Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-03
General 11eps.


thirty miles from Perry, Okla. He took
a prominent part in all the Indian wars
and was said to be over 100 years old.
The johnson Steel company of Cleve-
land, o., has received orders for 10000
tons of steel rails for electric roads in
Ireland. The firm bid in competition
with other American and also English
mills.
a regular station for the customs in
spection of baggage by Y rays has been
established in Paris. The results have
been so satisfactory that it is likely that
the system will be adopted all over
France.
The Athens, Tenn, wooden mills and
the mills at Atlanta, Ga, making Jeans
and owned by the same parties, are I'M
able to fill their orders fast enough, al
though all machinery is run at its full
capacity.
Eight persons are reported to have
been poisoned in Galloway county, Ken
lucky. by eating a melon stolen from a
neighbor's patch Seven of them are
dead and the eighth is in a critical con-
diton.
The survivors of the Norwegian bark
Soladon, which was wrecked on Star
buck Island, in August, 1896, have arriv-
ed in Auckland, New Zealand. They liv-
ed for three months with the natives be-
fore they were rescued.
President Kruger, of the South Afri.
can Republic, has ordered a coach from
England, which is now on its way to its
destination. 1t is of the old chariot
type, still used by many of the mon
archs of Europe, and cost $500.
There are three guinea-pig farms in
England, which are said to be very pro-
titable. One of these farms exports So
600 yearly to France, where they are used
ed in restaurants as rabbits, the flavor of
the flesh of the two animals being iden-
teal.
Princess Kaiualani, a niece Of the ex-
queen of Hawaii, has Just attained her
majority and expects to return to her ma
tive land in October, and hopes to be
made queen. in case annexation fails.
She has been in England for the past
ten years.
Four masked men entered the toll
house on the Oliphant road near Scran-
ton, Pa, and attempted to rob the cash
box. They were foiled, however, by the
14-year-old daughter of the gatekeeper,
who blinded one of them with insect
powder and then ran to a neighboring
house for help.
The Italian bark Fiducia, from Pasca-
goula to Maj settles, was boarded by pi-
rates near the island of Malta They
the vessel, stole everything
movable and carried off the captain,
boatswain and seaman. a passing
vessel supplied the crew with provisions
and instruments, and they were enabled
to put into port.
Our consul at st. Petersburg informs
the state department that a measure has
been sanctioned by the emperor of Rus
STA providing that after June / 1900, all
trade of Russia must be carried
in Russian vessels, with the exception of
salt from the Black and Azov seas to
ports on the Baltic. \ similar law was
passed in 1880, but has remained dead
letter.
The officers of the Merchants assOcia-
ton of New York estimate that the ben
eft by the visit of buyers from all parts
of the country this fall to New y ork will
$50, 000,0 900, and say that the
benefits to be derived in the future by the
extension of trade are ncalculable. The |
second series of excursions from the ter
rtory of the joint traffic association is
nov well under way.
a number of naval officers who &C
the cruiser Brooklyn to the |
Queens jubilee festivities find themselves |
IN peculiar predicament. While being
shown through the various public build
ngs, they were presented with medals
in honor of the occasion. The navy
department. has Just informed one of |
their number that such medals, even as |
could not be accepted without |
A special act of congress. No way out |
Of the difficulty has as yet been sug-
gested.
Bernard Moore of Victoria, b. c.,
claims the town of Skaguay, one of the
new Alaskan gold fields. lie says that
10 years ago ne made application for lGO
lcres of land in accordance with the
United States law as applied to Alaska,
secured a legal survey and paid $500 to
he proper officials. He had just begun
10 stock the place for a dairy when the
gold rush began and thousands of citi-
,ens of Skaguay are claiming the land
for which he paid the government.
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