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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
South and West.

REUBEN HART and wife (colored), residing
three miles from Crockett, Texas went to
church at night and left six children at home
asleep, with the door locle1. AT 10 o'clock
the house was discovered to be on fire, and
it burned so quickly that it was impossible
to save it or the children, every one of whom
was burned TO death. The eldest was a boy
thirteen years old
A FREIGHT train left the track near New
Philadelphia, Ohio, on account of mis-
placed switch, and a second section follow
ing ran nto its rear, demolishing twenty
two cars and two engines, and killing four
persons.
HEAVY Snow storms have prevailed in Da
kota and Southern Minnesota and the rail
roads have been blocka1ed.
A CYCLONE which struck Amberson's,
Ala, demolished nearly every house in
town. Fourteen persons were reported killed.
THE South has been visited by tornado
which destroyed thousands of houses and
killed hundreds of people in Georgia, Ala
bama. North and South Carolina, Louisiana
and Mississippi
THE breaking of a dam on the Los Angeles
river produced the most disastrous flood ever
experienced in California. The lower part
of Los Angeles was completely inundated,
and forty buildings were swept away. Hun
dreds of families were obliged to abandon
their homes and seek shelter on the
hills. The loss amounts to 100000 From
Los Angeles to Mo ave, a distance of 100
miles, hardly mile of the southern Pacific
track remains in place, and east to San
Gorgonio, eighty mi e. the devastation is
equally great. The California Southern road
from Cotton to san Diego is also washed
out. Travel in all directions is suspended.
1t will probably be two months before com
munication can be properly established. Re
ports received from towns in the southern
portion OF the San Joaquin valley announced
hoo, v,..-sA a.. L.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC

Sol SMITH RUSSELL mas a new play, Gale
"The Editor"
7. c. SCOLTRoN, the color5d tragediln
started on his Southern tour.
NINE. MoDJESKI made great hit in "Nad
jesda, brought out i'll New York.
SEVENTY different operas were given a
the Vienna Opera house during 1883.
SoNNENTHAL, the foremost leadin, man il
Germany has been engaged for an American
tour.
CHARLOTTE WALKER, the soprano, will
organize an English opera COM any for nex
season.
LITTLE Eva French, the child actress, has
been taken from the profession and sent to
school.
TENEsERIA TUA the young violinist, comes
to America next October for 100 concerts
price, $4,000.
NINE. RIsT ri will make her appearance
in this country at the Star theatre, New
York, October Il.
NINE. MARIE DURAND, the American LAZY
who created such a success abroad in tn,
opera "Gioconda," will soon return home.
DURING Edwin Booths first visit u Eng
land he was supp rtad 10y a Manchester st Dci
company, among who II was Henry Irving.
Ten combinations have gone to piec.s
recently on the Western circuit. and from al
Mrs. CHARLES STRATToN, widow of Ton
Thumb, applied recently to Mayor Edison, of
New York, for license to open a museum
in the Bowery.
PLANQUETTEs new opera, Nell Gwynne,'
mas made great success i'll London. 1t Is
said to belong t. the purest school of FrencI
comic opera and suggests Aubar.
HARLEY, tenor of the Royal Comedy
theatre, dismissed some time ago for singing
recovered DAMAGES
from the director of the theatre
PICCoLoMINI, who was an operate sensa
ton in this country quarter of a century
ago, is now an old woman in very destitute
circumstances. Her condition is attributed
to her having married an Italian marquis.
IT is said that Mary Anderson will make a
tour of Great Britain next season; the year
after she will follow Booths example and act
through Germany, and in the autumn OF
1856 she will begin a thirty weeks tour il
this country
The liberal remuneration Sc ured in France
to dramat authors. who for each piece
repre- ented are entitled by law to n certain
proportion of the gross receipts, is dire ty
due to the agitation on the sub est under.
taken by Beaumarchais
THERE are in London 1000 professors of
music, including vOCaliSts, instrumental lists,
and teachers. but excluding musical govern
es>es. There are about POO shopkeepers, mu-
sica instrument makers, and Others en- laced
in the music trade. In the provinces there
are 5000, including both classes.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

