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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19
THE Troy CONFERENCE.

The Troy annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church began its
G3d session at Saratoga, n. Y. Wednes-
day morning. Bishop Walden of Gin
cinnati opened the conference. and the
sessions will continue daily from 0 a m.
to > p. M, until the close of the conven-
ton. There will be much interest in the
topics of transfers, Withdrawals and ac-
cessions. The reports of the presiding
elders will show that much work has
been done on the districts in the better
ment of church property and the build
ing of new churches. There have been
numerous revivals in the churches and
accesslOns to the membership.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19

of over $50 in ten years. But even then
it was busy manufacturing place ac-
cording to Thompson's excellent gazet-
teer, which says there were here
"two woolen and one cotton factory, a
great variety of other machinery and a
large number of mechanics shops, en-
bracing all such as are usually found in
villages" In 1850 the population had
increased to 35O7-the highest figure it
has ever reached.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19
LIVER ToRPIp7
INCREASED DEMAND FOR FIG CORDIAL.
THE IDEAL TONIC LAXATIVE FOR
CHILDREN.

In the spring the blood is thick, the
liver torpid. and the system IN need of "A
tonic. Constipation is always danger
Gus to health. and in the spring it is par
ticularly to be avoided.
Thousands of grateful testimonials
from mothers and physicians verify the
fact that Fig Cordial Is an ideal tonic
laxative for the American people, espec-
iallv for children.
OF those recently received is one from
Mrs. w. II. Hayward. 6 Roberts Ave,
Rutland, VT, who says: "Your Fig
Cordial is to be highly recommended.
not only use it myself, but give it to the
children. | have tried many prepara-
tions for constipation. but none of them
were so satisfactory as your Fig Cordial.
MY sick headaches have disappeared.
and, thanks to Fig Cordial. | am now
perfectly well. This is more than | can
say of any other medicine that ever
used"
Mrs. F. Seymour of Winooski. Vt.
writes "Our baby girl was troubled
with weak stomach and sick headache,
and on a doctors prescription. we began
giving her Fig Cordial. She felt better
from the very first dose and since then
has improved rapidly.
Wis. u. o. NlOOIt VI ApIONtlOD. ~. ii d.
says she has used Fig Cordial in her
family and is pleased to say that it is the
most satisfactory laxative she ever used.
She also recommends that everyone suf-
ferng from constipation should try it.
c. Murray. NJ. D., of Edwards. n. Y.
in writing to the company under date of
Feb. 20 says that for over year he
has used Fig Cordial in his practice, and
Will continue 70 uSp If. pSnppiallV in
cases of small children, where he con-
siders it the ideal remedy.
These are a fair sample of the letters
the company is daily receiving, praising
the merits of Fig Cordial.
1t is put up in large bottles, retailing
for fifty cents and 81 each, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
Manufactured by
F. L. TAFT MEDICAL CO.,
Burlington, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19
Woman'S Foe.
A Simple Remedy for
a Painful Trouble.
No Longer any Need Of Suf-
fering with Headache.
Sometimes Indicates the
Coming OH Of a Serious
Illness.
One Little GraDule of DR.. Howard s
Specific Gives Relief.
Has Banished Headache for Scores
of Women in Miodlebury.

The enemy of womankind that goes
under the name of headache is RESPONSE
BILE for many hours of suffering. Its va
reties are seemingly legion, but fully
five-siXths of the cases can be traced to
constipation and Indigestion as the
causes. For this particular kind nothing
is such reliable and positive cure as DR..
HOward's specific. Women whose heads
have been racked with pain. having
hardly an hours peace for years. have
found the little silvered granules of this
specific to give relief and cure.
One OF the July medical journals gave
considerable space to reports of cases in
which DR.. Howard's specific had been
used, one of which is so interesting that
it is worthy of publication in full:
An Interesting Case.
"Mrs. D, age 80, complained of more
or less headache through the forehead
and eyes. with a sense of heat in the face.
an occasional chill or cold sensation at
Intervals during the day. Bowels con-
stipated, great distress after eating food.
nausea and disgust for particular kinds
of food. She was advised to take one
granule of DR.. Howard's specific after
supper and one on retiring, which had
the effect, without increasing the dose,
of regulating the bowels perfectly. At
the same time a desire for food was es-
tablished, she began to gain in flesh,
and where she had been anamic and eX-
hausted she was able to do considerable
labor and walk long distances without
being out of breath
Headaches often are the danger signals
of the near approach of fevers or some
more serious disease which DR.. Howard's
specific will avert if taken in time
Scores of women in Middeburv testify
to the grand good effects and the perfect
physical health that follow the use of
this specific.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19
THE FoRTNIoHTLY CLUB.

