Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-05
DOM ESTIC.

Ex-President Woolsey of Yale college
died at New Haven, Ct. Monday.
Sixty thousand men have deserted the
knights of Labor in Pennsylvania.
Miss Maria Mitchell, the eminent as
tronomer, died at Lynn, Mass, Friday.
DR.. Mellow, who killed Editor Daw-
son of Charlestown, S. c.. was acquitted
on Saturday.
The interior of the academy of music
of Cleveland, o., was burned out on Sun
day loss, $4,000.
There was big fire at Durango, d. T.,
Monday afternoon. The business part of
the town is in ashes.
A new oil company has been organized
at Cincinnati, which. it is expected, will
be a rival to the Standard monopoly.
A liquor license bill, similar to the bill
in force in Massachusetts, will be report
ed to the New Hampshire legislature.
The Pennsylvania Supreme court de-
cdes that licenses cannot be refused to
any respectable brewer, bother or whole
saler.
The limited express which left Boston
at II a. M, Sunday. was ditched just out
side the city limits of New Haven, Ct.
at 3 p. IN. The killed are Miss Mary A.
Brigham of Brooklyn, n. v, just elected
principal of the Mount Holyoke college,
South Hadley, Mass; Clarence May,
drawing-room car conductor. of STAN
ford. Conn.,. and f. Pfeitler, a drummer
of New York.
The question of the annexation to Chi
iago of the closely adjoining suburbs of
Hyde Park. Lake View, Cicero and JEFF
ferson was voted on Saturday. All were
carried by the anneXatiOnists. They
give Chicago an additional population of
nearly 100000, bringing the total proba-
bly, up to 100000. The territory annex
ed gives Chicago total area of Ia
square miles, making it the largest city
IL area in the United States.
The Tradesman, published at Chatta-
nooga, in its issue of July gives state
ment showing the industrial situation in
the South "a exhibited by the number OF
new industries established during the
last three months. 1t shows that during
the last quarter 1921 new industries have
been established against 600 in the prev
Gus quarter. There were Ill new enter
prises begun during the first six month;
of 1889, against 1890 for the correspond
ing period of the previous year, showing
that the South is going ahead at a more
rapid rate than ever before.
About 40 years ago a German pedler
travelling from Piermont to Benton. N
H., was murdered between North Haver
hill and the latter place. At the time NJ
trace of the body could be found. Th'
rifled boxes, containing valuable goods
were found, and the horse and cart, stand
ing in the woods. Ten years afterwar'
the bones of "A human being were dug al
near the point where the team of the ped
Ter was found, by workingmen Will
IL thn 3 I,
fingers, engraved with the name of tn
murdered man, served to make identifi
cation complete. \ young farmer of tn
vicinity, who was suspected of the crime
moved away and drifted to Chill, where
few weeks ago, he was taken violentl
i'll and expected to died. On what wa
supposed to be his death bed he confess
ed to the murder of the German and tol
where he buried the body. The spot col
responds with the location where tn
bones were found. The strange part c
the story is that Greenough did not die
and the written confession, properly al
thenticated, is now on its way to tn
country, while Greenough is under til
surveillance of the Gillian officials.
An awful railway disaster occurre
Wednesday near Lynchburg. Va. 4
the place of the accident the water Ia
undermined the rOad-bed and caused
wash-out about so feet long and 80 fee
wide. The water at this point was
10 feet deep. Into this watery gulch Il
engine made frightful leap while ru
ming at the rate of 30 miles an hour, ca
rying with it the tender and eight ca
riages. AS the engine struck bottom II
rushing of the water into the locomoti'
exploded the boilers, The debris WI
thrown in every direction by the force
the explosion. injuring some of those {
the train by the flying fragments al
scattering firebrands which ignited Il
wood work of the coaches. The fam
spread and destroyed large amount
mail and express matter. There is har
ly enough left of the tain of eight ca
that took the leap to the bottom of L
awful pit to make one car. AS soon
the boiler of the engine exploded, t