Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-03-20
owing to low prices Of wool, fully 2,5O0,-
600 sheep were boiled down.
DOMESTIC.

Of the Cleveland city poor house, has fall
en- heir to $3.50, 900 In England.
The Iowa Republican State convention
last week instructed Its delegates to the
st. Louis convention to support Allison.
Frank Mates, postmaster at Kansas
City, Kan, committed suicide Sunday,
after the discovery of q shortage OF 5000
In the office.
d. o. Mills is to erect two colossal ho-
tells in New York for the accommodation
of the poorer class, in which rooms will
be 20 cents a day.
There is great activity in the oil region
of southeastern Kansas in the boring Of
new wells and in the development of wells
already pat down. SUuIe 1000 wells will
he opened in that region within the next
six months.
Minnie Swanger, IL years old, OF AL
toona, Pa, has pleaded guilty to murder.
The child's crime was the murder of her
uncle, William McGregor, by mixing
poison with his coffee. Her grand
mother also drank the poison, and has
not fully recovered from the effects.
At the Doggy Creek court ground, in
the Choctaw Nation, o. T., Charles
Homes, full-blooded Indian, WAS on
Saturday convicted of murder and sem
fenced TO be shot March ". He murdered
his son-in-lsw IN November, 1895 Homes
will De allowed to roam about at his own
will until the day of execution. This ia
an old law of the Choctaws.
An attempt to initiate the famous feat
of William Tell was made at Evansville,
/ lud.. SATURDAY, WITH fatal results. AL
bert isaars and Elmer Ross, thirteen
year-Old lOvs, were playing with Flo
bert rifle. I@aacs attempted to shoot
something from the head OF Ross. The
bullet from the gun struck the latter in
the forehead. penetrating the brain, pro-
duciug death.
Attorney General Hancock has brought
suit against Armour & Co. in Jefferson
county, n. Y, to recover penalties
amounting to S570.00O for violation of
the law in selling Oleomargarine in differ
cut places throughout the State during
the past seven wears. The suit is the out
come of the attempts made by the com
missioner of agriculture to suppress the
sale of oleomargarine.
Paul p. Layden of Lima, Ohio, met
with trightful experience Friday at the
home of George Martin, near Muncie,
Ind. The man ls subject to epileptc fits,
and while walking in Martins oarnyard
was attacked with spell and fell to the
ground \ drove of hogs approached him
and finally began tearing his clothes.
The mans flesh was lacerated in fright
full manner before assistance arrived.
Japan's industrial awakening is respon-
s'blc for tie closing up of an old-estab-
li>hed industry at Milford, Conn. For a
considerable period "A big straw mating
mandatory was in operation in that
place. A short time ago it was deter
mined to remove the entire plant and bus
mess to Kobe. Japan, where labor and
raw material are to be obtained at an
enormous discount from the rates pre-
valing in Connecticut. Last week the
final step in the removal was taken, and
the Milford industry was closed out. The
mating syndicate will, of course, sell its
product in the American markets as here
tolOrc.
The New Hampshire bank commIss-
toner's in their report on the Granite
State PrOvident association presented
to Gov. Busiel Friday recommend that a
receiver be appointed and that the affairs
OF the organization be wound up. liz
commenting upon the finances of the
situation the report says: "While the
deficit shown is sufficient cause for grave
alarm as to the ability of the association
to mature its shares within any reason
enable term of years it does not clearly
the practice (possibly warranted by the
contracts with members) of deductir E
expenses from capital dues, thus making
its liabilities to members less than the
sum paid in by them. If to the detic
is added the sum of $54S, G72.7 18th,
amount of dues taken for expenses anC
tines-SSl0, 500. 93 is found as the amour
the association must earn in order 10 pay
back to its members what they have paiC
in, and the question when the shares car
be matured, in accordance with tn,
associations published plans, is no
worth dwelling up0n, as it is perfectly
apparent that the earning power of tn,
association can never accomplish it, anC
shares can only be matured by receipts
from new members"
No Unnecessary Chances.