The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
Middlebury Register.
FRIDAY. JANUARY &c, 1855.
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and NIiddIe stntcs.

Eastern and Middle states.
THE banking house of Cook & Sackett, of
Havana, N. y, suspended owing to the dis
appearance of the senior member, Ebert z.
Cook, with the funds. Cook was treasurer of
the village.
A FIRE burned down one-thrd of the bust
ness portion of Holley, N. Y, and destroyed
nearly $4,000 worth of property, including
the Standard office, Frisbie's block, Robb's
block and Masonic Hall.
Gov. PATTISoN's annual message shows
that the total receipts of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania for the last fiscal year We're
50, 146 600, and the total payment S5,9l2, 662
The message recommends more stringent
laws in regard to the sale of liquor, and a
more rigid and less expeditions divorce law.
AT the opening of the New York legisla-
lature the following brief message from
President-elect Cleveland, resigning his office
as governor, was received; "TO the legisla-
ture-I hereby resign the Office of governor
of the State of New York Grover Cleve-
land" Lieutenant Governor Hill who has
succeeded Mr.. Cleveland as governor sent in
his first message to the legislature. George
c. Erwin, the Republican candidate, was
elected speaker of the assembly. Senator
Dennis Mccarthy was elected president pro
tenn. of the senate.
York legislature reviews and commends the
executive and legislative work of the State
government under Mr. Clevelands admins
tration, particularly that of the year just
closed. 1t declares the public finances to be
in a satisfactory condition and valuable pro-
gress to have been made i'll all that
concerns the States material welfare Re-
vision of banking laws, par
ticularly those relating to private institu-
tons, is urged, and the desirability of the
legislature Mt once abolishing the present
prison labor contract system and substituting
one more i'll accord with the expressed wish
of the public is dwet upon at great length
Biennial spring elections formunicipal officers
i'll New York are recommended: close atten-
ton is called to the work of civil service reform,
n modification of naturalization laws is adj
Nised; careful consideration is invited to the
problem of forest preservation: the failure of
New FORK reform bills because of careless
wording is cited as proof of need of closer
scrutiny of legislation and the employment
of competent counsel to the legislature is sug
gested. Numerous other topics are also dis
CuSSed.
THE annual auction sale of pews in Mr.
Beecher's Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, drew
the usual large attendance. The first choice
brought $500, and the entire sale realized
&1 256, or about 81 900 less than last year.
b. F. JONES, Chairman of the Republican
national committee, was elected President of
the American Iron and Steel association at
a meeting in Philadelphia.
GENERAL GRANT has written a letter to
Cyrus W. Field, the Now y ork millionaire,
declining the subscription which number of
ms friends were raising for his benefit. The
general says it is due to himself and family to
decline the profrered generosity. The amount
Intended to be raised was 100000.
The wife of a Philadelphia police sergeant
has just fallen heir to the comfortable sum of
500, 900
BISHOP PADDOCK presided at the fifth an
nual meeting of the New England Divorce
Reform league, held in Boston.
MORE than 5000 miners have lust been
thrown out of work in Pennsylvania, the
col!ierles having shut down for the purpose of
restricting the output in coal.
AS there was no choice for the State ticket
at the recent election III Connecticut the leg
islature has elected the following Republican
nominees: For governor, Henry b. Harrl-
son; acknowledgement Lorrn A. Cooke:
secretary of state, Charles A. Russell; treas.
urer, Valentine b. Chamberlain; controller,
l4uzerne j. Munson. Governor Harrison de-
livered a message
AT meeting of the national committee of
the prohibition party, held i'll New York twen-
" members, representing MS many States,
We're present. A committee report was adopted
thanking the late candidates for President
and Nice-President for their services in the
campaign and condemning the attacks upon
MI. ~. John as malicious and without
proof"
NAflAlN lHOMAS IHELAN, OF Kansas
City, Mo- was stabbed several times by
Richard Short, in the office of the United
ITtshmen, edited by O'Donovan Rosa, in
New York. 1t appears that Phelan had en-
FILTERED the feelings of many Irishmen by
utterances which he is credited with in an
issue of a Kansas City newspaper. He an
parently came to New York to make some
explanations i'll regard to these utterances
The wounds received by Phelan were thought
TO be fatal. His assaiant was arrested.
-FOUR boys We're drowned by the ice giving
way while skating on a pond at Pottsville,
Penn.
A BALL held for charitable PURPOSES in
Buffalo, n. Y, is described as 1.-THE most
brilliant event of the kind ever held in the
CITY" 1t was opened by Mr.. Cleveland
SCARLET FEVER is ravaging several villages
IN the immediate vicinity of Brooklyn. n. Y
numerous deaths have occurred, and the
schools have been closed