The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-28
NEWS SUMMARY
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MRs. EDWARD MCFEE, of Staleyvile, N.
Y, refused to eat or drink for fifteen days,
and then died in great agony.
A LARGE number of persons daily visit
General Grants tomb at Riverside Park, New
York,
FERDINAND <UB1Ez, employed in a Roches-
ter IN. " brewery, fell into a huge vat of
ale and was drowned.
BY remarkable series of casualties the
three grown up sons of Mrs. Sarah TRULY AN
aged widow of Martins Valley Penn, have
met with violent deaths within period of
twelve hours. John TRULY, who worked on
a railroad, fell into cattle guard and broke
his neck The next morning Jason TRULY was
drowned in n pit in the slate quarries where
he worked. When messengers hurried to the
mill where Wyman TRULY worked, to break
the sad news TO him, men were carrying his
dead body out of the building. He had been
suifocated in grain bin.
EDGAR X ApGAR, the deputy New York
State treasurer, died at Albany a few days
since, aged about forty years. He was the
man whose speech in the Democratic State
convention of 1882 nominated Grover Cleve-
land, then mayor of Buffalo, for governor.
The New York Democratic State commits
tee has issued the call for a convention to
nominate candidates for governor and other
offices at Saratoga, September "a.
GEORGE HALLOCK, employed in pottery
works at Philadelphia, was examining n
heavy machine known as a clay cutter, when
he fell in, and in a moment was ground into
pulp.
Ex-Governor JULIAN CONVERSE, of Yer.
mont, died at Dirville Notch, n. H., the
other night, at the age of eighty-six. He
was governor from 1872 to 1874.
GREAT damage has been done by heavy
storm at Eric, Penn. and vicinity. The hail
accompanying the storm cut and sashed the
crops orchards and vineyards in a very Sc
rious manner along the lake shore, from the
city through TO the New York State line and
on into Chatauqua county.
AT fully attended caucus of the Demo-
cratic members of the New Hampshire legis-
lature resolutions were unanimously adopted,
unquallfedly indorsing the national admin
istraton.
A CONFERENCE on the project to increase
the usefulness of the canal system of New
y DIRK was held the other day at Utica, many
prominent citizens from all parts of the State
being present. Ex-Governor Seymour pre-
sided Resolutions were adopted that the
formation and improvement OF the canals
be urged upon the attention of the New ork
legislature.
AT meeting of the Grant National Monu.
ment committee in New DIRK, it was resolved
to raise 81 900 900 for a monument over
General Grants remains. 1t was stated that
the committee had taken steps to obtain sub.
sciptions in every city, town and village in
the United States. Thus far about so, 900
have been subscribed
COURTNEY and Conley defeated Hosmer
and Gaudaur in three-mile, double-scul
boat race at Albany, n. Y.
JOHN OSBORN and Jerome Auck, two ven
cradle farmers, were driving in separate We
hces near Westfied, Penn, when their
horses took fright and ran away. Both men
were thrown from their wagons and killed.
A FIRE broke ont on board the Old warshp
Colorado. lying near Port Washington, Long
Island, the other evening. The flames spread
from the Colorado to the following ships, all
of which were burned to the waters edge
and sunk: Minnesota, Susquehanna, Congress,
South Carolina, Iowa, Lolita Grant, and Fair
play. All, with the exception of the last
two, formerly belonged to the United States
navy. They had been condemned and were
bought from the government for the old iron
and planks they contained. The estimated
loss is SlO0,O 900.
JAMES NORTH, a New York policeman, was
stabbed and almost instantly killed by a
colored man with whom he had slight al
terCaton
CHAyLES AND ARTHUR WINKLEY, aged
eighteen and twenty-five respectively, sons
of Alonzo Winkley, of Lawrence, Mass.
were drowned at Salisbury Beach while
canoeing.
FRANZ JOSEF PETMEKY was hanged at
Auburn, y. y, for the murder Of Mrs Pau
line FrOizcheim, in 1SS3.