The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15
NEWS SUMMARY.
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AN explosion of gas in the ferry-house of
the Pennsylvania railroad at Jersey City, n.
j., resulted in fire which destroyed the
ferry-house a portion of the depot, and other
property, causing an estimated loss of $780,
00O
PORTSMOUTH, n H.. was the scene of an
imposing demonstration in honor of Lieuten-
ant Greedy and the other Arctic explorers,
Many thousands of people lined the streets
and viewed the long procession of officers and
sailors comprising the relief expedition, mill
tary and civic organizations. Lieutenant
Greedy reviewed the procession from n hotel,
being too weak to take part in it, and
was received with enthusiastic cheers as
were his companions and the officers and
sailors of the relief expedition. AT recep-
ton i'll the evening the prominent persons
present included Secretary Chandler, Chief
Signal Officer Hazen, General B. f. Butler.
Hon. Samuel j. Randall, Governor Hale, of
New Hampshire, Senator Hale, of Maine, and
others.
APPROPRIATE ceremonies accompanied the
laying of the corner stone of the pedestal on
which Baltholdi's statue of Liberty Enlight
enng the World, presented by the French
people to the American people, is to stand.
The exercises took place on Bedloe's island,
New York bay, and consisted of addresses and
Masonic rites.
Two men-Elmer E. Murray and Theodore
T. Murray mo relations)-quarreled al
Woonsocket, r. l., over "A horse trade. Theo-
dore shot Elmer with a shotgun infiicting
fatal wound and then killed himself.
THE national executive committee of the
American Political Alliance, in secret session
at Boston, ordered all the councils in the
country to make nominations for President
and Vice President of the United States, the
nominations to be forwarded to the nationa
council to be acted upon N convention.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND and Samuel j. Til
den have had n conference at the latter's sum
mer residence near Yonkers, n. y.
A LETTER from General b. F. Butler to
Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York
Sun, has been published in which Butler says
he intended standing by the nominations of
the Greenback and laboring men and the Anti
Monopolists, and hopes that everybody will
vote for him who thinks that it is the best
thing to do.
A MONUMENT to General Herkimcr, OF
Revolutionary fame, was dedicated the other
day ON the battlefield of Oriskany, neal
Utica, n. y. Congressman Dorsheimer de
ivered the dedcatOry Grafton.
AT the New Jersey Republican State con-
vention in Trenton an electoral ticket was
nominated headed by Frederick A. Potts and
John Taylor for electors at-large
AT an encampment of the Maine G.. A. r.
in Old Orchard, about $4,000 persons, in
Guiding 5000 soldiers, We're present Mr.
Blaine, Republican candidate for President
made an address.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND, Democratic candi
date for President, has taken vacation trip
to the AdirOndacks
PHILADELPHIA is to have national cleo
trical congress.
PART of John Roach's great ship yard at
Chester, Penn, has leen destroyed by fire.
The total loss is estimated at more than
$3.50 900
THE national committee Of the two promi.
nent political parties are now i'll full blast at
New York sending out campaign documents 10y
the cartloan and employing whole army of
clerks in their correspondence and mailing
business,
THE Greedy relief feet consisting Of the
steamers Thetis. Bear and Alert. arrived at
New York with the bodies of eleven menu
bers of the Greedy party who persisted in
the far north. They were received with
military honors at Governors island by Sec
retary Lincoln and Generals Sheridan, Han
cock and Halen. From Governors island
the bodies were taken to the homes of the
dead men in various parts of the country for
6nal interment.
AS Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon, their two children,
and a man named Cuff We're crossing the
railroad track at Conner station, Penn, in a
carriage, the vehicle was struck by struck by
| locomotive Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, one
child and Mr.. Cuff were instantly killed, the
horses cut to pieces and the vehicle demol-
ished. The driver and an infant child of the
Dixons escaped with slight injuries The par
BY was returning from funeral.
The kemble Coal and Iron company, of
Riddleshurg, Penn, has failed; estimated liza
oilities, S,OO,OU