Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-02-28
DOMESTIC.

home near Asheville. n. c., Sunday.
The house OF james Il. Armiger in the
fashionable residence part Of Baltimore
was burned Sunday morning and seven
of the occupants persisted in the flames.
The board of health reports that bovine
tuberculosis has spread to such an ex-
tent in New York State that the destruc-
ton of the cattle affected, as required by
law, would involve an expenditure of
Sl,000,000 in sight.
Almus Butterfcld of Chicago, % years
old, a we'll known commission merchant
and reputed to be worth at least $780,
900, attempted suicide Saturday by cut
ting his throat. lie succeeded in inlet
ing possibly fatal wound.
Henry c. Bowen, the veteran proprie-
tor of the Independent, died at his resld-
ence in Brooklyn Monday. He was born
in Woodstock, Conn, September IL, IS
ID. and founded the Independent as an
anti-slavery organ in 1878.
James f. Wetmore. an organ builder,
who has resided in Westfield, Mass, for
over 10 years, has received news from his
cousin, Jesse l.. WetmOre of Oakland,
Cal, that they are heirs to "A fortune of
SS0,OO0,00O, which is now in the bank Of
Holland, Amsterdam.
4 rich gold discovery is reported near
Butte, Mont, in the Georgetown district
Nine weeks ago Sam Snyder, a destitute
ana hungry Butte prospectol, tlallci Il
deer over the hills and accidentally dis
covered "A fabuiously rich ledge, which
he has been working in secret. The re-
port of men who have since inspected
the prospect say that Snyder has ST.
600. 900.
Samuel Clary. who died Sunday at
Flemngsburg. Ky, aged IS, took an ae-
tive part in the campaign of 1910 for
Gen. William Henry Harrison. and one
of his proudest possessions in his old age
was the hat that he wore during the
campaign. His dying request was that
the ha: be sent to Mrs. Dmmick on the
occasion of her marriage to Gen. Benja-
min Harrison in April.
John p. Harmens, tramp. 80 years of
age, who, by his own confession, re-
covered more than 500, 900 which was
hidden by train robbers a year ago, is
locked up in Jail in Sacramento, Cal.
The prisoner has turned over 81 900 in
cash, 5000 in securities, a diamond
ring and diamond collar button. Har-
mems found the money hidden under
clump of bushes near Sacramento, where
the robbers who held up the train had
buried it.
Albert p. Foster, tax collector of Con-
cord. n. H., was arrested Friday as a
result of the discovery of Inconsistencies
and discrepancies in his accounts at a
conference between City Auditor Lvford
and the bondsmen of the collector. Mr..
Foster, when confronted with the facts
discovered by the city auditor. admitted
that he had taken between 1000 and
$4,000 most of which has been lost in
bucket-shop speculation. 1t appears
that his stealngs are nearly S30, 600
Angus d. Gilbert was hanged in Bos-
ton Friday morning. On April 10. 1888,
Gilbert called at Sterling's barber shop
in Dorchester avenue. The BARRIERS
little daughter, Alice May, was playing
in front of the house when he went out,
and he took her with him. A few DAYS
later the police went to the Emmons
barn, where Gilbert lived. In his room
the blood-stained clothes of the child
were found, and after /. further search
the body was dug up from hastily con-
structed grave in the cellar of the barn.
Chicago was visited last week by the
most singular meteorological phenome-
non that has ever come under the obser-
walton of the local weather observers.
Black snow, yellow snow and brown
snow fell in binding clouds over the en-
tire city and reports from suburban
towns brought the news that the vari-
colored storm was not an exclusive
Chicago production. The chief of the
Washington weather bureau says: The
black snow that has lately fallen in
Chicago and the Northwest is similar to
the great fall of January, 1895, the ma
ture of which WAS thoroughly investi-
gated by the weather bureau at that
time. Notwithstanding the theoretical
suggestion that the black deposit of last
January might have come from beyond
the earth and might be meteoric or COM
etic, or might even be the volcanic dust
from Alaska or Japan, careful investiga-
ton showed that it was due to none of
these causes. On the contrary, micros-
copic examination proved that the black
deposit contained about per cent of the
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