The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19
NEWS SUMMARY,
Eastern and Middle Stntey.

MAHLoN RUNYoN, the self-slain president
of the New Brunswick National bank, left a
note declaring that he had not robbed the
institution.
FURTHER figures put the Repu blican plu
rality in Maine at about 1900 The State
senate will stand thirty-one Republicans and
no Democrats The house will have III Re
publicans and thirty-four Democrats Re
publican gain of seven.
THERE was an immense attendance at the
late e'ary Folger's funeral in Geneva. N
y. President Arthur, Governor Cleveland
and staff, members of the cabinet and other
prominent government officials and dstin-
guished friends of the deceased were present
Much suffering has been caused in New
ork by the tOrr1d heat, and numerous cases
of sunstroke and prostration occurred, many
OF them resulting i'll death.
Two more tragedies nearly resulted from
the double suicide of President Runyon and
Cashier HILL of the New Brunswick IN Jl
National bank. A daughter of the former at
tempted to throw herself down a we'll and
the wife of the latter tried TO shoot herself
with a pistol: but both were frustrated by
relatives in their attempt to kill themselves
ANOTHER banking institution has gone to
the wall, the State bank at Fort Edward, N.
Y, closing its doors. The cashier stated de
positols would be paid in full
THE New Hampshire Prohibitionists have
nominated Larkin d. Mason for governor, to-
gether with an electoral ticket.
The Massachusetts Prohibition State CON
vention ut Boston put full ticket in the field,
headed by President julius H. Seelye, of Am
herst college, for governor.
New HAMPSHIRE Democrats, at their State
convention in Concord, placed John NJ Hill
for governor at the head of their ticket. nom
mated presidential electors and endorsed
Cleveland and Hendricks
AT the Connecticut Greenback State con
vention in Meriden, James L. Curtis was
nominated for governor, together with a full
ticket and presidential electors who are
pledged for Butler.
SITTING BULL. the renowned Indian chief,
accompanied by his niece and eight of the
principal chiefs of the Sioux Indians located
at the Standing Rock agency i'll Dakota ar
rived in New y DIRK n few days since. They
have been brought East for purposes of cdu-
cation and exhibition, and after tour
through the Atlantic States will go to Eu-
rope.
A DISPATCH from Augusta, Ne. says that
the total vote of the State reaches 42,I1O,
and that the majority of Robe for governor
over Redman is !0,6l5
j. II. BARRY, a promising young Phila-
delphian, accidentally hung himself while
trying to illustrate the method by which bill
/ Sykes the villain of Dickens "Oliver Twist
became his own eXccutiOner in attempting to
escape from the police.
/ DISSATISFIED with the action of the Ma
tional Democratic convention, the Tammany
| Hall wing of the New York Democrats has
hitherto remained passive in the political
conflict; but at meeting of the Tammany
general committee in New York n few even.
ings ago, it was resolved by so yeas to 81
nays, to support Cleveland and Hendricks.
WILLIAM W. MEs,ER, a years Old q
wealthy resident of Boonton, \. j., while at
! breakfast table. suddenly seized a revolver
and shot his daughter Mary, 20 years old
then he shot his wife, and wound up the
dreadful series Of tragedies by killing him
self. The two women We're fatally wounded
The old man was eccentric to the verge of in
sanity.