Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-17

occupied by Robert Laird Golfers congro.
cation, and a dozen handsome blocks be.
tween Eldridge Court and Harrison Street.
The whole on the west side of the avenue
in these limits was leveled with the ground
aud, looking west, the same dead level Of
ruins is presented as that wildly engraved
on the memories Of the inhabitants in 1871.
Notable structures consumed are the Michi-
gan Avenue House, the st. James and Con-
tinental Hotels, the Adelphi Theater and
post.office building.
Later dispatches give fuller and clearer
Information Of the fire. 1t appears that it
originated, not in paint shop, but in a
low wooden hovel on Clark street near 18th
street. occupied as a rag shop by some Pol
ish Jews who are suspected, not without
reason, Of having set the fire to get the in
surance, as the same building was fired a
week ago.
MAINE.
Mr.. John A. Craig, connected with the
freight department of the Grand Trunk
Railroad in this city, has been appointed
Acting Manager of the Lewiston and Au-
burn branch at Lewiston.
A fellow in Searsport, who recently gave
whisky to little boy, to make him drunk,
was soundy horse-whipped by the boys ia
ther, and the citizens are ready to foot all
bills, if prosecution is attempted.
A Pembroke boy named Babcock, Is
years old, was sailing with three or four
others on Friday, when the boat upset, but
he made the rest cling to the gunwale, while
he went behind and pushed the boat. One
OF the boys let 60 and sank, but Babcock
dove down and brought him up, making him
again take hold of the boat. After going
a short distance, the boy again let 90 and
sank, but Babcock saved him again, alter
which he went to the stern Of the boat and
began pushing her ashore, but was taken
with cramps and sank.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A Portsmouth woman was taking some
baked potatoes from an oven, the other day,
when one of them exploded, seriously injnr-
ing her left eye.
John Currier and Joseph Ruff have been
arrested for placing the obstruction on the
Ashuclot railroad by which whole train
was thrown from the track near Winchester,
few days ago, and Ruff coniesses that he
was hired by Currer to do it for 81.
MASSACHUSETTS.
A Lowell thief was sentenced to six
months in the house of correction on Satur-
day, inside Of half an hour after the police
got the news OF the robbery.
A quite enthusiastic meeting Of some
Boston business men was held on Wednes-
day Of last week to consider the question of
new route to the West. A committee OF
five was appointed to form an organization.
John Carol 4 Co., of great Darlington
(Mill River) have just bought the mill priv
ilege in that place, where the mill of George
S. Sheldon was burned, couple of years
ago, and propose to erect large mill ON the
premises. 1t will be used chiefly for pre-.
pairing paper pulp for use in their present
mill.
The entertainments Of Barker, cashier Of
the First National Bank of New Bedford,
probably amount to $50, 900 or more. They
have been going on for a long time. Mr..
Barker is nearly 60 years old, and has al
ways stood very high in the community ;
consequently there is good deal of SYM
patty for him, and many arc disposed to ex-
cuse his crime, while the disclosure has Gre
ated the utmost surprise.
Mary Duggan, formerly Of Westbrook,
Me-, who occupied room in the fourth sto-
ry Of the Chester House at Boston, on Sun
day night broke through the stained glass
that formed one side Of her apartment and
leaped some 40 feet down through the glass
roof of building adjoining and, striking
upon floor, was killed. She was intoxi-
Gated when she applied for her room, and
was doubtless in a fit of delirium tremens
when she made the fatal leap.
The dams of two reservoirs covering re-
spectively 80 and 25 acres on Middlefeld
brook, a mountain tributary to the West.
field River, burst Sunday afternoon between
four and five O'Clock. The damage done by
the loosing of their acres of waters was, first
to leave the industries of the little village
of Blush Hollow without water-power; tC
utterly demoish an old wcolen factory and
grist-mill, ruin a carriage feloe and shaft
factory, destroy barns and out-buildings
wrench from their foundations and teal
apart dwellings, strip the earth of rich gar
dens and orchards to the bare rock, anC
leave the roads impassably quilted making
in fact, second Skinnervile in its desoa
ton OF the bright little village. Rushing
hence down the short valley and carrying
away six wooden bridges, wooden MILL ant
two house in its way, the flood struck tn,
stone arched railroad bridge across highwa,
and river at Middle6eld Switch. and Their
tore for itself wide passage, throwing
down the heavy masonry like mere stubble
and seoopiDg away the roadbed for consid
cradle distance. In the tortuous course o
the river below this point it demolished 70
the Boston and Albany railroad ston
bridge, aud somewhat crippled two woodeI
bridges by undermining their abutments
and at various points, rising over the rail
road track, washed out the road-bed beside
destroying a highway bridge. Reachn
Chester, the waters carried away one wood
en- bridge in the center of the village, NOR,
or less damaged the foundations, dams an,
stock of several manufacturing establish
ments, and quite ruined many fields an
! gardens. Below this village the flood
chief damage, outside of that to the rail
road, was the carrying away Of the Smit
bridge at RollingbroOk, aud it gradual
lost its force and power of mischief TIL
entire damage by the food is roughly est
mated at three hundred and fifty thousas
J dollars, and the estimate is moderate one
including nothing of the throwing of pei
sons out of employment and the enforce
idleness of the place.
CONNECTICUT.
The ll6 Jail birds Of Hartford were carl
ed from the old building to the new one o
Saturday, chained together in squads,
Charles b. Merrill, of Waterbury, ha
been arrested for circulating obscene litera
ture. He has been advertising in abuot 30
western journals, and his bedroom was foun