Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-08

There were heavy snowstorms In West
ern Nebraska and Wyoming, Friday.
Trains were delayed by it.
In the Cronin murder trial, Friday,
Burke was identified as the man who
hired the cottage in which the crime was
committed.
The reported suffering in the Dakotas
Is said to have been greatly exaggerated.
Mortgage sharks are said to be the chief
cause of the farmers woes.
The Beatrice (Neb.) Express says that
the low price of corn in that vicinity has
induced Il number of persons to contract
for Il considerable quantity Of it for fuel
purposes.
An Austrian jew, who had been in this
country only a few weeks, was robbed
of $4,000 by a rascally relative in Hobo
ken, n. j., and being too proud to beg
he took his own life.
Chairman Cooley of the Interstate com
mission expresses the belief that the reg
ular passenger tariff on the railways is
too high, judged by the frequent making
of excursion rates.
For the first time in the history of our
government twin States - North and
South Dakota-entered the union at the
same moment. The President issued his
proclamation on Saturday announcing
the fact.
Alexander Simpson, for some years
reporter on the Kansas City Times, re-
ceived word on Sunday from London
that he had fallen heir to the estate of
his aunt in Edinburgh, Scotland, valued
at $500, 900.
The steamboat City of Hudson, while
lying at Catskill, n. Y, Sunday morning
was burned. The boat was laid up for
the winter, and there was only one per-
son on board-the Waterman, who was
preparing his breakfast when his lamp
exploded.
A Santa Fe despatch of Tuesday says !:
One of the severest snow and wind
storms in the history of New Mexico has
prevailed for the past three days and re-
ports are coming in of great damage to
live stock on the northern ranges. A
number of cowboys and sheep herders
have been have been lost and it is feared
they have persisted
Sheriff Brito and his deputies have re-
turned to Brownsville, Tex, from a raid
up the river, having captured 10 Mexi-
can bandits. Among them are MacOs de
| La and Juan Gutierrez. noted murderers,
and Jesus Flores. who had evaded arrest
for 10 years for the murder of Deputy
Sheriff Rosas. There are now only two
gangs of bandits existing on the frontier.
The national maritime exhibition at
Boston opened in Mechanics hall Monday
under the most favorable conditions. The
interior of the immense structure was ap-
propriately decorated with naval ensigns.
flags and streamers, and the fine wealth
err after the long succession of rainy days
attracted a large audience for the first
day. All the space of the seven acres of
ground in the hall has been engaged for
exhibits and nearly all were in place.
Judge Parker of the United States dis
trict court for the western district of
Arkansas Friday passed sentence of
death upon nine murderers. setting the
date of hanging for Thursday, Jan. IL,
1890. The murdcrers are George Uaber
and Charles Billiard. negroes; Harry
Austin, John Billy, Tom Willig, Madi-
son James. Jefferson Jones, sam Gaens
and Jamlson Burris, all full-blooded In
dians except Austin. The crimes were
all committed in the Indian territory and
within year.
a terrible tragedy took place Monday
morning in Nergennes township, Kent
county. Mich. Iaggai Westbrook. far.
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three little girls while they were ASLEEP
and then attempted to xiii his son, but
the boy took the hammer from him
Then Westbrook ran down stairs. tool
his razor and cut his own throat. West
brook is dead and the girls cannot recov
; er, but there is "A little hope for the moth
err. Westbrook was in financial Difficult
ties and had become insane.
, John Armbruster, who killed himsel
at Grafton, W. Va, Saturday by Jump
: ing of four-story house, was bound e
die. He first broke into drug store anC
him, but he followed this up with tire,
: attempts to hang himself. Failing t,
leave the world by that route he cut hi
throat with a razor, and with the BLOOD
streaming from his wound he went I,
the roof and sprang off. While the body
: was being prepared for burial, II wound
made with a pair of scissors were fount
| on his body. He was GA years old.
: Burglars entered the residence of Jas
: per james at jackson Crossroads, 81,
: miles south of Hume, Mo-, Saturda,
night and demanded that he tell then
, where he had hidden his savings. Fail
, ing to bring him to terms. the robber
D attempted to terrOrize his wife, but wer
unsuccessful. Then the thieves tied tn
+. husband and wife together, back to back
pricked them with pins and burned then
:. about the head and face with matches
e Finally Mr.. James tainted and his wife
believing that her husband was dead an,
T that her life would also be taken, told tn
> thieves where 800 was concealed. Tn
!. robbers secured the booty, united thei
u victims and departed. Mrs. Jane
labOred for some time to resuscitate ne
: husband, and when she had restored hin
. to consciousness she fell exhausted t
: the floor and died shortly afterward
James is 60 years old and his wife wa
: only two years younger.