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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
SALISBURY.

Judge Weeks last week sold his wool,
about 5000 pounds, to "A Providence
party.
The annual business meeting of the
Y. Z. S. G. E. will be held with Miss
Hattie Beech on Friday evening, Dec. |.
James Lamorder made his last trip
for the year with his meat cart Friday.
He reports very good season for sales,
but says collections are slow.
The Ladies' Aid society of the West
Side Cemetery association will hold "a
sociable at the residence of w. B. Whit
nev next Wednesday evening, Dec. 6.
F. II. Harrington of Brandon, with a
Pennsylvania gentleman, was in town
Monday securing subscriptions towards
the purchase of a PercherCn stallion to
be kept in Brandon. Four one-hundred
dollar shares were taken here as fol-
lows: j. L. Weeks, ii. p. Hulett, s. p.
Leland and VIII Dyer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
We ROENNES.

\ Mrs. Horace Meeker, aged "a, died in
Addison on Sunday.
Thanksgiving exercises were held at
the Reform school Sunday.
Thanksgiving day will generally be
observed by the business houses here.
David d. Middlebrook, one of the old
est residents of Ferrisburg, is i'll.
The Volunteer Hose company's fair
closed Tuesday evening with dance.
The steamers Water Lily, Nellie and
the fleet of steam yachts have been
hauled out for the season.
Darwin Rider of Middlebury, c. X.
Smith of Brandon and Hoyt Landon of
Bristol were in town Friday.
The steamer Wanderer, owned by r.
Van Deusen of Albany. is being enlarged
and retitted at the HOtfnagle yards here.
The Methodist society held a social
with refreshments for the benefit of the
church Friday evening at IL. p. Eli
tharp's.
Mrs. Peter Lavarne, aged about GO
years, died after short illness Monday
morning. A wldower and several
children survive her.
George G. Robinson, for many years
town clerk of Ferrisburgh, who has
been Ill for some time, is very low and
his recovery is doubtful.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
FOREIGN.

1t is again reported from Rome that
steps are being taken to elect new
pope.
The Italian cabinent has been COM
PEELED to resign by disclosures of their
connection with the bank scandals
Some of the foremost men in the king
dom are involved.
\ An Internal machine was found Tues
day morning at the BrOadstone railroad
terminus at Dublin. 1t contained four
decorators. The internal machine con-
sisted of canister loaded with some kind
of explosive. Ii was found under a
bridge near the railroad terminus, and
the supposItion is that 1t was the inten-
ton to blow up the structure.
An attempt was made at Berlin, Mon
day, to assassinate Chancellor Won Capri
vi. A parcel addressed TO the chancellor,
supposedly from Arien, a village in
Baden, was received at the chancellerie.
Col. EDeneyer, the chancellOr's aide,
began to open the parcel when he noticed
few grains of powder falling out of it.
He Immediately sent the parcel to a
police station with an intimation that it
was an internal machine, and such il
proved to be.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01

working on short time. The company
claims that the suspension is due to de-
creased sales In 1892, which left over
$4,000 squares of slate on hand at the
beginning of the current year.
f. Ashley Meqrs, native of East
POultney. is prisoner In the county
jail at Fargo, n. ID. He was the man
ager of three banks aud an insurance
company which which went under in
the recent panic. saturday last Judge
Mcconnell appointed receiver for the
North Dakota Title Insurance company,
of which Mears is president. Mears
refused to relinquish the books and was
Immediately sent to jail for contempt of
court. lie has been bold and dashlng
operator in Chicago and Dakota.
Excitement has been aroused IN the
town of GrotOn by the finding of a ket-
tie buried and containing several hun
dred dollars in gold, silver and copper
coin. The kettle was buried two feet
under ground, with a large fiat stone
over it and small boulder on top. The
coins are American, Mexican, Bolivian
and of several South American countries,
their dates ranging IRON 1863 to 1919.
They were found by Frank Crown on
William Kief's farm, two miles from
GrOtOn village. Part of the coin is
evidently spurious, so people connect
the find with counterfelters' gang
captured In Groton in 1850. The crowd
operated during the winter of 1850, and
had some of the best counterfeiters'
tools in the country. They made but
little money, however, having just got
well to going when captured.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
SUDDEN DEATH!
The Community Shocked.

