Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-09-07
DOMESTIC.

A cyclone in Louisville, Ky, Sunday,
did damage to the extent of $4,000. Z
Six new cases of smallpox have been
discovered by the health inspectors of
New York.
5. j. Kirkwood of Des Mones, Iowa's
war governor and secretary of the in
terror under President Hayes, died Satur
day.
Four men held up the cashier of the
bank at Tescot. Kan, Saturday, made
him give them $1,000 and escaped with
the money.
Gen. y. p. Banks died on Saturday at
his home in Waltham, Mass. lie had
been failing mentally and physically for
two years.
New York papers say that Mr.. and
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt have agreed to a
legal separation and that he will give her
$4,000, 900.
Robert j. paced a mile in , ;03i, break
ing the worlds record, at Fort Wayne,
Ind, Friday. AK covered the same dis
lance in :054.
Charles +. Smith, letter-carrier,
started from Chicago at p. M. Saturday
on bicycle race to New York to lower
the record of eight days and eight hours.
Between $4,000 and 1900 Hebrew tail
ors of New York and Boston are now
out on strike against the sweating sys-
tenn. The strike is confined to coat-mak-
erS.
An English syndicate has practically
closed a deal for the purchase of all
paper and pulp mills in Wisconsin. The
mills in the deal number 81 and the
price agreed upon is Sl4.000,0 900. The
the transfer will be made March |.
Near Newste, Tallapoosa county,
Ala, Monday, Robert Ashley held Rob
ert Cross in a field while his father,
James Ashley, fired seven bullets into
Cross's body. Cross went to church
with Ashley's daughter, sunday, and
kissed her.
Reports from parts of Tolland county,
Conn, show great loss on crops from the
long-continued drouth. Many wells and
springs are entirely dry. Farmers in
| some places are obliged to drive their
stock from two to five miles for water
Roaring brook IN Union and Stafford is
entirely dry, which never happened be-
fore.
Senator John p. Jones of Nevada has
announced to a few OF his intimate
friends that he will formally renouncC
his allegiance to the Republican party
and announce his union with the POpu'
lists. Jones term as senator does not
expire until 1895, but he is understood tC
be getting in line with what he believes
to be popular sentiment in his state.
Floods in Texas last week washed Out
40 miles of the track of the Southern
Pacific railroad west of San Antonio anC
1000 men have been at work putting ii
temporary track. The road Is now open
Passengers report terrible condition Of
affairs in the country for distance Of
one hundred miles. In the branches Of
trees. where the high water left them
are debris of all kinds, including horse:
and cattle, household furniture, etc.
The new tariff has caused much dis
turbance in Nebraska as IA result of thu
threatened destruction of the beet suga
industry, involving several million dol
lars. j. G.. Hamilton, secretary of thu
Oynard company, which operates severa
big factories in Nebraska, believes tina
unless the policy of the government i
materially changed the Nebraska tacto
tories will be compelled to 60 out OF eX
istence in another year.
Rev. Ben CASTOR, who recently gave
personally conducted emigration eXcuT
Sion for negroes from Atlanta to Liberia
was shot Monday night during genera
fight in Hancock county, Georgia. Gas
ton has been working up an emigratio
scheme, and 2000 or 5000 negroes hav
become worthless idlers in consequence
A negro politician named jenkins tol