Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-08

crop will be 100000 bushels short
owing to the drouth
Two gentlemen and their wives in
Minnesota were nearly killed by big
hail stones on Sunday.
On account of the silver bill the New
York silver manufacturers have advance
ed the price of solid silver - per cent.
The trotting stallion DuQuesne, rec
ord 2l0i, died at Locust Grove stock
farm near Paris, KY. Thursday. He
was owned by Philip Hacke of New
York and valued at $4,000.
a severe wind and rain-storm caused
much damage in Winona, Mimi, Monday
afternoon. The roofs of flour mill, saw
mill. planning mill and two lumber mills
were torn off, and many streets were
blocked by fallen shade-trees.
Charles Mccartney. the Canadian
bridge jumper, jumped from the shears
at the Atlantic works, East Boston, in
to the water, a distance of $50 feet, sun
day. He struck on his stomach and
was killed. He had been giving exhibit
tions in Boston.
Charles Loring. locked in the court
house jail at Chicago on a charge of
bgamy, is accused of having five living
wives and full list includes the names
of dozen women who have fallen
victims to his Establishments. Lorlng is
80 years of age, we'll educated, handsome
and of excellent family.
Texas fever is spreading with alarming
rapidity among the cattle in Butler
and Elk counties, Kan. Some weeks
ago about $4,000 cattle were taken to
those two counties and represented to
be from Arizona. An investigation has
shown that they were brought from the
Pan Handle and Greer county, Tex.
So far over thousand cattle have died.
Mrs. Mary Leonard, a sister of John
L. Sullivan, the pugilist, was found in-
sensible on the floor in her house at Bos-
ton Saturday evening. In few minutes
after the physicians arrival Mrs. Leon
ard was dead. As the body was moved
from the spot where the woman had
fallen, the body of her infant was dis
covered. 1t had been sufiocated while
nursing.
A violent outbreak of diphtheria has
appeared at Red Bay, fishing settle
ment on the Labrador coast. Fishing
boats that brought information left the
settlement several days ago and the
disease had then become epidemic. The
population numbers 300, and half of
them were down with the sickness in
more or less violent form. There have
been many deaths.
George Il. Davis of Acushnet, Mass,
with his wife, four children and hired
boy named Frates, went for sail in
Buzzard's bay Saturday afternoon. When
off West island Davis went to jibe the
boat, when the boom struck Frates,
knocking him overheard with so much
force that the boom itself was broken.
Davis in endeayoring to save Frates be-
came exha lsted and drowned in sight of
MS vile ana cIlluren' Inc uouieS nave
not been recovered.
The election in Utah Monday resulted
in the liberals electng their entire ticket
by majorltles ranging from 300 to 600.
The fight has been bitter one and all
parties have worked hard. Salt Lake
City gives 995 liberal majority oyer the
combined Mormon and labor tickets.
The Mormon are badly broken up be-
cause the result means their everlasting
defeat as body. Tickets were distribu-
ted in all the churches Sunday night
and strong addresses were made by the
elders, urging the people to vote the
straight ticket.