Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-18
General Veps.

wan pm 1870
season.
In recent collision of steamships of
the coast of Greece one hundred persons !
persisted.
Lord Salisbury threatens China with
British force unless she controls her
turbulent people.
The coroner's jury finds that the Park
place disaster in New York city was
caused by the breaking of an iron col
umn.
The new Chilian government has vo-
ted to lee llze The S27 ,OO0,OOO notes is
sued by Balmaceda, and has adopted
universal suffrage.
George Il. Loring, eX-minister to Por-
tural and former commissioner of ag
riculture, died suddenly at Salem, Mass,
Monday, of heart trouble. He was a
years old
Disasters occurred Monday on the
Union Pacific on the Colorado Central
railways In the former case twenty
three passengers were hurt and in the
latter fifteen.
Judge Cooley, chairman of the inter-
state commerce commission, has tender
ed his resignation, thus causing three
vacancies on the board. III health is the
cause of the resignation.
The special grand Jury at Woodsville,
n. H., in the case of G.. II. Abbott, alias
+. c. Amy, brought in an indictment
Wednesday, charging him with the muir
der of Miss Christie Warden.
Robert Trail Spence Lowell, brother
of James Russell Lowell, died Saturday
at his home in Schenectady. within less
than month of his 18th annivcrsary.,
He was an Episcopal Clergyman
Diphtheria is epidemic in SheIbyville,
Ind. The public schools have been clos
ed. Thirty deaths have occurred within
IS hours. Adults are being attacked as
well as children. The disease is in every
portion of the city.
A special train on the New York Cen
trail road on Monday went from New
York to Buffalo, 1861 miles. in 44O
minutes, including three stops, which
consumed IA minutes. 1t was the fast
est long trip on record.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
says that millions of dollars of property
and many lives were lost by great
earthquake IN San Salvador on last week
Wednesday. While the shock lasted the
earth rose and fell in great waves, and
strong men were unable to keep their
feet
Miss Vera Ava, an English women
supposed to be worth over a million dol
lars, who has been carrying on cru
SADIE against the "slums' of Chicago,
was found at Cincinnati in dazed con
dition on Friday of last week. She told
a queer story. 1t turns out that she is
none other than the notorious Diss De-
bar of New York who has been teecing
unsuspecting church people in the
West.
Herbert Purdy is dying in his hovel
near Bridgeport, Conn, from CHAMBERS
which, it is supposed, he contracted from
horse, of which he took care, severa
weeks ago. His right arm and right leg
are slowly rotting off, and the infection
is creeping into his body. Only one mar
in the town has courage enough to vis
him. and he only stays in the hoyel Ions
enough to place food and water in thu
sufferers reach.
A Valparaiso despatch says that Presi
dent Balmaceda has escaped from Chill
on board the United States steamship
San Francisco. Balmaceda has been il
hiding in Valparaiso ever since the da,
he became fugitive, and has vainl.
sought means of escaping, but no wa,
presented itself until the other day, whe
he sent to the American admiral begging
to be saved, and throwing himself upo
the mercy of the American sailor.
Serious floods and storms are reporte
in various parts of Spain. According t
the news received 5000 persons have a.
ready persisted in the province of Toledo
and an immense amount of damage ha
been done by the swollen rivers. \
present it is utterly impossible to send az
sistance to the survivors, as all road an
railway communication with the scene {
the disaster has been cut off. The storit
recall the scenes at the Johnston disaste
A published letter, dated st. Pierr
Martinique, gives some particulars {
the hurricane of Aug. Is, when 10 We
sells were wrecked there. The hurrcar
lasted three hours. During that tin
whole villages and everything in IL
shape of produce were destroyed. Att
the storm over 700 people were found
be killed and missing. Most of the crew
of the 10 vessels wrecked were drow
ed, 81 bodies having been found up
Aug. 26.
Alarming accounts of brigandag