Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-02-19
General l1ems.

The parliament buildings In OttaWa,
Ontario, were damaged by fire Thursday
night to the extent of 100000.
Colin Hall, a wealthy resident of
Mobile, Alabama, is on trial at Penssco-
la, Florida, for a murder committed In
1S7l.
The president has approved the act to
prevent the carrying of obscene litera-
ture and articles frem one State or terri
tory into another.
The Union Fire Insurance company OF
indianapolis, Ind, is in the hands OF
receiver, who reports Sl4 assets, with
liabilities of $4,000.
A Canton despatch says that it seems
to have been practically decided that
. Chauncey NJ. Depew is to be appointed
Ambassador to England.
Ex-Governor John d. Long of Massa-
chusetts has formally accepted the APP
pointment of secretary of the navy in
. President.elect McKinley's cabinet.
The Kentucky court of appeals on Sat
urday oyerruled the petitions for rehear-
ing the cases of Jackson and Walllng,
convicted of the murder of Pearl Bryan.
On lonely farm near North Branch,
Minnesota, Thursday, MIR. and Mrs.
John Bonniman and two grown sons
were killed by fire damp in potato
pit.
The Iowa senate has passed a bill
amending the Australian ballot law In
such a way as "to make fusion of politi-
cal parties practically impossible in the
future"
A Chicago paper makes the statement
that between Sl5,OOO,OO0 and S2O,-
900 900 of Cuban republic bonds have
been secretly issued and sold in the United
States and Europe
The State trust and savings bank, a
small concern of West Superior, Wlscon-
sin, was placed in the hands of receiver.
The bank had sustained run for weeks
and had only 5000 left.
John Hardsty, a rancher. and Miss
Cora Akers, young lady OF Fresno
were overtaken by a locomotive the
other afternoon on a trestle, near Calien-
re. California, and crushed to death.
The most disastrous blizzard of the
winter ragged on Saturday over Mime
sofa, Western Wisconsin and the Dako-
tas. Snow fell steadily thirteen hours,
and the drifts are. from three to ten feet
deep.
Calhoun Wyrick, white, and John
Lewis, colored, were killed and six
others seriously injured by the bursting
of a boiler in the sawmill of Wyrick
brothers at Magnolia, Ark, the ether
evening.
The Iowa supreme court has decided
that the mulct liquor law does not apply
to cities under special charters. This
restores the prohibitory law in Daven-
port, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, keokub
and several smaller cities.
The Wisconsin Odd Fellows Life In,
surance company of Milwaukee has as
signed. During the past year over 5OOC
members have dropped out, it is said
which crippled the company so that i
could not pay its losses.
Secretary Lamont has recommended
to congress an appropriation of S5OO'
for the care and maintenance of thu
building in Washington, d c., in which
Abraham Lincoln died, and for the ap
pointment of custodian.
A call has been issued for prelimi
nary conference of representatives of tn
boards of agriculture of the severa
States, to be held in Washington, d. G.
Marth 5, to arrange for Representative
convention of the farmers in the spring
lee Mcfarland, who as teller of tn
Second national bank of Parkersburg
West Virginia, defaulted in the sum O
$4,000, and who has since transferre'
to the bank at least $500 worth o
property, has surrendered to the author
tiles.
John Mars, member of a Lexington
Kentucky, clothing firm on SatuGda
morning killed his 4-year-old son, John
wounded his daughter, Helen, aged IA
tried to kill his. sister Ida, and then Gu
his own throat, killing himself. He wa
insane.
William Henry and his wife and sol
the latter IS years old, were drowned
the Hooking river, at Amesville, Ohi'
the other day, by the collapse of
bridge over which they were driving
The bridge pier was carried away by
flood.
Another massacre is expected in Co
'stantinople. REASONABLE placards a
posted about the city. 1t is believe
that the Sultan originated the placard
hoping to cause disturbances and
break up the continued conferences