The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
South md West.

IHE arrival or the old Liberty Bell from
Philadelphia was made the occasion of a holi-
day in New Orleans. Jefferson Davis took
part in the reception ceremonies and made a
speech. The Now Orleans streets through
which the train passed overhowed with spec
tators, and at the Exposition grounds large
crowd gathered to witness the arrival of the
bell
SEVERAL sharp earthquake shocks have
been felt in San Francisco
COLONEL SPooNER Republican, was elected
to the United States Senate by the Wiscon-
sin legislature.
THE Oklahoma boomers and land grabbers.
becoming alarmed by the arrival of United
States troops sent to GUST them, left the In
dian Territory in body for Kansas Through
out Kansas the sentiment is almost universal
ly in favor of the would-be settlers.
JOHN J. INGALLS, has been reelected to the
United States Senate by the Kansas legisla-
ture.
THE California legislature has elected Le-
land Stanford (Republican) United States
Senator.
EVERY member of the seven persons COM
prising Christian Krall's family, residing
"ear Lebanon, Penn, were taken with symp-
t. us of poisoning soon after eating break
last few mornings ago. Mrs. Krall and
three children soon died. and the other men,
bers of the family were not expected to re-
cover.
A RENEWAL of extremely cold weather is
reported from the West and Northwest. At
Chicago the thermometer marked Is degrees
below zero; at Burlington, Iowa, 26 below
at ST. Paul, Mimi, 20 below, and at Musca-
tine, Iowa. "a below. In Oregon many per-
sons have been frozen to death, and cattle,
horses, sheep and hogs have persisted by
thousands.
CHARLES j. ROGERS, the penitentiary war
den VINO murdered Sterry, another warden,
in October last was hanged at Portland,
Ore.
HENRY SMITH,of Union county, Ga, went
on a spree, taking his seven year-old son with
nm. The boy drank pint of whisky on a
wager, and was dead in two hours. The
father was arrested
ANOTHER of the Hooking Valley tOhio),
mines, belonging to a syndicate, has been
tired. Every mlne except one owned by the
syndicate is now burning. Gas and smoke
from the burning mines fill the air at New
StraltsVllle, and citizens owning property
there are afraid the town will be ruined if the
fires are not extinguished soon.
A NATIONAL silver convention has been
III session at Denver, Col. Secretary Teller
sent telegram saying that he was in full
sympathy with every effort to secure silver
all the advantages conferred by law on gold
ITHE Illinois legislature deadlock was bro
zen by the election of Elijah NJ Haines
Demo rat speaker by ma jority of two.
LELAND STANFORD, Senator-elect from
California is said to have arranged to leave
his fortune of SIS, 009, 900 to the State of Cal
ifornia. The State debt of California, 81, OOO-
600, is to be paid, and the large balance is to
be used as fund for thorough system of
popular education.
A HORRIBLE traffic in white girl babies,
who are sold to Chinese dens for $50 apiece,
has been discovered in San Francisco
TAEAyETTF Mr. TOM ,uos Lo,col -.
ing, Ark, for the murder Of Franklin Hale.
The tragedy occurred one night in May,
1881, when the murderer, a member of the
Ku Klux Klan, went to Hale's residence, and
calling him out, shot him to death Melton
was betrayed last year by one of his former
companions, but protested his innocence to
the last
THE South is to have new railroad, run
ming from Wilson, S. C. via. Fayetteville, N
c., to Florence, S, c.