'ist evening, just after tea, while Mr..
h"lIlas Hartman, prominent and highly
respected citizen, apparently in the best of
health and spirits, was reading a newspaper,
the sheet suddenly fell to the floor he
placed one hand over his heart gasped, and
sank back in his chair, evidently uncon-
'clous. The family were stricken with con-
sternation, and Immediately summoned a
physician. But it was too late. The old
gentleman was dead. Physicians gave heart
disease as the cause. "-Hot6rook Herald.
Every day the papers contain statements
similar to the above. Even youth is no de-
Tense against heart disease, and the awful
rapidity with which it is claiming victims
forces upon all conviction of its prevalence.
Reader if you have a symptom Of this
dread disease do not hesitate moment in
attending to it. Delay is always dangerous,
and In heart disease too often fatal. Some
symptoms of heart disease are shortness of
breath, huttering, or palpitation, pain or
tenderness in left side, shoulder, or arm, ir-
regular pulse, smothering, weak or hungry
spells fainting srells, dropsv, etc.
Charles Raven. York Pa, writes ct suffered
from heart disease % years. Frequently nv
heart would seem to jump into my mouth and my
condition made me very melancholy Physicians
gave me no relief. became much worse that
was not expected to live but was induced as a
last resort TO use DR.. Miles New Heart Cure The
second day felt greatly relieved and Mt the end
deep for expression"
Joseph Rockwell Unontown, Pa, aged 50
years, says: For four years previous to begin
ming the use Of DR. Miles New Heart Cure was
afflicted with heart disease in very severe form
Had taken all sO-called cures, but with no benefit
until used DR.. Miles remedy, one bottle of which
cured me"
]. D. Bethards. High Point, Ia, makes the fol-
lowing statement " was a wreck from heart
stomach trOnhla
DIT. Miles New Heart Cure and Nerve and Liver
Pills. AS result of their use am we'll"
Dr. Miles New Heart Cure is sold by all drug
glsts on positive guarantee, or sent by the DR..
Miles Medical Co., Ekhart. Ind on receipt Of
price u per bottle, six bottles for S., express pre-
paid. 1t is positively free from all opiates or
dangerous drugs DR.. Miles Nerve and Liver
Pills. rs cents per box, FIVE boxes slOO Mailed
anywhere Free book at druggists, or by mail.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
DOMESTIC.

a fire in the business portion of Spring
/ field, Mass, did a million dollars dam
aye on Thursday of last week.
The New York State Worlds fair
building. which cost Sl5O.OOO WAS sold
Saturday to the Chicago HOuse-wrecking
company for $1,000.
The report of Auditor Alderman Of
the Columbian exposition shows that the
net assets over and above all liabilities
amount to $l,S62, 4S3.
The Yale team won, 6 to 0. IN the
Yale-HIarvard foot ball game at SPRING
field, Mass, on Saturday. The contest
was witnessed by $4,000 people.
Mail advices from Alaska are to the
effect that grio is taking off a large
number of natives residing on Douglas
island and about Kunea. There were 30
deaths from the disease last month.
Emily Ellsworth Ford, widow of the
late Gordon l.. Ford, died in Brooklyn
Thursday, after an illness of only II few
hours. Mrs. Ford was the gran6daugh-
ter of Noah Webster, the great lexicog-
rapher.
r. " Powderly resigned his position
as general master workman of the
]
the annual meeting of the order. He
was unable to keep the delegates in the
line he had marked out for them, and
this decisive move seemed to be the only
one left for him to adopt.
Frank Mersick of New Haven. Conn &,
aged l ! years, met with peculiar acct
dent Sunday evening. The boy was
running at a rapid gait and was caught
under the chin by clothes line and
thrown heavily backward. His skull
was fractured and conclusion of the
brain resulted. 1t is not believed he can
recover.
The practical stoppage of silver MN
ing in Montana, Washington, Idaho and
Colorado has given an immense impetus
to the mining of gold. 1t would be a
conservative estimate to figure on a val
ue of 1900 0C0 TO S50,000,000 for the
gold yield of the United States in 1894.
That would be an excess of $4,000 900
to S20000,CJ) over the output of last
year. which was larger than the output
Tor the current year will be.
A New York paper which has gathered
reports on the business situation from all
parts of the country thus summarizes
them: Ever since the repeal of the Sher-
man law assured the country of sound
currency the people have taken new heart
and the tendency of business has I'M
proved. Although the tariff agitation is
temporarily a disturbing element, there
is Il growing belief that the changes in
the law will be made cautiously and con-
servatively, and in this conviction many
manufacturers have already resumed OPP
eratiOns, while an army of others are
preparing to do so as soon as congress
shall settle the question and let them
know just what they are to expect. Now
that thorough confidence in the currency
has been restored and boarded money has
been released there is plethora of loan
ciated hanks of this city alone now hold
more than S70,000,000 of surplus funds. "
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
SHOREHAM.