The List meeting of the Fortnightlv
club took place on Monday last. the fol
lowing programme being rendered
Liszf-The Venetian Regatta.
Miss Hammond.
LiSzt-The Second Hungarian Rhapsody.
Mis-. McGllton.
Lis%t-Meine Frendcn, from Chopin
Mrs. stewart.
During the second part the following
miscellaneous selections were rendered
Andante from unfinished symphony.
Schubert
lie Derrner Sourre Uolienhdupt
Polonaise in major. Chopin
The next meeting Will take place or
Monday. April 20, AT o'clock composer
Rubenstein. The club will meet will
the Misses Daunis. The last meeting OF
the season will be at Mrs. Dickens MAY
l3, at s o'clock, with miscellaneous pro
Qramme.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19

The whiskey trust has not been a
bowling success financially. Expert
accountants set to looking into the
doings of the ousted officials of the con.
Germ have already unearthed shortages
of over a million dollars.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19

The phenomenal rise in the price OF
petroleum, and consequently of its pro-
duets, is attributed by the managers of
that benevolent organization. the Stan
dard Oil company, to decrease in the
supply. There are persons unchartable
enough to disbelieve that statement and
to aver that the whole thing is scheme
of the oil monopclists to get higher
prices for their wares.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19
Q. II. THORP, Editor and Manager

JOB PRINTING of every variety Mt the loves
prices consistent with good work and quality
of stock
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19
N O TICE

Pursuant to petition duly presented TO me
j. w. Thomas, pew. holders in the Congrega
tional church OF salisbury, VT, all pew.hold.
ers of said churcf are hereby notified and
on Mondsy, the 18th day OF May, A. ID 1895,
at O'Clock, p, m, to see II the said pew
holders VIII vote to make much needed re
pairs on the said church, ana TO transact any
other business that may properly come be.
tore said meeting.
IA :3-w w + RuMP Clerk
Salisbury, April 1, 1896
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19
FRIDAY. APRIL 10, 1885.
To OUR DEBTORS.

The Register Company is to be presently
changed to n joint stock company and it is
necessary to close our present books. There
fore all accounts due must be settled.
Please come in and ascertain the balance,
and If you are not able to pay the money let
us have note therefor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-19


mill Sunday and wet the main belt so
that it could not be used Monday. 1t
has been dried and replaced, but now the
tail-race IL found too small to let off the
water from the wheel under present con-
ditions, and the mill is not running.
The men are working there, however.
The water-wOrks wheels go after fash
ion, but the flood clogs them, as 1t does
to some extent those at the electric light
station. The high water has. however.
caused the mills less Inconvenience than
would naturally be expected.
NOTES.
Artist Jackson was out Wednesday
taking views of the river above and be-
low the falls.
G. NJ. Wilds, Esq, was "A passenger on
Sunday nights express south. 1t reach
ed Proctor at o'clock Monday morning.
Seeing no chance of getting through,
Mr.. Wilds took berth i'm a sleeper.
Monday forenoon he reached Rutland.
after an eight-mle drive over the hills
behind a halky horse.
Mr.. c. NJ. Remele undertook to come
home from Boston Monday He got as
far as Rutland that night, but had to
take carriage ride of Is miles from
Bellows Falls to Chester by way of
SaxtOn's River. lie arrived here Tues
day forenoon.
A story was current Monday that the
boom of the Green Mountain Pulp com
pany at Huntington's Falls had broken
and allowed n large number of logs to
get loose. Only about 100 logs went
through. or, rather, under it. AS a mat
ter of fact. and the most of these were
saved. so the loss is small. The boom
did not break. BOoms did give way at
New Haven Mills and Brooksville, but
no harm resulted.
The report circulated here Wednesday
that the embankment at the outlet of
Lake Dunmore had given way was
without foundation.
Up in the swamps partridges have
taken to the trees. A flock of wild
geese passed the early days of the week
in the fields near Mr.. Locklin Vain
wright's in the south part of the town.
Wild duck are also quite numerous. One
who kills wild duck or goose before
Sept. or "A partridge before Sept. u is
liable to fine of $40 for each bird.
"reminiscences of the big flood of 1862
are plentiful. That winter. so the story
goes, there were heavy falls of snow.
AS late as April 0 it lay three or four
feet deep. Then came several days of
warm rains. At the height of the flood
the sill at the front door of the 81 kerry
was eighteen inches under water. The
railroad people had to transfer passen-
gers across the low ground near the Ok
bow on RATS.
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An Insane Man Attempts to Kill His
Wife and Then Himself.
THE WOMAN MAY LIVE, BUT THE
A6SASSINS CASE HOPELESS.
jealousy the Cause of a Husbands
Terrible Crime at Luriville, Flor
ida-A Quarter of Million Dollars
Worth of Property Destroyed by
Fire at Chicago.

