Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-08-21
General 11epS.

BY a railway disaster in Wales Is per-
sons were injured on Sunday.
An eruption of natural gas in Shelby
county, Ind. alarms the inhabitants.
Mrs. Sarah Polk, widow of President
James X. Polk, died at Nashville, Tenn.
on Friday.
Nine passengers were injured by a
railway collision at Egg Harbor, y. j.,
last evening.
The government of Portugal prohibits
the importation of foreign wheat from
! September first until the native crop has
been consumed.
| Messages of coincidence have been re-
ceived by James Russell Lowells daugh-
ter from Queen Victoria and many other
prominent people.
Two Indian princes, the leaders of the
Manipur massacre, were hanged by Or
der of the British authorities at the
gates of Manipur.
DR.. Arthur +. Jones killed himself at
Scranton. Penn. in order to escape pub
lie comment of his alleged i'll treatment
of his wife, causing her death.
Myron Adams, an Ashland Mass
boy. died sunday from hydrophobia, af
ter having been treated and pronounced
cured by the Pasteur institute of New
York.
a startling story comes from Paris to
the effect that the Emperor William,
while in an insane frenzy, endeavored to
thow overheard one of the officers of his
yacht
Baron Hirsch of London is negotiating
with the Turkish government TO rent land
aln 10 N \ - "a
jewish colony. He offers f4OO,OOO year
ly for the land.
Miss Clyde Ragland, daughter of
Squire j. p. Ragland, wealthy farmer
of Louisville, Ky, was thrown from a
horse Thursday. and, her foot catching
in tine stlrrup, she was kicked to death.
The importance to Germany of the re-
cent ukase of the ear prohibiting the
expectation of rye is shown by the fact
/ that Germany imports on an average from
Russia alone 3.5O0.OOO quarters of rye.
As result of drinking water from Il
/ foul well at Milwaukee two persons
| have died and two dozen of them are i'll, "A
dozen of them 50 critically that the doc
tors have given up hopes OF their recOv-
cry.
OF the whole number of immigrants
! who entered EnSlhnu curing lllc month
of July, 5000 were on their way to the
United States. This shows an increase
of 1000 over the number bound here in
July last year.
Mahada Sorakichi, the famous japanese
wrestler, died in New York Saturday
night. He had been a sufferer from con-
sumption for some time. OF late he dis
sipated good deal, which undoubtedly
FASTENED his death.
A terrible wind and rain storm visited
Keokuk, Iowa, Thursday. Half of the
shade trees of the town were blown
down and small buildings moved from
their foundations. There was general
panic throughout the city.
The dwelling house of Wallace Will
Jams (colored). in Screyen county, Ga,
was struck by lightning Friday. Three
sons of Williams, all preachers, were in
the house. One was killed, another is
dying and the third was badly Injured.
The desert lake in southern California
will be permanent. The latest reports
from Salton are that the water is slowly
but surely rising at the rate of three
fourths of an inch per day. The amount
of water now In Salton basin is about
1, AGO, 5I3, 900 cubic feet.
As the ferry boat Air Line was leaving
her dock at Saugerties, n. y, Sunday,
the engineer discovered something
wrong Upon stopping the engine IL