Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-12


men reached the spot just in time to save
Slater and the oldest child.
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. senior
maior-genera of the army and comman-
der of the military division of the At
lantic, died at 2.21 p. IN. Tuesday on
Governors island, n. Y. from malig-
nant carbuncle on the back of his neck,
aggravated by other complications. The
first symptoms of his disease was observ-
ed two weeks ago, but his condition was
not considered dangerous till Sunday
evening. Even then his illness was not
made public and to the country at large
the news of his death came with shock.
As late rs Saturday he was in his office
performing his duties. Mrs. Hancock
wish that the funeral may be simple and
transformations will probably be respect
ed and the burial will take place at Nor
ristOwn, Pa, where his daughter sleeps.
Many messages of sympathy have been
received by the bercaved family and the
whole country showed its grief at the
brave soldiers death by half masted
flags, draped public buildings and in
numerous other ways.
a Worcester (Mass.) dispatch of the
9th inst. SAYS: DR.. Everett VI. Nelson.
one of the parties under arrest for COM
plicity in the robbery of the Lancaster
bank at Clinton. was brought into the
superior court to-day. He waived the
reading of the Indictment against him.
pleaded not guilty, and the case was con-
tinued. The Indictment alleges that VIM.
III. Mcneil of Lancaster. on Dee. %. 1850,
at Clinton, did steal. take and carry away
mortgages bonds of the West Rutland
Marble company to the aggregate value
of $50, 900: certificates of stock of the
same company of the aggregate value of
$4,000: Herdic Phaeton company bonds
of the value of $1,000: four certificates of
stock of the IIerdic PhaetOn company of
the aggregate value of $4,000: prOmissOry
notes of the value of S32.O0O: United
States treasury notes of the aggregate
value of 5000; all the property of the
Lancaster National bank. and in the pos
session of the said national bank. The
Jurors also further find that Everett NJ.
Nelson did feloniously and maliciously
incite, move, procure and counsel, hire
and command the said Mcneil. the said
larceny in manner and form aforesaid. to
do and commit.
The attorney of Rev. W. W. Downs.
the hero of Il recent Boston scandal, has
brought suit in that city for criminal libel
against Rev. George W. Bosworth of
Cambridge. secretary of the Massachu-
sets Baptist convention. The writ was
served upon Bosworth and is for $40. 900,
charging him with the wilful erasure and
omission of Downs's name from the Off
cially published catalogue of the ordained
Baptist ministers of the commonwealth.
and also the same eraSure and omission
of his name as pastor of the BoWdoin
Square church. as well. in the statistical
tables: and for slanderOus utterances of
a malicious character. alleged to have
been made against Downs at the meeting
of the Baptist ministers, held sometime
since. and at which Downs was expelled
from the Massachusetts Baptist confer
ence. 1t also Incorporates a charge that
this omission of DownS'S name from the
annual report j. part of a conspiracy in
which Bosworth figures rs the couspi-
cuouS agent. BosWorth has considerable
property. which has been attached. suit
ha, also been brought against the Bow
doin square church to recover Mr..
Downs, salary a. pastor. $1,000. Il full
wears salary at $3.50 II month. The So
ciety'S funds have been attached.
Raids were made by deputy marshals
Sunday morning ON the residence of
George q. Cannon of the Mormon first
presidency at Salt Lake City. His sup
posed latest pOlygamouS wife, who had
avoided service of a summons heretofore.
and other persons were SubpUnaed to APP
pear and testify before the grand jury.
United States District Attorney Dickson
offers Il reward of $500 for the capture of
Cannon. The territorial supreme court
has rendered a decision sustaining the
conviction of Apostle Lorenzo Snow of
unlawful cohabitatiOn. The court recites
that Snow. in NauvOO, first legally mar
ried two women at one ceremony, and
the contract, therefore, was null and
void. He then married successfully
seven other women. whom he supports
and holds out to the world as his wives.
This is shown by the testimony, while, at
the same time. he dwells regularly with
Minnie. his latest polygamous wife, who
has three-months-old child. The court
says this is one of the most fragrant cases
of polygamy in the Territory, and that no
error was made in cOnvicting Snow. The
court also suStains the conviction of
Brigham Young Hampton of conspiring
to establish disreputable houses for the
purpose of Turing thither prominent gen.
tiles. and says the testimony disclosed a
wicked and disgraceful conspiracy which
must be condemned by all.
Bradford, little village near Connells-
vile. Pa. was the scene Monday morn
ing of another of the disturbances that
have marked the course of the strike in
the coke regions. About three hundred
strikers from Leisenring marched to the
Henry Clay coke works of Prick Il Co..
where few men were at work and began
firing on the worllmen from the hill
above the ovens. Several men were
slightly injured. One of them who was
beaten by the strikers for refusing to quit
Il day or two ago returned the fire and
hit one of the assailantS who fell and was
carried of by his comrades. The infuri-
ated strikers bounced upon William Sois-
son. the foreman of the men. aud gave
him a severe beating and kicking as he
lay helpless on the ground. The strikers
then made an attack upon the ripple
house, drove the men in charge out of it.,
set it on fire and guarded it until it was
consumed. They allowed the company's
employees to try to save the boilers, after
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