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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-25

ccmber 81 e. January was adopted Cd. Or
motion of Mr.. Ma son, the Senate bill Grant.
ing pension 10 tho widow of General Graz
was taken Il? AMI pissed. Mr. pI1De. of Wis.
con7in alone voting in lie II ,ca'lv
TENTH DAY.-Upou motion of Mr. Morri-
son five select committees were appointed, IA
follows: On the election OF Pre- ident AMI
Vice President of the United States-To CON
slst of thirteen members. to which shall be
referred all propositions touching the election
and tenure of OIL OF President and Vice
President, the count Of the electoral vote, and
the succession to the Office of President On
reform in the civil s5rvice-To consist o
thirteen members, to which shall be re
terred all propositions touching the
civil service On shinbuiIding
and shipowning interests-To consist Of
thirteen members TO which shall be
referred all propositions relating to American
shipbuilding and ship owning interests. with
authority to investigate the cause of the de-
cline of the American foreign carrying trade.
On alcoholic liquor trallic-to consist Of
eleven members. On ventilation and acous-
tics of the hall of the House-to consist of
seven members. Mr.. Findley asked unani.
nous consent for the present consideration of
the Senate presidential succession bill, but
several members objected.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-25
FIVE LIVES SACRIFICED.
An Insane Mother and ;Our Children
Burned TO DEATH

A dispatch from Olympia, Washington
Territory, says:
This morning, at Long Prairie, about
eight miles from this place, de plorlb bic event
occurred, news of which was received here
tonight. Mrs, Miner, a relative of Mr. David
Chambers, has for some time manifested
symptoms of insanity, and according to re-
port, she last evening saturated papers with
coal oil and distributed them around the
house, telling one of her children. in response
to question, that she was wetting them with
water
Early this morning she made remark
that she was about to destroy the whole
family, and her husband, fearing that she
was about to attempt TO take his life, pro-
ceeded to put her out of the room. On OPEN
ing the door he discovered that the ouse was
in flames. Reaching the front door with one
OF his children he found it locked and the KEY
removed, 1e ran to the back door and found
itnailed up.
Finally he and his little daughter sue
ceeded in escaping through a window. Both
were badly burned The unfortunate mother
and her four other children were burned to
death. The survivors were taken to a neigh
boris residence for medical treatment.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-25
COAL MINE EXPLOSION.
Four Miners Fatally and Four
BADLY Tn urcd.


A disastrous explosion of fire-damp oc-
CURED the other morning at the Mill Creel,
slope situated at Mill Creek, a few miles
from Wilkesbarre, Penn. Eight men were
severely injured and several others slightly
hurt while n portion of the colliery was
badly wrecked. The fire-Loss, Joseph Cleas-
by, had, in accordance with the mine law
made his tour of inspection through the mine
before the men went to work and found gas in
dangerous quantities in n portion of the
mine known as No II Lift. He therefore
posted notice warning the men employed
In this hit not to go in to work until he had
cleared the gas out. This warning, for some
reason unknown, was disregarded by miner
named Peter Coffey, who, accompanied by
his laborer n Hungarian named Peter Stone,
went into their chamber III this lift and went
to work. All the other miners employed
IN he lift did not Join. Had they done so
the loss of life would have been frightful.
After posting the notice, Cleasby obtained
the help of his assistant fire boss, George
Martin, and, entering the shaft, began the
process of brushing out the gas. He was en-
ragged i'll this work when the gas in the cham
Der in which Coifey ana Stone were ut work
caught fire, it Is supposed, from their
make lights, and an explosion, terrific in its
violence, shook the mine. The conclusion
was felt in workings a mile and n half dis
tant, and in the vicinity where it occurred
the results were terrible. All tine mon
working round about were thrown down or
dashed with great violence against the Sides
or rib as 1T Is called 10y miners. Doors. brat
ticeS and woodwork We're thrown down and
broken to atoms The widest consterna-
ton prevailed, and from all parts of the
mine the men rushed to the slope and were
hastily hoisted TO the surface Eight
men were seriously injuied, and one
soon after died. The name of the
dead man was George Martin. the assistant
lire boss His skull was fractured and several
ribs were broken. He and Cleasby were
found close together buried under the debris.
Ceasby's skull was also fractured, his arm
broken and his body covered with cuts and
brulse. He was not expected to live till
morning.
Colfey and Stone We're found in their cham
Der Both men We're terribly burned and
the flesh and skin hung from them in shreds.
Both were certain to die. Every particle of
Stones clothing, except his boots, were
burnt off his body and the head and hands
were charred to the bone. Tho other injured
men, all of whom it is believed will ultimate
ly recover, are Nicholas Gray, aged
nineteen, head and body badly cut and
bruised; Samuel Morris, ICED twenty six, arm
broken and back badly bruised; Joseph Par
duskey, aged sixteen, cat and bruised; Anton
Farowski, hungarian laborer, shoulder
broken, body badly cut and bruised.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-25
;HGCKEM CHOLERA,
SELECT SIFTINGS.

