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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23
Washington.

THE House committee on elections in the
contested election case of English versus
Peelle, of Indiana decided by vote of five
to three to report in favor of seating Mr. Eng
lish.
IT was unanimously agreed by the House
committee ON invalid pensions to report IA
vorably bill which provides that all pensions
now ON or hereafter placed ON the pension roll,
who while in the military or naval service OF
the United States lost an arm or leg, shall
he entitled to a pension of $40 per month and
those who have lost hand or a foot shall ba
entitled TO pension of $50 per month, and if
they have received a wound or other disability
in addition thereto they shall receive pension
of $50 per month. All persons who have a leg
amputated at the hip Joint and all persons
VINO have lost an arm at the shoulder Joint
shall be entitled to pension of $50 per month,
and all persons who have lost an arm and leo
shall be entitled to a pension of $72 per
month.
THE American Fish Cultural association has
held its annual meeting in Washington
PROFESSOR JAMES LAW, of the cattle COM
mission, reports that there is no foot and
mouth disease among the cattle of Kansas,
Illinois and Iowa, as reported
REPRESENTATIVE LOWERING, of Massachu-
sets, who recently introduced a bill providing
for pension of IS per month to all officers,
soldiers and sailors who served sixty DAYS or
more in the civil war, is in receipt of petitions
from great number of Grand Army posts
throughout the country urging the passage of
the measure.
THE House, at a recent evening ses sion,
passed thlrty-tWo pension bills.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23

The disasters filed the streets and avenues. and
the whole city seemed to pour its population
into Wall street At noon Wall street from
the Trinity church to the custom house was
black with u surging crowd of excited men
The crowd was the vehicle for the
conveyance of the widest and most
absurd rumors Yet for the most part
il was II wel-behaved concourse of citi-
zels, and the disposition appeared to be TO take
n conservative view of affairs. 1t was almost
impossible to wedge ones self through the
mass of people. All were eager for the latest
Intelligence The newspaper men, who made
their headquarters at the corner of Wall and
Broad, found it difficult TO do their work
A " one with n notebook in his hand was
surrounded with an eager group of question
ers after the latest news.
Most of the throng were drawn to the
rect by mere curiosity, but there were
Others who had pec;lniary interests at stake,
great or small. and their presence on the
street was natural and anxiety was depicted
ON their faces. There were large groups of
depOsitorS all day in front of the MotroDoli-
tan bank and other institutions reported
to be in trouble. The Metropolitan
closed its doors at about II 80 Policemen
were Immediately placed in front of them
and no one was allowed to enter. crowd
soon gathered on the steps and sidewalk
which had not dispersed, even when night be-
gan to set in. At Delmonico's and other
places of resort and in the offices of the prin-
cipal brokers. there were excited groups
eagerly digesting the latest intelligence.
After the announcement of the failure of
the Metropolitan bank there was a gap Of two
or three hours in which there were no ne
disasters officially announced. The period
was occupied in the invention and denial of
rllmors affecting the credit of other institu-
TONS
Then came the failure of Donnell, Lawson
& Simpson and Hotchkiss q Burnham-botl
of them prominent houses. 1t was reported
that President Arthur had traded through
his firm, but this was denied by Mr. Hotch.
Kiss. These failures capped the climax OF
the days excitement, and from this time on
ward there was an abatement of the sensa
ton
On the following day the excitement had in
n great degree abatcd, and there We're but
two more suspensions to record. The well
known firm of Fisk q Hatch and A. w
Dimock q Co. closed their doors. The junior
member of Fisk q Hatch was president OF
the New York Stock Exchange. The Metro
politan bank which had closed its doors on
the previous day, resumed business: its pres
dent George r. Seney, resigned his office
There was also a slight run on several of the
city savings banks, but not enough to cause
alarm, and it was felt in financial circles that
the worst was over.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23

