Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22

months this gang did 80 safe jobs in diff
ferent towns of New England, and secur-
ed $l0,303. The operations of the band
extended from Connecticut to Maine.
DIR. Thomas w. Keen of Danville, G5
years old and a member of the Virginia
House of Delegates, dropped dead OH the
floor of the House Saturday just after
making speech. The House was at once
in confusion and there was a rush to
where the body lay. -Four doctors, men,
bers of the body, soon reached him, and
in few moments an electric battery was
brought in and current applied without
effect. Both houses of the Assembly i'm
mcdiately adjourned.
Rev. Joseph Cook on Sunday made an
address before the American Temperance
association in Chickering hall in which
he said ave are the most drunken race
on the planet, and the palm for red noses
should be awarded to Irish, Germans and
Americans" TO make the knowledge of
alcoholic effects on the human system
compulsory in schools was the way to
take the bull by the horns. Mr.. Cook
had not lost all hope that the Republican
party would yet lead crusade against
the liquor interest.
1t is estimated that the cold snap in
Florida destroyed 100000 boxes of
oranges worth $1,0OO,000. Frost was
reported almost at the extreme southern
end of the peninsula. There is little
doubt that substantially the entire orange
crop remaining on the trees is frozen and
spoiled. The precise effect of the freeze
upon the trees cannot be determined until
the warm weather sets in. Probably
every tree i'm the State will lose its leaves,
and it is believed that most of the young
trees. except those protected, are killed.
The gradual thaw under cloudy skies
was very fortunate, however, and the old
and matured trees, which have been re-
lied on for producing the marketable
crop of oranges, are probably not serious
ly hurt
Miss Katherine Bayard, the eldest and
favorite daughter of the secretary of
state, died suddenly Saturday at Wash
ington of heart disease. She assisted
her father and mother at reception till
after midnight Friday and then went for
Il short time to another reception in the
vicinity, returning between l and 2
o'clock much fatigued. She complained
of feeling badly. She was to have assist
ed Miss Cleveland at her Saturday after
noon reception, and having made every
preparation for it, retired leaving word
not to be called till the last moment. At
2p. m. q servant entered her darkened
room to awaken her and found her I'M
conscious. Every remedy known to the
family was applied. but when the family
physician who lives near came, he.
pronounced her dead. Miss Bayard
had been treated for Is months for mi
trail disease of the heart. and had been re-
reatedly warned by doctors not to over
exert herself, as heart disease would
sometime terminate her life.
A singular case of theft was reported
to the mayors office, Louisville, Ky, the
other day by Mrs. Ross, a well-to-do lady,
aged about so years, who lives in the
country. She said that she was the own
er of lot at Fifteenth and Prentice
streets, upon which, in April last, there
was a substantial two-story brick house
of eight rooms. That month the tenant
occupying the house was elected for non
payment of rent, and the property was
DIT, "a. .nI
in years and living in the country, she
had not visited her property since March.
The house was then all right. A few
days ago a man called on her and offered
her So for what brick remained on the
lot. Mrs. Ross went there to investigate.
TO her great CONSERVATION she discover
ed, on visiting the property, that only a
small pile of bricks remained of the large
house she had owned, the building hav-
ing been carried away, brick by brick,
until almost the last vestige was gone.
As yet there is no clue to this unprece-
dented robbery
Charles Bertrand. New York lawyer.
aged 30, committed suicide Monday in Il
SensdtloHdl IiidillcI. bcItrdllu has dclcu
for two years past as counsel for Catherine
Zeitz of Brooklyn who had litigation with
her divorced husband, Charles Haaft,
about some property. Haaft during the
litigations had several times caused Bert
rand to be arrested upon various charges.
Mrs. Zeitz in all instances became surety
for Bertrand until her liability on that
became convinced Monday that Bertrand
meant to decamp and leave her to pay his
bonds. She set out with an officer to find
her counsel, had him arrested, and at the
sherifi@s office surrendered him up. Late
in the afternoon an officer, with Bertrand
in custody started for Raymond-street