Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-09-06
Summary OF News.

The depositors In the bankrupt Carroll County
IN. H. Five-cent Savings Bank held a lively
meeting at Wolfboro last Friday, and discussed
the expediency Of bringing suit against the for
mer trustees. The richest man in Mexico IL an
lrishman named Patrico Milmo who owns n
100000 acre farm, and IL reputed 10 be worth
Sl0,OOOOOO When he went TO Mexico he had
not dollar ... George Lee has been arrested In
Maine for a murder committed three years and
half ago.. Last week James Crumley Of Hamil-
ton, Ont, and his wife, while intoxicated, lay
down near the bank OF the Niagara river Next
morning the woman was found caught In a tree
ten feet over the edge Of the bank, and the mans
maDgled remains were found on the rocks, one
hundred fifty feet beneath. &C.. The fishing inter
ests OF Gloucester, st. Pierre and Newfoundland
have suffered severely from the recent northeast
gale. Much excitement was caused In Dublin
last week by the summary discharge Of all the
constabes, and filling their places with new
men, skeletons Of Indians, buried in sitting
cavations at West Medford, Mass. -. Congress-
man Dngley Of Maine has come out In a letter
against the Independent movement In Maine. 90.
The Boston longshoremen are still on n strike,
and have resolved to stand out 10 the bitter end
1.-The total wheat crop In the United States for
1889 Is estimated at 526 400 900 bushels, Of which
100000 bushels are credited to New England
....Potical excitement runs high In Maine. The
result seems somewhat doubtful. eel grand mass
meeting was held at Lake Maranocook, Me, last
week. :. Hon. John Randolph Tucker has been
nominated for congress by the democrats OF the
n
berry was committed near Bangor, Me, last week
e.. One hundred and fifty feet OF the North river
iron bridge, on the Canada Pacific railway, fell
with terrific crash as a freight train Of seven
cars, an engine and tender were passing over Il.
No lives were lost. Messenger w D, Wells Of
OF the Erie railway was robbed OF drafts worth
1865 and S15 in money, In Buffalo, Friday. 90.
The patent office Is running with full head Of
steam these days. II ground out 403 patents
designs, trademarks and labels one day last week
-. Whole fields OF corn In New Hampshire are
| being destroyed by crows. Missouri expects TO
harvest 100 600, 600 bushels Of corn this year 49,.
| The Hotel Brunswick, Pleasant House, Central
| Hall and dwelling were burned at Old Orchard
| Beach, Me-, in an incendiary fire, early Thursday
| morning OF last week. The loss II $4,000. go.
Phipps, superintendent OF the PHILADELPHIA aims
house. has embezzled 5000 600 At Pittsburgh,
Saturday night, delegates were elected to the
| district meeting OF the Amalgamated Association
who will vote to prolong the iron strike. Eng
| fish officers have purchased five hundred mules
in st. Louis for the army in Egypt Senators
| Frye and Hale, with others, have promised to
| stump Pennsylvania for the regulars. Twenty
| cases OF smallpox are reported at Patterson, n
| D., and the disease Is said 10 be spreading
| The funeral of Chip" Smith, hung Friday was
attended at New Haven, Connecticut, Sunday, by
ten thousand persons. The procession was mile
and half long The cupola Of the Western
| Union telegraph office at Baltimore was burned
early Sunday morning 1t contained 100 wires
| The fire stopped all communication Camp
meeting John Allen attended his 327th camp
meeting at Northport Me, last week. Guiteau's
| skeleton is now at the National Army Medical
Museum in Washington, but will not be exhibited
to the public. A new type Of fever is prevalent
at Little Falls N. Y, and several mill operatives
have died. The Apaches have murdered about
| twenty persons in Arizona. james Crumley, a
drunken tinker, fell over the bank at Niagara
falls, Tuesday night and was killed .....T The
winter wheat crop of 1882 is the largest ever har-
| vested in Illinois except that OF 1880, and will
| exceed 50,O000O bushels. During August,
more miles of railway were constructed than
| ever before in one month"; 75 miles OF main
line, exclusive OF side tracks and branches q.
The Boston aldermen have adopted a resolution
in favor Of an equestrian statue to Paul Revere
| Dartmouth College opened last week with
about ninety students in the freshman classes