DEXTER Qa), Dec. S.-The valen-
tine Hibbs' home, four miles northeast
OF Dexter. was the scene to-day at l p.
III. of one of the bloodiest tragedies ever
enacted in Central Iowa. Grant Hibbs.
aged 81 years, fired one shot at his wife,
then turned the 3S-caliber revolver and
shot himself twice through the head.
Then he grabbed a knife and inflicted
twelve dangerous wounds on his wife,
before falling from loss of blood. At
p m. tonight Hibbs is slowly dying,
his brains running out of both wounds
The wife is in a precarious condition,
but may live. Hibbs was released from
the Mount Pleasant Insane Asylum as
cured five weeks ago, but his insanity
returned suddenly in violent form.
MURDERED HIS WIFE.
LIVE OAK (Fla), Dec S-Near I.u-
riville, Fla. to-day, Joseph Fields mur-
dered his wife and stabbed his little
girl and fled. Neighbors, suspecting
something was wrong, entered the
house. Mrs. Fields body, covered with
wounds, was found on the floor and her
baby was dabbling in the blood The
little girl was not seriously hurt.
Jealousy was the cause
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THE TROUBLE IN TURKEY
Foreign Governments Insist on Addi-
tionaI GuardShinS

LONDON, Dec. S.-A dispatch from
Ccnstantinople, dated December 9th.
says that on Friday, during the
| selamlik, when the Sultan goes to the
mosque to perform his devotions, an
accident occurred that caused a great
commotion. As the Sultan was LEAVING,
the mosque man in Turkish dress,
holding a petition in one of his hands.
pushed through the Gordon of military
guarding the route and threw himself
| in front of the imperial carriage. He
was Immediately arrested and hustled
off to prison. The affair created much
excitement, owing to the general feel
ing of anxiety. The Sultan was COM
pletely unnerveo, and his face was
deathly pale. There is no doubt that
he thought an attempt was about to be
made on his nfe. The contents of the
petition are unknown
The dispatch adds that all the repre-
SentatiVeS of the Powers have now re-
ceived instructions from their Gov
ernments to insist upon the admission
OF the second guardships to Constants
nople. Action on the demand is there
fore imminent.
Said Pasha, the eX-Grand Vizier, still
remains at the British Embassy, where
he sought refuge, believing that his
life was in danger. He is obdurate to
all the Sultan's appeals to leave the
Embassy. The Sultan sent one of the
palace sheikhs to the Embassy to per-
suade Said PaSha, but he failed as
completely as had previous messengers
from the palace. After the sheikh had
left admission was refused to all other
messengers from the Sultan. His
majesty thereupon requested the diplo-
mats of the other Powers to make rep
reservations to Said Pasha, but they
will make no attempt to bring pressure
to bear upon him. They will leave him
entire liberty of action in the negotia-
tions between himself and the Sultan.
The resolution adopted by the diplo-
mats at their meeting Thursday, which
was later handed to Said Pasha by
Baron Won Calice, the Austrian En-
bassador, was to this effect. 1t also
referred to the Powers supporting Said
Pasha if he should accept the Grand
Vizierate, which the Sultan has asked
hi,,,f 70 do
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PERRINE'S COMET.
Now Reported to be Plainly Visible
the Naked Eye.

