Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-02

est belts of timber In the State. The
ground is so dry that the fires are spread
ing over great extent of country. Gov.
Shoup has telegraphed the secretary of
the interior asking aid in extnguishing
/ the fire.
The jury at jackson, Tenn, in the S50,-
900 libel suit of Rev. Frederick A. Howard
against several members of his former
congregation and three religious publica-
tons, returned verdict for the plaintiff
and assessed the damages at one cent. He
had been accused of using false name
and of being fraud generally.
Lewis Bros. & Co., the great dry-goods
firm. which has houses at New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore and
Boston, has assigned at New York. The
amount of liabilities is reported to be
S4,200,000 and the assets $500. 900. This
includes all the property of the firm. such
as buildings in New York, Philadelphia
and other places.
The full court at Winnipeg, Man., gave
Judgment Tuesday in the appeal of Mar
tin Burke, the Cronin suspect. They
all concurred in finding that there were
no grounds for reversing the action of
Judge Rain, who committed Burke for
eXtradition. Burke, therefore, will go
back to Chicago as soon az the necessary
order arrives from Ottawa.
Two suits have been entered in the
United States court at Danville, Va,
against the Bertha Zinc company of Pull
ask City, Va, for $1,000 penalty in each
case, for importing foreigners under con-
tract. Frederick Burk and Christian
Rosenberg came over from Wales in the
steamship Galatia, in July, 1888, each
under contract with the company, This
is the first case brought in Virginia.
Lawyer John K. Dunn of New York
has been sent to Sing Sing prison to
serve out sentence of nine years and
six months. Dunn was found guilty of
having induced Cashier Scott of the Man
haitian bank to steal SlS5,000 As soon
as Dunn received the greater part Of the
money he advised Scott to fly the coun-
try. subsequently the cashier came back
and appeared as witness against Dunn.
The New York Journal publishes
story to the effect that the notorious Mad
anne Restell of New York, who was sup
posed to have committed suicide at her
Fifth-avenue mansion in 1873, to avoid
trial on indictments for malpractice, is
alive and residing in Paris and that the
body with the throat cut found in bath
tub at the time and said to have been
that of the madame, was really that of
another woman.
The struggle for supremacy in point of
population between st. Paul and Mime
apolis continues with increasing fervor.
ST. Paul issued directory a few days
ago showing an increase of 1000 names
since 1888 and making it the basis of the
claim that she had outstripped her rival
in the race. But not so. Minneapolis
now comes out with directory showing
an increase of $500 names since last year.
thus securing the championship.
The Grand Army department COM
manders of eight States were in session
nearly all day at the Grand Pacific hotel
at Chicago, Monday, debating the stand
they should take in reference to the an
nual encampment next month at Mil
waukee. The result of the meeting was
a positive and unqualified endorsement
of the announced determination to dis
courage general attendance in view of
the refusal of the railways to make sat
isfactory rates.
The steamer Dora arrived at San Fran
cisco from Behring sea Monday night
and brings the first detailed news of the
capture July IL of the British sealer
Black Diamond by the United States rev.
enue cutter Rush. The Rush overlook
the Black Diamond and ordered her to
heave to. The captain of the Black Dia-
mond refused to do this. Therefore the
commander of the Rush ordered lower
ing of ports and running out of guns,
which caused the schooner to heave to.
Capt. Shepard and Lieut.. futile boarded
the English craft. A search of the yes
sci disclosed l03 sealskins which had
been taken in Behring sea. Capt. Shep-
ard placed a non-commissioned officer
from the Rush in charge of the Black
Diamond, and ordered the vessel to be Ia
ken to Sitka to await further instruc-
tons.