Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-16
Sunday by jumping from the Massachu-
setts Central railway bridge.

Sunday by jumping from the Massachu-
sets Central railway bridge.
Charles Ruggaber, 10, clerk earning
81 a week in carpet store at Trenton,
NJ has eloped with Lulu Holz, ID,
daughter of Anton Holz, wealthy Ger
man in the produce commission bust
ness.
Peter Howe, wealthy and influential
citizen of Wenona, Ill.,, and his wife were
murdered Sunday night by dissipated
fellow, who committed the crime to graf
ify personal spite and then committed
suicide.
The Washington Star says Lord Sack
vile and the Misses Sackville-West will
be unable to accept Lord Stanley's invi-
tation to visit him at government house
in Ottawa. They will sail direct for
Paris from New York.
An attempt was made at Henrietta,
Tex, Monday morning to blow up the
courthouse. One wing of the building
was badly damaged by dynamite. 1t is
believed that desire to destroy the
records was at the bottom of the affair.
Senior Dublan, the minister of finance
of Mexico, says the election of General
Harrison will be beneficial to Mexico,
and Senior Baranda, minister of justice,
thinks that Republican administration
in the United States will increase the
commerce and harmony between the two
republics.
The Central Trust company of New
York began in the United Stated District
court at Denver Tuesday a foreclosure
suit against the Denver and South Park
road as principal, and the Union Pacific
as an interested party, for the recovery
of principal of S2,500,000 and interest,
which now amounts to S1,00O,OOO.
The heaviest snow storm on record at
this early season occurred Friday in Miss
ouri and Kansas. A heavy storm also
prevailed in Quebec, where six inches of
snow had fallen up to dark. The storm
in Northern Kansas was phenomenal.
1t Frustrated electric wires and blockaded
railways. 1t is pronounced the worst
storm since 1873.
Cora Ellis, who has been living at Gov
ington. La, as the wife of E. f. Bunch,
the robber of the Northeastern railroad
train November 3, was arrested at New
Orleans, La, Monday, and $500 of the
money stolen then was found sewed up
in her clothes. She confessed that Bunch
gave it to her. 1t is thought that Bunch
will be captured within two days.
The most awful disaster in the history
of Kansas occurred at Pttsburg Friday
evening. When the men were preparing
to leave off work at shaft No. 2, at
Frontenac, a suburb of Pittsburg, ter
rible explosion shook the earth for a
great distance and completely shattered
the shaft. One hundred and sixty men
were within the mine at the time of the
explosion, being 112 feet below the sur
face. Nearly all of them persisted.
Pittsburg is in the centre of the coal
mines of southeastern Kansas, and is
about 100 miles south of Kansas City.
The federal grand jury met at Indian
apolis Monday afternoon, and was given
a comprehensive charge by Judge w. A
Woods. Speaking of violations of the
election laws, he said the press has
charged that many were committed dur
ing the late election, and that it is the
jury's duty to investigate the truth
Especial attention was drawn to the fact
that an attempt to bride does not con
stitute any offence. But, while it is moi
an offence to attempt'to bride, it is al
offence to advise another to attempt tt
bride, or in any way to violate the cleo
ton laws. Reference was made to a re
ported conspiracy to influence voters ant
circumvent the law on a large scale. ant
investigation recommended.