ITO11 Tocg.
PROMINENT PEOPLE,

SECRETARY FRELINGHUY SEN has a fine col
lection of musaicS.
FRANCIS MURPHY has been holding tenn
perance meetings in Chicago.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER has been thirty
seven years with Plymouth church.
Don CARLOS, the Spanish pretender, is
staying at Naples under the name of Count
de Lucar.
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, the American
author and poet, is fair and slender with a
fine profile and blonde mustache with waxed
ends
LORD TENNYsoN'S wife has been an invalid
for the past twenty years, and never mixes
in general society, as she is unable to leave
her sofa.
The Earl of Dunraven. in a paper in the
Nheteenh CehfurB pronounces the United
States Senate the strongest most eff lent
and most capable legislative body in the
world
CONGRESSMAN O'HARA, the colored men,
Der from North Carolina, is a graduate of
Harvard and IA lawyer by profession. He
lives in good style, and has white tutor for
his children.
The Rev Joseph Cook has stereotyped
motto which he invariably writes in addition
to his signature when solicited for an auto
graph. DUTY done is the souls tiresde," is
the sentiment.
MESSRS BREITUNG and HouSeman. the
two wealthy German representatives in Con-
grcss, from Michigan We're born in the Same
town in Bavaria and afterward We're poor
clerks i'll stores III Kalamazoo and Battle
Creek.
ADELINA PATTI was born at Madrid,
Spain, April 9, 1873. She first appeared on
the stage at New YORK IN the winter of 1859
60, before she was seventeen. Christine Nils
son was born at HuS,av, near Wexio, Swe-
den, August g. 1Sl} Her first appearance in
opera was made in October, 1864, at the
Theatre Lyrique, Paris, in NerdIs TRAY
iata.n
JOHN B. COUGH, now sixty-seven, cam
from England to New York in 1922 learned
the bookbinder's trade, and for several Years
was chiefly distinguished for getting drunk,
singing songs and giving recitations. He be-
came temperance advocate in lS40, making
his first speech in the old Broadway taber-
nacle. Mr.. Cough has gone to California in
search of better health.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle states.

CHARLES O'CoNoR. the noted New York
lawyer, Gied at his residence in Nantucket,
Mass, n few days since aged eighty years;
He was n native of New York, was admitted
to the bar in 1921 and was connected with
some of the most important cases ever argued
i'm this country. In 1872 he was nominated
for President of the United States by the
" Straight-out' Democrats at Louisville, ana
by a labor reform convention in Philadelphia,
but declined, notwithstanding which he re-
ceived over 10000 votes During the last
twenty five years of his active life he was &C
knowledged to be the most distinguished
representative of the bar not only of New
York city, but also of the nation.
GRANT e. WARDS liabilities have been
found to exceed the colossal sum of Sl4,JOJ,'
600.
A COLLISION occurred near Connellsville,
Penn, between a freight train and a gravel
train containing about fifty laborers. -Four
teen mon were either crushed or burned to
DEATH and twelve more injured.
THE recent failures of jim Keene, the
Wall street Spectator, followed by the sus-
pension of the Marine National bank, ana the
failure of Grant q Ward succeeded ia TURN
by the embarrassment of the Second Ma
tional bank led to a panic in New York finan-
cial circles, such as has not been witnessed
since the memorable day when Jay Cooke
went to the wall in 1873. During the day two
banks-the Metropolitan National ana the
seven prominent firms of bankers and brokers
susnenled. Wall street was a scene of ire
mendous excitement, and was crowded from
| sidewalk TO sidewalk with a rushing throng of
people Secretary Folper, however helped
! allav the excitement bv ordering the treasury
! department to pay the Sl0,0O000O included in
! the 127th call in advance of the time set-June
2O-and the New York Clearing House ass0cla-
| ton composed of slXty-three banks, held
1mectlllg ana resolved u sCn ~ U,iT
MS ac5on III u ie'Suig iu ~ ,as;iont of
IE ueuc!g ol JON H. IN, - vi, os
Sle oecV I Natloil'i Jim, ~ o1ntine,
larger uL WAS Say aC ir'T ,,,1 , liz
TO ABOUT st'o1o'Vol IL was i 1,ti, r. ,,t
Iather anu the pllk WenD oh WIN Us do,,,
nesS, altousn many ait In ny - r. ,,,o,,oI in
ouU tneiI money MI 1-'io i0'' VIC -
speculation
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

