Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-24

Gouverneur Morris died Monday in
New York.
Gen. Sheridan had a $4,000 insurance
policy on his life.
The Kansas corr crop is only 20 per
cent of an average.
About ten thousand people called upon
Gen. Harrison Friday.
U%nfavorable reports are received from
the grain crops in Nebraska, Minnesota
and Dakota.
Seth Green, the distinguished piscicul-
%turist, died Monday morning at his home
in Rochester, n. Y.
The citizens at Jacksonville. Fla, think
the yellow fever there will be wiped out
in the course of two or three weeks.
Judge Thurman began his campaign
tour on Monday, speaking at several Ohio
railway stations. He,,talked outright for
free trade.
The women who believe in the impor-
lance of Republican success are about to
form clubs for promoting that party's
interests.
Mr.. Blaine will start on a national
stumping tour as o o as the Maine
election is over, going, it is likely, to
California.
Congressman Mckinley delivered an
exceptionally able address on protection
before the Piedmont, Ga, Chautauqua
Assembly Tuesday evening.
President Cleveland's friends have Sc
cured the selection of Buffalo as the place
for holding the New York State conven-
ton. 1t will be held Sept. II.
A large band of Sioux left the Pine
Ridge agency on Saturday, in defiance of
orders. Troops are in hot pursuit, and
serious fighting is expected.
General Master Workman Powderly
testified before the congressional conf
mittee in New York Monday regarding
the viciousness and illiteracy of imported
foreigners.
The rumor that President Cleveland
had secured the resignation of Chairman
Brice of the Democratic national COM
mittee because of his hostility to Cleve-
land is contradicted.
1t is said that the Democratic managers
are considering the advisability of chal-
longing Mr.. Blaine to meet Speaker Car
Isle and discuss the tariff question in
twelve of the principal cities of the
Union.
Reports coming in show that the DAM
age by Mondays storm in Louisiana is
widespread and of the most serious
character. There were also severe
storms in Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia and the recent rains have caused
floods along the rivers of the Middle
States.
The coast steamer City of Chester was
run down and sunk about 10 a. IN. We'd
nesday by the Occidental and Oriental
steamer Oceanic. 30 lives being lost.
The accident occurred in the bay of San
Francisco. The City of Chester had
started on her regular trip to Eureka on
the northern coast of California, carrying
an unusually large number of passen-
gers.
A terrible steamship disaster occurred off
Sable Island on Wednesday of last week.
The steamer Wieland arrived in New
York with the captain and portions of
the crew and passengers of the Danish
steamer Geiser. These had been taken
from the Danish steamer Thingvalla.
Captain Moller of the Geiser states that
on Wednesday morning at about $40,
while Copenhagen bound from New York,
the steamer Thingvalla suddenly appear
ed out of the fog, and before the courses
of the two boats could be changed a
collision had taken place. The Geiser
sank very quickly. Panic and confusion
followed among the passengers. Every
effort to rescue them possible was mide,
but so passengers and 80 seamen were
lost. The passengers we're largely Swed-
ish farmers from the West bound ON a
visit to their old homes. The Thingvalla
was badly injured, but took aboard the
rescued of the Geiser. The Wieland,
however, was later sighted and took the
unfortunate passengers. The Thingvalla
succeeded in reaching Halifax, though
her bow was badly stove in.