Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-16
DOMESTIC.

The date of the Prohlbtory national
convention has been changed to May 30
A vigorous war has been started ii
Concord, N. H., against the rumselers
Henry Bergh, the famous friend of
dumb animals, died at his home in New
York on Monday last.
Engineers of all the roads terminating
at East st. Louis refuse to draw Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy freight.
The schooner Lulu of New York for
Boston, coal laden, was sunk off Cape
Cod in the storm on Monday. The crew
were rescued.
Washington, like the rest of the coun-
try, has suffered keenly from the snow
storm, and not even during the war was
it so completely cut of from the outer
world as since last Sunday.
A shocking tragedy was enacted at
Benton, Me-, Tuesday. a brutal fellow
named Warren had murdered his wife by
beating her, and when arrested asked to
see his two little daughters. Before the
officer could interfere he shot them both,
killing one instantly and fatally wound
ing the other, and then killed himself.
There is considerable excitement at
Ottawa over the proposal to admit New
foundland into the Dominion confedera-
ton. The first negotiations were inaugu-
rated by Sir Charles Upper at st. Johns,
N. F., when on his way from England
about 10 months ago. The proposition
will create lively debate in Parliament.
The funeral of Louisa A. Alcott was
held at Boston on Thursday last. Rev.
DIR. Bartol read beautiful and touching
tribute. Mrs. Cheney made some we'll
chosen remarks and Mrs. Livermore also
said few words. Mrs. Harriet Winslow
Sewall read Miss Alcott's poem, 'Trans-
figuration." The burial was on Friday
at Concord, Mass.
Springfield (Mass.) Daily Union, the sth
inst, by fire caused the death of seven
persons employed on the paper. The
rooms in which they worked were at the
top of the building, and they were
caught. Some burned to death. while
Others were severely hurt by jumping to
the pavement. There were no fire es-
capes.
A man and his son living at Poplar
Grove, near Fort Totten, Oak, were eat
ell by wolves recently. They left their
from a haystack not more than 10 or 20
rods distant and were at once fiercely at
tackled by pack of wolves, which liter
ally ate them while the wife and mother
gazed through the window at the horri-
BILE sight, knowing it was certain death
to 60 out.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
road has secured temporary order from
the United States circuit court compelling
the receiver of the Wabash, st. Louis &
Pacific road to move its freight. The
court has also issued an order to Chief
Arthur forbldding him to issue any Or
ders TO engineers to induce them to COM
NIT any act that will prevent the Wabash
from receiving freight from the Burling-
ton or in any other way restrict its use
fulness as a common carrier.
Fire broke out in the Methodist univer-
sity at Mitchell, OAK, at o'clock Friday
morning from the spontaneous combus-
ton of oily rags in the room. There
were 40 inmates, including the faculty,
students and servants. All but 10 es-
capped without trouble. Four young men
jumped from the second-story windows,
four Others and a professor jumped from
the third story, and another professor
descended from the roof by clothes
line. Ten were injured, some severely,
and several have since died.