THE British parliament refuses to license
crematories.
The Louisiana rice crop aggregates $50, coo
barrels this year
SIX hundred men are at work on the New
Orleans exposition.
THIS years cotton crop in the South is
figured at >, 10000 bales.
GENERAL GRANT has given $500 for the
proposed Confederate home.
A NEW silver vault, to hold $75.OlOOOO. is
being put into the treasury building at Wash
ingtOn.
IL India the natives have boarded 81. OlO,-
OW,OtO in gold, which cannot be got into cir
Culation.
THERE are 40 type-setters, beside appren-
tceS in the government printing Office at
Washington
THERE have been thirty-two criminal ex-
ccutions ON the Pacific coast within the past
eight months.
TIE total number of separate forms i'm the
United States is 100000, the value of which
is Sl0O0O,00JOO0.
The Quebec legislature contains but twelve
EnSlish-speaking members out of the sixty
five who compose it,
THERE were made in this country last year
3,lT,StOA52 cigars, about forty for every
pound of tobacco used
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South and West.

CYRUS II. Mccormick, head of the great
harvester manufacturing company, and sup
posed to be one of the richest men in Chicago,
died at his home Ill that city the other morn
ing at the age of seventy-!ive.
JOHN FORSYTH and his wife. residing near
Salem Church, Ark. We're on their way in a
buggy to attend the funeral of Mrs. Forsyths
brother when they were struck by falling
tree and both killed.
HIGHwAYMEN attacked United States Pay
master Whipple and party, in Montana, and
killed Sergeant Conrad and seriously wounded
two privateS. The mules attached to an am
buance wagon in which the paymaster, his
clerk and the enclosure box were, ran away
and they thus made their escape.
w. began CASH. son of Colonel Cash, some
time since shot and killed Deputy Sheriff
Richards, at Cheraw, S. c., and with his
fathers help at the time succeeded in escaping
the posse sent to arrest him A few days since
ten young men of Cheraw led by Deputy Sheriff
King, surrounded the Cash mansion to cap
ture the fugitive. Young Cash emerged from
a barn and fired upon his pursuels, when a
volley was poured into him. and he fell dead,
riddled with bullets.
JUDGE REID, prominent Kentucky .iurist,
committed suicide by shooting himself at
Mount Sterling, Ky. Not long since Judge
Reid had been caned by lawyer named Cor
nelson, on account of trouble about a law
case in which the latter was interested.
GEORGE HORN and William II. Gibben,
aged twenty-four and twenty-nine, were
hanged at Ashland, Ohio, for the murder OF
Harry Williams. Ten thousand people col.
lectcd around the jail, and nine companies of
militia were called upon to preserve order, as
it was feared that the crowd would tear down
the enclosure about the scalfold in order to see
the hanging. On the same day, at Greenville,
5. C., three negroes-Riely Anderson, for the
murder of Louis A. Griffith and daughter, and
Alfred Mccullough and his son james, for the
murder of Ephraim Saxon-were all hanged
together in the presence of a large crowd.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

