Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
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control of Salt Lake City.
The Illinois wheat crops promise to be
large and of good quality.
Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect, has
been brought from Manitoba and jailed
at Chicago.
Two train robbers held up the passen-
ger train on the Wabash Western road
near Harlem, Mo-, Saturday night. They
collected S175 from the terrified passen-
gers and escaped.
Sullivan, the pugilist, has been arrested
at New York and taken to Mississippi on
a requsition from Coy. Lowry to answer
to charge of prize-fghting. He will
have a hearing the 18th inst.
Natural gas with a pressure of 1000
pounds to the square inch was struck in
Buffalo, Monday. Experts say there Is
good ground for expecting that sufficient
gas underlies the city to supply its wants.
Mrs. Henrietta Smell of Chicago, widow
of Amos j. Smell, will pay 100000 re-
ward for the arrest and detention until
identified by the authorities of the city
of Chicago of William b. Tascott the
supposed murderer of her husband.
The United States authorities have cap
tured lot of counterfeit money at Shell
bina, Mo-, and have arrested Ike Beeler.
The counterfeits are silver dollars and
they are so nearly perfect that they have
been passing current for a year without
discovery.
4 workman while excavating in a Gals
son for the enlargement of the water
works above Louisville Saturday dug up
the tooth of a mastodon. 1t is II inches
in circumference and ) SIS inches from
the crown to the broken end of the tooth.
1t weighed one pound and II ounces.
The schooner Black Diamond, seized
by the United States revenue cutter in
Behring sea, has arrived at Victoria. The
Rush put a man aboard the prize and or
dered her to sail for Sitka, but as soon as
the Rush was out of sight she headed for
Victoria, arriving there Saturday even
ing.
The relief commission met at Johns
town. Pa. last week and rendered a
statement of moneys in the hands of
Gov. Beaver showing that the governor
has received total of S2.394, 4l4 and
that of this $50, 1856 had been paid out !;
S2ll PIG had been appropriated, or would
be used in payment of contracts or bills
already incurred, leaving a net balance
in the hands of the governor in cash of
Sl,342 sol.
\ wel-dressed man riding large sor-
rel horse, rode up to Altman's iewelry
store at Kansas City, Mo-. Friday after
noon, dsmounted, letting the horse stand
without hitching, and went into the store.
He asked to look at some diamonds
which had been shown him Thursday.
The tray was handed him when he grab
bed handful and made a dash for the
door. He sprang for his horse, but the
animal became frightened and ran down
the street. The robber jumped into a
hack and drove rapidly away, pursued
by the police. He has not been cap
: tured. The diamonds are valued at
$4,000.
The entire business portion of Spokane
: Falls, w. T., was burned Sunday night,
% blocks being reduced to ashes. The
estimated loss is 81 1000, 900. The fire
t started at p. m. in a lodging house
t on Railroad avenue. The fire department
came out promptly, but owing to a lack
of water the fire quickly spread to adj
joining frame buildings and was soon be-
f yond control. The flames spread rapidly
and at the end of three hours only one
business block in the city remained stand
ing That was saved by tearing down
; intervening buildings. Owing to the ra-
= pidity with which the fire spread, scarce
ly anything was saved. The insurance
is estimated at about s3,000,000.
a meeting of the directors and stock
holders of the Niagara hydraulic electric
9 company was held at Alexandria, Va.
the other day to receive reports in regard
to plans for the utilization of the water.
power at Niagara Falls. 1t is stated that
the company has secured from the On
tario government the right to use the
water at the Horseshoe falls on the
Canada side, and that they intend to
~ secure their power by tunneling through
= the rocks to the bed of the river, thereby
obviatng danger from ice and wreckage
and also leaving undistigured the beauty
: of the scenery. The company proposes
J with the power secured to furnish light
: power and heat to various points within
u a radius of 40 miles. 1t also intends tC
{ build electric railways to Buffalo, Lock
u port, Clifton, Hamilton and other places
e A CARD OF THANKS.
wish to return thanks to my neighbors dn(
all those who have been so kind in their min
=, istrations to my wife and family in my lat,
~ trouble and bereavement. May you all re