Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-12-13

Peter Clausen, a lineman, was fatally
burned and died entangled in mass of
wires.
Whitney & Co., dry goods commits
sion merchants, at 70 Worth street, New
York, made an assignment Monday.
The failure is thought to amount to
S500,000.
The burning of the National steamship
dock in New York Saturday afternoon
resulted in the death of four persous, the
injury of several others and property
loss of 100000.
Mrs. Margaret billiard, who, with
her paramount, William Ii. Bartholomew,
was convicted of the murder of her hus-
band on the night of September at
Biersville, Pa, has been sentenced to be
hanged.
Mrs. Helen r. Saltus has brought suit
for divorce at New York from her hus-
band, Edgar Saltus, the novelist, on the
ground of adultery. Elsie w. Smith and
Fanny Girvan are named as correspond
ents.
Rumple, Smith q Co. of New York
have been awarded by the authorities of
Havana, Cuba, contract to erect a sys-
TEN of waterworks for that city, at a
cost of S2,00O,000. The firm bid against
| uuulDtI VI European HOUSES.
The New York guarantee fund for a
worlds fair amounts to So, l35,S26. A
bill will be presented to Congress pro-
viding for the creation of corporation
which shall direct the exhibition sub
ject to the supervision of the United
States.
Mrs. William j. Foster of Franklin,
n. H., was shot dead Saturday evening
by Madison G. Colby, butcher of that
town. A feud growing out of disputed
boundaries was at the bottom of the
deed, although the victim was innocent
of connection with it.
The Jerome park villa site and i'm
provement company of New York have
decided to discontinue racing. Jerome
park is to be cut up into lots and sold.
Nearly 100000 was lost on last seasons
racing largely owing to the opening of
the rival Westminster track.
The First national bank of Abilene,
Kan, has suspended business. The fail
ure of the bank of Lebold Fisher & Co.
shook confidence in the other banks and
there has been heavy withdrawal of
deposits from the First national bank.
The liabilities are placed at $4,000 and
the resources at 100000. The officers of
the bank are Kansas men.
The work of refining sugar was begun
Monday in Claus Spreckel's immense
new sugar refinery on the Delaware
river at the foot of Reed street in Phia-
delphia. The capacity of the refinery
is 100000 pounds of sugar every n
hours. The building, machinery and
site cost about S3,000,0O0 and Mr..
Spreckels has already begun to dupli-
cate the buildings, so that the refinery
may turn out 100000 pounds daily.
The death of Jefferson Davis, ex-Presi-
dent of the southern confederacy, took
place at New Orleans on Friday morn
ing last, and the funeral was held in
that city on Wednesday. Confederate
and Union veterans joined in the SER
vice. Mr.. Davis was born in Todd
county, KY, June 3, 1908, and graduated
at the West Point military academy, but
retired from the army in 1885 and enter
ed politics. He was sent to the House
in lS45, but resigned to go into the Mex,
lean war. Returning from that he was
made Senator, in which capacity he serv-
ed the most of the time till the breaking
out of the rebellion. His later career is
familiar to nearly every one.
Johnstown. Pa, was the scene of a ter.
rible disaster Tuesday night, by which
ten persons lost their lives and over I;
were injured, some very seriously. As the
performance of the ''Uncle Toms Cabin
troupe was drawing to an end in the
Man-street opera house, the fire-bell was
rung, causing frantic scramble for tn,
exit. There were 800 or 600 men, wOmei
aud children in the hall, and to gain tn,
street. it was necessary TO pass down
narrow walled-up staircase and through
a very narrow door. The people from
, the streets rushed into the door from tn,
, outside and many were crushed befor,
they could be forced out. 1t was neces
sary to turn the hose on the crowd at thu
door before the rescuers could get at tn
dead and wounded.