Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-07-28

post. A smallpox patient slipped out,
stole the guards gun and paraded the
town, causing great excitement. He
was finally captured.
London. July 2j.-The Harvard-Yale
athletic team was beaten by the Ok
ford Cambridge combination in the in
ternational contests. losing five events
and winning four.
Northport, n. Y. July pa large
new barn at the CARL 5. Burr training
stables at Commack was struck by
lightning and two valuable horses were
killed. The barn was set on fire and
destroyed.
London. July 25.-The concluding
half of the golf match between VIII
liam Park and Henry Nardon was
played at Canton. Yorkshire. Nardon
had a lead of two holes in the first half
of the match. which was played in
Scotland, and he won by eleven up and
ten to play.
Chattanooga, Tenn, July 25.-Four
hundred and fifty mules We're shipped
from the Chickamauga depot to Ma
Mia by way of Seattle. Wash. Another
carload went this morning to San
Francisco. This makes loo new
mules shipped within the past two
weeks, besides 800 wagons.
Perth AmboN y. j.. July 25.-Ed-
ward Savage counsel for the Valentine
fmily offered to pay the shortage of
5000 which George NJ. Valentine con-
fessed exists in his accounts as treas
urer of the Perth Amboy Savings In
stitution. f. II. Pierce the president,
declined to accept the certified check
which accompanied the offer until he
had consulted the banks attorney.
Springfield ILL.,, July 25.-It is under
stood that Miss Julia O'Connell. who
has been acting as Governor Tanners
private secretary since his Inaugural
ton. will send in her resignation ut an
early day. and will become the wife of
Otto Koenig of New York. Mr. Koenig
is n man of means, and was a mem
her of the Aston battery in the Span
ish-American war. At present he is in
the consular service.
Painfield. n. J., July 25.-Kitty
Lally. II years old a member of Coun-
Gilman w. l.. Hetfield's family of East
Front street, was gored by COW, and
her condition is critical. She was try
ing to tie the COW with a rope which
had been broken. when the COW turn
ed her head around and struck the girl
in the abdomen with one of her horns.
An incision five inches in length was
made. penetrating the abdominal wall.
New Haven, Conn, July 25.-At the
general offices of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad. it was
announced that Jacob l.. Miller Of New
York city had been appointed to sue
coed S. \. Gardner as general superin-
tendcnt of the marine district in New
YORK city. Mr. Miller was formerly
President of the Stonington steamboat
branch. and before its absorption by
the Consolidated Railroad was general
manager of that steamboat line.
Chicago. Ill. July ON C. Wet
more, of st. Louis, who came into CON
siderable prominence some time ago
through the sale of his interest in the
Liggett Il Myers Tobacco Company,
which was followed by his public de-
nunciatiOn of trusts. was at the Sher-
man House during the Democratic Ma
tional Committee meeting this week.
He was in consultation with Messrs.
Bryan and Stone concerning the start
ing of a new democratic paper here.
Newport, II. l., July 25.-Oliver II.
p. Belmont has found Masonic circles
in Newport so attractive that he has
been persuaded to embrace Odd Eel
lowship, and his name has been pre-
sented in Excelsior Lodge. When Mr..
Belmont Joined the Masons he was a
citizen of Newport, but he gave up his
citizenship here last year, and, there
fore, special dispensation will have
to be obtained from New York where
he now resides, before he can receive
any degrees.
Nashville, Tenn, July 25.-The Ches-
apeake and Nashville train which left
Gallatin for Scottsville, Ky, was
wrecked at a point seventeen miles