Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27
General l1ems.

Mrs Scott Siddons, the celebrated act
ress, died at Paris Friday. Mrs. SiddtnS
was born in India IN ISIS and was IA
granddaughter of Jane Siddons, the IA
nous English tragedan. She made her
dramatic debut in Boston in 1868, play
ing the role of Lady Macbeth.
John II. Hotter, for twelve years cash
Ter of the First national bank of Leba-
non, Pa, is a self-confessed embezzler.
An examination of his book shows a
defalcation amounting to nearly Sll0,-
600. lie had confessed Judgment to the
bank for 30,OO0. His bond cannot be
found. 1t is not known what amount it
is for, nor who are the sureties.
An old deed bearing date of May l,
1867, has been found among The records at
Chillicothe, o., conveying title to 1000
600 acres of land in the Northwest on
which st. Paul, Minneapolis and other
smaller towns are located. The land
was originally granted to Jonathan
Carver by the Nawdawissie Indians, but
his heirs. C.. B. Hollow and o. L. Gum,
could never establish their claim because
the deed was lost.
Negotiations are nearly completed for
the establishment In Rome, n. y, of the
first beet sugar factory in the State of
New York. The First New York Beet
Sugar company, with CAPITAL of $780,
900, has been incorporated for the pur-
pose, and the capital is practically all
+ placed. The plant at Farnham, Quebet,
40 miles north of Montreal, is to be re-
moved to Rome, the owners there retain
ing the principal interest.
The official returns of the vote in South
| Dakota show the election of the Bryan
electors and the fusiOnist nominees for
congress, governor, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
attorney general, auditor and railway
commissioners by pluralities running
from l07 to over 800. The plurality on
the electors is 1871. The republicans get
State treasurer by the small margin of
two votes and State superintendent and
secretary of state each by less than 100
votes.
Thomas A. Edison, the wizard of cleo
| trcity, makes startling announcement
as the result of some recent remarkable
experiments made in his West Orange,
n. j.. laboratory. He asserts that with
in three years the blind shall see-that
even men without eyes shall be able to
see. The only prerequisite is that the
optic nerve shall be intact, and. with this
the case, he pledges himself that the
shall know the difference between sun
light, moonlight and the dark, shall be
able to distinguish the difference between
colors and shall recognize their friends.
Bradstreets, the New York financial
weekly, said of the business situation
in its issue of last saturday "Jobbers
and other wholesale dealers in general
merchandise do not report the anticlpa-
ted increases in the volume of goods
distributed this week. The mild wealth
er had an unfavorable influence, but the
sharp drop in the temperature incines to
stimulate the demand for seasOnable
fabrics. There are increased purchases
OF holiday goods, and the tone of the
market for staples is one of encourage
ment. The many industrial enterprises
which have started up continue feat
ure of each days news bulletin, but
there is reason to believe the signiti-
canoe of these exhibits has been over
emphasized in some instances. There
were 30S business failures in the United
States this week, 30 more than last week,
but II fewer than in the corresponding
week one yea" ago"
A ClaremOnt, n. H., special to the
Boston Herald says: Banker John L..
Farwell of the Sullivan County instltu.
ton for Savings has gone to Europe and
has left 81 ,000,0 900 of largely deprecated
or worthless paper behind him. Mr.
Farwell handled money for large num-
Der of depositOrs and investors, and the
cash, it is said. was sunk in worthless
investments in western land and stock
speculation. The bank was closed re-
Gently 10y the commissioners. Since
Mr.. Farwell's departure many cases have
been found where he loaned money on
government land pre- empted by men
who skipped away before the first in
terest was collected. He dealt through
a Nebraska banker, whose guarantees
on mortgages he accepted AS sufficient.
The bank commissioners have found
that this "banker" would guarantee any
thing from sandbank to a bunch of
alfalfa that he could raise IA mortgage
on. Sullivan county depositors hold
hundreds of thousands of dollars of his
worthless guarantees. Farwell Is not
expected to return from Europe for an
indefinite period.