nor
gan, Harrison and Walker or Coke appoint
ca 10 Visit certain Indian tribes, will soon en-
Ter upon It's duties. The committee will visit
tribes IN Upper and Lower California an the
Zuni Indians. month will be spent among,
different tribes in the Indian TERRITORY
EXPORTS of breadstuffS from the United
States during July reached Sl2OJ3.a1O in
297. ~''
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has appointed Miss
cara Barton as the representative in chief
OF tIie United States at the Red Cross congress
III Geneva, Switzerland
DURING July,th total values of the exnorts
OF domeS cattle, hogs, and of beef port anJ
dairy products from the United Stnte'
amounted to 81, 99l ,O24 against Sl3 224, 4jg the
previous year
LIEUTENANT GREELY has made an official
report narratlnS the circumstances which lei
TO tie execution of Private Henry in the Ar,'
tic regions and requesting that a court of in
curry be ordered, or court martial be con.
vened, should the secretary of war deem either
advisable
GENERAL HAzEN, chief signal off ,er has
to hoist the cold wave flag on postofIice build
ings throughout the country to signal for the
benefit OF farmers and Others the approach of
cold waves. The flag is of white, with black
center. IL Will remain in position twenty.
four hours after beins hoisted.
a WASHINGTON dispatch says: The family
OF sergeant Cross, one of the victims of the
uTeeiy Arctic expedition, whose remains
were placed in the public vault of the con-
sie,Sl0hal cemetery here, object to having
ms BODY dlsinterred. A movement is on foot
70 nave congress pension the widows of those
who died, and Mrs. Cross, it is said. is fearful
mat the Influence of the war department,
otherwlse favorable to the proposition. will
be exerted against it if she shall aid in any
good name of the service.
THE records of the Greedy Arctic expedi.
ton have been received in Washington, and
VIII FORM the material from which Lieuten-
ant Greedy will make up his report.
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Petrilled Forests to be Utilized.

The petrifed forests near Holbrook,
Arizona, have been purchased by a com
pany. They have commenced the ship
ment and manufacture of the petrifac-
tions into tablets, tiles, and various orna-
mental articles in building and finishing.
In this connection the Prescott Ainer
has the following, Governor Tritle in
forms us that while in San Francisco
he inspected an establishment recently
started for the cutting and polishing of
petrified wood taken from the wonder
full forest of petrifGctions existing along
the line of the Atlantic and Pacific in
this Territory. The parties engaged in
this work state that the petriied wood
is rapidly driving California onyx from
the market as material for fine mantels,
etc, as it is susceptible of much finer
polish and is also more permanent and
lasting than that of me onyx. Several
companies have already been formed for
the purpose of getting possession of por-
lions of the forest by presumption, etc.n-
Virginia CITY New Enterprise.
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Narrow Escape Of Booths Brother

