Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08

the following named persons Ill lhc Guy
Mrs. Eula Phillips and Mrs. NJ. ii. Han
cock, both white, and Mollie Smith, Eliza
Shelley, Irene Cross, Mary Ramsy, Or
ange Washington and Oracle Vanse, all
colored. The first victim, Mollie Smith,
was murdered December 30, 1884.
Lawrence Peterson, boarder at Fred
Walters's house on California street at
Chicago, paid dearly for a joke about New
Years Thursday. 1t had hardly left his
mouth, when Walters picked up gun
and aimed it at Peterson, saying 81 won't
let any one tell such chestnut in my
house" The gun went off and Peterson
was shot in the leg. Walters claims that
he did not know the gun was loaded. He
was arrested, but released on bail.
Detroit, Mich, began the year with
disaster. A fire starting Friday morning
in ID. NJ. Ferry & Co.'S seed-works des-
troyed that concern and nearly the whole
square containing it, including Whites
theatre and NELSON'S block. Tie loss can
not be less than 81 100000 Ferry & Cos
stock alone was valued between 81 100000
and 81 100000. One fireman was killed
and another badly hurt. The fire is be-
lieved by many to have been set purpose
ly.
A local east-bound freight train on the
Pennsylvania railroad fell through the
bridge at Shermans creek, near Duncan
non. 10 miles from Harrisburg, Pa, Mon
day evening, one of the spans being weak
ened by the high water. Eight cars went
into the stream with five men. Two of
the crew succeeded in rescuing the engi-
neer, who was badly hurt. A brakeman
named Turbit was killed The conductor
is reported dead. and the fireman and two
brakemen are missing.
Eight or 10 workmen were repairing a
leak in main at Cincinnati, o., when
suddenly the bank gave way and water
began rushing in upon them in a flood.
The men began desperately to Chamber
out, but the earth crumbled beneath their
feet. Suddenly John Beckley, the fore
man, stationed himself close to the bank
and called to his men to climb up on his
shoulders. Everybody escaped, and
Beckley was the last man to be pulled out
of the ditch. The water had reached his
armpits, and just as he was hauled up the
two sides of the ditch caved in.
A desperate attempt to burn down the
town of Tarentum, Pa, was made early
Sunday morning. The villains had taken
N
sure. They had cut the ropes of the two
alarm bells, broken the principal pumps
in the village and carried off the buck
cts and tubs. The cries of fire aroused a
lad named William Dibell, an employee of
"A large planning mill, upon which was Il
bell. He ran to the mill. and, finding the
bell-rope cut. climbed to the roof and
sounded an alarm by striking the bell
with Il hammer. This awakened the en-
tire community, who turned out in body
and soon eXtinguished the flames. The
loss is $4,000. About two weeks ago an
other attempt to burn the village was
made. Six or seven large buildings were
destroyed, entailing loss of over $780,
OOO
Capt. Lee Hall, Indian agent of the
Comanche, Kiowa, and Wichita Indians,
is in Dallas, Tex, prosecuting thieves who
have been stealing ponies from Indians
and running them into Texas. In an in
terview he said :'What is needed most to
make the Indian farmer is for him to
work side by side with white farm hands
would rather have fifteen white farm
boys to work with my Indians than all
the college graduates and theoretical far
mers in the country. The Indian is an
imtator, and the plan | suggest would
make fine farmer of him. If adopted
at all Indian agencies the problem of civ
ilizing the Indians would be solved in
eighteen months. A few months practi-
cal farm experience at the agency is worth
more to the Indians than all the theory
farming that can be taught in as many
years at the Indian schools of the East.
Frederick Fischel, young German 3.
years old, had been for several years
prior to September the confidential clerk
of August Bernheim & Bauer, clothing
merchants at DIG Broadway, New York
September Is was the Jewish Newly Year
and "A member of the firm that day
handed Fischel checls for $3.50 as his
NewGear's gift, at the same time re-
questing the clerk to balance the books
of the firm and after the holiday hand
balance sheet to the head of the firm
Fischel took the gift of $3.50 and fled
leaving letter confessing that he hac
forged checks and robbed the firm. Iii,
employers found by aid of experts tina
Fischel had taken SO, 600 The clerk flee
to Canada, where he was found at littl,
town, Gravenhurst, Ont, Friday. II,
came back without requisition, arrived
in New York Saturday and is now LOCKED
up.