Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-26

volts of electricity will cause instantane-
Gus and painless death.
Alexander Johnston, IL. D., Pro-
fessor of Jurisprudence in Princeton
college. died on Sunday.
Fire in a New York boarding stable
Sunday morning burned 125 horses and
other property; loss, S27 900.
Richard Casey, probably the oldest
man on Long Island, died Saturday. Bv
records in the family it is authenticity
established that he was over l04 years of
age.
A monster shot at his wife at Kinks
vile, Ia, on Sunday, and supposing that
had killed her, as he wished to do, he
then shot himself fatally. His wife was
unnjured
The Lorenzo ID. Baker, the steam fruit
er running between Boston and the
West Indies, was burned at sea on the
10Th inst. All hands were saved She
was owned in Boston.
McQuade. the New York alderman,
was acquitted at Ballston, n. Y, Satur-
day. The trial lasted several days and
the jury was out only an hour He was
one of the boodlers of 1884,
The complaint of the New York Pro-
duce Exchange against the New York
Central and other roads for unjust dis
elimination has been sustained by the
Interstate commerce commission.
1t is believed that Governor Lowry of
Mississippi will not exert himself to
secure the punishment of the prize fight
ers now that it has been decided that he
is not to be the next governor of the
State.
A man whose wife had left him and
returned to her fathers house near Edg-
erton. Ohio, on Sunday, murdered his
wife and her father and attempted
to kill the mother and sister, and then
blew out his own brains.
a cruel experiment was made at Mag
ara Falls on Sunday to giatify an idle
curiosity. A barrel, so constructed that
it would float was set afloat with a New
foundland dog fastened inside. The bar
rel was smashed to pieces and the dog
was killed.
The commission appointed to examine
the New York post office and ascertain
what is needed to improve the postal fac
ilites of that city, recommend the eXpen-
diture of About 100000 in additional
clerical force and repairs and changes in
the post office.
There are great many deaths in the
Conemaugh valley, but there does not
seem to be a serious epidemic of any
kind. They are largely the result of the
severe mental and physical suffering the
people have lately endured. Five more
bodies were found at Johnstown Mon
day.
Anita and Miriam Boggs, maiden sis
tiers, living near Point Pleasant, Va,
committed suicide by taking arsenic.
They left letter, signed jointly, saying
that there was nothing in life for old maids
and that they were tired of it. They
were in fair circumstances, but had no
relatives living.
A dwelling-house occupied by an aged
couple, Michael McGrath and wife, was
destroyed by fire at Frackville, Pa, Sat
urday night, and Monday morning the
charred remains of the husband and wife
were found in the ruins. The house oc-
cupied an isolated situation, and the ORR
: gin of the fire is unknown.
A movement is on foot according to a
dispatch from Lima o., looking to the
consolidation of all the natural gas COM
: panies in the Ohio and Indiana field and
putting them into a trust. 1t is under
, stood that this arrangement has the sane
, ton of Calvin s. Brice, Oliver II. Payne
, and other Standard oil magnates.
A charter was granted by the eXecu-
tive committee of the Knights of Labor
at Chicago Tuesday to the first district
assembly of the order ever organized in
7 Australia. The new district is composed
of five local assemblies with total
/ membership of over 500, all of whom
| have Joined the order within the past
year.
An unknown stranger walked into the
+ saw-mill of Harold Bros. Il Scott at
Brewton, Ala, Wednesday and deliber-
ately cast himself upon the large circular
a saw. From papers found on his person
it was ascertained that his home is in
i Iowa and that his name is CASTOR
Disappointment in love is supposed to
have caused the act.
O Capt. Abbott and seven other secret
/ service men Sunday morning made de.
!. scent on the United States hotel neal
. Dayton, o., to capture gang of count
y erfeiters. Officer Donnelly was wound
ed twice in the head, but not fatally
!. An escaping counterfeter was shot il
the side, but the extent of his injury /;
not known. Two carpet sacks of count
erfeit $40 bills have been found and the
u search is not ended. The hotel belong:
. to Nelson Briggs, an aged and noted
! counterfeiter.
= A wild scene was witnessed near the
+ Standing Rock agency in Dakota Thurs
! day afternoon when thunderstorm was
n at its height. The lightning was darling
! hther and thither, striking in numerous
d spots near by, and the Indians rushed
h bowling in fright and superstition t.
4 their wigwams. A binding fash o
v lightning struck wigwam a few rod
below the agency, in which were hud
= died five terrified Indians, instantly kill
ing White Horse and Black Eagle, an,
stunning another so that he will not re
cover. The other two were restored af
: ter hard labor by friends.
The worst flood ever known in tina
t region visited the Kanawha river vale,
in West Virginia last week Thursda,