Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-20
DOMESTIC

] 80 ''N''th iii Ntl'NA ihNh N''hs III az
cordance with the plan of reorganization.
The purchasing committee made the
only bid, sGO,00O,0OO.
All the mountain streams from which the
city of Altoona, Pa, gets water are frozen
solid. and Il water famine is threatened
All railroad shops in the city and the
iron works in Duncanville were Obliged
to shut down on account of the scarcity
of water.
Chief Justice David S. Snodgrass of
the supreme court of Tennessee, at Chat
tanooga, Mond Y. shot Col. John r..
Beasley while in the law Office of Brown
& SpurlOck. Two shots were fired bN
the chief justice, one taking effect in
Beasley's left arm, and inflicted "a flesh
wound.
Mrs. f. 7. Higgnson, society leader
and wife of "A leading Boston banker,
and her young paramour, james w.
Smith, "A Boston lawyer, have arrived at
Genoa. Italy. Mr.. I1igginson is said to
have cabled 100000 to his wife. re-
marking that she would starve If he did
not send her the money.
Barney Blrnato, the Kaffir king, Will
leave London for Cripple Creek, Cob. in
"A few days. He will be accompanied by
sam Newhouse, Colorado agent Of the
Rothschilds. 1t is understood that
Barnato will visit Chicago as the natural
place for handling Cripple Creek stock
aud will make arrangements for some
thing of that sort.
The supreme court of Kansas. has
handed down an opinion of vast impOr-
lance to the debtors of the State, sus-
tanning the cOnsttutionality of the law
of 1898, which gives Is months to. the
debtor to redeem Oh all sales on execu-
ton or foreclosure of mortgages made
prior to The passage of the law. II is
believed that the decision involves over
Sl00.0O00O and under it every fore
closure and execution sale made ir Kan
sas since 1893 can be set aside.
Ex-senator Alien G.. Thurman of
Ohio, know nv his friends and admirers
as ''the Old Roman of the Democratic
party, died at his home in Columbus
the l2h inst. Mr.. Thurman was born
/ in I.yuchburg, Va, in 1913. When he
was SIX wears Old his family removed 10
Cbillicothe, Ohio, and here he grew up.
| He was admitted to the bar in 1875, and
soon took high rank in bis profession.
In lS45 he was elected representative
in congress, but declined reelection.
In lS5l he was elected Judge OF the
supreme court of Ohio, and from ISL
till 1896 he was chief justice OF that
cOurt In 1861 his party nominated him
for governor, but he was defeated by Il.
B. Hayes. In lS6S he was elected
/ United States senator and served with
distinction for l. wears. He waA IA
member of the electoral commissions in
1876, and in 1888 was the Democratic
candidate for vice president.
y Lacon, ILL.,, despatch says: A,gec-
ent discovery attributed to farmer nam
ed Frank Shafer, residing in the naigh-
0Orho0d, threatens the monopoly Yer
mont has always had in the maple sugar
industry. The article that is to bring
the despised corn cob, While studying
the question of agricultural economy
from Il practical standpoint, Mr.. Shafer
was struck forcibly with the restricted
fo xUhinh tho u. nO,Nl1 ba nd
he decided to experiment. His labors
were on the line OF SofIening the. cob To
such an extent that it could be used in
contraction with something elss to feed
aud finally boiling, bat without making
great success in his researches. One
day recently, however, while boiling j
batch of eobs he happened to taste tAl
water in which they were cooked, and
was Immediately struck by the Similar
~ between the tasCe of the extract of thu
corn cobS and the genuine maple syrup
There was little lacking in saccharin,
matter and eOloring, however, and Mr.
, Shafer used ordinary brown sugar in tn,
corn cob extract until he had the syruI
, to his liking, and then he was convinced
that he had found commercial use TO
the corn cob. A few furtheE expert
: ments We're necessary TO determine ex
act quantities, and Mr.. Shater brought
sample of his new product to town to
day and experts at once declared it TO b
maDle SVruD. Ii WAS pro1urpd in TN
: following manner Twelve clean cob
were put in "A gallon of water and boie
', until soft. Then the juice was straine
OIL and gallon of dark brown sugar so
luton added. This was boiled lttl
while, resulting in a fine quality of syr
. up, hardly distinguishable from the ma
pie product.