The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20
LATER NEWS

DIR. LEOPOLD DAMROSCH, one of the best
known musicians in America, and musical
director of the German Opera company per-
forming at the Metropolitan Operations in
New York, died suddenly in that city after
short illness. He was native of Posen,
Poland, and was born in 1888.
CAPTRIN PHELAN, the Kansas City oilicia
who was recently stabbed by Dick Short in
O'Donovan Rossas United TriShmdn Office
New York, was able to appear and testify
against his assailant.
Mr.. FRANCIS a. DREXEL, the senior of the
two brothers at the head of the famous Drex
ell banking houses in Philadelphia, New FORK,
and Paris, died suddenly the other afternoon
in Philadelphia, aged sixty-one years.
The destruction of five dwelling houses by
fire in Mahanoy City, Penn, rendered forty
persons homeless
THE strike of miners in the Hooking Val
ley, Ohio, which began last April, is an
nounced to he at an end
ANOTHER widespread snow storm, entail
ing much delay to railroad travel, is reported
from the West and Northwest.
REVIVAL of religion is spreading over
IL,
the Kentucky line. Scores of towns agd
cities report conversions ranging from 2j to
800 each
j. NJ. JACKSON, a levee contractor got into
quarrel with a gang of sixteen men, who
were in his employ, near Sun Rise, Miss. The
men tried to kill him. He was armed with
revolver and fired six shots, hitting man
each time. Three of the men shot died.
jackson gave himself up, but was acquitted
THE President has approved the act to
authorize retired list for privates and non
commissioned officers of the United States
army who have served for thirty or more
years.
UNDER the terms Of new cxtradtion treaty
with Great Britain, just submitted to the
Dominion government for approval default
ing bank officers and others charged with
similar offences from the United States will
no longer be able to find an asylum in Canada.
INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSIONER EVANS
has been charged with maladminstration of
ais office, violation of the civil service rules,
and transportation of property. His ac-
cuser is William Howard Mills, treasury
clerk and former clerk in the revenue bureau.
WHILE under alcoholic influence young
Butler Malone, son of Senator Malone, Gre
Rted a disturbance at Welcker's hotel where
his parents are stopping, and finally shot at
colored porter, the bullet piercing the
mans forefinger Malone was arrested and
gave bail.
Is. b. HoTCHKIss, inventor of the world
renowned Hotchkiss machine shell gun. died
in Paris of a paralytic shock. He was sixty
years of age and was member of the firm
of Hotchkiss Sons, Bridgeport, Conn. The
deceased left fortune valued at s., OOO,0
NJ. NALLEs,a prominent French journalist,
is dead
LONDON dispatches contained many con-
fiicting reports concerning the fall Of Klar-
toum and the fate Of General Gordon, One
dispatch asserted that native messengers
declared Khartoum had not fallen, and
that General Gordon was still alive
On the other hand adviccs received by the
British war office stated thata native testified
he had been an eye witness of the citys cap
ture by the Arabs, and that Gordon was
killed by a vollcy from Arab rinemen while
On his way TO the Austrian consulate.