Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-16
DOM ESTIC.
Inc Kansas Republicans have renomi-
mated Governor Martin.


The Kansas Republicans have renomi-
mated Governor Martin.
\ fearful epidemic of typhoid fever
prevails in Waterford. Wis. Fifty peo-
pie are now sick
Maxwell, the convicted murderer of
freller, has been denied new trial in
the criminal court at st. Louis.
Charles Marsh of the dry goods firm
Jordan, Marsh Il Co.. Boston. died at Co.
hassett' Mass, on Friday evening from
apopleXy.
The post-office at Minneapolis. Mimi.
was broken into Thursday night and 500
wv III money and stamps taken. There
Is not the slightest clew to the thieves.
terrific hail storm swept over por-
tions of the Northwest Thursday night.
causing all immense amount of damage.
especially in Minnesota.
OF the 645 blast furnaces in the United
states over one-half. $50. are now idle.
but these have only about half the
capacity of the 80 that are in operation.
June was Il bad month for the fire in
>urahce companies. the losses in the
nited States and Canada aggregating
S9.750.0o0 about 81 10000 above the
average.
dispatch from Fort Bowie announces
that Geronimo, the Apache chief. has
been severely wounded and is closely
pressed by the United States troops in
the Sierra Madra. mountains.
y terrible storm visited the locality of
Clinton. Ia. Friday night. resulting in
great injury to crops and buildings. The
National bank block at Clinton and ma
ny other buildings were badly injured.
I'm unknown woman ran through Suv-
dam street. Brooklyn, Friday. shouting
murder and fell dead from exhaustion.
Three men who were pursuing her eScap-
ed. The womau'S wrist was badly cash
ed.
The drouth in Western Texas j. caus-
ing great mortality among cattle and the
herders place the loss from this source
a. high a. SG.OOO.OOO 1t has lasted
nearly year and crops in the region are
failures.
Cyclones in Georgia extending over
period of three weeks in their ravages
have caused hundreds of thousands of
dollars damages to growing crops. besides
destroying large amount of other
property.
Milton Evans. farm laborer from
Southern Missouri. died in great agony
from hydrophobia at Kansas City. Mo-,
on Friday afternoon. \ maidstone was
applied Thursday night, and apparently
took effect, bur its owner said the patient
had come To late.
The latest estimate of the cost of the
great strike in the Southwest places the
figure at 1900. 000.Of which the railroad
company lost S3,500.O00, the wage earn
erS 81 ,0OO. 900 and 100000 in addition
was distributed to alleviate distress. And
yet there are still persons who contend
that strikes pay.
George Dill, Il, cut his throat at Alba
ny sunday with pair of shears and
stabbed himself in the left chest and alb
domen three times. Then he jumped
from the SecOnd-story window, striking
on hi- head and injuring but not fractur-
ing his skull. He had had domestic
troubles.
The first colored Roman Catholic priest
ordained from America is Rev. Augnos-
tiSS Tolkon, who celebrated his first mass
in the United States Saturday in the lit
tie Catholic church of ST. Mary's at Ho-
boken. y. j. Father Tolkon was born "A
slave in Missouri 36 years ago He
preached his first sermon on Sunday.
Three convicts were killed by their
guards near Pine Bluff, Ark, Saturday
afternoon. A gang of about so convicts
were working in brick-yard, few
miles from the town, when they made a
sudden break for liberty. The guards inn
mediately leveled their rifles and fired,
killing three of the ringleaders and NOR
tally wounding fourth; none escaped.
Mrs. Nellie +. Davis, an attractive wo-
man of Chicago, carefully dressed her
self in white dress Thursday, laid down
on bed and fired bullet into her
brain, which killed her instantly. She
! was engaged to be married soon, but had