Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-26
General 11eps.
DOMESTIC.

he smallpox quarantine vi lllc hol III
N frontier has been abolished by orders
ON Washington.
Judgment for 81 ,40l 900 has been en-
bred in New York against William :.
'arner in favor of the assignee of Fer
|nand Ward.
There were heavy snowfalls in the
est on Saturday and Sunday. At Du-
|iaue. Iowa, several buildings were
roken down.
4 fire at Helena, Ark, Sunday morn
u destroyed three valuable blocks,
lcluding the opera-house; loss over
boo 900, total insurance $4,000.
A furious snow storm ragged all over
ne Michigan peninsula, Sunday, and two
Pet of snow fell, blockading the rail
Dads.
The House Indian committee has
greed to report favorably the Sioux re-
srvation bill which came over from the
enate, and will open II 100000 acres OF
Ind in Dakota to settlement. There is
respect of its passage in the House.
A cyclone passed through the northern
art of Allen county, Ind, sunday night.
he Methodist church and the United
rethern church at Williamsport were
estroyed, many dwellings were damag-
d and every barn in the village was
verturned.
Four thousand men employed in the
rational Tube works at MckeespOrt,
Pa, struck Saturday. \ strike in one
department. for more pay induced the
wners to eXtinguish three furnaces, and
his caused strike in the whole estab-
[shment.
Maria Tilghman, a negress, living a
lew miles from Princess Anne, Md, gave
irth to an illegitimate child Saturday
nd buried it alive in the woods near her
er home. Her actions were observed.
he baby was dug up and its life was
aved.
An immense mass-meeting was held in
Metropolitan temple at San Francisco
saturday night to ratify the proceedings
Ii the recent anti-Chinese convention
ED at Sacramento. Overflow meetings
we're also addressed on the street outside
f the building and from the steps of the
nited States mint.
An explosion of natural gas at one of
he wells in Murraysville, Penn, with
Which mains from five other wells were
Connected, did good deal of damage.
nd three people have already died of in
|lries resulting therefrom. The gas is
till burning and escaping, but it is be-
ieved that it can be conquered.
DR.. J. II. Kane, a leading practitioner
IF Wilmington, Del, brother of DR..
Kane of Arctic fame. and with him par
cipant in the North pole expedition,
led Monday morning ut Summit. y. j.,
where he was on visit to his daughter.
lie was a brother-in-aw of Secretary
Bayard and was eminent in his profess
ion.
Alderman Henry w. Jaehne has been ar
ested at New York on a charge of receiv-
ng brides for voting to override the
mayors veto of the resolution granting Il
franchise to the Broadway Surface rail
way company. He pleaded guilty and
mas been jailed in default of bail. Fur
her interesting developments are eX-
pected.
A broken rail threw the mixed passen-
ger train on the Erie and Wyoming rail
way of the track near Hadley, eight
niles from Hawley, Pa, Friday night.
All but one car left the track. The pas
Eenger car was turned on its side in IA
hitch and the bOX-car mounted the en-
zine. Fireman Fred Smith was killed.
The engineer and several passengers
we're seriously injured.
Charles u. Mathewson, president of the
Norfolk National bank of Norfolk. Neb.,
Received letter saying he was ruined
Ind did not dare to face his creditors he
also sent in his resignation as president
of the bank. The bank is secured. but
It is surmSed that the estate of his
brOther-n-law, valued at 10000. OF
which MathcwsOn was administrator, has
been swept away. His own fortune has
been also lost, it is said, through specu
lation in wheat.
\ soldier, who has been stationed al
Mud Springs under the command OF
lieut.. Wheeler has arrived at Tombstone
Ariz., bringing news of the surrender OF
Geronimo to Lieut. Maus. The circum.
stances leading to the surrender are re-
ported as follows: Friday afternoon
about 10 miles south of San Bernardina
he Apache camp was attacked by McXi
San forces and II hot skirmish ensued
luring which two Apaches We're killed
Ind the forces of Geronimo completely
routed. Geronimo and his band fled il
the direction of Lieut. Maus's camp TO