Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19
DOME STIC.

DOMESTIC.
A leather trust is being formed at New
ark, n. j.
There was a slight shock of earthquake
at Charleston, S. c., Friday.
An interesting fight is in progress be-
tween the great oil monopolies.
Mr.. S. L. NJ. Barlow, leading lawyer
in New York, died last week.
Oil tanks were struck by lightning at
st. Joseph, NJ, Sunday loss $4,000.
A big brewery at Fort Wayne, Ind, was
burned Tuesday night; loss about $780,
900.
Arrangements are being made for the
expectation of American cattle to Europe
in large numbers.
The Mississippi Democratic convention
has nominated Ex-Governor John NJ.
Stone for governor.
An English syndicate is said to be ne
gotiating for the purchase of several Min
neapolis flour mills.
Maurice B. Flynn, for several years
actively identified with New York polit-
les, died on Friday.
A bill was reported to the Rhode Is
land Legislature Tuesday providing for
a license law for the State.
More than two million of dollars have
already been distributed among the suf-
ferers by the Johnstown flood.
Two men were drowned and three in
iured at Pttsburg Sunday morning by
the breaking away of small pond.
Judge Bane of Winnipeg has ordered
the extradition of Burke, the fellow who
is suspected of the murder of DR.. Cronin.
The international salt trust will be
organized with capital of twenty mil
lion dollars under the laws of New York.
A man is under arrest in New Hamp-
shire charged with killing two horses by
poison to revenge himself on supposed
enemy.
A local option bill, framed very closely
after the Massachusetts law, has been
introduced in the New Hampshire Legis-
lature.
Leading educators throughout the
country are urging that a national uni
versity be established to promote higher
education in America.
Mr.. Henry C. Bowen, editor of the In
dependent, was thrown from his carriage
at New York Friday afternoon and it is
feared was badly injured.
The latest trust or combination is that
of the publishers of school books, who
have made an agreement by which it is
expected to save large amount in salaries
TO agents.
August Rosenberg of Someryille, Mass.
on Saturday morning murdered Mrs
Catherine Smith, with whom he was liv
ing. and her two children, and then tool
his own life.
1t is expected that the Dakota wheat
crop will be 30,000,000 bushels short this
year and the Montana crop will also be
short. This is due to the severe gales il
the spring and the dry season.
The refusal of the railways to grant
reduced rate to Grand Army men whc
wish to attend the national encampmen
has brought out caustic circular, adyis
ing that only delegates attend the meet
ing.
The Standard Oil company has made
bold bid for the location of its pipe
through the city of Chicago. The tax
payers are protesting against the favor
able action taken by the city council.
Gov. Lowry of Mississippi thinks tina
the New Orleans and Northwestern rail
way is liable to forfeit its charter by tn
recent acts in connection with the Sui
livan-Kilrain fight. Gov. Lowry ha,
Sullivan arrested Friday, but he wa
soon released on a writ of habeas corp
us. Sullivan has since been in Chicag
on big drunk.
Under an old law Mrs. Mary Brad
has been indicted at Jersey City, n. j.
as "a common scold," the penalty upol
conviction being a "ducking" from
''ducking-stool." 1t is thought, howey
er, that she will not suffer this indignity
as her neighbors, with one exception, al
describe her as a peaceable, quiet oil
lady. She has reared eleven children.