Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26

while running a moving machine, We'd
nesday. was thrown from his machine
in front of the knife, which cut off his
right foot above the ankle. He had a
narrow escape from being instantly
killed.
Edward Jones of Corning, n. Y, aged
10 years, went fishing few days ago in
the Chemuhg river. The boy was bare
footed and got into the water. Very
soon his foot began to swell from small
red spot not unlike a mosquito bite and
he died Monday.
Mrs. Graham of Buffalo fell over the
Canadian bank of the gorge below Mag
ara falls, near the Clifton House, Sunday.
NhraculOusly she escaped without SOne
broken, though she fell fully 30 feet.
She was picked up unconscious and lac
Grated. but will recover.
Grand Master Sovereign has issued
manifesto to the Knights of Labor, Farm
ers' alliance, Peoples party, reform clubs
and kindred societies calling for gener-
al boycott on national bank notes in all
dealings between individuals. This boy
colt is to go into effect Sept. /.
f. G.. Parkhurst of Hartford, Conn, a
contractor for the Pratt 81 Whitney COM
pany, has invented a machine gun which
is fed ammunition from The original pack
ages. obvatng the use of cylinder or
other feeding apparatus. The new gun
Is to be given thorough trial with
smokeless powder.
Peter Belleque, an old fisherman liv-
ing at Woods, Ore, has received notice
that he has fallen heir, with three other
relatives. to the snug sum of S2OO,0O
in Canada. Mr.. Belleque's share Will be
at least $4,000 cash. Belleque lost
track of all his relatives and never com
municated with any of them.
Benjamin p. Cheney, one of the pion-
GERS in the express business of this cOun-
try, and who has been intimately con-
nected with many of the carrying pro-
iects, such as the American Express
company, the Wells, Fargo company and
the like, died at his summer home at
Wellesley, Mass, Tuesday, of intermit-
tent fever. He began life as a stage
driver and at his death was the second
richest man in Boston.
The westbound New York and Chica-
90 express on the Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern railroad was held up by
six masked men early Wednesday morn
ing at lonely place in the woods known
as Reece siding, between Archibald and
Stryker, Ohio, 10 miles west of Wause
on. The robbers were mounted and
rode out of the woods, which are dense
and close to the track. The corner of
the express car was blown off with dyna-
mite, but the robbers were unable to
get into the safe.
Nellie Thomas, Is years old, was
taken to a Cincinnati hospital Tuesday
evening from the convent of the Good
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from swollen feet, which the examining
physician at first attributed to needle
protruding from the flesh. Closer eN-
animation disclosed other needles, and,
on being questioned, the girl confessed
that for penance she had forced the
! needles into her flesh. More than forty
needles were taken from her legs by the
physicians. She said she had been DC
ing penabce thus for two years.
At Mart, small borough 20 miles
from Waco, Tex, a dispute began sew
eral months ago when Abe Phillips. a
negro, and Phil Arnold, white, both
farmers, were killed Since then feel
ing between the friends of both men has
been very bitter, and the negroes have
frequently been threatened with destruc-
ton. At o'clock Sunday morning the
entire town was awakened by loud re-
port. Investigation showed that the
house occupied by Mrs. Phillips, widow
of the negro killed by Arnold, was in
flames. The house had been blown up
with a stick of dynamite thrown INTO it,
and fire finished the work. OF the six
negroes in the house at the time, five
were killed by the explosion and one
burned to death. One person who es-
capped is so badly injured that he will
die