An electrical signal travels at the rate
of 16, 600 miles per second.
A human life is lost for every 80, 900
tons of coal mined in the anthracite
regions,
Boston dudes import shoes from Eng
land at a cost of SO per pair. They are
said to be hideous in appearance and
rough in finish.
Ex-Governor Washburn says that Isle
Smith, a political orator of the 1860
campaign, was the first man who called
Abraham Lincoln cold Abe"
1t appears that wisp or small twist
of straw or hay was often applied rs a
mark of opprobium to an immodest
woman, scold or similar offender.
Some persons have a defect of smell
analogous to color blindness, according
to DR.. Carl Seller. In one case violets
smell like garlic, everything else smell
ing normally.
1t was once a prevalent notion that
signs impaired the strength and wore
out the animal powers. 1t was also al
ancient belief that sorrow consumed the
blood and shortened life.
All the underclothing of the mikado
of Japan is made of peculiar soft,
white silk; and as this "Son of Heaven
never wears a garment twice, nor one
that has been washed, he consumes a
great amount of this material but it is
not wasted, for the royal cast of gar
ments are competed for as priceless pos
sessions by his loyal sub jects.
The largest vine in the world is said
to be one growing at Oys (PortugaU,
which has been in bearing since 1902.
Its max imum yield was in 1864, in which
year 1t produced a sufficient quantity OF
grapes to make 1865 gallons of wine in
1874, 14Gh gallons; and in 1891, only
794 gallons. 1t covers an area of 5,31J
square feet, and the stem at the base
measure 81 feet in circumference
The wild duck is probably the most
destructive of all the enemies of the
trout for 1t confines itself entirely to
feeding on the spawn. Always a glut
ton, when a duck finds the spawning
beds of trout in the small streams that
feed the main water, it will soon devou.
thousands of eggs and shovel the entire
contents of the breeding places into it:
stomach, if not molested. One flock o.
wild ducks can easily destroy the entire
breeding pro spects of any trout in {
| short time.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-25
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

A LIVE owl was an oddly in an opera in
London recently.
STUART RoBsoN, the actor, was once
congressional page,
MARY ANDERSON has been PLAYING to
crowded houses in Boston
WILHELM, the pianist, is giving a series
of concerts in St Petersburg.
Miss FANNY DAVENPORT has given her
5OOth representation of Fedora
NANCY LEE" offered for $50, ultimately
paid its composer, Mr.. Maybrick, So, 900.
LAWRENCE BARRErT's present tour is
proving the most successful he has ever
made
THERE are now about 400 travelling COM
panies performing in the various sections of
the Union.
EDWIN BooTH and Signor Salvini will be
seen together as lago and Othello before the
close OF the season.
CHRISTINE NILSSON has written an elabor-
ate work on vocal teaching and proper
method OF singing
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-25
TROOPS AMBUSCADED.
A Surgeon and Four Prlvates KiIlc
by indians i'm New FTexicO.

