Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-12-28

Two distinct shocks of earthquake
were observed at Boise. IdahU, Monday
mpri.ing, one So severe "a To knock the
pla,t, ring from buildings an ring helIs
The grand Jury. Tuesday, at Chicago.
indicted % persons on the charge of con
spiring To prevent citizens from eXerciS-
ing heir right to vote. Three of them
are officers
c. J. Christie. alias c. j Black, was
hanged at kili.pell, Mon, Friday for the
murder of I.rua cunningham. tie said
II am the happirst man on earth today.
| am saved. Let her go
samuel C. Seely, who stole S334,OOO
from the shoe AN l. ather national bank
of New York, was sentenced on Shlur-
day to pight years Imprisonment IN the
Kings county penitenllary.
Harold g. Butt. 26 years of age, who
for more than two years past has been
the ca, hier for II immrrsluugh Brothers,
cluthiers AT Cos Broadway. New ork. l.
under arrest for stealing $4,000 of the
firms money.
Emil No>scck was kicked 10 death at
Detroit. Mich, Monday night by five
Young men who iu~ulIcd IA woman Nos
seek was escorting To IA car. Nos-eck
r scented the action ct the men and the
assault followed. The murderers are un-
der arrest.
Bishop Jo eph p. Thompson, ID d, OF
the African Methodist Epi,copalian
church, died in NV hurgh, y. \ Mon
day morning. aged 7G. lie was born in
slavery At w inchr-tcr, Va. aud was par
ticularly we l. own in The SOut !, where
lac had organiz Il several conferences.
The national bank OF Commerce OF
New York city has discovered "a deftlca
ton by lis transfer clerk, f iwnrd X
Carter. amounting to about S1O,OJO
Carter has been in the bank 20 'trs
beginning "A, messenger boy ana being
prompted from time 10 time ill he reach
ed his present position. He Is under ar
rest.
The statements of the smclters OF Lead
willie for 1891 show that the bullion pro
duced from LradVille ores during lN9
amounts to s., lGO,O7l. The gold oulpu
for the year l. 81 ,9}l.2l0, AN increase il
gold over 1893 of Sl3l 900. The tonnage
OF this camp for the year is 362,9Ol ton
4 OF ore, an increase over 1893 of y OO
tons
l Col. Palmer, superintendent of con
structiOn of the Western Union Ttle
j graph company, died in st. Louis, Mo,
' Monday night, aged ~ years. Col
I Palmer was connected with the Western
Umon about 10 years, building most O
n their lines in the West. Dunng tn
r war lie constructed lines for the COY
i eminent.
Il The amount of Cashier Mckean's en-
: beZzlement from the Indian Head ban
! of Nashua, \. H.. is auThOritatiVelY IN
II nounced as $4,000, taking all but $500
e of the bank surplus to make it good.
: is understood that arrangements hay
- been made to have Mexican indicted .
the present session OF the grand jury d
g Concord.
T. The editors chair of lIarper's Week.,
y which since the death of George Willia
i Curtis has been vacant, Will in Il
a future be occupied by Henry LOOMS Ne
~ son. Mr. Nelson is a well-EnOWn rOlit
- cal writer. and for nearly 20 years h'
y been identified with cOntempOraneOl
y political literature.
~ As result of Judge Ilarhns rece
decision sustaining :he Massachuset
law pertaining 10 the sale of OleOma
garine, Armour d Co., who were perha
the largest dealers in butterine in Nj ar
ir land, have decided to discontinue han
ling the article IN that State. All of q
IN other wholesale dealers in oleomargari
IA have also closed.
Henry Menier of New York, the YOU
"a, man who with the aid of "A parachu
90 made successful jump from the Broc
ty Ign bridge a short time ago, Tuesd
afternoon made a successful leap fro