Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-09-16


Mrs. Z. E. Knapp, owner of la
share of the stock of the ST. Louis
publican. has brought suit to secure C
troll of the publication.
Mrs. William johnson of Millersb,i
Ohio, has been arrested, charged "
murder. She recently became CONVEX
to religion and confessed the crime.
NJ. II. Lewis and H. w. Russell, forr|
employees of the Lombard InvcstmI
company, will be brought to Kansas d
from Mexico, where they fled after std
ing $4,000 from the company.
"A posse encountered Evans and SontI
the stage robbers, at Simpsons FId
CAL, Tuesday, and exchanged shots vi
them. The robbers made a desperate
frnse and killed four men and woupl
others.
Chicago had cholera scare on MI
day. An emlgrant girl named Lar|
was i'll on train that had Just come fri
New York. She was put in an ami
lance and died on the way to hosp|
1t was said that it was sure casd
cholera. The physicians found that del
was due to dropsy.
AT the State convention of coloi
voters in Trenton, n. j., Tuesday,
first of its kind ever held in the Std
the police had to be called in to ouej
small riot that broke out between
warning factions. Pistols were dra
and had it not been for the interfencd
the police there would have been a d
eral fight.
The census office at Washington
sent out bulletin giving statistics of
congregational churches. The retu|
show that this church has 4,S6s orgapi
tons, 4,736 church edifices valued
S43,335, 437, and ,557 communlcaJ
In the six New England States the
gregate of Congregational strength
nearly 100000, which is about Is
cent of the whole number of memberI
the United States.
The fastest locomotive in the wd
began on Monday to draw the fast
train In the world, the Empire State
press between New York and Alba
The monster, which is numbered d
has driving wheels Z feet 3 inches in
ameter with feet spread. 1t weighs
tons, and the weight on each of the f,
driving wheels is ten tons. The LEM
Is over 60 feet in all, including the t
der, which is not included in the weis
The trials of the Homestead worku
who have been held to the grand Il
on various charges of murder, agg
waited riot and conspiracy will not be
in the criminal court until the first wi
in October. Fifty-fve men have been
held. and against some of them til
are four or five charges. a large mum
OF arrests are still to be made, incud
many women. The charges against
women will be disorderly conduct 4
melting to riot.
y man known as Animal Georo
and who was said to belong in Colt
bus, o., was torn to pieces by AN int,
ated tiger during the street parade
Sells circus at Maysville. Ky, Wedr
day. The spectators, panic-strick
fled as if pursued by death, while
show hands rushed to the cage and did
possible to rescue the man. They co
accomplish nothing, however. MOI
shred of clothing remained on the uni
tunate man. His head was torn op
his face torn away and nearly every b,
in his body broken.
Mrs. Harrison, wife of the preside
is said to be alarmingly i'll and will
taken back to Washington at once if
doctors decide she is able to go. A L,
Lake On. W dispatch says: "Mrs. H
rison is believed to be suffering from
malignant pelvic abscess, and it has b.
known ever since the disease first dey
oped that but little hope existed for
recovery. The serious nature of the
dy's illness has been fully realized fir
the first, but her true condition has
been made public because it was desi
to keep from her the true facts.
president has been exceedingly solicit
from the outset, and the long drawn
session of Congress, after he had M
all preparations to hasten to the beds
of his suffering wife, told upon |
frightfully. Relatives of the family b
and IN Indiana are prepared for the VIC
news at any moment"
There was a bad accident Stature
evening on the Fltchburg railroad, wi
a through freight express train, W
bound, ran into passenger train sta
ing on the outbound track at West C,
bridge Junction, Mass, telescoping
rear car, killing eight persons outri
and iniuring nearly 40 others, three
whom are reported to have since di
When the engine struck the rear pass
ger car 1t entered it like wedge, split