EDWIN BOOTH will act next year only in
New York and Boston.
MARY ANDERSON travels about England in
n special palace car, retitted for her exclusive
use
CONFUSION" is the great success of the
year in London. 1t has already pass its
Olth night.
HENRY IRvING's next season opens in
Quebec on September 20 He left his scenery
and stage effect in New York
FRAU JANIsCH. the Austrian actress. now
on a tour with Bandmann, will appear next
season in English i'll a drama by Sardou.
my FARMER has been played 1889
tim Is, AMI j. w. Hague, who imparsonatel
ScraSgs on its first production, has never
missed performance.
WILHELM GERICHE. who is coming from
Germany to succeed Mr.. George Hensche as
conductor of the Boston symphony society,
is promised Il salary of $500 yearly.
Miss EMMA NEVADA, the young American
prima donna who has recently made a pro
nounced success in Paris, is at present con-
sidering an offer from an American manager
to return to this country this season.
CONSTANTINE STERNBERG, the pianist, will
make new departure in his line next season.
lie intends TO lmprOvise at the wish of any
person IN his audience, giving an idea of the
wonderful things man may develop III
music.
ROBERT f. SToEPEL, the musician and
director, has brought suit against Henry lrv-
ing for the use of the music employed 10y him
in several of the plays he appears in. Papers
were served ON Mr.. Irving previous to his de
parture for Europe.
LAMPERTI, the noted vocal teacher, has a
young and charming American girl for a
pupil, who, it is said POSSESSES a marvellous
voice. She is Miss Ida Marshall, of Boston,
and her voice and technique are attracting
much attention i'll musical circles in Italy.
So pronounced was the success attending
keene's performance of Marc Anthony recent
ly, that Manager w. r. Hayden is negotiating
with the Cincinnati festival directors for the
purchase of the scenery, properties, etc, OF
Julius CRsIr,n with IA view of adding this
play to keenes repertoire for next season.
\ STAR prima donna of the very first mag
nitude, when taking her benefit at the inn
perial opera, st. Petersburg, was called before
the curtain more than twenty times. At
last she addressed her enthusiastic patrons a
few words in the Russian language, and then
offered TO show her gratitude for their faVors
10y singing them song in their own tongue.
This was received with rapturous applause
but judge of her surprise when, after retiring
from the stage, the management fined her
1900 francs for addressing the audience with
out permission.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23
THE NATIONAL GAME.

THE Pute Indians have organized base
ball club at Virginia City, Nevada.
FRANK HART, the colored pedestrian, plays
short stop for n colored baseball club known
as the st. Louis Black Stockings
TIL, strain caused by the overland throw
by pitchers is so great that they will be glad
to return to the old method of pitching.
EWING AND WARD of the New Yorks. re-
ccivc salaries of S3,20D The BOstons pay
Morrill, $1,000, Whitney gets 81 800, Joe Hor-
hung, Hackett, Hines and Sutton 1900 each.
IT took the Harvard nine thirteen innings
to defeat the Princetons by a score of five to
four.
THE New Yorks won their first twelve
championship games-a feat never before ac-
complished by league club.
ST. LoUIs has the baseball fever worse than
any other city in the United States. Business
houses manufacturing establishments medical
colleges, and even the theatres have organized
clubs and are playing games for the local
championship of each of their respective trades
and professions
WILL WHITE, pitcher of the Cincinnati
American Association club is a member Of
the Baptist church, and will not play ball on
Sunday.
The management of the st Louis American
team has adopted a novel idea for protecting
the field from the effects of rain, which will
doubtless be generally adopted by other clubs.
The home plate, points and base lines are
covered with tarpaulins at the first indication
of rain by the ground-keeper and his assist
ants. The heavy rain canvas turns water
readily. and keeps the most important points
in the field practically dry.
"WHO is that young man walking on the
other side of the street, He must be some
fugitive from justice See the nervous, haunted
expression of his countenance.n "Oh. no. He's
no criminal You're mistaken. Poor fellow,
he's baseball umpire, and his experience on
the field has taught him TO be constantly on
the watch for some one throwing something
at him Blizzard.
At the close of the third week of the League
championship campaign the record of the
eight contending clubs was as follows:
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to escape from Khartoum, but was compelled
to return TO the city.
Much excitement was caused in the London
Exchange 10y the panic in Wall street, New
York.
DURING a revolt near Sana 100 Turks we've
massacred.
OsMAN DTGNA and his rebel troops killed
twcnty-one friendly Arabs near Tamanieb,
took forty women prisoners and captured
many cattle
THE Stadt theatre, a leading place of amuse-
ment in Vienna, has been totally destroyed by
fire.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has accepted tn resig-
nation of Prince Bismarck from the presidency
of the Prussian cabinet. and has appointed as
his successor Herr Won Boetticher, the Prus-
sian minister of state and imperial minister of
the interior
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23
Foreign.

A MOTION to censure the Gladstone ministry
for not taking measures TO rescue General
Gordon at khartoum was defeated in the
British house of commons by the close vote of
303 nays to 2i5 yeas. The governments policy
in the Soudan was bitterly attacked.
GENERAL GOBDON made recent attempt
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS-.
Senate.

