Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01

Two couples were married, Friday, at
the State fair in Atlanta. Ga. They wore
cotton-bagging suits. Editor Henry w.
Grady gave away the brides, giving each
sounding smack upon the lips. Gov.
Gordon did likewise, and the crowd
yelled itself hoarse.
Deputy Sheriff Kennedy of Chicago
made an arrest in st. Joseph, Mich, Sat
urday night which is believed to have an
important bearing in the Cronin case.
The man arrested is Martin Duane, and
it is believed he is the man who drove
Cronin to his death on the night of
May 4.
Cleveland Arnold, who personated
beautiful young lady in matrimonial adj
vertsements, has been arrested at Chi
cago. 1t is stated that there are large
number of victims who sent "the young
| lady" money for wedding and transport
tation expenses after a courtship by mail
and bogus photographs sent by Arnold.
A number of school-children found
bomb loaded with dynamite near the
school-house at Franklin, Pa, Friday
evening. While attempting to open it
with knife it exploded with terrible re-
suits. Two of the children. named Ftz-
gerald and Rogers, were fatally hurt,
while eight others are in serious condi-
| ton.
Leo Lesquereux, the eminent botanist
and paleontoogist, died Monday at his
home in Columbus, o., within three
weeks of his SD anniversary. Like
Louis Agassiz, he was native of
switzerland, and he was schoolmate of
Arnold Guyot at Neuchatel, where both
began their lifelong devotion to sci
ence.
Opium smuggling has been carried on
at Saut Ste. Marie, Mich, for the past
six months on an extensive scale the
smugglers bringing the drug from Van
couver and working it across the river in
small boats. W. l.. Baby, a special Uni
ted States custom detective, has arrived
at Sault Ste. Marie to assist local officers
in arrestng parties implicated.
The Westinghouse Electric Light Co..
of Pittsburgh has just secured the con-
tract to erect central station for very
large electric light plant in Pekin. China.
The town is to be lit up throughout with
incandescent lamps, whose number
runs into many thousands. Electric men
consider this great triumph for America,
because the competition with European
companies was very keen.
Charles McIlvaine was sentenced at
Brooklyn, n. Y, Monday to be put to
death by electricity for the murder of
Christiana w. Luca, of which he was
convicted Thursday. The execution of
the sentence is to take place in Sing
Sing prison, but according to the terms
of the law, the time is not designated
except that it shall take place during
the week beginning on December o.
An east-bound freight train on the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago rail
road ran into the rear of the Chicago
limited express coming east Wednesday
morning near Beaver Falls, Penn. The
engine of the freight train telescoped the
observation car of the limited train, and
two freight cars were telescoped. Brake
man Reeters was killed and Engineer
, DOugherty and Fireman Carr were ser
iously injured.
The Abilene bank, owned by Mayor G
/ II. Lebold and Col. j. NJ. Fisher of Abb
lene, Kan. suspended payment Monday
morning, creating much excitement. a
, it was considered the strongest financa
institution in central Kansas. Deposit:
amount to 100000, principally local
Re-discounts and individual loans swell
the liabilities to 100000. The firm
claims to own 5000 900 worth of real es
, tate and notes and say they will pay il
full if given time to realize. Deprecia
ton which has followed the boom o
1884 has steadily dragged them down.