The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-07-23
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ian iOr something Ike cHAOOV'
Paul Boynton contemporaries a tIip
down the rapids and over Niagara
Falls, during the present summer.
Pittsburgh, n. Y, is to have a
grand celebration Sept. 18th, the an
niversary of the battle of Lake Cham
plain,
Gov, Talbot of Massachusetts, a
strong Sabbatarian, has induced the
legislature to forbid the running of
Sunday trains on the State railroad.
. The mother of Empress Eugenie is
still living at Madrid; the news of the
death of her gran son is withheld from
her for fear of a fatal shock, as she is
very old and an invalid.
The earlier days of last week were
unusually hot all over the country, the
mercury registering 1909 in several
localities. Sixteen sun-strokes are
reported in Charlestown, S. c.
James +. Owen of Fairfield, and
John McMahon, the champion wrest-
Ter, will have a match at st. Adams
next month, for one thousand dollars
a side and the championship of the
world,
According to an official statement,
Just published, Vermont furnished 3d.
262 soldiers for the Union army. The
total number of volunteers from all
the States, it is claimed, was $685.
966. ....
McMaster, an Ohio temperance
lecturer, was taken suddenly ill on O
railroad car, and a physician told him
that a glass of brandy was the only
thing that would save his life. But he
refused to take the liquor, and died.
The wicked Troy, N. Y, Wig says
"The green badges worn by the Yer
mont knights of the scissors, and which
was the only symptoms of greenness'
about them, let it be said, caused one
of the dock stevedores to remark that
they were all Ir' sh, begorra.
Oscar f. Barron, one of the pro-
prietors of the Crawford, Fabyan and
Thin Mountain houses, died Thursday
morning at the Crawford House. He
has been confined to his room and bed
for several weeks, and for the past
few days has been in dying condition.
The wrestling match in Troy, N. Y,
Tuesday night, between Corners of
New York, Cox of Vermont, for $3.50
a side, resulted in victory for Cox,
who won the second and third falls.
Corners friends claimed that in the
second round, Corners won fair
fall.
A heavy hail, wind and rain storm
swept over eastern Massachusetts
Wednesday. Life and property were
imperrilled by the furious gale; trees
were denuded of branches or swept to
the ground; windows were broken and
chimneys carried away, and several
persons were injured.
The Columbias won the college race
for four-oared boats at the Lake George
IN. W regatta yesterday in 1926,
the best time on record in dead water,
Wesleyans second in 1888 1-2, Cor
nells third in S.48. The course steer
ed by the last crew was at least 10
lengths out of the way.
Interest in the Woodruff scientific
expedition around the world will again
be revived when it is known that the
project has not been abandoned Pres
ident VIM. Smith Clark, of the Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College, is to
have charge of the expedition, which,
it is now stated, will soon leave New
York.
A stay of proceedings has been
granted in the case of Chastine Cox,
the colored murderer of Mrs. Hull,
sentenced to be hanged August 10Th.
The writ is returnable to the supreme
court October /, and it is thought
probable that this will delay Cox's ex-
ecution until next spring, even if the
sentence is finally confirmed.
William II. Vanderbilt, having pur-
chased the Troy & Boston Railroad,
is said to be negotiating for the Ben
nington & Rutland Railroad, in which
he already has a large interest, thereby
giving the entire control ola continuous
line to Rutland. 1t is also reported
that he intends to extend his grasp
even north of Rutland.
An inventive genius in Bushnell,
ILL.,, named Hamilton, has discovered
a process for making hardwood lum-
Der out of common wheat straw, and
produces upon it all the effects of
polish and finish that can be obtainet,
on the hardest of black walnut or ma
hogany. The cost will not exceed
that of the manufacture of clear pine
lumber.
Business is business, even in the
matrimonial line. Squire Apologize
of Sharon, Pa, advertised in the coun-
ty papers as follows: "No license re-
quired. Parents consent not wanted |!
On the Fourth of July Squire Appleton
will remain at home for the purpose of
marrying all persons from Ohio who
may desire his services. Strict secre-
cy maintained if required.
Another mastadon skeleton has
been discovered at Newburgh, N. Y,
where the largest and most complete
specimens yet found have been I'M
earthed in the past. Like all the
specimens found before, the present
one, standing 10 feet high and with q
skull weighing 600 pounds, was found
where he had "mired'' in the marsh.