The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-09
LATER NEWS.

GILMAN's STATION, a busy hamlet in Sui
Ivan county, N. Y, was destroyed by the
fore.t fires. In all eighteen buildings, 90
100000 feet of lumber, and four cars loaded
with lumber were fell to the flames. All the
buildings destroyed belon ed to Mr.. Gilman,
whose loss is 100000, and many of hi 80
employees lost their all. A tract of land ten
mics long and two miles. wide was burned
over
SIX meE were killed by the explosion of
boiler attached to the Whitney Marble COM
pany's works near Gouverneur, N Y.
GEORGE CROssAULT, his wife and two
children were burned to death in a FIRE which
destroyed several buildings in Clinton county,
Ny.
FOURTEEN men, including an Indian and a
negro, started in the six-day, 60 as you-pl1ase
pedestrian match in New York. Seven
men were on the track at tie
end of the sixth day, having accom-
p Isle the ,25 miles necessary to obtain
share of the gate receipts. During the week
there was fierce contest for first place be-
tween Rowell and Fitzgerald first one an
then the other being ahead On the last day
Rowell made desperate effort to rega n his
lost lead, but could not get nearer than t
within four mills of Fitzgerald Immense
crowds vociferously cheered the contestants
ali the week. The previous highest score
on record - GOO miles, made by Hazael
in 1SS2 - was beaten. Following are
the scores of the seven men who divid d the
gate money, and the amount re eivel by
each: Patrick Fitzgerald of Hunters Point,
| Long Island, 60 miles, $1,000: Charles
| Rowell. of England; COZ miles, 1900 Peter
J. Parchot of Buffalo, n Y, 5j4 miles. s.
800; George D. Noremac, of New York, 30
miles, 81, 400 d. j. Herty, of Boston, $50
miles, 81 OO0 Robert Vint, of Brooklyn. $50
miles, $500; Alfred Elson, Of Connects
525 miles, $500
A SIAMEsE embassy to this country. with
Prince Krom Nun Mares Nararid hi, tie halt
brother of King Phrobat Somdetch
Phra Parlmendo Mahah Chulah-
longkorn, of Siam, at the nd as envoy ex-
traordinary and minister p,enil otentiary,
were received with naval honors upon tn air
! arrival in New York. From the III tro; oils
they proc eeded to Washington.
Much excitement was created in New York
longing t. the ocean steamship State of
Flori la, from New York bound for Glasgow,
Scotland, had been picked up at sea. The
State of Florida carried thirty-five ca in and
fifty steerage passengers, and her officers AMI
crew numbered eighty persons-lGj souls al
together a sailing vessel which was sighted
by another steamship sent out signals indica-
ling that sic had some of the missing steam.
ships people ON board.
For stealing $3.50 a colored boy eight en-
years old WIS taken out of Jail at Burlington.
KY. by a party of 100 masked men and
hanged to a tree
THE steamer B. s. Ford caught fire while
at her pier at Chestertown, Nd, and was
burned to the waters edge She cost 81, 200
to build, and 10000 more had been ex-
pended on her in improveme
A GRASS fire started for fun 10y boys in
Cecil county, Md. traversed a trait of terri
tory eight miles lon AMI three wide y large
number of barns ard ether buildings, with
much valuable timber, We're consumed
A FIRE at Gainesville. Fla, ST. Dyed
thirty five bull lings. The total loss wa, sti-
mated at $4,000.
THE bill amending the Chin.s. emigra.io i
act passed thu Hou.e 10y Isl yeas to Il nays.
\ CALL of the Russian government for q
loan of SljC0l,0)0 has b en- spon led to 10y
sub, ription, 10 hitting to more than seven
t. en- times that sum
IT is ,tated that owing t the discovery at
Moscow of a plot to asst s.inate the car, the
festivities de iyned in honor of the coming
of age of the czarivi will he held at st.
Petersburg.