Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-13

The State normal school at Terre
lutte, Ind, was burned to the ground
nday night. The building cost $780,
Benjamin H. Brewster, attorney-gen-
hi in Arthur's cabinet, died last week in
Philadelphia of kidney disease, at the
e of 70.
"a woman and three children were fat
Y burned at Wilkesbarre, Pa, Friday,
d the afliiction made the husband and
fher insane.
"A powder magazine belonging to the
tina powder works exploded the other
brning at Miller Station, Ind. Three
En- were killed.
There is an epidemic of measles in the
abash valley, and in Charlottesville,
d., there were over 500 cases OF the
Fease in March.
L G.. Clemson, 81, sOn-n-law of John
Calhoun, died Saturday at Fort Hill.
C.. Mr.. Clemson was once charge
affares at Brussels, and for the past 10
ars had lived the life of hermit.
The crowd attacked Burlington car
Chicago Monday evening run by non
ion men, and one of the crew drew a
Eolver and fatally wounded one of his
sailants and seriously another.
The new dams being constructed on
Rio Grande River, near FL Paso, by
MeXicans, promise to lead to SER
us complications, as they will work in
nv to the American residents on the
yer
Samuel W. Brooks, father of Hugh M.
tooks, alias w. II. l.. Maxwell, has
ritten large and touching appeal to
e American people to help him save his
~ from the gallows. 1t fills nearly
ven columns of the st. Louis Post-Dis-
Itch.
As the result of various hearings up
the subject given by the Massachu-
tits State board of health, that body
made a special report declaring in
bstance that oleomargarine is good and
holesome, and preferable to poor but
The Providence journal publishes an
ticle charging wholesale corruption in
rtain towns in the recent Rhode Island
ate election. The voters were marched
the polls and sold as so many cattle.
bth parties alike, it says, were guilty of
hproperly using money.
Judge Lacombe decided in the United
| ates circuit court at New York that
.Porge Benson. who swindled residents
/ the city of Mexico out of S25 200 by
e sale of bogus Patti concert tickets,
|ust be returned to Mexico. A stay has
en- granted pending an appeal to the
bited States supreme court.
fTboro ,roc 1;coctrouc fro ot \,,oe
ilry, Mass, Thursday night, the towns
|anufacturing interests being badly
|ippled. The fire swept one-half the
lsiness part of it, destroying factories
bd dwellings. Nearly 1000 workmen
Re thrown out of employment by the
Re. The loss will reach nearly $780,
20. and the insurance is estimated as
hall.
Kennedy Porter, the youngest son of
k-Gov. James ID. Porter, late assistant
|cretary of state, was shot probably IA
|lly at Paris, Tenn. Thursday by Will |
pm Edmunds. the brother of his sweet
BART. Young Porter is fast fellow,
bout 81 years of age, and his sweetheart,
|ellie Edmunds, is the rather lively |
hughter of a leading physician of the
|wn. The brother objected to his sis
|r's associating with Porter.
A terrible accident took place the 9Th |
st. about four miles west of New Hamp-
IN, Ia, on the Milwaukee and st. Paul
(ilroad, by which at least nine persons
|st their lives and from % to 30 were
(jured. The train which left Chicago at
30 Wednesday morning and was due
New Hampton at 2l3 Thursday morn
|g, when about four miles west, plunged
Ito creek. the bridge of which was
dashed out. The engine and three
Faches went into the creek and were
submerged in the torrent of
later which overlooked the banks. A
fene of the widest confusion ensued.
nd those of the train crew and passen-
ers who escaped death or injury were
called into service to relieve
he drowning and pinioned passengers.
was with great difficulty that the pas
fngers could be reached, owing to the
|lshng of the waters through the car
Findows.
FOREIGN.