The majority of evening dresses are
made with trains.
The fifty ladies employed in the San
Francisco mint receive each 50. rs
day.
Mrs. Strong was the first cotton raiser
in California, and last year she produced
100 bales
The newest chatclaine watches have
the monogram of the owner in sapphires
on the back.
Mrs. Mary Krone, the present principal
of the Denver school of mines, is the only
lady assayer in the United States.
Many "at home" dresses are made of
pale-colored satin in princesse style, and
have thick coquiles of lace down the
front.
A daughter of Minister Sargent, who
graduated at an American medical col
lege, is making a specially of the eye, at
Zurich
Dolly Sexton, who was left with the
Shakers at Mount Lebanon, n. y, whel
she was five years old, has lived with
them 1902 years.
The best authority in England on in
sects injurious to crops is Miss +. y.
Ormerod, the consulting entomologist of
the Royal Agricultural society.
Mrs. Louisa ii. Albert. OF Cedar Rapids,
Ia, has entered into partnership with
her husband in the practice of law. The
sign reads "Albert & Albert, attorneys
at-law."
Gray cloth dresses of tailor make, with
gray feather borders and velvet trim
mings, are fashionably worn in shades
that look too light for a comfortable
dress in winter.
Medallions of jet embroidery in dia-
mond or oval shape are set on black satin
slippers worn with full dress Pearl
beads are on the white slippers worn by
brides and bridesmaids.
Queen Victoria's income, including the
returns from her private property,
amounts to $1,000, 600 year. The en-
peror of Germany and the king of Italy
have each larger income.
White English Grape is the newest
trimming for evening dresses of white
ottoman silk or Terry velvet. 1t is
gagged, pulled and plated, but is never
laid in folds, as they are too suggestive OF
mourning trimmings.
One of the prettiest designs in new per-
Gales is that of rose with its petals
nearly all blown off the stem, showing
the calyx and stamcns in fine relief, with
only one or two petals attached, while all
the others are scattered on the tinted
ground of the fabric as if blown about by
the wind.
The Marquise de Hautefeulle is very
brave woman. She created sensation
in Brussels the other day by entering the
lions cage with the lion-tamer. The lady
bore herself with the utmost intrepidity
and played with the wild beasts as if
they were tame cats. She was greeted
with tremendous applause while the band
played the national hymn, LA Braban-
come"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
W ashington.

A RESOLUTION introduced by Representa-
tive Ochiltree i'll the House of Representa-
tives on the recent death of Herr
Lasker, the German statesman, who died
suddenly in New York, has been returned to
our government by Prince Bismarck with
the statement that it cannot be received
Various opinions have been expressed CON
cerhing BiSmarck's action. Following is the
resolution in full aS passed by the House
" Resolved, That this House has heard with
deep regret of the death Of the eminent Ger
man statesman, Edward / ker That his
oss is not alone to be mournrd by the people
OF his native land, where his firm
and constant exposition of and devotion
to free and liberal ideas have mate
ria ly advanced the social, political and
economic coniiti IN of tbs people. but by
tho lovers OF liberty throughout the world.
That copy of this resolution be forwarded
to the family of the deceased, as well as G.
the minister of the United States resi- lent at
the capital of the German empire to be by
him communicated through the legitimate
channel to the presiding officer of the legs-
lative body, of which he was member
THE demand for 81 and 81 notes is on the
increase, while the supply is practically ex
hausted, and the issue of these notes has
been suspended until Congress appropriates
money to print an additional supply.
THE medical examination of Captain w.
A. Kirkland, who had been selected TO com
manu- lue bTetly Iellel eNpeulJlOil, showed
that his physical co diton was not quite
sound enough to war; alt his being assigned
charge of the expedition, and therefore Sec
rotary Chandler selected Commander. w. $.
SHhley instead.
The secretary Of war received numerous
kilograms showing most satisfactory prog
IS in the work of relief to the flood suf-
ferers along the Ohio river and its tribu-
taries
THE President nominated C, S. Palmer of
Vermont, 10 be associate justice of the SUI
preme court of Dakota; Max Weber, of
New York, to be consul of the United States
at Nantes; H. b. Trist. of the District of
Columbia. to be consul of the United States
at Mozambique.
SENATOR DAWES has been authorized by
the Senate committee ON Indian affairs to
favorably report "A bill providing for the
punishment OF trespassers ON Indian lands
by imprisonment for one year or $500 fine,
or both. This is specially intende tn keep
Payne and his followers out of the Olahama
lands.
SENATOR Plumb has reported to the Sen
ate an original bill from the commit o. on
agricul ture, making the department of ag-
riculture an executive department, whose
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
BISMARCK'S REASONS,
why EEe Returned the LaslScr ResO-
IutiOns, Passed by the House.