lone of the most exciting mobs ever
saw in my life was the one which at
tempted to hang lunius Brutus Booth at
Cincinnati the morning after Lincoln's
assassination"
Emile Bueier was the speaker. He
made the remark in conversation with
some friends last evening.
II was then clerk at the Burnet
house." he continued. 81 had gone there
with Captain Silas Miller, who had pur-
chased it just prior to that time. Junius
Booth was billed to play there, and ar
rived at the hotel on the evening when
his brother shot Lincoln.
ale came down stairs the next morn
ing, and after breakfast was on the point
of going out to take q stroll. | had Just
heard few minutes before that the
people were in tumult and had torn
down his bills all over the city. He
came up to the desk, and as he did so |
informed him that thought it would be
best for him not TO go out in the streets.
He looked at me in astonishment, and
asked what meant. "Havn't you heard
the news?' said |. He replied that he
had not. | didn't like to say any more,
and he walked off, looking greatly puz-
zled. Going to friend, who was stand
ing near he asked in rather an excited
manner what that young man meant by
talking that way, and wanted to know If
| wasn't crazy. The man told him no,
ever he returned and demanded my rea-
son for the remark. | saw then that he
was in ignorance of the tragedy, and re-
luctantly informed him that his brother
had killed the President. He was the
most Mortified man that ever saw, and
for the moment he was overcome with
the shock. l suggested to him that it
would be better to go to his room and he
dld so, being accompanied by one or two
of his friends.
He had scarcely gone upstairs be-
fore the room was filled with people.
The mob was fully 800 in number, and
wanted to find Booth. They were per-
fectly furious, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that we checked them
by the story that their intended victim
had left the house, They would have
hung him in a minute if they could have
lald hands on him, so great was their
rage. They returned almost immediate
ly, but by this time we had removed
Booth from his room to that of friend.
The mob watched the house so closely
that it was four or five days before he
had chance to leave. We finally
Struggled HIM away, however.
I've seen four or five different ac-
counts of that circumstance, but none of
them were correct, The story that he
was disguised as a woman to effect his
escape is all wrong. He left in his or
binary clothing. - Louisville Courier
Journal
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PORTLAND, Ne, takes the lead with seven
ty-three baseball clubs.
THE Peoria IN clubs grand stand was re-
Gently blown down by storm, which oc-
casioned loss OF 800
THERE are not few people who believe
that the Union and American associations will
enter into AN agreement and leave the League
out.
ANsoN, of the Chicagos, recently reached
ms hundredth base hit tur the season, and cell
ebrated the occasion by making three home
runs in succession.
BUFFINToN of the Bostons, and Hecker
OF the Louisvilles, have pitched more games
TINS season than any other players in their re
Spectlve association.
The Atlantic club of Baltimore, having
thirteen victories and no defeats TO its credit,
considers itself entitled to the colored cham
plonship of the country.
ALL the pitchers are now showing the eff
Iects OF the hard muscular strain OF the arm
required OF them. 1t is a wonder that the
arm can stand the severe wrenching it receives
DENIzENs Of the rural districts. says the
ChRper, are puzzled to know what is meant
by the baseball phrase in the box That is
the situation in which, to begin with, the
stockholders and directors put the pitcher. 1t
is oftentlmes the situation, finally, in which
the whole nine, along with the stockholders
and directors. find themselves
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SELECT SETTINGS.

More frogs are eaten in New York city
than in all of France.
A sweet potato exhibited at Crawford
Ca, measured four and half feet in
length, and was from ten to fifteen inches
in circumference. 1t grew almost straight
down three and half feet in the earth.
A California newspaper recently con-
tanned an article on the subject of the in
crease of insanity in that State, and the
writer's explanation of the increase is that
a free use of flesh meat by emigrants
previously used to a vegetable diet causes
the trouble.
The term "handicap" is used to de-
scribe a race in which the weights are ar
ranged according to the merits and per-
formances of the horses entered instead
of according to their ages, the object be-
ing to give all the animals an equal chance
The term comes from an old Irish game
"hand-ithe-cap" on challenging each
others effects, now obsolete.
Lizzie Compton was sprightly Cana
dian girl, sixteen years of age, who,
dressed in mans apparel enlisted in the
service of the United States during the
civil war. She was in seven different
regiments and participated in several bat.
ties. She was severely wounded at Get
tysburg. On account of the discovery Of
her sex, she was many times mustered out
of the service.
A tradesman in the North Of France,
ON opening a moneydrawer, found
scraps which, on examination, turned
out to be the paper of the Bank of
,Afn1 &c frn
each had been apparently destroyed, and
it was ascertained that the culprit could
only be a mouse. A trap was set to
catch the thief the remnants in the
drawer were carefully collected and an
hour later the nibbler was taken. I'm
mediately the mouse was taken to a
veterinary surgeon, put to death and dis
sected. Its stomach contained the I'M
digested meal of paper. The pieces were
matched and gummed together.
In his late book on Guiana, the
scientific traveller E. F. NJ. Thurn. tells
us that the natives of Dutch Guiana
find means to tame nearly all the wild
animals of their forests, not for love of
pets, but for profit. At one Indian house
the writer saw parrots, macaws, curras-
sows, sunbirds and many songsters
Captive monkeys are abundant in some
settlements; deer of two sorts are some
times tanned, as we'll as jaguars, tapirs,
quashies, peccaries, labbas water-hogs
and agoutis; long list of birds of
prey and wild fowl; and even that great
edible lizard, the iguana. The natives
even know how to change the color of
parrots from green to yellow.
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Every Wan for Himself.

