Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-29
General l1ems.
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damages for his Imprisonment by Mexico.
The Universalist denomination has re-
solved to engage in foreign missionary
work.
President Cleveland has sent 800 for
the relief of flood sufferers at Sabine,
Tex.
"Sunset" Cox has resigned as minister
to Turkey and accepted nomination to
Congress from New York city district
The st. Louis American club has won
the worlds championship at baseball by
defeating the Chicagos out of 6 times.
braves to Florida was wrecked on Satur-
day night. but no one was hurt so far as
is known.
Earthquake shocks were felt along the
coast from Georgia to Washington Fri
day. and tremors are reported from Chat
tanooga and other distant points.
Hicklin j. Landers of Indianapolis,
banker and confidential clerk for two
pork houses, is said to have gone to Cam
ada. having embezzled about $4,000.
About 1000 Brooklyn school-teachers,
most of them women. have procured
rooms and an Instructor, and will take
. daily systematic exercises in gymnastics.
Thousands of copies of book contain
. ing the speeches of the condemned
. Chicago anarchists are being circulated
by labor organizations throughout the
country.
The number of immigrants arriving ut
United States ports during the nine
months ended September 80 was 294, 12O,
against 26S.GSS for the corresponding
period of 1885.
Harrison, Gen. Grants body servant,
has Just been appointed laborer in the
paymaster-general office at Washington.
lie was discharged from the government
printing-ofiice week ago.
The Binkley House at Sherman, Texas,
was destroyed by fire Friday morning.
Loss SG9,200, partially covered by insur-
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capes from death in the building.
Thomas NJ. Carnegie of Pittsburg, Pa.
brother of Andrew Carnegie, the million
aire iron manufacturer, is dead at the age
of 80. Andrew was so sick that he could
not be informed of his brothers death
Gamblers in Chicago have declared a
boycott on playing cards manufactured
by Russell, Morgan q Co., because Com
missioner Morgan, member of the firm,
has been active in suppressing gambling
in that city.
Six PinkertOn officers are under arrest
at Chicago charged with shooting man
while conducting party of non-union
men from the Chicago stock yards. 1t is
charged that they fired into the crowd
without provocation.
Hon. Joseph b. Clark of Manchester,
y. H., IA prominent business man there
and politician, and defeated candidate
for the Republican nomination to Con-
gress. committed suicide on Friday be-
cause of disappointment at not receiving
the nomination.
New York city's famous Grant monu-
ment fund wasi unexpectedly pulled out,
the other day, by the receipt of Il regis
tered letter from Cleveland, o., of 81,
the first addition made to the fund in
over a month. 1t now amounts to few
cents over SOB.
Pennington, Me-, has suffered greatly
by fire which destroyed 80 houses, 10
stores, three churches, two hotels, two
newspaper offices, three law offices, two
insurance offices, county Jail, town house,
post Office, Il savings bank, and numerous
other buildings, including plough fac
tory. The loss is over S250,000.
Sallie McGrath, a Blue Grass belle
niece of Price McGrath, the turfman, and
one of the handsOmest women in the
State, was burned to death at Lexington
Ky, Sunday, her dress catching fire from
an open CRATE. Her sister, Belle, was
seriously burned in trying to put out the
flames.
President Cleveland, Secretaries Bay
ard and Endicott, Postmaster General
Villas and Commissioner of Agriculture
Coleman formed the presidential party
that visited the agricultural fair or
Thursday of last week at Richmond, Va
They were enthusiastically received. Mr.
cleveland made an address.