The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-26
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HENRY A. MEYERS, found guilty in Balti-
more OF brutality beating his wife, was SEN
fenced TO receive twenty laShes, to pay a fine
OF $40, and be imprisoned for one year. This
is the first instance in which a white man has
been sentenced to the lash in MARYLAND
Only one colored man has been whipped for
wife heating, though the law was passed
more than three years ago.
The casualties of the tornado in Iowa reach
seventeen killed and sixty wounded. The
damage to property amounts to more than
81 900, 600.
JAMES w. NESMITH, Democratic United
States Senator from Oregon during the war,
died the other day at his country residence in
Derry, Ore.
THREE desperadoes were caught by a viyi-
lance committee in the Indian Territory aud
summarily hanged to a tree.
SHAD JONES (colored), and Giovanni Mono.
an Italian, quarrelled at Evansville, Ind.
ever the possession of a bottle of whisky and
inflicted fatal injuries on each other.
HORACE TERRIL and Joe Barbour were
hanged at Charlottesville, Va, the former for
the murder of Randall jackson. and the lat
ter for the murder of Emel1ne Foster. a girl
eleven years old. The criminals and their
victims were all colored.
A MAN at Cleveland, Ohio, sold his wife
and baby for 500 to another man, who took
his purchases TO Logan.
The balloon in which William Patterson
was making an ascension at Charleston, W.
Va, caught fire and collapsed. Patterson
fell several hundred feet and was dashed to
death.
II. CLUvERIUs, the young lawyer found
guilty at Richmond, Va, of numbering his
cousin, Miss Madison, has been sentenced to
be hanged on November 9th next. When
asked whether he had anything to say why
death should not be pronounced against him,
the prisoner. in a low and rather husky
voice, addressing the court, said: II will say,
sir, That you are pronouncing sentence on an
innocent man. That is all | nave to say.
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MAYOR HARRISON, of Chicago, has re-
!quested every employe of the city to hand
III a written resignation.
Washington.
The President has made the following nd
dItional appointments; John w. Twiggs. of
California, to be assayer of the mint at San
Francisco, Cal. Thomas Beck to be appraiser
of merchandise of the district of San Fran
cisco, Cal. Daniel u. Nost to be assistant an
praiser of merchandise in the district of san
Francisco, Cal. Presidential postmasters: c.
L. Cameron at Alta, Iowa; Jacob j. Zeller
at Ottawa, Ohio James h. Mars
at Danville, KY; John b.. Lombard
a a, H SSp1h f%r al Mass; James
H.. Cochran, at Dallas, Texas; Frank T.
Forbes, at fredericksburg, Va. John Finn.
at DEBORAH, Iowa; Valentine Ringle, at Wan
sau, Wis. John Warner, at Peoria, III. John
A. Young, at Charlotte, n. c.; George w.
Crokell, at Concord, N. H.; Archibald H.
Boyden, at Salisbury, n. c.; Orland Humph.
rey, at Nyack, N. Y.
FURTHER appointments by the President.
Ernest Pillow to be United States attorney
for the middle district of Tennessee: James
H.. Freeman, to be United States marshal for
the western district of Tennessee; Americas
warden, to be supervising inspector OF steam
vessels for the Seventh district. To be post
masters-W. /. Lawrence, at Sing Sing. N.
T.; William IL. Swami, at Mount Morris.
n. y; Henry Eldridge, at Union
Springs, n. Y; E~hingham T. Brown, at
Aurora, n. y; w. Il, II. McIbyar' at
Cambridge, Ohio; Wm. j. Whipple, at Win
ona, MINI. j. w. Sherman, at Osceala Ia
Chas. 0. McCreedy, at Ballston, N. Y:
Daniel W.. Krisher, at Nor tn Manchester,
Ind; Ker Boyce, at Augusta, Ga. Robert
r. Menefee. at Bozeman, Mont. Buren, 8
WATSON, at Laporte, la.
JAMES j. Brooks, chief of the secret service
division of the treasury department, has, at
the request of Secretary Manning, tendered
his resignation.
1HE PRESIDENT has made the following dip
loma1c appointments, all in one batch:
Judge John b. Stallo, of Ohio, to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotcntiary Of
the United States to Italy Bayless W. Han
ma, of Indiana, to be minister resident and
consul-general of tho United States
o the Argentine Republic; Charles
A. ~Dougherty, of Pennsylvania, to
be secretary of legation of the Uuited
states at Rome. 70 be Consuls- General
William l.. Alden, Of New York, at Rome,
Pierce NJ. B. Young, of Georgia, at st. Peters,
burg. To be C~onsuls-George w. Savage, of
New Jerse at Belfast; Edward Camp
F FraScis 3 fGf a11sl a. Naples;
at Kingston, Jamaica; John NJ.
Birch, of West Virginia, at Nagasaki; Oscar
Bischoff, of Kansas, at Sonneberg; Richard
H.. Stoddard, of New York, at Athens; Theo-
dore w. Downs, of Connecticut, at Quebec;
NJ: J.. Newmark, of California, at Lyons;
Beirut; D. c. Monaghan, of Rhode Island, at
Wallace Jones, of Florida,
at Messina. Judge Stallo is a
native of Germany, has lived in this coun.
try forty-three years, has taught in various
colleges, and for many years has beena prou-
lnent member of the Cincinnati bar. Gem
eral Young was a IN ajor-general in the Con-
lederaie army and mas served four terns IN
Congress Mr.. Alden is an editor Oh the
New York Times.
THE naval board of examination appointed
20 investigate whether the United States dis
patch boat Dolphin had been built by Mr..
Roach according TO contract, has made its
report TO Secretary Whitney. The report
that the Dolphin is not of sufficient
strength and stiffness to make the required
''sea-speed' of fifteen knots per hour; that the
Workmanship is not according to contract,
and that nothing short of a trial at sea for
some time, and in rough water, can salts
factorily determine her actual strength or
weakness, and in the absence of such trial or
test, so much TO be desired, this report en-
bodies the most that the Board has been able
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