A great breeze was created by BIsmarck's
return of the resolutions of sympathy with
the German rechstag and family of the Ger
man statesman, Lasker, who died recently in
New York. These resolutions We're introduced
In Congress by Representative Ochiltree, of
Texas, and a copy was ordered to be sent to
the president of the reichstag and to the
family of Herr Lasker. Upon their presen-
tation to Prince Bismarck for tran smission
to the president of The reichs a he returned
them with the following explanation:
" Any recognition in u foreign country of
the personal qualities of German, especial
~ when made by so importa a body as the
House of Representatives, is gratifying To
our national feelings. should have CRATE
fully accepted the communication made by
Minister Sargent, and should have asked the
emperor To empower me to present 1t to the
Reichstag, if the resolution had not contained
an opinion regarding the oh Jet and effect of
Herr lasker politica activity, W iCh was
opposed to my convictions According TO my
experience of tine political economic develop
ment OF the German people | cannot recog
nize the opinion as one which events | have
witnessed would justify. | shou d not venture
to oppose my Judgment to the opinion of
such an illuStrious body as the House of
Representatives il | hal not, by more than
thirty years active participation in tn in
tarnal policy of Germany, gained an eXUe-
rience which justified me in attaching a
certain value to my judgment in questions
of home affairs. | cannot determine to ask
the emperor for the neces airy power to com
municate the resolution to the Reichstag be-
cause | should have officially 70 advocate
before the emperor al opinion which can
not recognize as correc."
A Berlin dispatch says that the action of
Prince Bismarck in returning to the Ameri-
can Congress lis resolution of symuathy at
the death Of Herr Lasker, intended for the
reichstag, continues to excite much COM
ment The fr ends of the deceased states
man in the reichstag propose to demand of
Prince Bismarck an explanation of his course
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-29
LAST SAD RITES.
The Funeral of the Heroes of the
Jeannetle.

The dead heroes of the Jeanette were
New York and thence to the navy yard in
Brooklyn with military pomp AMI civil dis
play. The route OF the processio II was lined
by sympathizing thousands, and many houses
were draped in mourning, while the flags ON
the shipping in the harbor and everywhere
in the city were at half mast. Ten hearses
were used in conveying the remains.
The hearSe bearing the body of Seaman
Heinrich III. Knaack was first. Three sailors
and three boys of the schoolship st. Mary
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
Masonic Temple Burned.


CINCINNATI, December 25.-At eight
O'Clock yesterday general alarm OF fire
called CincInnati's forty engines to the
Masonic Temple, southwest corner Third
and Walnut Streets. j. X. Mills, wholesale
statloner, whose store occupies the north
west corner tower OF the Temple was In
flames from the engine in the cellar. Short.
ly the whole west half OF the grand old
building was flaming red toward q wintry
sky. All Is now in ruins. The east half Is
iinlnjured save by water. The Temple was
an unique building Of dressed stone In very
severe taste, and was built thirty years ago.
The drst floor was occupied BY stores and
assurances effices; the second, third and
fourth floors by law Offices and Masonic
aodge rooms. Governor Hoadlys suit OF
Offices Is In the eastern, uninjured part, OF
the Temple. Enoch T. Carson's Masonic
library, the finest In the State, II not In the
country, was on the upper floor and Is lost
The Total loss by fire Is 100000; insurance
one-half. Two fremen we're seriously In
1ured while fighting the flames.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE.

The Assailant OF Christian Faith Not Only
Foe TO God, but the Worst Enemy Of
Man.
Let the sceptic and scorner say what
they will II is nevertheless true that God
Is still the mightlest force in the soul Of
man. In the great crises of life and
death, when all that is noblest and
best, as well as most heroic, is deyel-
oped into activity, and put to the su-
preme test-then feelings OF dependence
upon an invisible yet all-controlling
Being spring to the surface, and long
ings for assurance of His forgiveness
and redemptive love take absorbing
possession of the heart. Christ Is to-
day the real, the most influential, the
most decisive Ruler Of men. In proof
Of this, what profoundly pathetic and
touching scene was that discovered by
Commodore Schley upon entering Lieu
tenant Greely's tent up there amid eter-
nal ice and SHOWS. Here is the picture
presented:
Lieutenant Greey was found in his sleep;
inh uukt us DOuy lncllneu IOfWufu, unu nchu
resting upon his left hand. The book OF Com
mon Prayer was open aud held In his right
hand. He appeared TO be reading prayers 10
Private Connell whose condition was most
desperate and critical. He was cold to the
waist, all sensation Of hunger gone, was
spoeohless ana almost breathless; his eyes
were liked and CLASSY. Indeed, his weakness
was such that II was with difficulty he swallow.
cd the stimulants given him by Drs. Green
and Ames; his Jaws had dropped, his heart
was barely pulsatlng, and his body tempern-
ture very low. This tender scene OF helpless,
almost furnished officer consoling dying com
panion was In itsolf one that brought tears TO
the eyes Of the strongest and stoutest OF those
Of relief"
Could anything be more impressive
or more significant than thisp II re-
minds US OF the last act Of that other
Arctic explorer, DE Long, which was
reading prayers over fallen comrade,
and finding comfort in the thought
that God was with him and his starving
and freezing company even In the dire
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
THE NEW AND UNKNOWN.