a few days since near White House, n
NJ, a company of United States cavalry
troops under Lieutenant Fountain were am
pushed by hostiles with disastrous results
Following are the names of those who were
killed in the fight that ensuei: Surgeon
MADDOX, Prvates Collins, Gibson, Hutton and
Mcmillan.
Lieutenant Cahill and Corporal Mcfarland
were slightly wounded. The Indians num-
bered twenty-one After the fight they
headed in the direction Of Clifton This IS
the same band with which Lieutenant Poup-
tain had fight recently. No Indians were
reporte killed.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-25
lake HENS LAY

Hog Cholera &c Sold everywhere by mail for Pr II
stamps. Furnished in large cans, price 3O; hvms 81 ~
Circulars free. l. 5. JOHNSON ~ CO., Boston, Mass.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-25
COLLISION ON THE RAIL.
Fen Persons Instantly EtilIcd and
Many Moro In Hrcd.

At midnight the other night, on the Geor-
gia Pacific railroad, seventeen miles from
Atlanta, the Georgia Pacific train was run
into by the East Tennessee train. Eleven
persons were killed instantly, and six seri-
ously wounded OF the latter one died soon
after, and the death of another was expected
In the passenger Goa h of the Georgia
Pacific train some of the passengers were
sleeping and others were awake and talking.
Without warning there came a terrible crash,
and the scene was Immediately transformed
into one of confusion, destruction, and
death. Souls were hurled into eternity,
and the air was filled with the groanS
of the wounded and dying. At one side of
the water tank there is n trestle, and the
rear end of the last coach of the Georgia Pa
cilic train was standing on the edge of the
trestle When the East Tennessee locomotive
struck this coach 1T plowed its way through
rs far as the dividing partition, splitting
the car in half The shock moved the Georgia
Pacific train fifteen or twenty yards, and
when it stopped the escaping steam from the
East Tennessee locomotive filled the rear
coach and Immediately all the lamps were
eXtinguished, the darkness making the scene
more dreadful and appalling. News of the
accident was telegraphed back to Atlanta
and a special train sent out. In the mean
time passengers and railroad hands who We're
uuhurt removed the dead and wounded into
the baggage cars on the two trains and when
the special train arrived they We're sent on to
Atlanta.
Among the injured men was J. H. Sink, of
Salem, Ala, who told his eXl erience.
Il was sitting" he said, IN the rear of the
sleeper, which was the last car on the Georgia
Pacific passenger train when the east Ten
nessee locomotive telescopei our car. There
was instantly a burst of aiding hot steam,
which filed the car, and, "a l afterward
learned the floor was Hooded with scaldin :;
water causing terrible death to every one
who was thrown 10 the floor and rendered
helpless to get up
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-11

sent them away. However, with girl SO
rich, 50 beautiful and 80 lovely the tlme
nust soon come when tae proper prince
VIII come along and be permitted 20 SIT
VITA her IN the parlor, with the Iamlly,
dre1Ea ami all looking on - until at
lasi he carries her on as his bride.
you must be real cuban she says
and takes me- 10 her room, where she say
] must disrobe. She wears beautiful
blue clio, Editing flannel wrapper with an
edging Of lace down the front, at the
sleeves and around the bottom. The
mate 70 it, bus pink 10 color, she losses on
the bed for me, saying as she does so; Il
wear nothing else except my slippers and
stockings ali day until | dress for dinner,
but | suppose there is no use asking you
70 DO SO. Iwish you would; 1t is so COM
torfable."
No use, indeed I should hope not. |
ten her think it is awful, and that l
should be afraid / should be found dead,
and so on. But she laughs and shrugs
her shoulders as che replies that there 10
nobody at home to find her dead except
the duenna, and she adds that she rather
suspects that the first few years Of her
life she seldom Wore anything at all IN
the house. 1t is just IS hot here as in
Cuba, she says, and she can't think why
everybody does not dress as she does.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-11
SQUEEZING AN INVENTOR.
Che Origin OF the winchester Repeating
Rifle.

