Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-08-26
General Ueps.
DOM ESTIC.

EA-SenatOr Blame and his family will
remain at Bar ITarbor until October. af-
ter which they will take trip abroad.
The preliminary examination of Lizzie
Borden of Fall River, Mass, charged
with the murder of her parents. was
postponed from Tuesday to yesterday.
At Wardner, Idaho, all the saloons
have been closed and no one is allowed in
the streets after II p. m. The saloon.
keepers are strong sympathizers of the
miners and their places have been closed
to prevent secret meetings of the union.
The frigate Constellation, which will
be century old in December, 1897, is
not to be thrown into the rubbish heap
Just yet, as has been announced by the
navy department. She will soon be sent
to Europe to collect exhibits for the Chi
cago fair.
Robert Bonner, it is announced, is i
going to send Sunol against the worlds
new trottlng record, 2:07l, made by
Nancy Hanks at Chicago last Wednes-
day. Mr.. Bonner thinks Sunol can dol
better than that, hitched to a pneumatic-|
tired sulky, such as Nancy Hanks had.
The Roanoke, the largest ship ever|
built of wood, was launched Monday
from ship-yard at Bath, Me. She isl
81 feet in length and 40 feet in breadth.
Her gross tonnage is 3539, net 1890 tons.
Her spars are massive sticks of Oregon
pine. She has four masts, each of which
is 80 inches in diameter and over 90 feed
in length.
James Bryant, the Schuylerviller, NJ
Y, hotelkeeper, who was shot on JULY
lG by Mrs. Francis Mccarthy, died Tues
day morning from the effects of his
wound. Eight hours before Mrs. Mel
earthly herself died at Ballston of child !
birth. She had been removed from the|
jail two weeks since owing to her con-
dtion.
Prof. Charles \. Perkins, who died ir|
Syracuse, n. Y, Sunday, was distin1 !
guished as the only American who even
married into royal family. While con
nected with the L. S. legation at Lisbon
he married Princess Marie Isabella Franz
coise Gurowski de Bourbon, niece Of
Queen Isabella of Spain, who was com@
PEELED to flee to Portugal during the rev
olution.
Hal Pointer on Thursday paced a mild
at Chicago in :05i, breaking the world
record of 2:0G5 made there by Johnston
in 1884. The feat was accomplished or|
the Chicago West Side driving park, and
the horse made the fastest mile eve
gone in harness. The horse was hitched|
to sulky with low wheels, pneumatic
tires and ball bearings, weighing 62d
pounds.
Bones of mammoth have been found
in Indian Territory. The tusk was fiv|
feet in length and the largest end wa
over three feet in circumference. ThI
bone from the knee to the hip Joint wa
over five feet in length and in the cente|
was twenty-five inches in circumference
Across the launches the bones wer|
over five feet and the ribs were over foul
feet in length.
The st. Louis and San Francisco raj
road passenger train which left Wichita
Kan, Saturday night was held up AMI
the Wells-Fargo express car robbed III
four masked men near Augusta, Build
county, about midnight. About $1,000 Il
money was secured. The robbers wei
pursued and captured and turned out 4
be four farmers living near Douglass
Butler county.
Washington treasury officials say this |
the department has a balance of $50, 000|
600, and the revenues, Notwithstanding
the loss of the S60,0O0,000 on sugar,
increasing at the rate of Sl,000,00 pd
month from customs alone. This rate |
increase has been gong on since the fir !
OF March. The increase of internal rev
nue. for the year closed July was 500
600 over the year before, and this yet
there will be an increase of S6,000,0 J
: over the year closed. 1t is estimated tn !
the customs revenues this year will pr
duce surplus of SIS 100000 over expe
ditures.