Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21

The mercury stood at los in the shade
at Dallas, Tex, Sunday, the highest on
record there.
Daniel Wandell, Staten Island farm
er. dug up an iron pot on his place the
other day which contained $1,000 in gold.
In the races at Louisville, KY, Mon
day Arthur Gardiner rode mile on
bicycle in :0l, making a worlds record.
Abigail Dodge, "Gail Hamilton" died
Monday night at Hamilton, Mass, from
the effects of an attack of paralysis on
Sunday.
Spencer Trask has bought the New
York Times for $50, 900 on behalf OF the
reorganization committee. Adolph >.
Ochs of Chattanooga will take charge
of the paper.
A corner in COAL brought about by a
combination of all the leading dealers
who supply London, Eng, is within a
few weeks of beginning operations. The
capital syndicated is e3,OOO,OOO.
Thomas Adams, Jr., of Brooklyn, the
son and business partner of a millionaire
manufacturer of chewing gum, has been
sued by Myrtle Thurlow, said to be an
actress, for 100000 damages for breach
of promise. Adams has wife and
STOWH-up CIllluItH'
The Beachside inn, or Phipps' hotel, at
Greens Farms, near Bridgeport, Conn,
was entered by gang of burglars Mon
day, the safe blown open and $1,000 In
cash, besides valuable jeweiry, taken.
Proprietor and guests were terrified into
silence at the points of pistols.
News is received from Austin, Ala,
that terrible and most destructive
cyclone swept over that place on Thurs
day last, levelng everything in its path.
Twelve negroes and three white people
were killed by houses falling in on them
and ten other persons were more or less
injured.
An untamed swallow which has its
nest in farm near Chetwynd, in ShrOp-
shire, was caught and taken in cage to
London, where it was released. 1t re-
turned to its nest in so minutes, having
accomplished distance of l45 miles at
the rate of nearly two miles minute.
Manager Hanna of the republican
national campaign says: "Major McI\n-
ley has made no change in his plans. lie
will not take the stump in this campaign.
1t has been limited that he might go to
Milwaukee to address the convention of
the republican league. He will not do
So"
A dispatch from Guanajuato, Mexico,
says that the drought is having terri
BILE effect in that state. The food famine
among the poor is causing number of
deaths. Although large quantity of
corn has been imported from the United
States, the suffering people have no mon
ey with which to buy.
During a yacht race of Southsea,
Eng, Monday, the Meteor colided with
Baron Won ZedwitZ's American yacht
Isolde. The latter was dismasted, sew
eral of her crew were knocked overheard
and Baron Won Zedwitz was so seriously
injured by falling rigging that he was
taken to the hospital at Ryde uncon-
scious, and died soon afterward.
A despatch from Bombay, India, says
that heavy floods have been caused by
the rising of the river Klstnah. Immense
damage has been done and thousands
have been rendered homeless. At one
place river boat capsized and 200 per-
tons were drowned. Seven miles of the
Nizams railroad have been washed away.
The American liner st. Paul reached
Sandy Hook Friday morning, having
made the run across the Atlantic in six
days and 81 minutes. This beats the re-
cord nearly two hours held by the St.
Louis. The heaviest days run was $40
knots in company with the Cunarder
Lucania.