Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-02
DOMESTIC.

Sunday morning.
DR.. william A. Hammond, the well.
known physician of New York, is going
to remove to Washington.
John G.. Gregg died at Wilmington,
Del, Sunday, from rupture of the
stomach, caused by blowing his nose
vigorously.
The lilly hotel at Shreveport, La,
was burned Saturday night, and a COM
mercial traveller from Cincinnati was
burned to death.
Between thirty and forty lives were
lost Monday by the explosion of a ferry
steamer plying between South Vallejo
and Vallejo Station, Cal.
Mrs. Langtry is going to sue the New
York Sun for publishing an account of a
dinner said to have been given by her at
Chicago to her leading man, Mr.. Coghlan.
William Scott & Co.'S four-story, six
set knitting mill at Cohoes, n. Y, was
Quilted by fire Sunday morning; loss
$4,000, insurance 100000. The mill en-
ployed 200 hands.
An old Frenchman named Divert has
been discovered at San Francisco with
four wives all under 16 years of age.
One of them committed suicide with rat
poison Sunday, which led to an investi-
CATION,
Twentv-eight counties in Michigan
have voted for prohibition under the
local option law. The first county to go
SWEET is Washtenaw, which voted Mon
day by a majority of 1900 against prohi-
bition.
Manager Locke of the disbanded Ma
tional Opera company was arrested in
Washington on Saturday night on the
charge of giving members of his compa-
nv checks on bank in which he had no
money.
There is much wrangling among the
New York Democrats relative to the cal
ling of the convention for the selection
of delegates to the National convention,
Cleveland's and Hills friends opposing
one anOther's plans.
The Union Square theatre in New
York was burned Tuesday night; loss
1925, 900. Seven firemen were injured.
The Morton House, adjoining, was dam
aged, and the Star theater, where Henry
Irving is playing, narrowly escaped des-
truction.
The Cunard steamer Umbria, which ar
rived at New York Sunday from Liver
pool, was struck by heavy wave Satur-
day morning at l o'clock $50 miles east
of Sandy Hook, which half buried the
vessel and severely injured several steer
age passengers.
The New York Produce exchange has
adopted resolutions declaring that the
growth of authorizations of food products
threatens to injure the character and
commercial prosperity of the United
States, and urging national legislation to
prevent such adulteration.
The executive committee of the Repub-
lican League of the United States held
an important meeting in New York Sat
urday night. Reports of the progress of
the Republican club movement in the
various States were received, and plans
formulated for the vigorous prosecution
of the work of organization.
Martin Irons, the leader of the great
strike on the Missouri Pacific system two
hn haI trio of
Louis for three days on the charge OF
trying to tap telegraph wires and obtain
dispatches passing between Jay Gould
and General Manager Hoxie, was acquit
ted Saturday afternoon.
The university students at Chattan
ooga, Tenn, played game of baseball
the other day, during which j. c. John
son, 81, was killed by the umpire, Ber
Magill. johnson had run the bases, but
Magill declared him out for not touching
the home plate. A dispute arose and
Magill hit johnson over the head with a
ball, crushing the skull. Magill escaped
and is believed to be hiding in the noun
tains. Deputy sheriffs are searching fol
him.
William Wilson CorcOran died at his
home in Washington on Friday morning
Since the death of Peter Cooper and
George Peabody, Mr.. Corcoran was, per
haps, the best known of American phil
anthropists. He was born in 1899 in
Georgetown, now part of Washington
and was of Irish parentage. His fortune
was made as a banker; and his public
benefactions, including the endowment
of the CorcOran Art gallery and tn,
Louise Home, amount to about 81, 600, 900
and those of private character to about
5000 900,