The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-17
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1HrEfLIGENCE las reached Augu ia Me,
Of a recont fierce fight some miles ab. v, the
forks OF the Kannebec river, between
a party of thirteen river drivers and
cavalcale OF some sixty Frenchmen,
engaged IN trailing and harvesting the hay
crop. The fight took all day, and Mt its con-
tlusion several of the river men were killel
and the rest all wounded and captured by the
Frenchman, a number of whom We're also
badly injured
A THIEF entered the Fourth National bank,
of Pttsburs, Penn, distracted the attention
of a clerk for moment and disappeared
with $500
A FIRE at Belfast, Me-, resulted in the
destruction of the American house, the citys
leading hotel, stables of a livery company,
the Telegraph building AMI other property.
Two men in the stables and twenty horses
were burned to death
FOREST fires have ruined a large belt of
cranberry boys in Burlington AMI Camden
counties, y. j. The belt was ten miles long
and in some places five miles wide, and the
losses approximate $50O,0JO.
FIREMEN were vigorously fighting the
flames in an Albany IN. " piano factory,
when wall suddenly fell, crushing to death
Foreman John \. Luby, the city's ex.collec-
tor, and Daniel Wheeler, and fatally injuring
f. j. Wallen. Rufus X. Townsend, son of the
State adjutant general, was also badly
hurt, and twenty three horses persisted.
GENERAL GRANT was reported on the 18th
to be much improved. His old pastor at
Washington, Rev Dr. Newman, preached in
10 Ia, - hot Il
Mt. Mctiregor, and during the sermon
warmly eulogzed the distinguished sufferer i'll
the adjacent cottage.
CHRISTOPHER MANN, native of Nir-
ginia, died few days since in Independence,
No, at the age Of Ill.
ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND has rem
derel decision on the three points relative
to the acceptance of the new dispatch steamer
Dolphin by the government submitted to him
By Secretary Whitney. The attorney gen
eral holds that the vessel cannot be accepted
by the secretary of the navy be ,ause it is
DETECTIVES; that no contract exists between
Mr.. John Roach and the government, and
that the large sum of money paid to him for
the vessel may be recovered. Mr.. Garlands
decision will probably lead to a bitter con
| troversy III the courts
| OPPOSITION of the people to the payment
of certain taxes has led to n serious outbreak
! in Lerida Spain. The governor, wh) at
tempted to pacify the rioters, was stoned.
| The military were called out to restore order
and fired on the rioters killing three of them.
! One soldier was killed and many of the riot
ers were wounded
OWING to heavy floods dozens of villages
and tens of thousands of acres Of crops have
been under water in South Hungary, causing
almost total suspension of harvesting i'll that
regio A waterspout which deluged the
city of Pesth caused damage amounting to
$500
FIFTY houses in the commercial quarter of
the city of Kursk, Russia, have been
destroyed by fire. The loss is heavy
WHILE Emperor William, of Germany,
was taking drive at Ems a miserably
dressed man threw flower pot at his car
riage, excniming, "Thus will the empire
| breakm Nodamage was done. The man was
arrested, and he is supposed to be insane.
A GERMAN prince, a near relative of En-
peror William, while on a spree boxed a
lieutenant's ears. The lieutenant feeling
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fighting duel with a prince Of the royal
house, committed suicide.
THE Soulan is in state of anarchy
Osman DiSma, the False Prophets chief OIL
GER blackmails all caravans and travellers on
the pretext of raising war funds.
THERE is a cabinet crisis in Spain, several
of the ministers having tendered'their resig-
nations
! a CURRANT-GRAPE that has no seeds is
| grown to II very q eat extent i'll many parts