The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-04-17

THE President has appointed Delos Birge
postmaster at Cooperstown, N. Y.
GENERAL /. BARRTLos has notified the
President that he has succeeded the late Gen
eral Barrios as president of Guatemala.
THE President has appointed postmasters
at the following named presidential Offices;
La Due, at Westfeld, N. Y; Ezra
Evans, at Westchester, Penn. George T.
Gross. at Allentown, Penn. James Drury, at
Bristol, Penn. George W. Statler, at Mans
field, Ohio; David Oyerman, at Marion, Ind
Nelson Bruett, at jefferson, Wis. Benjamin
f. Mackall, at Moorehead, Mimi. George NJ.
Houston, at Harrisonville, Mo Benjamin b.
Smith, at Chillicothe Mo-; Stanley s. Crit
tenden, at Greenville, S. @.
ACCORDING to April reports to the depart
ment of agriculture the wheat crop has been
greatly reduced in acreage, and promises to
be poorer in quality than any for three years.
Reduced acreage and winter killing indicate
O reduction of l00,0 900 bushels over last
years crop. The rye crop is also decreased in
acreage but its condition is better than the
wheat crop.
THE President has appointed Robert B.
Vance of North Carolina assistant commits
sioner of patents vice r. G.. Dyrenforth. re
signed; and William E. Mclean, of Terre
Haute, Ind, first deputy commissioner of
pensions, vice Calvin b. Walker, resigned.
Foreign.
THE new French cabinet formed by NJ.
Brisson to succeed the late Ferry ministry
was officially announced as follows: M. Brts-
son, president of the council and minister o.
public instruction. NJ. de Freycinet, minister
of foreign affairs; NJ. Allan large minister
of the interior; NJ. Clamageran, minister of
finance; NJ, Goblet minister of justice; Gen
eral Campenon, minijter of war; NJ. Sadi-
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Legrande, minister of agriculture; M. Herve-
Mangon, minister of commerce; NJ. Sarrien,
minister of posts and teegraphs; Admiral
CALDER, minister of marine and the colonies.
Premier Brisson was the president of the
French chamber of deputies when summoned
to form new ministry.
PUBLIC confidence has again been n stored
at Panama by the arrival of the American
man-of-war Shenandoah and British ship
SEVERAL viceroys in China have ordered
the destruction of all Catholic copvents and
that all converts be killed. Reports have
reached Shanghai that several Roman Cath
Ole settlements have already been destroyed
and several hundred converts killed.
LATER reports stated that Riel's rebellion
was stu spreading among the Indians in
Mar 'toba, and that three columns of Cana
dian troops would try to surround and cap
ture the half-breel leader. At Toronto and
other places in Canada there was great fear
of Fenian invasion from the United States,
and all the public stores were guarded day
and night.
A FRENCH frigate will sail from France
for New York at the end of April with
Barthodi's Statue of Liberty Enlightening
the World.
FORTY thousand coal miners went on strike
in Yorkshire, England, against a 10 per cent.
reduction in wages
INDIANS from the United States are re-
ported to be joining Riels rebels in Mani
toba-
CABLE advices on the 9th stated that the
probabilities of war between England and
Russia were greater than ever.
THE president of Salvador has confirmed
the news of the death of General Barrios in
dispatch which says that the late presi len
OF Guatemala and one son were killed in tht
battle at Chalchuapa.
DISPATCHES from St Petersburg stated
that the war party was getting the upper
hand and that the ear had agreed to appoint
General Gurko and General Kuropotkine to
the leading commands in the event of war.
Each will lead an army corps of so, 900 men.
News has just been received that on the
18th of last February twelve vessels, COM
prising five French and six native ships and
the American bark Sarah Hobart, foun1ered
in the harbor of Tamatave, Madagascar, dur
ing terrible hurricane.
HE leVee given at Dublin Castle by the
Prince and Princess of Wales was larger than
any held in Ireland since the visit Of Queen
Victoria IN 1919
PRINCE RUDOLPH, the crown prince OF
Austria, has been scared nearly out of his
royal boots by luratic who smashed in the
window of the princes carriage at Brussels
without doing any further injury.
The English and Russian press, on hearing
of the Afghan defeat at Penjdeh, were nearly
unanimous in favor of war Russian papers
assert that General Komaroff's attack was
caused by hostile acts of the Afghans
MIR. GLADSTONE stated in the British house
OF commons that upon England's demand
Russia had asked General komarof to ex-
plain his conduct in attacking the Afghans at
PenJdeh. This reply was regarded in Eng
land as evasive
RUSSIAN agents in London have been max
ing heavy bids for some OF the fastest ocean
steamers. Sixty thousand men from the
English army reserves and the whole militia
Will be called out The naval reserves will
be used for home defence. Ninety large field
guns are in course of manufacture in Eng
land.
FRINGE BISMARCK was reported by a ca
blegram to have expressed the opinion tina
war between England and Russia would be
aVerted.
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