The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-15
THE WORLDS NEWS.
Eastern and Middle stotea.

"A GREAT crowd witnessed the funeral of
Judge Packer, late president of the Lehigh
Valley railroad, at Mauch Chunk, Penn.
Business was entirely suspended and special
trains brought hundreds of people from New
York, Philadelphia and other points The
pail bearers numbered thirty-two, including
Congressman Samuel J. Randall.
AT Homer, N j., James L Lines a car
rage trimmer, became involved in quarrel
with his wife, from whom he had lived apart
for several years, and shot her twice, in
flicting fatal wounds; then he killed him
self. Lines was n man Of violent disposition,
and his wife had refused to 20 with him TO
Denver, Col, where he had been Ii wing.
billy" MCGLoRY, the most notorious of
New York dance house keepers, has been
sentenced TO six months imprisonment for
violation of the excise law.
GOVERNOR ROBINSON, Mayor Martin, and
many other prominent people attended
Wendell Phillips funeral in Boston. The
remains lay in state in Faneuil hall, where
they were viewed by thousands
FIFTY farmers from all over the country
were present at the annual convention Of
the American Agricultural association in
New York A paper by United States Sena-
tor Vance, of North Carolina. on 1.-THE Or
gani alton of Farmers for Political Pro-
tection," and other papers OF interest to
farmers We're read
THREE Irish laborers were struck by q
night express train near Baden Penn,
and instantly killed.
FIRE broke out at night in the factory of
Grossman q kluentner, Allentown, Penn, to-
tally destroying it and a number of small
buildings attached. As the firenien who
were standing on the ladders and in the
building were doing their utmost to subdue
the flames, the north and south walls sud
denly fell outward, and some fifteen men
were covered with the debris. Streams of
water were Immediately directed upon the
ruins covering the men. which prevented
some of them from being burned to death.
Five men were killed, and eleven seriously
injured by the fallen walls.
BETWEEN 5000 and 5000 buildings were
submerged by the rising waters in Pittsburg
and Allegheny City. These buildings in
cluded the residences of 5000 people $1,000
of whom were not able to occupy their
homes Fifteen thousand persons were tenn
porarily thrown out of employment by the
stop age of mills and factories A number
of persons were drowned, and the estimated
pecuniary damage is S3,50J,00O.
HENRY s. CHURCH, city chamberlain of
Troy, n. y, disappeared suddenly, aud an
examination of his accounts showed that he
was defaul -er to the extent of $S0,OJU.
AN immense ice gorge, thirty miles long
and in some places twenty feet high form d
in the Susluehanna river. At Wilkesbarre
Penn, the gorge sudd 4nly broke with loud
report, anu III Tess lHtn lnlee hours tne river
rose seventeen feet, flooding miles of terri
tory Immense ice ans also formed on the
Schuylkill and Delaware rivers.
AN entire square i'll the central part OF
Haze,ton Penn, a town of 5000 inhabitants,
suddenly caved in, causing great consterna-
ton. The drop was caused 10y the giving
way of the timber in a mine underneath the
town. Three or four h. uses, including q
hotel We're wrecked, and many other build
inGs were more or less damaged.
PROFESSOR A. II. GUYOT, the celebrated
Swiss geographer, professor in Princeton
college, died a few days since at his home in
Princeton, aged seventy-seven years.
AN explosion of oil in tank at Hunter,
Point, n. Y, resulted in fire which de
stroyed property valued at about 100000.