The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16
LATER NEWS.

On the second day of the disturbances in st.
Louis, brought about by the strike of the
street car drivers and conductors, the scenes
OF violence were removed A crowd of
strikers attacked car, and one of them,
named John Havey, was shot dead by
Policeman Harmon. Numerous other cars
were attacked by strikers, the conductors
and drivers beaten when caught and the cars
overturned. About thirty cars in all were
overturned.
PROFESSOR D. IL. JOHNSON, an aeronaut,
while making balloon ascension at Union
City, Tenn, fell and was fatally injured
REPEATED floods have done great damage
in Mexico, and a number of lives have been
lost in villages by the bursting of reservoirs
Further appointments by the President:
Charles ID. Jacobs, of Kentucky, to be envov
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of the United States to the United States of
Colombia; Charles Foster, of Indiana, con-
sul-general at Calcutta; d. j. Particle. of
the District of Columbia, consul at Dusseldorf:
w. Henderson, of Arkansas, to be associate
justice of the supreme court of New Mexico.
Daniel w. Maratta, of Dakota, to be marshal
for the Territory of Dakota; Thomas Smith.
of Virginia, to be United States attorney for
the Territory of New Mexico: Charles Par.
lange, of Louisiana, to be United States at
torney in Louisiana; Henri w. y Dung, to be
receiver of public moneys at Independence.
Kansas; William r. Brownlee, of Kansas, to
be register of land Office at Larned, Kansas;
John Lafabre, of Dakota, to be receiver of
public moneys at Deadwood, Dakota
BANDS of Bulgarians have raided Seryian
territory and plundered village near the
frontier.
THE French troops in Madagascar have
had a drawn battle with the native Hovas
The French lost twenty-one killed and
wounded and the Hovas9OO
The big performing elephant Empress has
just killed her third man, the last victim be-
ing Robert r. White, who had charge of
Forepaughs winter quarters at Philadelphia.
During her keepers absence White attempted
to lead Empress to the water trough,
although he ha been warned to let her alone.
Suddenly the huge beast turnel upon White
and struck him with her trunk, knocking him
twenty feet away. Then she gored the help.
less man with her tu,is and put her foot upon
his PROSTATE body. White died in a few min
utes.
A VESSEL which has arrived at New Bed
ford, Mass, reports that the whaling bark
Greyhound lost five of her crew while in pur-
suit of a whale.
FIVE men were injured, three OF them with
probably fatal effe-t by an explosion of
natural gas in apapcr factory at Tarentun,
Penn.
AN earthquake shock more or less distinct
was felt on the 10th in various sections of
Virginia.
WIDESPREAD prairie fire has been raging
in several counties of Nebraska, and much
stock has been burned to death and other
property destroyed.
REWARD of 500 apiece for Indian
scalps is being offered in Arizona
THE President has promoted Commodore
Stephen B. Luce to be rear admiral, and Cap
tain David b. Harmony to be commodore.
THE navy department has received word
that cholera had broken out on the United
States steamer Ossipee, of the Asiatc squad
ron, and that five men had died