Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-29

William j. Sherman, the Catholic priest
of the church of the Visitation in Brook
| lyn, who married Miss Tillie Mccoy a
few months ago, has been arrested in
Brooklyn upon warrant charging MIN
with betraying Miss Julia Mulvaney,
whom, it is charged, he deceived by a
mock marriage ceremony in Februa-
ry. 1885.
The dead body of Alexander McVicars,
so years old, was found in a ravine near
Pacific. Mo-, Saturday, with two bullet
holes in his head and with his throat cut
from ear to ear. McNicars was last
seen in company with young man
named Webster jackson, who is supposed
to have killed the old man for his money,
jackson escaped and still at large.
A strange suicide occurred on the farm
of William Kidney, near Burlington
Mich, Sunday night E. j. Wilcox,
aged 60, waited until the other members
of the family had retired and then step
ped outside the door and exploded dy-
Mantle cartridge under his arm. The re-
port was terrific and the fragments of
Wilcox's body were scattered in all di-
rections.
Cornelia Mitchell Stewart, widow of
Alexander II. Stewart. the great mer-
chant, died of pneumonia at New York
on Monday, being nearly So years of age.
She was daughter of Jacob Clinch, a
ship-chandler, and was married to Mr..
Stewart in 1923 by Rev. DR.. Mitchell,
whose wife was her god-mOther. She
leaves property to the amount of 20 mill
lions of dollars.
The chief of the bureau of animal in
dustrv has made report concerning the
ravages of pleuro-pneumoniai in the West.
1t seems thereby that the existence of
the disease is certain and general, and
that there is no remedy but the eXtermi-
nation of the infected animals; but the
State of Illinois is without means to ac-
complish this. DR.. Salmon says that a
crisis has arrived in the American cattle
industry.
\ special agent of the treasury depart
ment has reported that silks and other
valuable goods taken from the wrecked
steamer Oregon have been found in the
light house at the entrance of New York
harbor and in private dwellings. He
recommends the dismissal of the keeper
of the lighthouse. Since the report the
keeper has sent in his resignation, but ii
will not be acted upon until after an in
vestigation, when, if the charges prove
true. he will be dismissed.
Detroit, Mich, has a sensation in the
preferring of charges of demonstrating
and of having served term in prison
against Louis b. Littletield, the Republic
can candidate for sheriff of Wayne coun-
ty. Littletield does not pretend to deny
the charges and this makes the sensation
more profound. lie has been resident
of Detroit 20 years and is known as an
upright, honest business man. He says
he was mere lad at Utica, y. Y, when
he left home because of the unkind treat
ment of his step-mother, and was arrest
ed for having a horse that had been
stolen. He was hoodwinked into plead
ing guilty when he was innocent, for he
had bought the horse without any knowl'
edge of its being stolen animal. He
served II months in prison. His political
opponents at Detroit got hold of the
rumor that his past life had not been all
straight and sent Il man to New York
State to look it.up. Littlefields friends
are satisfied with his explanation anG
will not allow him to withdraw from the
contest.