Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-23

The strike on the Atchison system has
been declared off, and the men resumed
work Monday.
has been fined SO and costs for baptizing
a man against his will.
Eighteen coal barges, containing 4OO,-
900 bushels of coal, have been wrecked
on the Ohio, near Steubenvile.
An express train on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western road was
wrecked Friday, killing one passenger
and wounding 20 others.
An attempt is being made in New York
to bring about some means whereby the
laws in the various States on common
subjects may be made uniform.
New York editors and reporters, MEM
bers of the Horace Greeley club. have ap-
piled for admission to the Knights of
Labor, with the view of getting better
pay.
Advices from Sherman and Gainesville,
Texas, say that from four to twelve
inches of snow fell there Monday morn
ing, buried the spring flowers and de-
stroyed the fruit tree blossoms.
The house of farmer at Exeter, Conn.
was burned last Monday night during
the storm, and the family barely escaped
from the house in their night clothes.
They nearly persisted before aid arrived.
The Union Pacific engineers who
struck because they were asked to handle
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy freight,
resumed work Friday, and the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy freight is side
tracked.
A large tenement house known as the
Emerson Flats, on Eighty-siXth street
and Madison avenue, New York, was
burned Monday. One of the inmates
was killed by leaping from window,
and others were injured.
An attempt was made on one day last
week to break through an enormous drift
on division on the Pennsylvania road.
Four locomotives made a dash. Three
of them were wrecked in one minute and
four men were killed, while a fifth was
probably fatally injured.
Gov. Buckner of Kentucky on Tues
day suspended James w. Tate, the State
treasurer, who is charged with defalca-
ton. The investigation Immediately in
stituted on the recommendation of Gov.
Buckner has disclosed a deficit in Tate's
office of Sl50,000 and that the irregu-
larities seem to run back II years.
A terrible wind storm prevailed at Cal
houn, Ga, Tuesday night. Calhoun is 80
miles from Chattanooga on the Atlantic
and Western railroad. The storm demol-
ished the Baptist and Methodist churches
and several houses and unroofed every
house in town. Many cattle were killed,
but no loss of life is reported. Four or
five persons were wounded by the falling
timbers. Serious damage was also done
in Tennessee.
a frightful accident took place early
Saturday morning on the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railroad, section of the
fast mail train from New York for Jack
sonville going through a trestle near
WaycrOss, Ga, village - miles south
of Savannah, killing % people and injur-
ing about 30 others. George Gould and
Mrs. Gould were abroad in special car,
with President Wilbur of the Lehigh Val
ley road. The Gouds. who are on their
way to meet Jay Gould at Jacksonville,
were only slightly scratched, although
their car went down with the rest, but
President Wilbur was badly hurt, and
one of his sons. Merritt A., was killed.
A crazy negro lad, II years old wan
dered from his country home to Koscus-
ko. Miss. The Methodist steeple. 120
feet high. first excited his wonder and he
made bee line for it. When first seen
by the workmen he had climbed upward
on the steeple to Il dizzy hight. nearly 100
feet from the earth, with bucket on his
arm. The men below yelled to him to
come down. His answer. ''I'm gwine to
heaven and kerry God some butter"
somewhat surprised them. An Irishman
with commendable presence of mind.
hall tn hi t1,nt In hal
wrong. Come down and 90 up the other
side" which advice brought the would
be-angel to solid earth, where he was
kept.
Western dispatches of Wednesday give
accounts of another blizzard. One from
Pembna, OAK. the 2lst. says: zone of
the severest storms of the winter set III
here last evening. The fall of snow was
tremendous, and Il damp, cold wind hur-
ried it about at such furious rate that it
was impossible for pedestrians to remain
on the streets. The weather is growing
colder. and it is feared there will be II loss
of life on the prairies.' \ Sioux City,
Ia. dispatch of Wednesday says: Much
anxiety is felt by the settlers on the low
lands because of the danger of an over
flow like that of 1881. The snowfall in
the upper river country has been very
great, and the warm weather is melting
it rapidly. The ice in the channel here
moved yesterday, covering the new
bridge, from the caisson of which the
workmen had just emerged. The water
is reported rising at the rate of six inches
an hour. In front of this city a gorge
extending part way across has formed,
the ice being piled 20 feet high. Unless
the ice gives way in Il short time there is
danger of serious overflow.