The dissentions among the Greedy party,
which We're more or less marked during all
their long stay in the Arctic regions, ehdcl
at last. says the Times, in complete divis-
ION of the survivors. As time pas'e at the
camp on Cape Sabine, AMI the outlook he
came more and more gloomy and human flesh
was finally resorted to as food, the stronger
ones obtained the lions share.
Lieutenant Greedy, Hospital Steward Biei-
erbeck and Private Cornell were the weakest
ones of the party when the relief ships arrived.
Sergeant Brainerd had a little strength left.
He stood by Greedy as none of the Others did.
and supplied him with share of the
food Sergeants Long and Frelericks
were quite strong. The former was
able TO go about on short hunting
expeditions in which he was accompanied by
Sergeant Fredericks. The game secured was
shared by the two so selfish had they become
by the desperate extremity to which they were
reduced Tie sufferings Of the theirs did not
appeal to them. The two sergeants deter
mined to live together and the others might
die All discipline was gone, and 1t was
struggle as to who should live the longest.
A statement was published from Leigh
Smith of London the famous Arctic explorer
in which he said the survivors should not have
been so weak and Frustrated if they had been
living on human flesh, The truth is that the
first reports of their condition seem to have
been much exaggerated, especially with
regard to Long, Fredericks and Brainerd;
The first named walked unassisted
to the steam launch in gale
that tried the sailors of the relief ships to keep
their feet. The others were quite weak some
of them too weak to walk. 1t is also true that
the pangs of hunger were not such as to lead
Long Fredericks or Brainerd TO overeat even
had they been given the chance. Besides the
duck which Long was eating when rescue
came. two other ducks which had been shot
by him were fodnd behind rocks near the
winter camp, Here was food for day or two
carefully put away.
The men were poor and thin, but not re
duced as much as many believe, and the
three strongest would undoubtedly have lived
many weeks more without relief. Brainerd,
being by himself would have been the first
of the three to succumb. But Long and Fred
ericks, banded together and against the
others, as they were, could have dragged on
their wretched existence When one of the
party became too week to get about the in
stintt of self-preservation led his companions
to look out only for themselves.
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Not Good To Tie To.

The origin of the expression, ut
won't do to tie to-, has been explained
TO ST. Louis Republicdn reporter. About
thirty i've years ago, according to the re-
porters informant, Captain Swan, now Il
resident of st. Louis, and an octogena-
rian, was coming up ON his boat from
New Orleans to ST. Louis. When near
the mouth of the Red river the captain
decided to run ashore and tie up for the
night. The mate ordered plank to be
thrown out where dark object, sup
posed to be stump, seemed good op-
portunity to tie up. \ man was ordered
out to the end of the plank and com.
menced winding the rope around the Oh
iect to secure the boat, when a huge
paw struck him, almost knocking him
into the river, and tearing great rent
in his clothes. The supposed stump
proved to he a bear who sat OH his
launches watching the boat, while the
light blinded his eyes The man scram-
bed for dear life and succeeded in re-
gaining the boat, when he exclaimed
''that's a mighty good place TO land, but
that bear amt good thing to tie to-"
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

W. H. NANDERBILT's income is million a
month.
MAX MULLER, the oriental scholar, keeps
his muscles in trim by working in odd hours
at carpentry.
A NIECE of Mr.. Blaine is the mother supe-
rior of one of the largest converts in the
country, in Wilkesbarre, Penn.
THE grandson of Daniel Boone, the Ken
lucky pioneer, Colonel Albert Boone, died at
Denver lately, aged seventy eight.
Roscoe CoNKLING goes out rowing on the
Harlem river, New York, once or twice each
week, and Is becoming quite noted as an oars
man.
ONE of the Central Pacific millionaires, Mr.
Charlts Croker, says he Logan business at
nine by selling oranges and newspapers in the
streets Of Troy, N. Y.
GENERAL BOOTH, the founder of the
drawn one penny from the army's funds since
he started II, nineteen years ago.
MRs HENDRICKS is fnelooking woman
OF about nifty with dark eyes and hair; she
wears eyeglasses, and has rather distingue
appearance. She has no children, having
lost her only boy.
GENERAL BUFFERS return to the assessors
OF Lowell, Mass, shows that his income from
his profession is 100000. His horses and
yacht America are valued at $50, 900, and his
real estate in Lowell at So, 500.
THE inventor, Captain Ericsson, begins
work at his unpretentious home in New York
city, after an early breakfast, and continues
IT for sixteen hours daily, either with pen or
tools, although he is eighty-one years old.