Mr.. Logan. from the military committee.
reported favorably the bill to place General
Grant on the retired list, with the rank and
full pay of general of the army, and the
bill was passed at once without debate A
motion to appoint n conference committee on
the shipping bill was passed by 2s to H..
The Indian appropriation bill was amended
and passed. The Senate has added about
SO 600 more than the amount reported 10y the
Senate committee on appropriations This
makes the whole amount of the Senate addi-
tons to the bill about $3.50 900 and the total
amount appropriated SG,3Q0u0J, about 80 O..
OO0 more than the appropriation of last year.
The House bill to loan 800, 100000 to the
New Orleans exposition was passed. \
resolution was offered by Mr.. Morgan. di.
recting the committee on finance to examine
into the causes of the failures of such of the
national banks in the city of New York as
have suspended business in MAY. 1854, and
to report whether said failures have
TO any extent resulted from any viola.
ton of the laws regulating their
bill, which was referred to the committee on
finance, to plev mt speculation by officers OF
national banks. The pensions bill was re.
ported. The committee had reduced the
amount of the uneXpended balances of the ap
preparations of the current fiscal year to he re
appropriated from 50, O00,0 o to S66, 100000.
The Senate bill to provide a civil govern
ment for Alaska was passed. -. There was
spirited debate ON the bill providing that no
Territory shall form a constitutions or apply
for admission n State until it contains a
permanent population equal to that required
t. entitle Congress district to a representa-
tive Messrs. Cox and Potter, of New York.
rhampioned the bill, but it was finally tabled,
10 to 10.
The Speaker announced the following as
visitors to the annual examination at West
Point McSsrs Rosecrans, Beach andH ender-
son, of Illinois, AMI the following visitors to
Annapolis: MesSrs. Cox, of New York,
Evans of South Carolina, and Golf -. The
House concuTed in Senate amendments to
the bill for the New Orleans exhibition. ..
The House voted down several proposed
amendments to the consular and diplomatic
bill increasing the salaries of ministers aud
cunsuls, which are cut down by the bill, and
adding to the appropriation in other ways.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23
Styles in Trousers.

1.-TWO dudes talking:
saw, Cholly, l see theah is going to
be some change in twousahs.'
"Some what, Gus ~
"SOme change, don't You know"
"Naw; you don't say Well, I'm dahn
glad of it, fob, by Jawve, theah's been
so little in mine foh thwee months that
WEAKLY / wouldn't know twade dol
lar from silvah individual buttah
plate, don't you know. Merchant Trao-
eLer.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A new process in shotmaking does
away with the tall towers. A strong
current of air is forced on the lead as il
falls into the water.
Glass is becoming fashionable as pro
lection to oil paintings, and rs a safe
guard against moths and damp the backs
of valuable pictures are covered with rub
Der cloth.
Scarcely a quarter of century ago
there were plenty of productive oyster
beds in the waters OF Norway. At the
present day the oyster is very scarce, as
the banks have been oycrtished anc
neglected.
One of the latest purposes that paper
pulp has been turned to is to make pip
ing for speaking-tubes. 1t is believed
that paper will be better for this purpose
than metallic tubes. The patentee init
mates that metallic elbows and couplings
will be used to connect the joints of the
paper tubes.
Although the aurora generally appears
at a height of 100 Kilometres or more
above the surface of the earth, DR.. Soph.
us Tromholt says 1t is very possible that
the phenomenon may be witnessed very
much nearer There are observers who
aver that they have seen the aurora below
the clouds, in front of icebergs, noun
tains, and coasts and even on the
very ground, but DR., Tromholt has never
observed IA fragment of an aurora either
in front of or below the clouds.
A woman's school of journalism is 10
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-23

Eggs are sent by mail in England under
the parcel-po system.
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The twelve clubs Of the American Associa-
ton stood as follows at the end of the third
weeks play:
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\ woman's school of journalism is TO
be opened in Detroit this summer. The
gi"ls arc to pe taught typcsetting, short
hand proof-reading and revision of
manuscript.