Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-27


Secretary of Civil Military Affairs.
FIRES. There were several destructive
fires last week, the most disastrous being on
the Goth inst in Germany by which the town
/ Council Hall and the f4r-famed Dusseldorf
Academy of Arts was destroyed, with many
of its valuable paintings. The Academy
was founded IN 1907 by the EIector Kari
Theodore of the Palatlnate. For its accom-
mediation part Of the old castle was ass gned.
/ To this ca-tle considerable interest attaches,
/ tor in 1875 it was destroyed by the French
/ bombarimrnt. The Academy was reOrgan
! I'D in 1922 by Friedrich W lillian III. OF
Prussia, aud attained it's highest renOwn
from that wear until 1926. under the con-
troll OF Cornelius and Schadow At one tine
il was especially rcn in works OF Rubens,
a, d other masters of the Dutch and Flemish
schools. collected in 1890 most Of then
were, in 1905 transferred u Munich where
+ thew still remain. However, there were lit
At Dusseldorf, out of this collection, II 600
original drawings, and 24,OoO engraving
and casts. The Election Of The Academy
was enriched, 10 1871, by the addition OF
1900 water color drawings alter Italian mas
ters.
On the Goth inst the Ohio Falls Car Works
at Jthersoh'tlle' lhuaha "a "eLe ca y,
.e ~ tg a5 co,,llaTa oT the kiod in
~, c,,In4rv The hnII.jings alone covered
FIVE acres of ground, beside a number OF
sheds and lumber-yards. \ large amount OF
machinery Of the huest quality, with large
quantity OF car material were IN the build
ing. The works employed about 700 men,
and did an immense business Orders were
y ooo az -, r'I-er,,,ar c.,.bas T,aar
" finished, AMI a number Of freight and
other cars were burned. The works cleared
I a net prOit last year OF S2u0,OUo- The loss
will reach S500,000 and insurance about
S3OO.OOa, mostly in Northern companies
SIX hundred and sixty men were IN the snop-
a. Tue I'M 80 an "a -
from death during the fire. O1e man il
missing, and, it is feared, was burned u
death.
/ On Monday night farmhouse at Water
town, \. Y. was burned down. the family
only havIns time 70 escape in their night
clatbes. Several had their limbs badly
T i. zen and Mr.. Robert B,wles, the owner OF
tbe bouse was 50 badly turued. vi lie atteinpt-
I mo f., save the ,.biI5ren thar he diej tbe next
|dav lie was a wealthy farmer. and beside
-. '.r,a an,,npt of r,r5na-tv DESTROYED he.
+ HIST a number of government bonds ia the
/ flames.
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Br,akrvn In, Is,and. and a so Geo fire in
Jersey O''F'
At Centralia. Missouri. on the 2lst, fire
destroyed tie Masonic Hail. tlaSS haII
mar ""Ie s.o'e' anu "Ly : ,'uS etoFe-
ne 80 . Ss''ui''eu a So''ouV' par 'laiH
insured mus Is the fourth time That Gen
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VERMONT CLAIM The Woodstock Stand
AL g lac. ,-,,,l s,rs
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60. - y % 80 te'Ti ueU H''ne
- " No'I'u W" Vu h''Ha9 ""''"S con
NiuHeN "a i0o'' III SoHsoi''I"' 'uS 91u per
'eo'lnE vermont remaining Chains IoF e2-
teuseS inruIIed - raising anu eqdlPping
Ie" Zoo t"o'e 'iAi'lS 0ui'uH'i"I 70 s'lne
S'o'oUV' nave "ee" III G"n'FoHeEsy LOT long
az - ~ - 'ie o1uS IN manner 10
:, ~ - 10, seII- I5NeiS
- NC Du' Hnal'y MAJOR brad
~ "'o9e I"'i'i'HI''F win tue aceoun was
Sained during years OF service under AdJutrnt
en- the matter OUT, and il aPnesrs thar he has
done 50 with the most satisfactory results
before ne ietS Washington S+o,OUO OF the
bat ,'.ssoi ~ IVY -,
the controller w6o was ~ owe r ;nne5i,ta
l b"sa Iin L1e receipt i Of the amount Of
tjon of our randy d,ninisbi3., SrsIe dsbt
Inc sno" oioeNade which commenced on
Friday the 9th on the P, & o. +. r is thus
alluded TO by the same paper 1t com
menced showing rather lig htly IN the morn
my, and soon the wind began to - bret q up
from the pOrtbw, 81. and continued ,, ,,r,,r
stronger and colder onrInr the d,v -.
decidedly the most driftIno st,Tm of tb.
season The DRIFTS were niled inc .,,a-,
cut and embankment hard and snlid ~
,yck bnt I'D ,, $50 u ,ioin ia u
several places the road is so d1;frsd tba,
three engines with SNOW pllw, had not
c.s's5I toe track the whole dist 'nce By the
have No, nm -. 49,, - ''ie 'Ialns
and 5-,r-in. 49,, -, u. % requiem
LOWING each nther in rsn;d snooosI;r-. ~.
1t is impossible now IN dee,5e VIZ, ~ -
will again run at least anv lrav -o,,,'ia
This was on the % inst
AueIe were elghteen inches more snow in
some parts of Maine Saturday night. and
the European and North American railway
passed no trains Non5av 81 i,oL
snoyv fall =, Re-, u
sno" ieii IN Boston.
IT, NJ.
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