The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-28
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and MihdIc stntes.

WILLIAM B. FITCH, of Kingston, N. Y,
the largest blue-stone dealer in the State, has
just failed for about Sl50,000. Mr.. Fitch is
one of the Democratic presidential electors,
and was mysteriously shot in New York city
a short time ago.
INDIGNANT Republicans have been hanging
st. John, the Prohibition candidate for Presi-
dent, in efigy in various parts of New York
and other States
THE official returns in New Jersey give
Cleveland plurality of 4,407 The Ptepub-
licans have one ma jorty in the senate and
ten in the assembly The Prohibition vote
was 6l56 and the Butler vote 3,49l. The
congressional delegation stands four Repub-
licans to three Democrats.
A LARGE number of the devoted personal
and poleical friends of Mr. Blaine serenaded
him at his residence in Augusta, Me-, as an
expression of personal good will and admira-
ton of his conduct of the national campaign.
When the procession reached Mr.. Blaine's
house compliments and friendly regards were
expressed in 8 speech by Mr. Herbert M
Heath, of the Kennebec bar Mr.. Blaine re-
sponded in lengthy Speech in which
he complimented New England and
the West, spoke with gratitude
of the large Majority given him by Pennsyl-
vania and asserted that 'the course of affairs
in the South has crushed out the political
power of more than six million American
citizens, and has transferred it by violence to
others" At the conclusion of his address he
held an informal reception in his house
AN immense school of black fish-a fish
from ten to twenty feet long, valued for its
oil-was discovered off Cape Cod and driven
| into shoal water where for three days men
women and children engaged in their slaugh-
ter. About | 800 of the big fish, valued at S25,-
900, were captured.
| A FIRE in Patterson, Penn, DESTROYED the
postoifce and seven stores intlcting a loss of
/ about ST., 900.
Two French brothers-Louis and Edward
Gueld-came TO New York from Ohio few
days ago for the purpose of returning to their
sWeethearts i'll France They had been work.
| ing III this country, and had saved money!
/ While in the city Edward spent some of his
money in riotous living; his brother reproved
him, then Joined him i'll debauch. and even.
tually the two men matched pennies to see
which would end the lives of both Louis
lost and put pistol ball through his brothers
head, after which he blew his own brains out
| DANIEL MANNING. the well known Albany
editor and chairman of the New York Demo.
! cratic State committee, was married a few
days since to Mary NJ. Fryer Governor
Cleveland was the first to congratulate the
newly married pair.
PUGIL1sTs have been having things their
own way for long time in giving so-called
| exhibitions frequently aDproachinp the
! brutality of a prize fight, in New York But
the law has stepped in at last, and at CON
test in the Madison Square Garden between
| Sullivan, the American champion and a
newly arrived pugilist from England, both
were arrested at the end of the second round,
They gave bail, but were indicted by the
grand jury.
THE corner stone of crematory, designed
to burn the dead, was laid the other day at
Mount Olivet, Long Island.
GOV. BOURN of Rhode Island hoe an