The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States.

FIVE acres of ground over q coal mine near
Wilkesbarre, Penn, suddenly caved in with a
roaring sound like that of an earthquake
Fifty dwelling houses stood on the ground,
and they sank from one to three feet many of
them being completely wrecked AMI the in
mates narrowly escaping with their lives.
A FLOOD caused by heavy rains and freshets
swept through Springfield, Vt, undermining
houses, displacing streets and running the
crops The damage is estimated at 100000
to business interests and many thousands to
roads.
A DISASTROUS flood, the second in three
months has done great damage at Curwins-
VILE Penn. A large dam gave way, setting
adrift thousands of logs, and a number of
houses and barns were carried away.
JOHN G. Emo has been indicted by the New
York grand jury for unlawful conversion of
the funds of the Second National bank while
president
BROOKLYN put on a gala appearance in
honor of the fifteenth annual reunion of the
Army of the Potomac. Bunting and flags
were conspicuous everywhere, and 100000
people witnessed the parade of veterans, Pha-
delphia, Boston and other cities being repre-
sented by grand army posts. Generals Grant,
Hancock, Mcclellan Newton, Governor Alb
bett, of New Jersey, and Mayor Low took a
prominent part in the exercises. At the bust
ness meeting General Grant was unanimously
elected president of the society. In the even
ing a reception was held at the Academy Of
Music
A FIRE in Boston partly destroyed a large
rubber warehouse heavily stocked with goods,
causing an estimated loss of more than S4OO,-
600. Sixteen tiremen were injured more or
less severely by an explosion i'll the burning
building.
HESTER CLYMER, ex-member of the Penn
sylvania State senate member of Congress
from 1873 to 1881, and Democratic candidate
1. IL.
at Reading, Penn, aged 81 years
CASHIER SHEPARD, of the New York Cen
trail railroad freight department at Buffalo
mysteriOusly disappeared, and an examination
of his accounts showed that he was short
about 10000.
THE receiver appointed to settle the af-
fairs of Grant & Ward has filed a schedule OF
the assets and liabilities of the suspended firm
The cash assets are SIS, 10 and lot of Sc
curities and bills receivable, mostly uncoect
able. The liabilities amount, in round num-
bers, to Sl4 600.
TIE Peoples Savings bank, of New Castle
Penn, has suspended.
A MEETING of Massachusetts, Republicans
opposed to the nomination of their party at
Chicago has been held in Boston. A commit
tee of 100 was appointed, and series of reso
buttons were adopted declaring that the Chi.
cago nominees 'were named in absolute dis
regard of the reform sentimentof the nation
and represent political methods and prin
ciples to which we are unalterably opposed,
and closed by saying: whatever ac
action be taken by the Democratic
party in Chicago we, the Repub
licans and Independents, direct our commit
tee to call convention in such manner a.
they may deem eXpedient after the Demo
cratic candidates have been nominated, and
not later than August 1, to take such further
action as may, to them, seem necessary t.
carry out the sense of this meeting with prac
teal effect -