From the Ntso Hagen PdllGdiitm.
A pistol of decidedly clumsy appear
ance, aud with fully as much brass as
steel in its composition, was left for few
minutes last evening at klock's drug
store. with several other articles, by
gentleman VINO had some errands to do
before taking horse car from the corner,
and who asked permission to temporarily
relieve himself of the load. During his
absence several visitors in the store
handled the weapon, which, although it
was not loaded, did no damage. The
peculiar make was the subject tor con-
lecture Tor some time, until the pistol was
shown to a leading military man, who
Immediately recognized il as enc of the
Tyler Henry patent. "This pistol" said
ne, "wOrks on the same principle as the
Winchester magazine gun. or course
many improvements have been made
since this pistol was manufactured, but
the principal features are the same.
Thousands upon thousands Of dollars
have been made from the invention, but
the inventor received little benefit from
it. The late .. f. Winchester began the
shirt business many years ago on very
small scale, cutting out the garments
which his wife and other women put to-
getner. The business gradually increased
until Winchester & Davies built for shirt
manufacturing the large factory on Court
street. The firm pr0spered, and when
Tyler Henry produced his magazine pis-
toll, he went TO Mr.. Winchester, as u lead
ing capitalist and manufacturer, and pro-
posed to sell him the patent for $50 1000.
/ Mr.. " Winchester offered him $50, 600, but
ne offer was refused. Henry aferward
offered to sell for $4,000 and Winchester
offered $4,000. No sale was made then
nor later when the invention Was offer Il
Tor 500 900 to the capitalist, who then re-
duced his figures 20 $4,000. Finally Win
chester boughttbe patert, paying Henry,
/ think, only $1,000. The first guns were
made on the model known as 1866. Other
models have been made since, but all con-
form very nearly TO the original Henry
model"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-11
A RIpICULoUs srATEMENr.
There Is No rehabilitation Among Ma
val Officers with the Way Naval A fairs
are A administered.

There Is No rehabilitation Among Ma
val Officers with the Way Naval A fairs
are administered.
Secretary Whitney characterlzes as
ridiculous the statement made in
special dispatch published in Philadel-
phia paper that considerable dissatistac-
ton exists among naval officers at the
partisan manner in which the Secretary
administers the affairs of the Navy De-
partment. A special point was made in
the dispatch that the board which made
the adverse report upon the Dolphin was
composed Of two Democrats Herman
Winter and Capt. Belknap) and an enemy
of cN-Secretary Chandler Commander
Kob'ey y. Eyans), and was organized to
condemn the vessel and bring
Secretary Chandler's administra-
zion INTO disrepute. TO a Washington
reporter, Secretary Whitney said that if
any one could tell how the members CT that
board voted, or if they voted at
Winter, he said, was selected because he
Is the most eminent man in mis- profession
In civil life in the country. He makes
more money at his profession than any
other two men. IL was very difficult
matter TO secure his services, which were
given for the sake of friendship, Mr.. VIM
ter declining to send in bill for them.
The other members Of the board were Sc
lected because they were the very best
qualified naval officers who were avail
able. Politics had nothing whatever to do
with the matter.
A well-known naval officer, in speaking
of the article. said: "There is no sucn
comment among naval officers. They
nave no politics, aud not one in hundred
votes. The examination Of the Dolphin
was purely a business matter. The Secre-
tary WAS called upon to accept or refuse
vessel built under the direction OF his pre-
decessOr. He knew nothing about it, but
naturally wanted to know il she was built
according TO contract, and Il NOT, who
was to blame. Toe examination alleged
numerous defects, and the blame evident
~ rests upon the shoulders OF the govern
menrs inspectors. If the Secretary was
inspired by partisan motives it would
have been most natural for him TO accept
tho recommendation of Admiral simpson,
the Pre- sident OF the Advisory Board, who.
Jnat article says, is a Democrat"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-11
A "FAIR CUBAN"


