Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-10


mands the removal from priests of all
secular powers over their Pensioners.
The most careful estimate is that
s5,OOO0O0 will be required to rebuild the
city of Charleston. Earthquake shocks
continue at increasing intervals, Angus
Ia and Savannah reporting several since
Saturday morning. The flow of pecuni-
airy assistance toward the stricken section
Is already copious and from all sections.
Many people of Contoocook, y. H.,
felt the shock of an earthquake at about
80 o'clock Monday evening. The shock
rocked buildings and rumbled for a num-
Der of seconds. just before the shock a
very brilliant meteor was seen in the
east, apparently "A foot in diameter. and
lighting the sky like flash of electricity.
The tower of the First Methodist
church at Wilkesbarre, Pa, was found to
be settling Monday, the result, it is be-
lieved. of the recent earthquake. which
was felt to some extent at that place,
The church is new and cost $4,000. 1t
was dedicated about three months ago.
The tower is l3S feet high and built of
massive bluestone
Postal Inspector W. W. Simpson of
Atlanta, Ca, elected \. y. Wilson from
the Savannah postoffice one day last week
and placed Capt. G.. W. Lamar in possess
sion. Wilson had positively refused to
turn over the office unless force should
be used and went out saying: II am
still postmaster of Savannah: President
Cleveland had no right to suspend me
under the constitution" Wilson was
suspended for offensive partisanship.
Mrs. Julia IIealy died at New York the
other night from Il fright which her bru-
tai husband had given her the night be-
fore. She had given birth to child IA
few days before, and, while still weak.
her husband Fcame in drunk. and stand
ing over the bed with knife in his hand,
said she was no good and not worth liv-
ing, and that if she didn't die. he would
kill her. She swooned and did not re-
cover from the shock.
1t is estimated that the wheat crop of
California will be worth SOL 900 900 this
year, against SIS. 600 600 last year. and
that the barley crop will fetch 9lG.000-
600, gain of S7.O0O,0O0 over last year.
The area sown is said to be but fraction
larger than in 1855. Recent estimates
place the wine crop at SIS. 0O0.0OO in
stead of S2G.000.0O estimated earlier
in the season. Last years crop was
$4,000. This has been big year for
crops in California.
Marshall Kid-Io-Sie. Miami Indian
living near La Fontaine, Ind, is the de-
PENDANT in a breach of promise suit for
$1,000. He has considerable property
and Il verdict against him would be
worth the par value. The plaintiff is de
scribed as tine-looling girl of Is named
Norah Engart. She says kid-Lo-Sie was
attentive to her. proposed marriage and
was accepted. and subsequently. diSre-
garding his betrothal, welded another
woman: to all of which Kid o-Sie sets
up stout denial. Several damaging let
tiers. however, are in the possession of
Miss Engart.
The body of an infant was recently
found in Milwaukee,. Wis. with darn
mg-needle through its heart. Now has
been disclosed regular business of muir
dering babes at so much head that has
been carried on in that city. Mrs. Pau
line MittelStaedt, proprietor of Il private
lying-in-hoSpital. fled Il few weeks ago
upon ascertaining that the authorities
had accumulated evidence eliminating
her. She was arrested in Michigan and
brought back sunday. The police say
she has confessed the murder of the child
and claims to have been promised $500
by its mother for putting it out of the
way. The authorities are Investigating
the deaths of numerous other infants
supposed to have been put to death by
her.
Twelve prominent farmers of Mans
field, o.. have been sued for S20. 1000 dam
ages by Simon Dolph. whom they and
Others have been maltreating. Dolph,
they claim, had been circulating SANDERS
concerning the women of his neighbour
hood. He had been warned to leave town
but needed it not. About a week ago he
was waylaid by lot of masked men,
tarred and feathered, dragged along the
road by Il rope around his neck to the
village of Rome. where a big bonfire
was built, and Dolph was made to run
the gauntlet around the blaze in his coat
of feathers, while the crowd punched
him with sharp sticks and nearly killed
him. He was then released with the
warning to leave town in ten days or he
would be killed and his premises burned.
William +. Smith, late assistant Secre-
tary of the treasury, has been to see Sec
rotary Manning at Watch Hill. Mr.