Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-17
DOM STIC.

DOMESTIC.
The President has appointed Frank c.
Loveland to be pension agent at New
York city in place of Gen. Franz Sigel,
resigned.
Six inches of snow fell in parts of Da-
kota on Tuesday, and heavy rains in
Minnesota. The country has suffered
from drOuth.
A new building intended for a hotel
was wrecked at Tacoma. W. T., Monday
night, and between - and 20 workmen
were buried in the ruins.
Secretary of War Redfield Proctor, ac-
companied by Gen. Schofield, Gen.
George Crook. Acknowledgement Drum
and Gen. Merritt, is making tour of the
military posts of the West.
James W. Davis, 20, ex-register of
deeds and retired business man of Ellis
worth, Me-, while at work in his field Fri
day afternoon at Surry, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
James d. Fish, for &c years president
of the Marine bank at New York city,
was on Friday released from Auburn
prison, after having served term for
violation of the banking laws.
Five tramps attacked James Burns, a
farmer at Altoona, Pa, Tuesday morn
ing and robbed him of $780, They also
stripped him of his clothing and left him
for dead. They were captured after
desperate fight and jailed.
Confederate Memorial day was gener-
ally observed throughout the Southern
States Friday. Military and civic pa
rades were held, addresses delivered, and
at the cemeteries the monuments and
graves were decorated with flowers.
Prof St. CLAIR, the aeronaut, IN at
tempting to give his "leap from the
clouds" at the fair ground park at
Houston, Tex, Sunday evening, lost his
grip on the parachute and fell 300 feet to
the earth. Nearly every bone in his
body was broken.
The warm wave of last week extended
over the whole of the eastern part of the
country. On Thursday the thermome-
ter registered % degrees at Lynchburg,
Va: 80 degrees at Charlotte, n. c.; %
at Augusta, Ca, and IS degrees in Wash
ington. 1t was the hottest week in May
in New York city for ten years.
G. B. Agassiz of Boston, son of Prof.
Agassiz, and c. p. Curtis of Boston em-
barked Thursday i'm l5-foOt boat on a
trip down the Grand river in Colorado
through the canons. All they took
aboard were guns, small valise and
rubber coats. The current down the can
on is terrific, running 30 to 40 miles an
hour.
The breweries of Gottfred Kruger and
Christina Trefz at Newark, n. j., Peter
Hauck at Harrison, Adolph Hauck at
New York and the Albany Brewing Co.
at Albany, n. Y, have consolidated
Stock to the amount Of S4,75O,O00 will
be issued by the new company and taken
by number of New York and English
capitalists.
A cage containing 10 miners was as
cending the shaft at Kaska William col
liery near Middleport, Pa, the Other
evening and had reached hight of about
l6 feet from the bottom, when an empty
car was pushed over the top of the shaft
by two Hungarian labOrers. The cal
struck the ascending cage, SCATTERING it tC
splnters and instantly killing every one
of its occupants.
A freight engine collded with bowl
der near Bailey Station, Col, Monday
morning and was ditched. Fireman
Charles Lappman was caught under
meath red-hOt firebOX and Law i'm thi.
position, with his head only out from un
der the machinery. for an hour, suffer
ing untold agony. just before he dice
he called brakeman to him and dictated
his will, leaving $4,000 to his two broth
ers in San Francisco.
The prisoners in the county Jail at Ak
ron, O., all indicted for penitentiary often
ses, made an attempt to escape Sunday
evening by breaking down the guar(
door, which is made of light iron bars
The prisoners were advancing on this
one of them armed with an iron bed Stat
when Mrs. w. b. Gamble, the deput,
sheriff-s wife, seized revolver and KEEP
the men at bay until the arrival of Sheriff
Bum. The prisoners were then secured
Milton Richmond, a negro, started t,
elope with Lidia Strong, the 16-year-ol'
granddaughter of Judge Ed Strong a
Winchester, KY, Saturday. Strong witt
band of friends, pursued. When the,
overlook Richmond, he fired upon then
sending a bullet through Strong's hand
The party returned the fire, KILN,
Richmond instantly. The girl escape,
unhurt. When they returned home, he
father, Pearl Strong, shot at hi
daughter. and missing his aim, tried t
shoot himself, but inflicted only flesl
wound.