NJ. l.. Baldwin is with his family for
Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Mumford and son are visiting her
parents, Mr.. and w. w. Moore.
Mrs. Seldom Walker is caring for her
mother, Mrs. Russell, during an attack
of the grip.
Mrs. Gertrude Black and three child
rem of Iowa are with her mother, Mrs.
Fannie WolcOtt.
Rev. Mr.. Ferguson of Warren, n.
H., occupied the Congregational pulpit
last Sunday morning and conducted the
services at the chapel in the evening.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
General l1ems.
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON.

Congressman Charles O'Neill of Penn
sylvania died Saturday. He was 1.-THE
of Indiana, the great objector, holds that
position.
United States Treasurer Morgan says
in his report: The net ordinary revenues
for the fiscal year were $685., Sl9,6 rs,
an increase of S30,SSl. S44.54 over those
of the year before. The net ordinary ex-
penditures were S3S3.477, 554 40, an in
crease of S3S, 454, 623.91. There was.
therefore, a decrease of S7;672,776 in
the surplus revenues, reducing them to
S2,34l, 674.29 Including the public debt,
the total receipts were 1872 81 Pills
and the total expenditures $773, 007 ,99S 80.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
County 11ews.
CORNWALL.

CORNWAlIs
s. S. Rockwell is improving from his
recent Illness.
Miss May Rich of Richville was the
guest of Mrs. K. o. Porter over Sunday.
r. Easton shipped about two tons of
dressed poultry for the Thanksgiving
trade.
Rev. w. n. Bacon occupied the desk
of the Congregational church on Sunday
last in exchange with Rev. 5. II. Bar
mum.
Dea. Williamson was elected delegate
from the Congregational Sunday school
to the meeting in Vergennes to organize
the Addison County Sunday School as
ISOLATION.
|. l.. Hamblin's premium on wool at
the Columbian exposition seems worthy
of special mention. He was, we are in
formed, the only successful competitor
on wool from this State.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01

A social dance at Royal Stevens last
Friday night was well attended.
Scion Miller and family have moved
into Columbus Smiths tenement, West
Salisbury.
The depot was broken into last Satur-
day night and robbed of what money
there was.
Tufiield Aines has moved into f. L,
Needhams tenement, and Julius Wimette,
Jr., of Salisbury is occupying the place
he recently purchased of Mrs. Ann 81
mOnds.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
WEYBRIDoE.

Repairs on the dam are completed, and
the grist mill and saw mill are again
ready for business.
Miss Inez Fiske closed her school at
Brooksville last week. She will return
after short vacation.
There will be meeting at the town
hall next Saturday evening for the pur-
pose of organizing Good Templars'
lodge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
ORWELL.

The village schools, taught by Misses
Burns and Mcdonald, closed Friday fol
a vacation of one week.
F. b. Kmball of the Eagle Inn has sold
the place formerly known as the Park
farm to Warren l.. Roberts for $1,000.
Madame Swift, who has been away
several weeks with friends in northern
Vermont, has returned to the parsonage.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
MONKTON.

Amos Barnum has returned from Wat
erbury, much improved in health.
The winter term of school in district
No. , opened Monday with F. r. Falby
as teacher.
Rev. Mr.. France has been assisted by
Rev. II. ID. Spencer in holding series of
revival meetings at East Monkton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-12-01
WhlTINo.

Miss Nettie Pond has returned home
for the winter.
Fred Daniels aud wife are home from
Massachusetts.
Rev. w. L. Noyes preached in Castle
tou last Sunday.
Frank S. Needham has gone to Pots
dam, n. y, for visit.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
Caught at Last.

