Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26
DOME STIC.

DOMESTIC.
Dion Boucicault, the noted actor and
playwright, died at New York last
Thursday.
The United States grand Jury at Min
neapolis returned 10 indictments against
alleged census padders in that city and
st. Paul, six for Minneapolis and IL for
st Paul.
Six shocks of earthquake were felt at
Columbia. S. c., Tuesday morning. The
last shock was noticeable for nearly
minute. rumblng accompanied the
shocks, which appeared to come from the
south.
The national worlds fair committee at
Chicago has accepted the amended site
proposition. The site thus provided for
includes Washington and jackson parks,
the Midway pleasure ground connecting
them and the front; in all about 1000
acres.
Sylvester Cummings, wealthy retired
shoe manufacturer at Springvale, Me-,
committed suicide by taking laudanum
and strvchnine. Cummings was indict-
ed by the grand jury at Alfred last week
for burning barn owned by Charles
Pray at Shopleigh two weeks ago.
During a fierce storm in rhe Boston
mountains in Arkansas party of 10
Turks. who were travelling south with a.
lot of dancing bears, lodged in creek
bottom in one of the gulches. The
heavy storm caused torrent in the
ravine, and seven of the men and all of
the bears were drowned.
Two thousand people saw the double
team trotting record for mile of 2.lii
made by MaXey Cobb and Meta Medium
in 1854, beaten at the Phi adelphia driving
park Saturday. The team that broke
the record was c. j. Hamlin's Belle Ham
lin and Justina. They were driven by
Mr.. Hamlin himself and made the mile
in 2.l54 on the second trial.
| Two men with handkerchiefs over
their eyes jumped on an Ogden avenue
ear in the outskirts of Chicago early
Tuesday morning. and presenting revol-
vers. demanded the drivers money. He
produced $3.50 and gold watch. The
two robbers then held up the conductor,
who added about $50 to the collection.
The robbers then escaped across the
praires.
What appears to have been plot to
blow up the penitentiary at Frankfort,
! Ky, was discovered Tuesday. For some
days James H. Campbell, who has Just
finished twO-year term, has been Turk
ing about Frankfort. apparently in COM
munication with friends inside the peniten-
tiay. Tuesday a satchel belonging to
Campbell was examined and found to
contain eighteen dynamite packages,
foot and half each in length, with 300
feet of fuse. 1t is believed that Campbell
was planning to liberate some of his
friends during the excitement occasoned
by the explosion.
A disastrous wreck took place on the
Reading railroad, l. miles above Read
ing, Pa, Friday night, in which 81 per-
sons were killed and some 80 injured.
The scene of the accident is curve
where the railroad is Is to 20 higher than
the Schuylkill river. Here shortly be-
fore o'clock, freight train ran into
coal train. throwing several cars in the
latter on the opposite track. and before
the trains hands had time to go back and
warn any approaching tram of the danger
the Pottsville express came around the
curve and ran into the wrecked coal cars
on ITS track. The engine went down the
embankment, followed by the entire
train with its human freight. The scene
was one of great horror.