AAtAAHfAop ~ new AoIhs
From, % Mem York Letter.
a Veritable garden it would seem on
close inspection, with gaudy flowers and
tiny palma in great green boxes on "a
housetOp, clad with costly mating and
appointed with a great framework so ar
ranged that sheets Of canvas on rollers
can he moved forward and backward 70
shield part OF the roof from sunshine, or
all OF II from ram. Behind TWO lattice
screens, open 20 let the breeze through,
but capable Of being closed for privacy's
sake. you would see two brown-skinned,
bearded men asleep in hamm0cks. Be
hind a more elaborate screen, on pref
thy draped cot you would see the hand
some dark face OF a young girl--so pretty
= face that YOU never would forget IL after
ward. She is my Cuban friend, ana the
men are her father ana brother. Mother
she has none. Her first name is Estrella
her last name ] will not venture to com
init 20 paper; IL is too, too Spanish.
''Cume and spend day ana night with
me in little Iuha,n she wrote Go me the
other day. and ! gladly went, for she rs
TOTALLY foreign aud vet 50 layable that |
knew 70 better cure for The blues than to
be with her. Her father il a reyolutinni-t,
planning aud plotting forever to free
Cuba. He could 20 20 Cuba ii he would
bow the knee 10 Spain, bu, he has vowed
never 70 8 there until the island Us free.
But he lives m AN ordinary browu-stoue
Rouse just 40 the west oi Central Park
exactly as II he were on his now con-
fscated plantation near Matanas.
Estreila's durnna, a tau aud ielly-like
neRrrss, without whom AZ her side my
Cuban beauty cannot step out Of doors.
opened the front door for me, and kstrella
came running up behind her 10 welcome
me- with one Oi her remarkable KISSES.
which are unlike any others / ever heard
Of, though sou may he sure my expert
euce is limited. Il consists Of "a scrics oi
lit e bites on NY check, like what raptur-
Gus mothers give % pudgy babes, then
there is contraction of the llps that
makes me feel as II the blood would be
forced from my pores, and then the end
comes with pap like the miniature sun.
set gun on gentemon's yacht, a mile or
two away.
"On, / like it, say when sen Der big
brown eyes open al The expression of sent
dlsmay on my cOuntenunce. 81 like ~,
but don't ever Kiss "a gentleman that way,
thaps all.n
FL kiss ALA de gentermen joost re-
same" she says, "bu. ] only know three
Rehtermen-papa, my brother and my
uncle" Poor gln, she has nothing % 90
with ihe forming ~ her own fate. Two
o. three Cuhnns have asked hrr father fur
tne r.ent 90 c0Irt hcr. but their hood wHs
not ~ ihe right shade of bluenpes, AVID H0
hil Hne knew of their l0ynrlike Intentions
WAS aiier her iaihCr had told her be- mad
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-11
GEN. BLACK GKnw SUSPICIOUS.
OnlcehOlders Adopt An Original scheme
so Secure heir X .tsntion.

OGlceholders Adopt an Original scheme
80 Secure Jbeir X tsntion.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 7.--Several
months ago an article went the rounds OF
the press reciting the tact that little
girl Of - had written to Commissioner of
Pensions Black asking the retention Of
her father, Republican member Of the
Board of Examiners in Western State.
The child added that her father was very
much concerned about his place, and that
the letter was written without his know
ledge. She concluded by asking the
General TO mark an on the back OF an
enclosed postal card addressed 70 herself,
which would indicate his compliance
With the request. The article went on %
say that Gen. Black was very greatly
Impressed by the little maids earnest
ness, and that her wishes would probably
be favorably considered.
A lev DAYS after the publication or the
story another letter, very similar in char.
acter. WIS received at the PeusiOn Office
from another little girl II years Of age.
Thu next day two more came IN from a
southern state, and from that time for
about six weeks the supply never ceased.
The frequency OF these letters, all OF
which seemed mpdeled on the style OF the
one published, finally aroused the COM
mi=sioner's suspicious. Inquiries were
quietly instituted. and ia nearly every
case ~ was discovered that the letters
we're inspired by tine Parents OF the chil-
dren. This was found 20 be- equally true
~ toe one which had 50 worked upon
gen. Blacks sensibllties. Since that
time letters received at the department
beginning "Dear general, lam "a little girl
only Z years 0f age" are consigned t1
the waHtebasket without further DELAY.
KNOW TUYsNT.r. ~ ,cs,,,,g an, ,.s.,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-11
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