Now Reported to be Plainly Visible to
the Naked Eye.
LICK OBSERVATORY, Dec. S.-Per-
rine's comet was again observed here
this morning, after an interval of sew
eral days of cloudy weather. The comet
has grown much brighter, and is now
plainly visible to the naked eye. 1t is
hazy object of about the fourth mag
nitude. 1t now rises about hours ID
minutes in the morning a little of east,
but as it is rapidly nearing the sun it
will continue to rise later each morning.
On December 10th it will cross the
sun about Z degrees to the south, and
will then become an evening object, but
will be rather unfavorably situated for
observation in the northern hemis-
phere The nearest approach to the
sun occurs on December 18th, at dis
tance of about 1S,000,000 miles. On
December 18th the comet attainS its
maximum brightness as seen from the
earth, being at that time over eighty
times as bright as at discovery. About
December 18th it will be farthest east
of the sun, at distance Of some IL de-
grees, whe( it will again approach the
sun, passing it about 8 degrees to the
north on January 11th, when it again
becomes a morning object. 1t is now
situated in the eastern part of Con-
stellation Libra, in right ascension 10
hours 21 minutes and declination 1S
hours 3z minutes. A photograph
taken this morning by A. L. Cotton
shows the tail to be composed of one
long streamer and several short ones.
Fhe principal streamer is much curved
and bent, and shows some evidence of
condensation, similar to phenomena
which have been photographed in sew
eral of the brighter comets of recent
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population of Berlin to be l,6l4,ll2,
which is an increase of only d per cent.
during the last five years, as compared
with an increase of 20 per cent. in the
previous five years. AS the SUBURBS,
where the population now overfioWS,
are not included in the city, the return
gives a false impression of the spread
of the Capital
meeting of the Brandenburg Rural
Economic Council vas held on Wednes-
day, at which the emperor approved
the proposal for th maintenance of the
sugar premiums, AID also limitation
OF the production. Fhe Posen dele
gates, however, protested against the
present form of the 81. gar bill Baron Won
Hammerstein-Lofts ftsn, Prussian Minis
ter of Agriculture, Domains and For
ests, stated that the Government would
enter into negotiations for the sup
preston of sugar premiums. If the
Governments of Austria and France
would agree to suppress them, Germany
would concur The / .essigne Zeitung
expresses the opinion that only the
United States and England would bene-
fit by the operation of the bill The
Tageblatt says that under tariff war
with America, German sugar exporters
would be severely punished. The Han
del Zeitung expresses hope that the new
Minister CT the Interior will cause re-
vision of the sugar bill, and withdraw
the cancellation of the licenses of
American life insurance companies to
do business in Germany.
Six German delegates, including Dr.
Arendt Baron Won Mirbach and Herr
Won Kardorff, will attend the Interna-
, tional Bimetallie Conference to be held
in Paris.
Charles de Kay, United States Con-
| sul-General here, has secured twelve
charter members of the Fencing Club
which is forming in Berlin, including
Professor Miller, j. B. Jackson, Secre-
tary of the American Embassy; Lieu
tenant Vreeland, the American Naval
Attache; Secretary SquireS, United
States Vice-Consul Zimmerman and
Lord Granville.
The Vorwaerts, commenting on the
Posts references to Herr Won Koeller,
says: I'VE can only hope that Won
Koeller will remain in the Ministry of
the Interior, and would still more re-
and Prussian Premier with an entire
Ministry of the same mind"
The gales which have prevailed
throughout Germany, with their result
ant disasters, still continue. At Bremen,
Hamburg and Kiel there have been
numerous shipping casualties, steam
boat traffic has ceased and inland traf-
Fulda, Saale, Jagnt Kicher and Kinzig
have overfowed their banks, inundat-
ing great tracts of land. The loss of
life and property has been heavy, but
details are difficult to obtain as yet.
AT Oldenburg a workshop was blown
down yesterday, while twenty five men
were at work within. Three were killed
and seven were seriously injured. The
Hankhousen inn, at Oldenburg, was
| cf htyH Hutt tr7in Or q n
destroyed, and three persons were
burned to death. The dykes of the
Baltic-N North Sea Canal at Rendsbourg,
Holstein, have burst and other damage
to the canal is reported. The Copen-
hagen mail has been stopped, vessels
not daring to venture out, and an i'm
mense loss of property in Jutland is re-
ported
Miss Mary Howe sang in concert at
Leipsic on Wednesday with great sue
cess. The King and Queen of Saxony
were present
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clined to believe that ultimately either
Chicago or st. Louis will be selected.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS sALA.
Death of Wel1-Known Journalist and
Author.

