The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
LATER NEWS

NINE convicts were whipped at Newcastle,
Dell eight for larceny and one for burglary.
The latter received twenty lashes and stood
FOR one hour in the pillory. The others re-
ceived ten lashes each.
DURING his three days visit to New York
President-elect Cleveland spent Sunday with
Samuel j. Tilden at Greystone on the Hud.
son.
AN oil train standing on railroad bridge
at New Brunswick, N. j., was telescoped by
freight train running into its rear Sew
eral oil the cars toppled over upon the build
ings, below, the oil tanks took fire and the
scattering oil ignitcd the factory buildings
in the vicinity. Two men and a lot of valua-
bic horses were killed and property aggregat-
ing upward of half a million dollars was de
stroyed by fire.
REV. I. DEWITT TALMAGE preached on
"tho blasphemy" of Ingersoll's lecture in
Brooklyn, and advocated the suppression of
such teachings by the police
DIRECTOR-GENERAL BURKE has submitted
the following statement respecting the New
Orleans Exhibition for the information OF
the President and Congress: REGENTS from
stock and donations, 1854, 1GS; United States
government loan, Sl,O0)0OO; installation
receipts, S93,9is.39; gate receipts $732o2. 10
Total, 81, ,40S.99; expenditures, S2,O7O,
S3l.94; deficit, 1919, 1872 %
WINTER wheat in Illinois and Indiana is
safe and promises an immense yield.
SEVEN persons were killed and sixteen
wounded by a trains dashing through n
bridge at Creston. lows.
FIFTEEN persons who tarred and featbercd
w. II. Bailey while acting as attorney in n
liquor case in Scott township, Iowa, have
settled the matter by each paying him $500.
Hon. THOMAS a. HENDRICKS, Vice Presi
dent-elect, has been on a trip to tho New Or.
leans exposition
SECRETARY CHANDELIERS report to Con
gress shows that the expense of the expedi
ton which saved Lieutenant Greedy and hi
men was $50, 2G5.
A FIRE at the United States signal service
Office destroyed or damaged a large number
OF valuable records and instruments.
1T is stated that 1000 Italian soldiers now
in Egypt will be allowed by Italy to cooper
ate with the British troops at Suakim against
the Arabs.
REINSDoRF AND KEUCHLER, tho anarch-
lists, who were sentenced to death at I.eipsic,
Tor attempting to cause the death of the EN-
peror and other royal persons at the Neiler-
Wald celebration, were executed at Halle.
One execution took place in the prison. and
was made by the sword. The sentence of
hupsch was committed to penal servitude for
life.
The Arabs denied that General Gordon
has been made a.prisoner, and stated that he
was killed in action, having refused 10 give
or take quarter Natives report that the
Mahdi has 10000 men scattered between
Berber, Shendy, " and Metemneh, and
that the force at the latter place is
daily receiving endorsements. Genera,
Stewart has strengthened his quarters at
Gubat. On the return from Khartoum to
Gubat several natives reported to Colonel
Wilson's party that General Gordon and all
the Coptic troops who had stood by him had
been captured by FL Mahdis men and put to
death. Later on during the return journey
several ShaSiyeh men came aboard Colonel
Wilson's boat and declared that General
Gordon, Consul Nicoli, fifty Greeks, and some
soldiers, when pressed to desperation, shut
themselves up i'll a Catholic church, whittier
they hadremoved a quantity of ammunition
and provisions.