The Mexican bandit, horse thief, accused woman stealer and mur- derer, Calistro Melendrez, was ap- prehended last Thursday at Juarez, Lower California, a few miles south of Campo, with a band of horses which he had stolen on the Ameri- can side of the line,
 For the past five years, officers on both sides of the line have been trying to find him. He was aecus- ed of murdering the woman he lived with, of stealing a girl and her trunk, and getting away with both. He was known to have murdered a man twenty miles below Ensenada, Lower California and to have stolen horses in large numbers, which he would drive over to the Cocopah Indian country and trade for others which he would sell on this side of the line, and those he would steal here he would sell in Lower Cali fornia. He hid among the Coco pah Indians for several months after his last murder near Ensena-  da; came to Yuma and from here, went to San Francisco mountains north of Prescott. He was seen in Yuma about year ago by two men who knew him below the line, but left immediately on being recog- nized. He is now in the clutches of the Mexican law that deals promptly with criminals of his class.-Arizona Sentinel.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
Sank Out of Sight.

Clarksville, Tenn, Oct. 14.-The startling news is reliably reported that a section of land about a quarter of a mile in diameter fell or caved in not far from Reelfoot Lake several nights ago. People who visited the place the next day were astonished to see the land sunker out of sight, and the tree tops and water about 100 feet below what had been dry ground the day pre- vious. The sink was partial on the northern extremity, gradually get ting deeper and deeper toward the southern side, until it obtained it's greatest depth. It appeared as though this tract had been resting on a shelf of rock, which, having been partially destroyed by the &C., ton of the water for an untold length of time, had suddenly given away and formed this lake. One of the strangest things concerning the occurrence is that there are hundreds of catfish, perch, buffalo and other fish swimming around among the debris.
 It is almost impossible to believe that such a body of land could fall without producing something like an earthquake that would have alarmed the surrounding country. When Reelfoot Lake was formed in 1872 the occurrence took place in almost exactly the same manner as described above, except that heavy earthquake shocks preceded the sinking of the land.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02

THE compromise on the silver question was declared off the day after it was effected. The adherents of silver, being in a minority should let the question come to a vote, whatever the result may be. Should it prove disastrous, the peo' pie will place the responsibility where it rlghtfully belongs. Dread and suspense are almost as bad as the realization, no matter how bad that may be.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02

THE Phoenix Herald says: The fellow Prof. Russell" who commit ted the public school outrage at Wilcox, some time ago and was captured in Texas was brought back to Wilcox and barely escaped lynching. The whole population was on hand at the station with a rope prepared to swing him up on sight, but the deputy sheriff on the train was apprized and the train stopped before reaching Wilcox and the deputy and his prisoner left 1t. There was a rush into the train as it pulled to the station and Russell would have been swinging before the train pulled outit he had not been removed. He vas proba- ply spirited away to Tombstone
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
Beef from Mexico.

Notwithstanding the ten dollar duty on Mexican cattle great many steers from our neighboring country on the south will be brought over and shipped to the eastern and California markets.
 The Wright brothers have gone below to pick up all the fat, heavy steers they can find that will pay the $10 duty and leave margin of profit.
 These will be shipped to the Cal ifornia market. The firm of Can, field & Clifton, who own a large herd in Sonora, will pick out 1 ,OOO steers and ship them to Chicago.
 Ever since the Mckinley bill went into operation cattlemen of Sonora have been unable to get their steers 10 market owing to the duty and poor condition of the stock.
 The heavy rains and luxriaat grass of the past season have chang ed the condition of affairs, and the ranges are dotted with three to five year old steers rolling fat and fit to place on the block in any market. -Prospector.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02

SOME Mexican hefders for wool grower in southern Arizona sudden ly disappeared recently. Nothing particularly strange about that, but that 1000 head of sheep should follow them of, is thought to be rather mysterious. The herders are supposed to have gone to old Mex ico, and it is thought the sheep went with them.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02

EDITOR DUNBAR and manager McClintock of the Phoenix Gazette have been indicted by the grand jury of Pima county for libel. The Gazette has been going for the ter ritorial administration for several months past in an outrageous man. ner, accusing them of all manner of misdeeds. The particular para graph on which they were indicted stigmatized the administration as "hoodoos, vile patronage peddlers, land grant sharks, assassins and looters." No sooner were the in dictments found, than the Gazette began to kick like Texas steer. To an unprejudiced outsider-one in no way interested in this person al fight-it would appear that the Gazette should be glad to avail it. self of the opportunity to prove the many charges it has made against Gov. Hughes, Heney, Meade, Bruce and others.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
Shot Dead.

