Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-10-08
General 17pms.

The coveted music prize, known as the
endelssohn Stipendium, has been won
Berlin by Miss Leonora jackson, an
nerican competitor.
Tuesday, September IS, was celebrated
the white ribboners throughout the
rid as the lifty-eighth birthday OF
eir leader, Francis f. Willard.
The democratic alliance of Greater
w York unanimously nominated
inry George for mayor. The princi-
es of the Chicago platform were reaf-
ned.
Seth Low Monday rendered to the
lstees his resignation as president OF
lumbia college, New York. 1t was
erred to committee to consider and
port on November 10.
h San Francisco dispatch says that, in
hsequence of the yellow fever quaran-
in the southern states, the Southern
cific company has decided to close its
If route to all freight traffic for the
sent
While digging for coal on = bar in the
10 river, on the Kentucky side, a
rkman has unearthed skull, which
Imposed to be that of Pearl Bryan, for
ose murder jackson and Walling
re hanged.
Irs. 4. +. Paul, a Chicago widow,
been appointed superintendent of the
ret cleaning brigade. She has re-
tly made thorough Inspection of
STRENGTHENING system of all the
stern cities.
he women of New York are to take
matter in hand and try to put a stop
he destruction of the Palisades of the
dson, which are being torn away by
re blasts of dynamite, the rock to be
as paving stone.
destructive fire, which has been
ing in the Big Horn country in South
zota, is said to have destroyed fifty
square miles of the heaviest timber.
loss will be cover S500,000 The
was distinguished by snow storm.
he survey of the Blackfeet Indian
Prvation in Montana has been COM
ed, and the reservation is ready to
brown open to settlement as soon as
reports can be prepared and ap-
we'd by the interior department.
New York city dispatch says the
edules in the assignment of J. X. Will
& Co., bankers and brokers, with
,es in Philadelphia Montreal and
,hington, show liabilities of $99S ,93G;
linal assets, SS5,6S7; actual assets,
$50.
bhn Miller. of Berkeley county,
Va, has Just sold his apple crop for
ut $40, 000 and his peach crop brought
between $1,000 and $1,000. All this
a mountain farm of thirty-tour acres,
assessed value of which is less than
per acre.
lillian X. Vanderbilt, Jr., brother of
suelo, Duchess of Marlborough, has
entered Harvard university. The
ng man is the first of his family to
10 Harvard, all the rest of the family
have had a college education having
en Yale.
ne duties collected at the port of New
X on personal baggage during the
tn of September, under the new tar
w, which limits the free entry of
onal effects purchased abroad to
amounted to SOB, 709, as compared
Sl0,O collected during September,
lie monthly treasury statement shows
at the close of business September
S97, the public debt, less cash in the
sury, was Stop, l22,7 lib, an increase
+. ~ August 30 of 50, 1882. This in
decrease in the amount of cash on
AIRY Vansant of Railway, n. j., who
been an invalid for over year, has
coughed up a live frog three inches
The physicians think that he has
frogs in his stomach. Vansant
Ks he swallowed the frog eggs while
ing in North Carolina two years
70 men at the points of revolvers
ped a cable train one mile south of