In Spite Of Broken Resolutions to Do Bet
ter In the Past, Let Us Determine to Live
Right and Do Right In the Year just
Opening Before Us.
New Years Day has been regarded
as one of special interest from early
times. 1t was celebrated among the
Jews, Egyptians, Chinese, Romans and
Mohammedans- not by all on the
same day-as day Of feasting and
the interchange Of gifts. To greater
or less degree religious exercises have
taken place on this day, and often, at
midnight of New Years eve, the ring
ing OF bells has ushered in the New
Year with joy and gladness. Also on
that day II has long been customary to
make congratulatory visits, which now
take the form of New Years calls.
And now, as the year draws to a
close, and New Year comes forward
to greet us, mingled feeling of joy and
sorrow fill the soul. There is always
Joy in entering on the new and un-
known. We look into the future with
joyful expectation, believing that it
holds new and more beautiful things
for us. 1t is the untried, and we will
wrest greater victories from it than be-
fore. But at such time we involun-
tarily turn our thoughts to the past,
and recall memories which are very sad.
We have made many mistakes. We
have often met defeat when we hoped
for success. We have seen some
of our friends make sad ship
wreck OF life. Dear ones have gone
from us never to return. The good
resolutions with which we began the
year have been broken. Life seems
barren of success. Something has gone
out Of IL never TO return. Life is bear
ing on, and the end seems nearer. We
are not so sure OF accomplishing great
things as formerly. The burdens Of life
press heavier. And yet we need not be
dispirited. Life is not all a waste. Not
few bright hours shine out from the
Old Year. Good deeds, kind, loving
words, and self-sacriicing acts add
brightness TO the retrospect. God has
been good TO us. Wonderful are His
mercies, and His loving kindness is over
all. Even when we least deserved His
care or favor, we freely received it.
And when we turned to Him, how ready
He was to forgive us our sins and help
us to do right,
And shall we not determine to live
| right and do ricSt the year to comet
That we have broken our good resolu.
tions in the past is no good reason fol
not trying again. Life Is short, and the
years hurry by, but this ought to only
rouse us the more to noble endeayoi
and true Christian living. God is good
and we are his children, and we ought
therefore, to prove ourselves worthy Of
so sweet name. May the New Yeal
be for each of us better than the last,
and may we rise TO higher planes oi
thought and action Golden Rule.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
Masked Robbers Torture an Old
N Couple.

XENIA, o., December 25.--A posse Of men
arrived here from near Bloomington, In the
southern part Of this county, in pursuit Of
a gang OF men who committed a robbery
near that place Monday night Between
ten and eleven o'clock the house Of Harvey
jackson, an aged farmer, was entered by
masked men. jackson and his wife and
daughter were taken from their beds, bound
hand and foot and blndfolded. Refusing
10 tell where their money was hidden, they
were subjected to various tortures, and fin
ally, when the men had placed the old lady
in the center Of the room, saturated her
clothing with coal oil, poured the oil around
her on the floor, threateningto 10 set II on fire,
she then told the whereabouts Of their saw
ings, which amounted TO Si75 in gold and
500 in currency. The men then left their
victims lying ON the floor devoid Of clothes,
still bound and with both doors open. The
poor creatures were compelled 10 remain In
that condition until four o'clock In the
morning, suffering intensely from the cold.
The men were tracked through Bowersville
and in this direction. Owing to the age Of
jackson and his wife, their recovery from
the rough treatment received Is regarded as
extremely doubtful. Their daughter was
badly frightened and has been In conyul-
sions almost continuously since the affair.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-31
SABDATH-DAY HEADING.
A GREETING TO THE NEW YEAR.


The New Years dawn Is flashing
On the scythe Of Father Time,
And Mother Age is touching
Many heads with wintry rime.
But hall thou hoary mower,
With the scythe wneC Tor the flowers,
And hail thou wrlnkled mother
or the rosy, happy hours.
Well greet the New Year gladly.
The future has no fears
For us who know that Heaven
Is waiting down the years.
We care not for the storm-cloud,
Or tompest-chldden wave.
The soul wears not the death-shroud,
The spirit has no grave.
Thick and low the mists are hanging
Der the ocean that we ride,
Shrill the storm-blast trumpets answer
To the drum-beat of the tide.
Like crested snakes the breakers
Writhe and hiss along our wake,
But our trust Is In the Pilot
Who will ne'er His crew forsake.
Aye, the storm may part our cables
And our masts go by the board,
But the night is light above us,
Where the angel of the Lord
Cries: Take comfort, weary watchers
le are In JehOvah hand;
Though the ship must go TO pieces
You shall safely come to land"
Safe to landl o Land Of Safety,
There no seething surges roar,
For the noise OF strife and tumult
Has no echo on that shore.
Oh, thou blessed land of safety
Where the Old shall never cease,
And the New is over dawnlng
On thy Love-embanner'd peace.
30 wen greet the New Year gladly,
For the years are In His care
. Who notes the falling sparrow
And numbereth each hair.
For good all things are working,
Chance and change achieve His end
Who Is changeless, mid all changes,
And as changelessly our Friend.
Rev. n. q. CheueTtofl.