On Friday night last a negro sol- dier named West was shot and kill ed by fellow soldier named Rob- inson, The two men had been drinking heavily and quarreled over a woman.
 Robinson asked the woman to drink but she refused and he abus- ed her. West took her part and said that any one who called her names would have to tackle him. Robinson called West some very abusive names and went away. In about an hour he returned, drunker than ever, and began heaping abuse upon West The latter after taking the tongue flashing for few min- utes, made toward Robinson who drew his pistol as he approached. When within few feet he fired and West fell with bullet through his heart.
 Robinson fled at once. Word was carried to the post and a posse consisting of two Indian scouts and two officers started after Robinson whose trail led towards Sonora.
 Word was sent to the Sheriff's office in this city and Chas. Brad ley went to the scene of the mur- der. He was assured that the posse would trail the fugitive until he was caught after which he would be turned over to the civil authori- ties -Prospector.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02

Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 20.- Mrs. Rachel Long was taken from her house near here and tortured and robbed of five hundred dollars by five masked men. They expected to get fifty thousand dollars. Mrs. Long is rich, with a large income from oil royalties, and is also old and will not trust banks. and was supposed to have a large sum about her house, Three of the robbers were arrested this morning, and one, John Shields, has confessed. He said Evans, a mind reader, planned the whole affair, and by his peculiar power could make others do as he wished. Shields could not resist the attempt. and knew he would be caughta and suffer. He is a stenographer on the Pittsburg Dispatch and with the two others has borne a good character.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02

In days of old great rulers used to employ testers in their courts to amuse them. Gov. Pennoyer, of Oregon, appears to be ambitious of filling that role himself for the peo- pie of the United States. His last "break" was to decline to have any thing to do with the ceremonies at- tending the launching of the battle ship, Oregon, and the purchase of the testimonial for the ship. In ex- planation of his extraordinary ac- ton he is reported to have said that he did not approve of wasting money on the navy, as he did not believe the country would ever need it. Oregonians should be proud of their crank governor.-Los Angeles Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02

THE Albuquerque Citizen says : "The Secretary of the Interior has appointed a commission to treat with the Yuma Indians for open ing a portion of their reservation to settlement. The commission consists of w. J. Houston, of At lanta, Ga. John J. German, of Pa., and Peter Brady of Arizona. A portion of the reservation which it is proposed to open lies on the west bank of the Colorado River opposite the town of Yuma, Arizo- ma, and is a part of the Colorado desert of Southern California. The Indians have petitioned for the change on condition that they shall have water for irrigation of the lands which they retain"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02

A CHICAGO dispatch of the 2Sth announces that Eugene Patrick Prendergast shot and killed Carter H. Harrison, mayor of that city. Mir. Harrison was one of the best known men in the west and was serving his fifth term as mayor of Chicago. From published accounts of the affair his slayer was un- doubtedlv insane.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-11-02
4 Shooting SCrape.

! About twenty minutes past 2 1 o'c' pck this afternoon as Lee Bur. ton was standing on the sidewalk in front of the Central Hotel Lee Ryan came along and according to eye witnesses. commenced beating him over the head with a club. Burton stepped back few feet and pulling out 3S calibre bull dog pistol fired two,shots at Ryan. The first ball missed but the second en- tered the stomach of Ryan and he fell. Burton ran into Goldberg's store but was immediately arrested by deputy sheriff Widmer.
 The men are both brick makers and were in partnership here for some time. They closed out their business here and went to Tucson where they engaged in the restau- rant business. At that place they had trouble which eliminated in the shooting this afternoon. Ryan lived about twenty minutes,
 The men had trouble in Tucson and after coming to Phoenix Burton had Ryan arrested for living with some woman, which tended to in- crease the hard feeling that had been engendered and which result ed in the murder of Ryan as above indicated.
 Burton was taken to the county jail and locked up. A Herald re- porter sought an interview with Burton but as the jail and the sher- ifs office both seemed to be with out anybody about but MT. J. E. Walker, the bookkeeper, an admit tance could not be obtained.-Phe- nix Herald.