Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-01
General 1leps.
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A terrible gale swept along the eastern
coast of Massachusetts Saturday night,
doing great damage.
The Apaches are committing depreda-
tons and numbering whole families in
Arizona and New Mexico. Troops have
been sent to protect settlers.
An Internal machine was found on the
doorstep of Judge Lambert Trees $500
600 house at Chicago Saturday morning.
If the fuse had burned. the house would
have been blown to atoms.
James Turner, nephew of United
States Senator Brown, was run over by
freight engine in the Western and Allan
tic railroad yards at Atlanta, Ga, Mon
day night and ground to death.
Brigham Young Hampton, convicted
at Salt Lake City of conspiring to entrap
prominent genties, was sentenced We'd
nesday to the maximum penalty under
the law-one year in the county Jail.
Benjamin X. lIeaton, Yale So, and
since his graduation student at the Yale
Law school, died suddenly at New Haven,
Ct, Monday, of overwork. He was try
ing to complete a two-years' course in
one year.
A mob of citizens took Thomas Lyde
and Thomas Sharp, both negroes, from
the Jail near Crawford, Miss, Monday,
and hanged them to a tree. They were
caught setting fire to the cotton of Thorn
of Crawford.
The census of Charleston, S. c., cOmplet-
ed Tuesday, shows total population of
COILS against 49, 1854 in 1880, an increase
of over POI per cent. The white population
is 1905 and the colored 81, $40 The col
ored surplus consists mainly of children,
The boiler of "A neutrality-suspicious. in a
barn near New Providence, Pa, exploded
Tuesday morning, killing two young
men, Christian Hidebrand and Edward
Helm. The barn was burned to the
ground, with 81 head of cattle and 10
hogs; loss $1,000, partly insured.
A band of Il dozen men tried to wreck
passenger train on the Southern Pa
citic road, Il few miles above Ell Paso,
Tex, last week by blowing up the bridge
across the Rio Grande as the train passed
over. All preparations were made; but
the train was several hours late; and the
men fled at daylight.
The estimates of the national depart
ment of agriculture for the principal
cereals are computed, and the aggregate
bushels in round millions are as follows
Corn, 1886; wheat, 357; oats, 500. The
area of corn is 5000 900 acres; of wheat
"a ,O0O,O0O oats, 23,000,0O0. The pro
ductiOn of all cereals is 53 bushels to
each inhabitant, and the aggregate vol
ume is larger than any former year.
Mrs. Bridget Clarity, aged Go years,
was found murdered in her house in Har-
rison,N. j., by boys. Her skull was frac-
tured over and back of the left ear. 4
stone wrapped in paper with which the
deed is supposed to have been committed
was found on the floor. Mrs. Garrity
owned property and had the reputation
of being miser. Robbery was un
doubtedly the motive for the crime
There is no clue.
Earthquake shocks appear to have
passed over the country Monday nigh
and early Tuesday morning, although
they are reported only at Hartford, CT.
and Bloomington, Ill. Several sharl
shocks were felt at Hartford between
A 80 and 8 80. One was felt distinctly il
Bloomington and other places in the i'm
mediate vicinity. The shock disturbed
people while in the streets and at thei
homes. There also was a similar shocl
Saturday night. The rumbling of botl
resembled the noise made by the burstin!
of "A boiler or the distant firing of artil
lery
The Ratl,ody Age of Chicago says, re
garding railroad building the past year
The total length of main line, not includ
ing second track, sidings or renewals, laiC
in the United States during 1885 was 81:
miles. This is about 700 miles less thai
the new mileage of 1884, and il is les
than in any year since 1873 when tn,
total was but 26S7 miles. The work don,
has been largely on branches and exten
sions of moderate length, and has not in
cluded any very large lines, such as il
previous years have helped greatly t.
swell the total. In New England ant