LONDON, Dec. S.-George Augustus
Sala, the well-known journalist and
author, died this morning at Brighton,
where he had been i'll for a long time.
George Augustus Henry Sala was the
son of an Italian gentleman, who mar
ried a favorite English singer of West
Indian extraction. He was born in
London in 1898, was brought up with a
view to following art as profession,
but quilted it for literature and became
constant contributor to household
works. He was an extensive and regu-
lar contributor to the Welcome Guest,
the founder and first editor of the Tenn
pie Bar Magazine, for which he wrote
the stories of THE Seven Sons of Mann
mon" and Captain Dangerous" after
ward republiShed as separate works,
wrote for several years in the Illustra-
ted London News. the Hogarth papers,
in the Cornhill Magazine, and story
entitled quite Alone" for "All the
Year Round" which appeared in a
separate form in November, 1864. He
went as special correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph to the United States
in 1868, and on his return, at the close
of 1864, published the result of his OBJ
servations under the title of America
in the Midst of War" He wrote, in
18Th, series of graphic letters for the
Daily Telegraph from Algeria, and re-
visited Algeria and Morocco in 1870.
In 1870 Mr.. Sala was at Metz and in
Eastern France as war correspondent
for the Daily Telegraph. After wit
Messing the fall of the empire in Paris,
on September 4th, he went to Rome to
record the entry of the Italian army
into the city. In June, 1875, he visited
Spain on the occasion of the entry of
Alfonso XII. On his return in April he
was dispatched to Venice to describe
the fetes consequent on the interview
of the Emperor Francis Joseph and
King Victor Emmanuel, and he after
ward published his impressions under
the title of 1.-Two Kings and a Kaiser" ."
In December, 1876, he visited Russia
as special correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph, and travelling from st.
Petersburg to Moscow, proceeded
thence to Warsaw, and subsequently
traversed the length of the empire to
observe the mobilization, then in pro-
gress, of the Russian army, ultimately
reaching Odessa and Constantinople by
the Black Sea in time for the opening
of the conference on the eastern ques
ton.
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THE BUREAU OF HIGHWAYS.
Holding It's County Meetings as Re-
ouired by Law

SANTA CRUZ, Dec S.-The State
Bureau of Highways met with the
Board of Supervisors yesterday after
noon at the Superior Courtroom. A
number of the citizens were present
The meeting was called to order by
Lieutenant-G Governor Jeter, who called
upon w. D. Storey to preside. r. c. Ir-
vine, a member of the commission from
Sacramento in an address spoke highly
of Santa Cruz County's Supervisors
Said he:
We are very much pleased with the
interest taken in good roads in this
county. We have seen in no other part
of the State such good work-such sci
entific roadwork-aS in this county
particularly between this city and Wat
sonville. So far as we have gone, Santa
Clara County has the greatest number
of miles of good roads. The little county
of Glenn is building probably the most
lasting roads, for it has bought the fin
est of road machinery"
j. l.. Maude of Riverside followed Mr.
Irvine He talked interestingly of roads
and road building, and his address was
followed by general discussion of the
subject.
After the meeting adjourned the Com
misSionerS enjoyed a drive around the
cliff and to other points of interest'with
Governor Jeter.